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Constaneum
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 Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:20 am Post subject: Constaneum's Music Composition : Kingdom Hearts Fan Album |
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Ok. here it is !!! I've just finished composing the theme song for Kingdom Hearts Fan Album called "Eternal Dreams". Took me two days to compose this song. I have to admit that this song isnt really the kingdom hearts style of theme songs like Hikari and Passion. =p . This track is slightly influenced by Yasunori Mitsuda's style. ^^ Anyway, hope you'll enjoy the music and plz give some comments.
http://media.putfile.com/Eternal-Dreams---by-Ronald-Yuan-Chang-Ng (Stream)
http://rapidshare.de/files/31382072/28_-_Eternal_Dreams__Theme_Song_.mp3 (Download)
p/s: Wish someone can write the lyrics and sing for me. T_T
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| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, excellent composition,
although i dont have the original music track with me to compare, its good
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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dude, this is some AWESOME stuff you got here. i rkn you'll be able to make it big if you worked for some game company. have you ever considered it ? , if not then it sure would be worth giving it a go.
oh, are you ever gonna make any FF compositions of your own ? |
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| well. i do make final fantasy style composition for my Lost of Ronfaure album and yes i ever though of working in a gaming company. it has always been my dream working in there. Hopefully it'll become a reality though. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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nice, after a while i noticed you shortened the length of these music..how come?
lol, you should post these music on ocremix.org
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| i've shortened the length of each music ???????? Oh really ? I dont want the same melody to be kept on looping for so many times. I tried to cut it short after each loop so that i can fit it more tracks in a disc. i'm targetting approx 30 tracks for this album. Imaggine ach track is 3 mins+ long, resulting in having 90 mins for 30 tracks. How can a 90 min album fit into a 70mins CD right ? Besides, i'm not really planning on making long melodies for each track as most kingdom hearts music are kinda short. wanna preserve that short style. ahhaha. =p |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hey man, these are niiiice!
Any chance of reuploading/emailing me some of them? A lot of the rapidshare links are dead 
The few I have are going on my mp3 player for that evil morning commute 
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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its rare for those links to just die out, they usually put a session quota onto it XD
Hey liked the reunion song, pretty dam good to keep me up at 1am in the morning hahaaha
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| i know. rapid share is lame ! >.< * kick rapid share * Took me ages to upload those music and yet the links are gone in just a blink ! >.< Glad that u guys like the music. I'm currently composing a battle music called "Who's Haunting Who ? ". It'll be a funny battle music. ^^ the track will be finished either by tonight or tomorrow. I'll upload as soon as i've finished. ^^ |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 11:27 am Post subject: |
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try
megaupload.com
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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| mega upload. i tried that one b4 but it's mained for attaching big files and sent to ppl right? >.< |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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works the same way as rapidshare, enter a code, and download it XD
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| Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| Finally got to listen to some of your comps...they're great! Especially enjoyed the themesong. Keep it up! |
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We have been giving you honest comments. The music you compose is good, you have a real ear for melody. Although, if you want constructive criticism for your composing overall I can give you some.
When listening to your pieces, (not individually but overall) they have a tendency to sound similar. Think about using differnt chord progressions because at the moment they are all very similar. I mean, you execute them very well, the melodies you put on top of them are beautiful, but it just gives it a tad bit of predictability and cliche. Also think about using other notes besides chordal arpegio in your accompaniment...dissonace is a good thing when used in a tonal framework...try to incorparate it.
Also, try experimenting with different time signatures other than 4/4. 7/8 and 5/4 are a good place to start because they can offer broader rhythms. At the moment, your rhythms consist of quaver arpegios in the accompaniment, with a dotted crotchet/dotted crotchet/crotchet rhythm for melodic syncopation. Aim for some more syncopation in the accompaniment. 
