Designing Video Game Soundtracks for Beginners

Designing Video Game Soundtracks for Beginners

“Congratulations! You have reached the end of this Domestika course. I hope you enjoyed this time with me and that you feel inspired to start your career in the game industry. Before saying goodbye, let's revisit the phases of the production process for creating game music. This will ensure that you are best prepared for your project.

• Analyze the game.

The first thing you will have to do is analyze the game. Answer the 9 questions presented at the beginning of the course. This will help to narrow down your musical ideas.

• Now, it's time to sketch out your ideas.

Write down your musical inspiration. Whatever you feel clicks with the game: chords, melodies, instruments, etc. This is the moment to get everything down on paper.

• Next, organize your ideas!

It's time to spend more time with the music. Organize your sketched ideas and start to turn these into short melodies and chord progressions. Develop it into something bigger, longer, that can evolve and tell a story. Think about your arrangement and make sure to choose instrumentation that fits the game's purpose.

• Refine and balance.

This is the moment where you will remove unwanted frequencies, fix wrong notes, refine it, and finish!

• Finally, with the track complete, let's deliver it.

Make sure your track is looping perfectly and then send it to your client. Job done! I can't wait to see what exciting music you produce. Experiment, be playful, and have fun! I invite you to share your project by clicking on "Create your project". Don't forget to share your result and the steps that led you to it. I'd especially like to hear some context regarding the game that inspired you to compose your song. Lastly, remember that this is a competitive industry. If you want to succeed, keep up with the hard work. Channel your resilience! All will pay off in the end. I also encourage you to help and give advice to other students in this course—working together can be very helpful and inspiring. I'll be reviewing your work too, and I'll provide you with feedback as often as I can. Cheers!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Congratulations, you reached the end of the course. You should be very proud of yourself. I hope you enjoy this time with me. learning a little bit more about game music and I'm excited to see your music in the next future games in the industry. I invite you all to share your final project here at the platform. Just don't forget. You need to share your song. with the game. That you got inspired from? So you can provide some context. and I can provide you a very deep analyze about your final project. This is very important. Okay. Also, Just to be clear again, You don't need to use Logic Pro ...”

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Course summary for: Designing Video Game Soundtracks for Beginners

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (73)
• 4284 students
• 4 units
• 16 lessons (3h 12m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Music & Audio

• Software

  Logic Pro X

• Areas

  Game Development, Music, Music Production, Video Games