Human Transmutation

I think you have a good start on recognizing that your music should feel suspenseful and magical. One thing I noticed when I was watching the opening scene without music is that the video does not particularly calls for techno music. The first video changes from a very blue tone to a purpleish red tone then back to a very blue tone; it is a transition from coldness to warmth to coldness. Your music can reflect that feeling by choosing different instruments with different tone colors. The ending to the video is also very powerful, so I would suggest ending on a strong note that leaves an impression for the listeners. There are a lot of places in the second video where it switches between a significant lack of movement and a dramatic amount of movement. I wonder if you can incorporate that into your music by increasing the intensity when there is more movement and slowing down when the visual is slower. I think choosing where to put faster clips and slower clips can help the listeners have room to breathe and reflect in between the suspense of your music. I am excited to see the final outcome of your project!

Great start! Be careful of "imitating" ideas from the original score. I would suggest watching the video on mute from now on, so that your ideas aren't taking a back seat to the original composer's score. Next step would be to get some sounds made that could be your sonic backbone for the piece. Please continue posting process updates.

You can see videos from similar video games to get ideas, but try not to imitate the original music. Think of the functions of the music for audiovisuals that we studied at class and also the composition concepts. Start with analyzing the video and setting its parts and the mood and characteristics of the music for each part. Plan your instruments. Remember that to make a crescendo you can add instruments apart to make them play louder and vice-versa with decrescendo. Select a good tempo that goes well with the images (beat per minute), though you might change it in some section if you think it is going to fit better. To open the video in Logic: File-Movie-Open Movie. Then mark the sections of it in the next way: Logic Pro-Preferences-Advanced Tools and activate all except for Control Surfaces and Surround (and score if you are not going to use it). Then Track-Show Global Tracks and in the Arrangement Track you can establish the sections, for example:

- Introduction: objectives (mood to set, things to remark with music...), Function/s of the music in this section (set the mood, present the main character (you can create a leitmotif for it), place the viewer in the physical place where the action is (country, region, etc.), underline the time the action takes place...), Composition concepts to get the objectives and music functions: crescendo to begin, tempo that fits, kind of music to set the mood, instrumentation that fits with the place and time,...
- And something similar to the other sections.

Also in the markers track you can put markers to synchronize important moments in the scene to synchronize with the music, example: evil monster appears suddenly (remark with its leitmotif or with some low tones, or drums, etc)

The process should be that: set the objectives, set the music function/s, set the composition concepts to get them, compose the music.

This video is pretty trippy, and watching it without sound, I had no idea what was going on. I think that gives you a nice amount of freedom to use audio to create something original. Looking forward to seeing it!

Really nice video! I can clearly feel three part of the video, the start and end is peaceful and the middle is adventrous. You need three different type of background music for these three parts. Quiet the water sound is a good start of the background music of the video, since it can serve as a crescendo to introduce the listener to the more dynamic music later. I think if you use sounds you created is better than a background music song in this original video, since the singer in the background music make the movement in the video less interesting and monotonous. Adding water, running sound will make this video more pursuasive and intriguing.

Very nice choice of video! It does create a sense of mystery and gives the viewer a sense of an epic mission that they can embark on once the film starts. The beginning starts out with a quiet feeling while he is underwater. Adding in noises like the water rippling and waves will make the piece more interesting. Once the video starts moving away from this "peaceful" scene, a crescendo will definitely be interesting to include here as a transition. Switching the tempo of the music during different scenes can also help in portraying what you want the audience to feel when listening to your music. I'm a little hesitant on adding in the techno music as it could distract from the point of the story. But if you can somehow incorporate it in an interesting way, I will definitely be looking forward to hearing it!

Your final outcome fits the new video you chose well. I really like how the music is very unsettling from the beginning. The disharmonious feeling foreshadows what is going to happen later in the video. The sound effects are very well executed and don't sound out of place with the video. I found your music to be original and interesting. One suggestion I have is that the change in music from the beginning scene and the scene where the circle lights up is a little abrupt; it felt like two different pieces of music put together.

The final piece turned out very well! You were able to produce the foreboding and ominous atmosphere with the continuous eerie noises from the beginning. The addition of the crow sounds and the electricity noises made the overall piece feel more authentic. I felt as though I was actually watching a professionally made piece! The silence at the end is also very ominous on its own and leaves the listener at a "cliffhanger" with no idea how the scene will proceed from there. Good job!

I think the orchestration that you did to the video really worked, and mostly hit the goals that you set out. I think the omission of the dialogue (except for where it was pretty necessary to include it) actually added to the overall tune of the piece. One thing that I think would be more effective is in doing a more noticeable change sonically at the moment in the video when the circle changes from blue to purple. I think that is a subtle turning point that could be accentuated with a change in the tone of the accompanying music.