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Ambient Futuristic Dystopian Sci Fi Video Game Music inspired by Dead space - Space Station

Ambient Futuristic Dystopian Sci Fi Video Game Music inspired by Dead space – Space Station

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Ethan!

This piece was inspired by the video game music for Dead Space. It contains ambient and futuristic elements for a dystopian sci-fi game I’m currently working on. I combined analog synths with artificial intelligence patches using Reaktor from Native Instruments.

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String Library Shootout: East West Hollywood Strings diamond vs 8dio Anthology

September 1, 2017 Ethan!

It’s always hard to get a good apples to apples comparison with sample libraries, and since I found myself with two competing ones, I decided to use the same piece of music I wrote to get a direct comparison with the hope that it would help my fellow composers. The two string libraries!East West Composer […]

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Mayan Ruins

August 19, 2017 Ethan!

A soundtrack for exploring ancient ruins in a jungle.

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Prayer Mountain – game music

August 19, 2017 Ethan!

Day 19 of #21daysofvgm I chose to do the trinity quest from Video Game Music Academy, where you have only three notes you can use for the melody, and interest has to be generated from harmony and texture.

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Providence – game music

August 19, 2017 Ethan!

Day 18 of #21daysofvgm is a love theme. I chose the picture for all of you out there with waifus.

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Fairy Swamp Castle – game music

August 19, 2017 Ethan!

Day 10 of #21daysofvgm I did an ambient piece imagining what it would sound like if you came upon a mysterious castle as you were exploring a deadly swamp.

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Pirate Dance

August 19, 2017 Ethan!

I’m obsessed with the Era II Medieval Legends sound library by Eduardo Tarilonte, which sounds extraordinarly realistic.

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Horror and Suspense Themes part 2

May 30, 2017July 25, 2017 Ethan!

This suspense theme uses aleatoric elements to create a disoriented feeling. There is no key center until the ostinato at the end of the piece. Lots of fun electronic sounds mixed with the orchestra!

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Horror and Suspense Themes part 1

May 30, 2017July 25, 2017 Ethan!

Some atonal scary music that builds to a startling climax.

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Themes of Sadness part 1

May 15, 2017July 25, 2017 Ethan!

This is underscore music for a memory of a death scene in a film. It’s basically one long, low energy crescendo falling off into cold reality at the end.

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