Military Sci-Fi Loadout Theme

So I'm not big on the epic drums and synths (I kind of hate using synths) but I've been cripplingly addicted to XCOM 2 lately, and prior to that, Battletech

So I made a loop of music to fit a "loadout" screen in a strategy game. I may compose more as a collection of military Sci-Fi music, but before then, let me know what you think.

Overall the piece sounds fantastic! The only thing I’d say is maybe add a snare loop to give it a more “army/military” vibe. Idk if I hear a snare or if it’s something else but if there is a snare maybe make it more prominent in the piece and really carry the rhythm along with the bigger epic perc. Hope your song turns out wonderful!

Love it, excellent work and composition

On 9/11/2023 at 5:04 PM, Zeldz said:

Overall the piece sounds fantastic! The only thing I’d say is maybe add a snare loop to give it a more “army/military” vibe. Idk if I hear a snare or if it’s something else but if there is a snare maybe make it more prominent in the piece and really carry the rhythm along with the bigger epic perc. Hope your song turns out wonderful!

 

See, I leave the snares out so as to not be too cliché, and then people are like "Where's the snare?" lol

16 hours ago, AlexeySavelyev said:

Love it, excellent work and composition

Thanks man

Hey Chris @AngelCityOutlaw,

As I have said in your YT channel I really love this (as usual). The stricture here is ABCABC and I really love the sound effect in the C sections. F Aeolian is cool as well. Thx for sharing!

Henry

On 9/13/2023 at 12:50 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hey Chris @AngelCityOutlaw,

As I have said in your YT channel I really love this (as usual). The stricture here is ABCABC and I really love the sound effect in the C sections. F Aeolian is cool as well. Thx for sharing!

Henry

 

Thanks Henry!

Yeah I just saw that, and it's apparently up to 1000 views on YouTube already.

What is going on

I love X-Com 2!  Mind you I'm talking about the really old one with general midi horror themed music X-Com 2:  Terror from the Deep.  It was mostly set underwater with Aquanauts scouring the ocean floor for underwater UFO's and aliens.  LoL

For not liking synths you make really great use of them in this.  Harmonically, you stay a bit tonic-heavy throughout the composition for my taste with an occasional venture into the subdominant area.  And you rarely write a piece long enough to warrant making a macro-tonal plan.  But it also doesn't get bland or boring because of its brevity.  In short, the piece succeeds at accompanying the kind of context it was conceived for.  Great job and thanks for sharing!

Also - thanks for participating in the competition - I feel like I was probably the biggest champion of your music in the competition (by which I mean that I liked it the most out of all the judges).  And if it was up to me (as can be seen by my individual scores for your entry) you would have gotten 2nd place in the competition.  Great job and I hope you participate again!

10 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I love X-Com 2!  Mind you I'm talking about the really old one with general midi horror themed music X-Com 2:  Terror from the Deep.  It was mostly set underwater with Aquanauts scouring the ocean floor for underwater UFO's and aliens.  LoL

A remake of that one is implied to be the next game in the reboot series!

10 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

For not liking synths you make really great use of them in this.  Harmonically, you stay a bit tonic-heavy throughout the composition for my taste with an occasional venture into the subdominant area.  And you rarely write a piece long enough to warrant making a macro-tonal plan.  But it also doesn't get bland or boring because of its brevity.  In short, the piece succeeds at accompanying the kind of context it was conceived for.  Great job and thanks for sharing!

Thanks a lot! I experimented with other harmonization, but keeping the bass essentially as a pedal in most of it just gave it the feel I was after.

10 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Also - thanks for participating in the competition - I feel like I was probably the biggest champion of your music in the competition (by which I mean that I liked it the most out of all the judges).  And if it was up to me (as can be seen by my individual scores for your entry) you would have gotten 2nd place in the competition.  Great job and I hope you participate again!

I appreciate that!

However, I was hoping for 3rd place, just so I could post this victory meme: