Music and Soundtrack

@Raj check out my thread and discuss some of the music you’d like to see in game and your vision of how to impliment that music nad what it’d sound like.

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Just listened to the music and in my mind I saw the settlers fell trees, build houses, till farms (even heard the sounds of a small village in my head) and just go by their daily lives.

Fantastic work! :smile:

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This thread was made first though, that doesn’t really make sense to make more x)

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Oof, that sounds amazing… that’s so good! It kind of makes me imagine starting out in the snow, and just exploring to see what you can find. Something I would like to see from the game’s soundtrack is a bit of consistency. Meaning, some games of the sort only feature music when something is happening, but when I’m building and working and doing things I like to be accompanied by a constant stream of sounds and music, so I’d really like to get that from this game. I’d really like for it to be filled with sounds and ambiance effects and all that :slight_smile:

(I think this one perfectly feels the look of the game so far!)

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Wow, thank you very much for all the kind feedback! I’ve spent what time I had this week trying to put together a new demo, this one exclusively for Stonehearth. I really hope I can get a chance to contribute to the project, one way or another. It’s unmastered and the levels are everywhere so it sounds clearest with headphones.

Thanks for taking the time to listen! :slight_smile:

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Found my password! :slight_smile:

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@Raj I really admire your work… very emotional without feeling overwhelming. I love uplifting & moving music in light hearted games with an epic scope like Stonehearth. I think it really gels with the feel that Radiant has cultivated with Stonehearth. I certainly wouldn’t mind listening to your music while playing… well anything. :wink:

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@Raj even if your material isn’t featured in the game, you HAVE to mod it in. Somehow, some way, it’s gonna end up in this game!

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both are excellent pieces, and are dripping with “16 bit goodness”… :wink:

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I’m sure this will end up in the game somehow, be it officially, or modded, for some reason this really reminds me of Kingdom for Keflings.

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I got major goosebumps dude! Damn awesome work Raj.

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You will be able to contribute your music easily through mods.

Certainly I wish you all the best in having the creations you offer here being included.

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Absolutely stunning. @Raj I just finished formal letter of recommendation of your work to Tom. I’m just a fan, but maybe it will help!

I would like to hear some battle music!

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Wow, this is really impressive work, I’d certainly love some of this sort of stuff to be official music for the game!

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Amazing. I hope your music is featured in this game!

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@Lvl0User Wow thank you very much, what a compliment. You’ve made my day :slight_smile: The idea was to capture this lighthearted feel of building something from nothing, the whole journey that comes of it and eventually it comes to life. It’s more trailer music than anything.

@DAWGaMims haha I hope so!

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@SteveAdamo Wow thank you! I’m glad and relieved you got that feeling from it. Chiptune and retrobit music is great but to me, I think it replaces all the character and heart of those old music pieces with gimmicks and nostalgia. It’s cheating to evoke a certain feel. It was the melodies that evoked those early music days, not the retro limited soundsets.

Back in the 16 bit days, composers were limited and, like graphics, their work was meant to build in the imagination. So I wanted to take away the quantized structure and looping and catchy melodies and leave behind the retro sounds. It wasn’t easy trying to keep the 16 bit feel in there, but hopefully I did and brought it a bit more to life :slight_smile:

@Geoffers747 I haven’t heard of that but yeah hopefully. If the project can help me with my goals, that would be amazing, otherwise, as a hobby, I’m not sure I’d have the time to write too many tracks. So fingers crossed!

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@A1UR Thank you very much!

@Spiku What a lovely thing to say, thanks man! :slight_smile:

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@Ben Wow, that’s so much appreciated! You’re awesome! Thank you! See below…

@Decho I appreciate that! They’re just demo’s and could use a lot of tweaking and mastering still but yeah that would be great!

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@Jrose14 Thanks dude! :slight_smile:

Thanks for all the great feedback! I should start dropping these tracks as stretch goals huh? Alternate soundtrack. You out there, Tom? I only ask for 95% of your profits. And the remaining 5% to a charity cause I’m not greedy.

Kidding aside, battle music would be the next one (if only for you Ben) but what kind of battle music? Something really heavy and dark, frantic, or quirky? The game is very lighthearted but battles also need to have an element of intensity so how best to balance that…?

Anyone have any ideas? Any battle music out there you really like and could see in this game I could use as a guide or inspiration?

(PS @Stephenfreer haha thanks, man. You are really something else… )

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