Kara-Moon Forum

Well after the comments in the contest reviews I did some more work on this tune. I extended it, to more than twice its original length and I also renamed it. On top of that I knocked it into better shape generally, changed the percussion a little and added sone choirs and a floaty synth near the end.

@Mark, I reduced the reverb ion the vibraphone arpeggios quite a lot.

@kara, I hope you will like the new lead instrument. It is much closer to a flute.

So now I give you "We Are Coming Home"

Will,

The intro with the arpeggios sets the stage for a great holiday atmosphere & the chord progressions with the incoming harmonies are very pretty.

While I do think that the oboe-sounding lead is a nice choice,I feel though,that because this sound is a bit flat & dry sounding-as well as being played a bit choppy at certain times-it needs some polishing to blend better with everything else in the song.

Apart from that,it's arranged quite well with some very nice sounds & I enjoyed it quite a bit. 8)

Thom

Thanks very much for your comments Thom.

Part of the choppyness, is me, as a keyboard player, trying to emulate what a wind player would do. I will work on this to try and get natural sounding 'breath gaps' without the flow of the music breaking up.

I left my comment 'over there' too as, without a little bump, it will soon disappear off the first page.  ::)
Really atmospheric composition. Good harmonies and use of instrumentation.
With the title in mind, as I was listening I imagined it playing behind a TV advert where the family were out bustling around the shops in the winter weather and finally arriving home to a big roaring fire and a slap-up meal on the table(ad for some sort of food, etc)
Nice one.
 ;)
James

Will,

If no-one mentioned oboe....to my ear, the melody instrument sound would not be construed as such  :'(
 
But - the good news - I think it is a perfect representation of a vintage Italian portable organ...was Farfisa the brand? Remember the ones that were finished in some whacked-out red plastic, and had a little fan that drove the reeds?

It's a great effect, even if unintentional, and I swear I'll corroborate your story if you want to tell folks you sweated for hours over your software to come up with that elusive "Farfisa vibe"... ;)

Oren.

Thanks for the 'bump' James. Tracks do disappear astonishingly fast over there don't they :(

And again, thanks for your interpretation. I like it!

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

It was originally supposed to be an Ocarina (as strange sort of ceramic whistle/flute for those who don't know) but kara and other didn't like it (I wasn't over pleased with it myself).

I then changed it for a flute, but that sounded too shrill against the other instruments, so I dropped it an octave. This put in rather in the overlap area of flute/oboe.

Thom picked up on Oboe, so I shrugged and accepted that.

Now you say Farfisa :o

I think I have to take a stand now, so it is defintitely a ocariflutobofisa ;D


However...
The important thing is that people like it, whatever instrument they hear!

Sounds nice, would fit very well in a game like Final Fantasy or Zelda  :)

I don't like to listen to contest entries until I'm ready with my submission, because I could be influenced from the other tracks and ideas.
I like the sounds used here, they fit well together, and the parts are very well arranged
The atmosphere is really nice, almost fairytales, so I didn't bother to think of technical things

Cheers