DESTINED TO BE
So I thought it might be fun to put up clips of a song being created. The song I've chosen for this is called "Destined To Be". It's meant to be a love song between the old man who is Stealthman and an old lady. Having revealed pretty much none of the story yet, there really is no context to understand and judge the song. But, have at it nontheless.
In the coming posts I will reveal more about the story and the context of the song, as well as discuss the process of my song writing approach and orchestration methods and proceedures.
A couple of other potentially interesting notes about this piece: What I'm posting is the first verse/chorus (if you can call it that) in a very rudimentary form. It has a base line and a melody and that's it. (Well, actually, at one point the cellos break from the basses to make just a bit more harmony...but nothing really). By posting this first pass I'll be able to show the growth of the song. The melody may change. The song structure may change. The orchestrations will be built. Lyrics will be revealed (none are actually written yet for this song). And eventually vocals will be recorded. It should be an interesting process (I hope.) Ultimately, the song may not survive because it either doesn't work for the scene, the scene itself doesn't end up working, or the song just isn't good enough. We'll see.
Another interesting point: part of the melody and the basic idea of the song is from the very first song I ever wrote when I was 16 years old. I was looking for an idea for a piece and playing around with melodies and this song came into my head and I started messing around with it, tweaking the melody and whatnot, and decided that it might work very well. As I'm close to 40, that makes this a very old song now. But it's also being altered quite a bit. Time will tell how much it ends up sounding like the original song from so many years back.
Well, here's the first pass, bass and melody rough pass:
DESTINED TO BE
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So, I like the start, and the way it built up. But I had to turn my volume up WAY loud to be able to hear it.
ReplyDeleteThe orchestrations seem pretty simple.
It's an interesting choice for a love song. It sounds like I heroe's slow theme to me, like a serious or bold moment or contemplation more than a love theme.
I agree with the 'serious' sound to it. Version 2 makes an effort (primarily via use of a faster tempo and the bass being less plodding) to lighten it up. Check it out and let me know if you think I succeeded.
ReplyDeleteOrchestrations will be filled in with later versions.