Today’s challenge was fun and exciting! I chose the following quest from the “Quest Logs” Level 3:
- Heavier Things: Write a heavy metal boss theme. Death growl = optional.
I love heavy metal and I really like hearing heavy metal tunes in games!
First, I loaded one of my favorite electric guitar virtual instruments (Shreddage by Impact Soundworks) to DAW and start creating riffs and parts. Then I got an idea of the tempo and overall construction of the song, I started working on the drum. I loaded Toontrack’s EzDrummer “Metal Machine” and shaped the song with it. Then I loaded more electric guitar sounds (Dracus by Orange Tree Samples, etc) and the bass (Cherry Electric Bass by Orange Tree Samples).
After everything is done, I thought “Hm, sounds okay but something is missing…”. So, I decided to add a death growl. There’s a virtual instrument called “Voices of Rage” by Soundiron which I got a long time ago, and I used Evan’s voice for this tune (However, I have no idea what he’s saying, actually…!)
So, after everything, here’s my Day 12, a heavy metal tune!