Confrontation at The Hill

Alright, after months of working, learning, and trying not to procrastinate too much, I'm freaking done with this project. This project took wayy longer than it should but gosh darn it it's hella worth it. It's literally my first time I've done something like this, and I thought it was okay. There were some parts that definitely could've been improved but I'm really proud of the score that I've made.

About the scene: Two rival, young, and new deputies on the force, DUSK and BOYD, had found themselves in an one-on-one conversation after BOYD ran off to the top of a hill because DUSK had mocked his behavior of drinking and got sent off duty after the death of his horse, Bandit. The conversation ended in an ambiguous way after they each spoke of their feelings about each other.  

Credits in the video description. 

Server from WildRP.

I've provided score, just the music, and some context to some of the dialogues as well.

Lemme know what you think!

-Ferrum

What's funny is I first read through the score before watching the youtube video. I thought it was some kind of artsy thing you had going on, with like spoken text on a stage or something. Then i watched the video and laughed my a$$ off; it all made sense. This was one of the most creative ideas i've seen in a long time, and the music was great. Thanks for sharing!

4 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

What's funny is I first read through the score before watching the youtube video. I thought it was some kind of artsy thing you had going on, with like spoken text on a stage or something. Then i watched the video and laughed my a$$ off; it all made sense. This was one of the most creative ideas i've seen in a long time, and the music was great. Thanks for sharing!

 

Thank you for the kind words! The thing is, is that this scene was all improv, and the dialogue is just amazing that I had to compose a score for it. I have some more different scenes from the server with different moods that I want to try to make the score, but I got other project going on. I'd love for this scene to be performed on a live stage or something! That'd be cool.

I'm not sure I understand the dialogue.  The guy gets offended/starts crying because the other girl accused him of being drunk?  I'm also not entirely sure that the music when he runs off really matches the scene.  The music sounds uplifting and exhilarating, but a more comic approach I thought would have been a better match for the content of that scene.  I also have to question your choice of this dialogue and coarseness of the discussion of bodily fluids etc.  The music is also too complex/busy most of the time.  I think dialogue is for this reason very difficult to score because the music has to emulate the somewhat ambiguous emotion or moment-by-moment emotional meaning of specific words.  I just personally would not have even deemed this scene worthy of music in the first place, but that's just me.  I think if you're happy with it you should be proud.  Thanks for sharing!

59 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

The guy gets offended/starts crying because the other girl accused him of being drunk?

Dusk makes fun on Boyd because he was drunk on the job. He was drunk on the job because his beloved horse died and he got sent off duty due to his drunkenness. Boyd’s father was an alcoholic and Boyd sometimes mimic that trait. He wants to stop drinking to not follow his father's habit. The statement/joke that Dusk stated really offended him and after she said her slander, he rides off to the hill. 

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

'm also not entirely sure that the music when he runs off really matches the scene.  The music sounds uplifting and exhilarating, but a more comic approach I thought would have been a better match for the content of that scene. 

I agree. I actually struggled writing the beginning part, and now that you've said it, a more comic approach should've been better.

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I also have to question your choice of this dialogue and coarseness of the discussion of bodily fluids etc. 

Yes, that's their banter. Sexual jokes and other awkward conversation. It happens almost every time they interact with each other and with other characters, especially Dusk. Her character meant to be like the most awkward person in the world. Every time she tried to make conversation, she'd always fail and made the conversation really awkward. I really like these dialogues before like, a serious scene and if you're uncomfortable with it, I understand. It's pretty foul for a first time listener. Trust me, there are far more worst dialogues that have been said by these characters.

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

The music is also too complex/busy most of the time. 

I also agree. It's my first time doing this kinda stuff and I'm working on to better that. Thank you for pointing this out!

1 hour ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I think dialogue is for this reason very difficult to score because the music has to emulate the somewhat ambiguous emotion or moment-by-moment emotional meaning of specific words.  I just personally would not have even deemed this scene worthy of music in the first place, but that's just me.

Yknow, I actually feel like this is the most straight forward love story. This two had a crush on each other, the guy already had a girlfriend, the girl made fun of him, the guy cried, the girl felt bad and confronted him on the hill, then they each shared their feelings about each other, and it ended in an ambiguous/awkward way because the guy thought this was wrong. When you compare this to some of the scenes I have ready to be scored, in my opinion, this is like the most obvious and clear story out of all of them. 

Thanks for the criticisms!