Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Here is a pirate influenced theme for Beidou. I tried combining some electronic instruments with the more orchestral aspects. I hope you like it! :)

Here's some criticism/analysis I could give for this piece: it's more of a stand-alone piece than a soundtrack piece because there's so much happening. I have a dream of one day composing music to a soundtrack and one thing I've noticed is that if songs are this stuffed with information, then it starts to detract from the game itself. Game music is supposed to support, not steal, the player's experience - usually, at least. The melodic ideas in this piece are pretty nice and the drama moves from one section to another decently. There's room for improving my two weakest areas: arranging and mixing. The sound is a bit muddy and unbalanced at times. Overall, I'm still happy with this piece. I think it shows solid general skills in making music that can be used to make good OSTs one day.

My takeaway for future improvement is: keep things simple and try to think of aspects of mixing before you reach that stage. I wanted to share this thought process in case anyone else is interested :D