Thread: Adventures Of Game Music Making !!

This type of production I can assist on. I had to do not only some VO for the X-men but I actually has creative control of the music bed.

I hear sounds for both characters and have not downloaded yours yet.

I think I will refrain from hearing yours until I have an oppurtunity to show you mine..intersting what the differences shall be. You have my trust in this.

Also, once we can compare, I have an algorithum that is better suited for games other then the reg. standard for the indutry. Some gaming is using 24 bit 96K in quad now so do not sell short to the 8 bit or 12 bit schemes. This algorithum saves space (ROM) and gives gamers 4 channel, 5 or even 7 channel sound./

I am studing it as we speak...but got to bed down tonight as it is 11PM of hell week for me.

What can I say?


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Yeppers, sure looks like him(MegaMan) GentleG !! To their credit though, these guys are really talented and fun to work with, some game developers are real arses and have no love for music or the talent required ! I've worked with these guys before and they are really laid back and funny ! Anyway, here are more sketches, as I get more music going I'll post along each character.... I wish I could do that with the other stuff, but I have some serious non-disclosure contracts with them which bind me to secrecy until the game is actually published (IF that ever happens, half of the time it does not, which reminds me: make sure you get some advance pay, they all promise you great royalties, but only half of the games even see the light of day...)

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Hi Bill;

Typically in most cases, the game developers are more concerned with memory and storage limitations rather than sound quality. Many games are sold online and have strict limits on how big the download can be, so full hi-fi wave files are out of the question. On effects and voices I normally record 1.5 to 2 seconds, PCM,25khz, 8 Bit, Mono - which gives me a VERY small footprint yet adecuate quality. On the music it varies widely; Some games will use only General Midi files and let the soundcard produce the actual sounds, but the newer game engines allow for MP3 files to be used which works good for me, so I dither a lot of the music waves to MP3 files at 44khz, 128bit - roughly 1 meg per minute in size. Anything beyond those resolutions for music and fxs, would create files too big for the average game.

:s: Oops !!!

I was told to at least include copyrights although these sketches have been released previously:
Drawings copyright (c) 2003 by Stardust Digital Entertainment,
Songs copyright (c) 2003 by BlueFish Music

Here are some original songs for the game, keep in mind this is not an EQ rpg type game, the music is more techno/electronica because most of the action happens in future/space... Check character images above to match with song:

Main Hero Theme: http://www.azurecrystal.com/music/ga...MainTheme1.mp3

King Sluggy Boss song: http://www.azurecrystal.com/music/ga..._dir/Boss1.mp3

There will be basically three or four laboratory level themes:
Lab Theme 1: http://www.azurecrystal.com/music/ga...tory_level.mp3

Lab Theme 2: http://www.azurecrystal.com/music/ga...ab_Level_2.mp3

Lab Theme 3: http://www.azurecrystal.com/music/ga...ab_level_3.mp3

Let me know if you have any questions regarding writing game music, I was also thinking of possibly posting a "game music" topic as an article with a lot of info ! This type of music music tends to be a little repetitive since they have to loop these at different points, when the player dies, end of level, etc... so bear with me, not the usual stuff here.... I can tell you there is not a lot of money for this field, but it is an outlet for your music and if a game goes national, a nice feather in your hat. The RPG games really give you more space to explore better compositions and more orchestral stuff...

I'm new to the boards as of today and was just browsing around. This music brings me back to the days of megaman and legend of zelda lol. I spend the better part of my childhood a video game freak. Really liked the Main theme track. I didn't like the slug one at first with that bass, and snare's just didn't sound right to me but then it change and all worked out. I haven't played games in almost a year after getting into music. Good stuff though. May I ask how you got the job to do the music for this game? Did you appy or did they come to you? Btw a game music topic sounds good to me. I wouldnt mind knowing as much as I can for when I get to that point.

Hi BlackTalon; Yeah, I hear you about the slug song, keep in mind these are just rough mixes and have a l-o-n-g way to go before they make it anywhere... I got an email from the producer of the game who was listening to my MP3 music:
( http://www.mp3.com/azurecrystal ) and asked me if I was interested in doing music and sound fxs for an upcoming cell animation game. The other jobs I did a lot of posting in different game developers forums offering my services. I agree, I'm going to ask the bigs guys here if they would like me to moderate a "Game Music" forum, I bet we would get a lot of traffic !! thanks for listening, I'm glad this was of interest for you....