One Hour Compo - Round 801 (OHC801)
Outline
You are having difficulty finding your way through a dark forest when you suddenly hear an owl hoot. Or was it the ghost of a very confused macaw? Maybe it was an alien? If it was an alien, maybe they're just as lost as you are... but then again... maybe not! D:
Tonight's theme is: "Lost in the woods."
Rules
You will have 1 hour to complete your song and 10 minutes to finish it up. You will then have an additional 10 minutes to upload your song. At 6 PST/9 EST you may begin your mixing, please have your files uploaded by 7:20 PST/10:20 EST. Join us for discussion on Discord!
Entries (17)
every path looks the same
when you've lost your way
and the pebbles you've dropped
seem to blend with the rocks
and the clay
every path looks the same
when you've lost your way
and you've found you've resigned
cause you've been left behind
swept away
night falls
let the forest reclaim me
daylight
you found you couldn't save me
"Now Don it's important we stick together in unknown situations like this. You never know where you'll end.....uhh Don? Don? Don, where are you!? Don, come on it's not funny now. Don!? Don! Oh God! Don!!!"
Sometimes the most simple types of music are the best. As much as i could go for really complex melodies, i didn't. Instead i opted for simple pad chords, playing very spooky notes, followed by some drones, various sound effects, that sound like something big has fallen, some screams and of course the star of the show, the intense distorted triplet beat, which is really a kick with a delay. The track goes through a lot of pad notes, to make for some super tense atmosphere. The beat doesn't go away, the pads change dynamically, and there is an emphasis on sonic texture. It's not very accessible in the slightest, you will feel pretty nervous listening to this. All in all it's pretty cool stuff, hope you enjoy!
Walking outside the forest, just behind that distant tree, is a cryptid. It's not a sound I recognize, and it's too far to see. I have no choice but to get deeper into the woods.
I really intended on making this a more woodsy track, but the dark recesses of my mind had more extrasolar ideas...
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost! I ain't 'fraid of no woods! I will fist fight the forest creatures with my bare knuckles, let's goooo!
dang, i haven't done one of these in AGES
Famous Eminem song lyric:
But Dr. Dre said,
Nothing you idiot,
Dr. Dre's dead
He got wandered into
The lost forest
And some witches
Turned him into
A frog
I recorded this as sections rather than one continuous take.
Fight the woods!
who could be there? perhaps an obnoxious lead synth? oh the horror!
I gave my dad a call today
I asked him if I could drop by
We had tea, and I let him know that I loved him
I thought of the woods by the bye
My mind is a blur, it’s all a fuzz
I lived but my mind always cried
I walked out there to those woods behind my house
In there, maybe I’ll…
I think I’ll miss the world
Even as these woods won’t miss me
Everyone will just forget
Let me linger in these trunks and leaves
I know that I’ll miss the world
Even as lost as I’ll be
Everyone will just forget
That I’m hanging in a lost wood tree