[Hybrid Soundtrack] Tension (.mp3)

[KrazyKatz]

Due to popular demand, it was decided to include another song in the next release of the game 'Wicked-Defense'. The original score was by Lpchip and myself and I was contracted to do the additional song.

Here it is!

Comments are always welcome.

Streaming-

http://www.sonicbrilliance.com/

Download-

http://www.sonicbrilliance.com/music/Tension.mp3

Enjoy!

[Sam_Zen]

As usual an excellent production.

Somehow I've got some mixed feelings about this.
It introduces a tension feeling indeed very effective. But then the feeling got stuck at a certain level, and stays there.
So it's tense, but never behaves 'wicked'.

I think this is due to the fact, that everything plays harmonically in chords very correct throughout the song.
It's not necessary to start adding 'blue' notes in this, but I don't even hear a variation of some notes a fifth or octave higher.
So the strings go dah - dahdah -diddit all the time, instead of sometimes using -diddeet for example.

But I guess you're familiar with my attitude about harmonies, etc.

[KrazyKatz]

Thanks for your comments Mr. Zen. It has been on my mind to let my music start tending into more extended harmonic progressions. Your comments are well founded.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

Great percussion work, KrazyKatz. I agree with Sam_Zen. You could use more "tense" harmonies that are still fairly consonant, like diminished sevenths. But I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the track.

[mrvegas]

I have listend to a number of the pieces on the sonicbrilliance site, and I do enjoy them very much.   I like this one also.  I think that some of the criticisms sort of miss the point that this music is intended for a specific purpose, and it suits that very well.  I don't think the composers intended to put on a dazzling display of their knowledge of music theory, but, instead, had a specific game concept in mind.

[Sam_Zen]

Yep, I agree about the game concept.

[KrazyKatz]

Thanks for your words Mr. Vegas, and for looking out for my music . If you reckon I'm achieving my objective at getting the music to match the medium, then that makes me a happy toad . And if theres one guy who we can all appreciate as someone who knows what he's talking about, it's you.