Anyway, I hope that's helpful for you. I couldn't give you a critical comment on your pieces indivudually because on their own, they sound wonderful. I wish I could just sit down and compose something beautiful like you do, but at the moment I can't because my time is taken up composing in the intellectual ie: ugly sound that they push at the con. Keep on composing because you have a natural nack for it, and in this world that isn't the most common thing. |
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| now. That's what i call an honest comment. Professional comment indeed but it's slightly beyond my music knowledge. >.< Lots of things i dont understand but i'll try to improve. ^^ U're right about the notes that i tend to start with for my compositions. I just love to start from there. ahahahah. Oh yeah, mind to explain in simple music terms ? I dont understand lots of the music theories u've stated. >.< Oh yeah, notice that some of the chorus part of the melody from Eternal Dreams (theme song) are being recycled and rearranged for Kairi since she's the main female char of Kingdom Hearts. Mostly female char themes are from theme songs. Trying to use that method. =p |
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| Ppl. Kingdom Hearts Fan album wont be completed by the end of October. I'll finish the album early November, hopefully it's b4 my birthday. =p Currently, i'm making a empire theme for Versouls album which is taking me days to make as i'm trying a different style for Versouls album. Sorry for the delay. >.< |
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Keep up the good work!
Doing well (haven"t checked this in a while so lots of new songs to listen to) and take your time with things to make them the best you can!
Vagrant Story rocks too
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Hey Constaneum...sorry I didn't reply earlier...PS4 was busy. Ok, so what I was talking about.
Chord progessions: For this just think about other chordal jumps you can do. So, a good example...I don't know if you've used this one but it's good...is I, iii, IV, in Roman numerals. So in a c major scale that is a C Major triad (c, e, g) followed by an e minor triad (e, g, b) followed by an F Major Triad (f, a, c). Play around with that by using arpegios and then possibly think about jumping to chord 7 (vii) which would be a b minor triad (b, d, f) in a C Major scale. You can also use this chord progression in a minor context.
About dissonace: For this I would recomend looking at tri tonal chords, diminshed triads and 7th chords. A tri tone is an unstable inverval that is neither major nor minor...it's somewhere inbetween...it works best next to a minor chord though. A tri tone interval from the note c is f sharp. So to work that out count seven semitones (chromatic scale counting) from any note and you'll get a tri tone. So the one I listed is c to f sharp. A diminished chord is achieved by stacking minor thirds on top of each other. So starting from c, the chord is c, e flat, f sharp etc. Seventh chords are pretty easy...from a c major triad just add a b flat, or a b natural to the c triad.
To get an idea of how dissonance can work really well in tonal music, listening to "Nightmare of a cave" from FFX-2. (A bad game...but that piece is really good) Pay particular attention to the last 15 seconds of the piece because thats where all the stuff I've just listed comes into play. Maybe think about downloading the music for it as well because it gives you a good idea of what it looks like notated. I think you can find it here - http://ffmusic.ffshrine.org/ that website has all the final fantasy music.
Ok, and about rhythm: In 5/4 there's a lot of opportunity to use cool fast rhythms. A good pattern to use is one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, one, two...so that just quavers used in groups of twos and threes. Think about using off beat rhythms. The best way to illustrate a point for this is to give you a music example. Final fantasy VIII's "Don't be Afraid" is in 5/4. Pay close attention to the start where it has the 1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,1,2 rhythm groupings.
Ok, well I guess I've covered everything. I'm not the best at explaining things so if it's still confusing just send me a PM. But I mean, with all that said, I'm not out to change your style. You are a fantastic composer! The only reason why I know this stuff is because I was formally trained at piano and now study music at a conservatorium. Composition isn't something that can be taught...you have to have a natural ability for it and that's what you have! I hope some of my comments have been of help and don't stop composing because you create beautiful pieces. |
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It's been quite a while i havent composed any track for Kingdom Hearts Fan album. I'm behind schedule. >.< I've promised to finish the album this month, hopefully i wont delay it again. >.< Anyway, here's my arranged version of "Destiny Island". Hope you'll enjoy the music. ^^
1.Destiny Island (Arranged version)
http://media.putfile.com/Destiny-Island-Arranged-Island---by-Ronald-Yuan-Chang-Ng (stream)
http://www.openomy.com/filemanager/file/?fileID=91592 (download)
p/s: I've found this new server for hosting files. Since RapidShare is full, i've decided to try this new server. Plz let me know if the download link doesnt work. ^^ |
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