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Varen6398 -> RE: Varen's Dragonfable Soundtrack - Reimagined (1/1/2016 7:02:10)
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So I better start off with a happy new year to everyone! New Years can always be a bit of a long night and I hope that everyone has had a good time in 2015 and wish you all the best for the future.
Now 2015 has been a great year for me. I finally returned to Dragonfable after a long hiatus and the community I’ve returned to has been staggeringly friendly towards me and the project I’d decided I wanted to start years ago. 2015 was also the year that I finally got some music composition software which meant that I could finally start to carry out the aforementioned project. So this is a post to sum up my year in the music I’ve written; my favourite things to write, the easiest part and the hardest parts of everything that I’ve ever done (so far ;) ).
When I first decided to set my mind to the task of composing, I had no clue of what I should do and the software was new to me. Despite this fact, the idea of what to do when I was writing “A Hero is Bored” was clear; I wanted to incorporate my own themes with the music that Dragonfable’s composers had brilliantly written. My first piece was surprisingly the easiest to write in that sense; I had ideas of themes and the music in the game was all ready to be arranged with my themes. The Hero’s Theme came quite naturally after playing through playing things on the piano because of its light feeling of progression when it is major, and for its ability to nicely switch to a minor key when necessary.
After a bit of jumping back and forth chronologically, making “Oaklore” and “The Opening Credits” after making pieces which should appear after them, I managed to settle into a nice state of releasing pieces fairly often because the Summer Holidays allowed me the time I need to create a piece. Unfortunately school meant that I haven’t been able to release pieces as often as I would have liked; it would have been nice to get through the Light Orb Saga by the end of the year and it’s still a large stretch away.
When I was creating the Egg at the Dumpsite I made a decision to write a theme for our good friend, our Dragon. Personally this is my favourite self-written theme because it was so immensely fun to think up. I wrote it with the forethought that I wanted a small scene in the Falconreach based piece where the Hero dreams of their dragon, dispelling the evil presence of the Mysterious Stranger from his mind. As such I tried to write it so that it could at different times be many things; bold and heroic, tender and caring or volatile and vicious. Whether I achieved that or not is entirely up to debate, but I feel I gave it my best effort. :)
The pieces I’m most proud would have to be any of the longer ones: “Falconreach/Dreaming of Dragons”, “Attack on the Temple/Doomkitten”, “The Hatching” and “Ruins of Kordana”. I always feel that it’s a challenge to write a contiguous piece of music that is both evolving and interesting, all while matching the moods of the situation. As such, when I release a piece of this length it’s because I feel it’s to that standard and that I’m happy with it. ^^
Despite all of this; there have been moments where I’ve had writers block. My biggest regret would be not being able to create a good enough oriental feel so as to be able to do the ninja side of the Wind Orb Saga any justice. Perhaps I’ll one day revisit it when I’ve had a bit more experience. Another issue that’s yet to come is how often I release pieces prior to June. With my final A2 exams coming up I will be revising very heavily so there may be weeks in between my releases as I compose in the little spare time that I’ll have.
So as to end on a light note I’ll say this; music has always been my passion and going composing in a school music room in my spare time to make pieces that sounded very poor quality, to being able to make more realistic music (still not a live orchestra as I would prefer :p ) that people seem to enjoy and continue to listen to makes me feel very happy indeed. So I would like to give a big thanks to everyone who’s ever listened to any of my pieces and once again wish everyone a happy new year. :)
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