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I understand wanting to one's own style but after the intro I expected something more reminiscent of the original soundtrack. The vocals don't really fit the tone (except the part sung in a low voice) and the "Backtrack(..)Keep you on the right side" and "Cloudburst(..)Knuckles of your own hand" where too much of a shift in style and felt horribly out of place. | |
For the first time listening to one of your songs I was a little dubious going into this one, since the Bastion soundtrack is my absolute favourite. However, once again, you've taken the essence of the game (or film) and put your own stamp on it in a way which is reminiscent of the source but still feels fresh. I LOVE this - from the intro which really sounds like it's straight from the game, the awesome chorus, the gravelly vocals... Great work sir! | |
Aahhh...from the intro I loved how the music meshed with the OST of the game, though by the end it felt like it had strayed a bit away form the style (the acoustic instruments were a bit drowned out under all the layers). Lyrics are kinda weird, not sure I'm convinced about them, really. But then again, with you Gavin it's always cut above the average, so it's no small feat to consistently put out quality material. PS: I'm quite sure Justin had a blast putting together this video, seeing as he couldn't stop gushing about this game (and I agree it deserved the praise). | |
amazing song but it feels almost unfair to attache more great music to bastion, stat making all the AAAs jealous. | |
Very nice, capturing the feel/sound of the game whilst still making it very much your own. | |
I'm actually kind of fascinated that people found this as being too different than the game's soundtrack. One of the aspects I loved most about Bastion's soundtrack was how eclectic it was, there were a lot of different elements and genre's at play in there. | |
Great song! I really like how it fits with "genre" of the OST but still has that Miracle of Sound feel. I'll need to let it marinate with further listening before I can speak to the nuances of it, but it's really impressive. I especially like the harp? at the beginning. It leads into the song very well and sorta of reminds me of the intro to Sovngarde song. This isn't related to this song in particular, but do you write the lyrics and the music together, or do you write one first then fit the other to it? | |
Hmmm, well for me I think my favorites were the Mass Effect 2 and 3 songs (Normandy, and Take It Back...) and oddly enough "The Grind" for Gears Of War 3 even if I don't play GoW. This one was okay, but won't stand out as one of my favorites. | |
This is incredible. Love it. | |
Almost as good as the actual game soundtrack and that's no insult :D I loved the guitar twangs in there and the Bastion voice. But all the props have to go to the lyrics here. 'You'll learn your history 'Turnin' back is bound to be Also was the last verse and the first verse being the same a very deliberate decision? (And if so it works brilliantly as an opening and an end that's an opening, plus the way it takes from the line in Bastion that does that. Which you know I guess because you wrote it as that. Oh look I'm gushing.) EDIT: That intro is so good :D And I just happened to start playing Bastion again yesterday (although that was partly your fault, someone was hinting it at you in a comments thread and that got 'Build That Wall' stuck in my head, until eventually I had to play the game again) | |
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Thank you so much Gavin I've been waiting for you to do Bastion for so long and I am SO not disappointed. | |
I'm surpised you dared to touch one of the best gaming soundtracks out there, and you did a damn good job of it. A lot of the same notes as Bynn the Breaker, but different enough that its your own. And it sounds amazing. Well done! Also, how good is Bastion? :D | |
I'm really digging that deep, smooth voice--really reminiscent of Sweet L.A.--and the quick switch to a softer, raspier voice works really well. Add that to the ridiculously catchy melody and the ending with the overlapping vocals being just perfect, and this song is amazing. Although I've gotta say, every time I heard the line, "So bring it back or start anew." I heard it as "So bring it back or start a new..." and kept expecting something after it, haha! | |
I liked it! My favourite from the last few songs you`ve put out. I actually had Bastion, but never really started playing it, even tho I`ve seen so much positive stuff being said about the game. So the heck with it, IŽll just start the download on Steam. | |
