Hi folks, I am new to this forum. I am an independent soundtrack composer for films and animation, and thinking about venturing into composing for video games. I usually produce cinematic and rock music, but recently decided to make an electronic orchestral track and sync it with couple of game-play footage from Tekken, Street Fighter and Dragon Ball Z Budokai 3. Any feedback would be very much appreciated.

Here is the video:

The ideas in your music are not bad but the production could really use some improvements. Mainly in the fact that the track doesn't seem to really go anywhere. For the entire length of the piece it's all basically one texture, one intensity (minus the short build up at the very start).

What I'd recommend doing is finding a few tracks that match the direction/goal you're after then doing some A/B comparisons on both the composition as well as the production to see how you can get closer to that goal.

Side note: I'd also shy away from using adjectives like "epic" in song titles because that's highly subjective. Instead just call it something that conveys the mood/idea/focus of that piece.

Thanks for sharing!

Nate

That was very elaborate and useful. Thanks for the response. I am not experienced at producing electronic/dnb/dubstep music, so I thought I would start with something simple and not very much layered. "Epic" is just to emphasize what I was trying to achieve.

If you're wanting to create truly epic combat music, I'd highly recommend you look up the soundtrack to the new Killer Instinct by my friend Mick Gordon. Not only is it great sounding music, the way it's implemented in-game really ties the music and the game's actions together.

Here's a video where Mick explains his process and shows some of it off:

Check it out!

Nate