Rexlandish
Games Audio
Music Composer
Sep 2023 - Ongoing
Working under an agile workflow, the lead designer provided
-
Description and visuals for a level
-
A reference track
Based on this, I match musical elements to the feel and create draft(s) for review.
Based on feedback given, I see what to keep, change, or remove.
This iterative process repeats once or twice until the final track is created.
Using FL Studio
I decided to take advantage of not having the audio limitations of classic consoles.
FL Studio allowed me to manipulate 8-bit sounds.
With this, I enhanced basic synths with vibrato, delay, and changing tone quality.
Composing the Music
Stage one involved residents fleeing a village on fire, being overtaken by monsters.
The main emotions were Panic and Intensity.
Because intensity can be linked to any emotions, I focused on using elements that felt Panicky first, then adding intense elements to enhance this feeling.
Panic
-
Non-functional harmony / Chromatic chord movement.
-
Bassline jumping between tritones.
-
Regularly switching between 4-beat and 2-beat.
-
Staccato interjections using an octatonic scale.
-
Polyphonic melody, confusing and in-your-face.
-
Regularly switching between 4-beat and 2-beat
Intensity
- Oompah style rhythms
...and much more.