I've never listened to anything that MiracleOfSound has put out before. Thankfully, I've corrected that mistake. | |
I'm only 20 seconds in to my first play of the song and im already certain it is going to be awesome.... Gets in my top 3. | |
Was the musical style and tone from Bastion hard to create? I love Bastion's music but I've never heard that style of music before so I'm curious if you had trouble creating this song that that way. Very well done by the way. | |
Yesss, a Bastion song! Right on. The lyrics are brilliant, as a few other people have said. :) | |
This might just be my favorite song you've posted. Spectacular job. I love it | |
*Drooling* ..Ah.. Bastion.. ! Oh, sorry, I was just entranced at how good this song is. Good work as always! *Continues to drool* | |
Really good. It is just so amazing. The gameplay gets really fun once you have a couple of good weapons. Plus the soundtrack is beautiful, and the story is very touching. Oh and the Narrator is brilliant. I really don't think they got much wrong with bastion. It is completely worth all $15. There is even a new game +. I don't know how many hours it will take you seeing as I ddin't get it on steam. Good song Gavin. It was good but it didn't top Rise or Jokers song. It is in my top 10 though. for me your sons are: | |
This is one of my favourite games, good song too :) | |
No, this was by far one of the easiest, most natural songs for me to write/create :) | |
Last few? All my songs are layered. Might wanna either get used to it or stop listening cause it ain't going anywhere.
That's my favourite line in the song actually. I like how it opens it up to people who have not played the game but also makes sense in the context of Zulf and the Ura
Never really stood out for me to be honest. I focused on the parts that jumped at me, such as the beats, guitars, strings etc.... also I didn't want to mimic a certain song from the game too closely ;) | |
Exactly ;) Well spotted.
You won't regret it. It's a wonderful game :)
Don't.
They weren't meant to.
Heh, they're my favourite parts. I grew up on Faith No More and bands that always throw curveballs like that into their songs. God help you if you ever try and listen to Frank Zappa or Opeth with such a limited scope for what feels too different or out of place.
Welcome :)
Ha I never thought of it that way but it totally makes sense with regards to the mechanics of the game ;)
Thank you, read all of that comment and it made me smile. Glad you, someone who is clearly a huge fan of the game, saw where I was coming from with the song :) | |
Was definitely nervous about tackling something with such a well loved soundtrack, but in a way I feel like that challenge made it better, with such wonderful source material to draw ideas from :)
Agreed. The whole idea with this song was to take various scattered elements of the OST and make something fresh from them. | |
I actually think it felt pretty appropriate. Especially the guitar, that sounded almost like it could have come straight from the game. I see what you mean about how it could have had a little more of a blues feeling to it, but this still worked for me. | |
It's different every time, no real ruleset there. This one was kinda done all together - guitar in hand and pen on the table :) | |
Another masterpiece, Gav. Can't wait to see what your next song will be. | |
"Kid wakes up. Nah I'm just foolin." | |
So I found the lyrics a bit cheezy, but I guess that's just what's gonna happen when you make a song about a game. The music, on the other hand, was fantastic. It seemed like another song off of the soundtrack. Do all of these fit so well with their games' music? | |
Ahhhhhhh! I'm not trying to insult your normal layering! I like it in a lot of the other songs, there was just something about this one and Hengsha, I think, that I felt didn't.... it sounded like a bubble that wouldn't hold together properly when leaving the bubble-blowing-stick thing and it wasn't satisfying to me in some way. If that makes any sense? I'm sorry... I can't... I can't word and this is coming out wrong and I really like your music almost all the time. Please don't be mad at me. | |
Be right back, guys, Ahmma go teach myself how to play this one. Why do you write such catchy songs, Gav? They take up all my spare time. | |
Sounds like Mark Lanegan. | |
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Brilliant work, another stunning piece of music! I love the multiple vocal layers and the way they gradually build and come together at the end. A nice way to reference the rebuilding of a world, if it was the given intention.