Two Songs, Crystallis & Gaia Song Options

[NinthPulse]

If you did not catch my introduction post: I will be posting music that I have either written/have the rights to distribute/or simply wish to share.

These/future posts are works which will not be published for my job, and are free to use; simply mention my name should the piece be particularly decent, or if you really like it.

In this post:
Crystallis - Originally, I was going to use this for a commercial. Scrapped it when the commercial was scrapped.
Gaia Song - My interpretation of this iconic track from "Romancing Walker", one of my favorite RM2K games. The piano part was from a Steinway Walnut Grand, and instead of two guitars, there is a classical guitar accompanied by a Harpsichord. The recorder section has been replaced by flutes, and there is also a Bassoonist playing very low behind them.

Important credits:
"Gaia Song" is, as far as I know, FLARE'S (the creator of Romancing Walker). Though, I really don't know (if anyone knows who really wrote the piece, I'd love to find out). Just wanted to share the recording; as the song itself was iconic in my younger life!

[darkhalo]

I'm a little surprised no one has commented on these two tracks.
Crystallis strikes me as a scene revolving around mystery or a misgiving/ perhaps guilt and regret.

The Gaia song was what made me think, hey....thats cool. Sounds like a Ken Nakagawa composition
to me (or his wife) who has also written some great commercial tracks. Nice work .

[TheBen]

Crystallis... I could have sworn I heard that chord structure in FFVII. Y'know, the one with the slow strings, and then the harp comes in, and it always plays when something beautiful gets blown up, and there's a harp... well, there are discrepancies between the two songs, but come on. Fabula Nova Crystallis? Totally not a reference, right?

Hm... Gaia's song. I guess it's nice - happy and upbeat. However, it seems to not variate much... ooh, wait, the cool part just came in! Still, it was a bit slow getting there, so try not to bore the audience with overly long periods of more or less the same thing.

Overall, these are pretty good, and the samples are way better than mine, so this has my vote of approval. Keep working on it!

This post has been edited by TheBen: Feb 24 2012, 06:20 PM

[NinthPulse]

On Crystallis:
I've never played FFVII, personally. If you find some similarities between the two songs, well it was unintentional at most.

On Gaia Song:
I didn't write the song (merely a rearrangement) , but I will of course keep your suggestion in mind.