A Skyrim Soundtrack Expansion Project.

Taking both elements from Oblivion and Skyrim and trying to combine them into something that fits neatly into Skyrim's already existent soundscape and OST.
I always wanted to do this, and now I believe I have the tools necessary to pull it off - I hope...
This little introductory piece took me (calculating in the time I needed to find good enough melodies in my head without copying everything the existing soundtracks already do, arranging things so they work as intended, building up a new orchestral template I can work off of to create more cohesive pieces within this project, getting all the libraries I required etc.) half a year. 
Not constant work of course, for this iteration I took about 2 months - but there are so many prototypes waiting to be salvaged into something worthwhile that did not become *this*...
It took a lot of thinking and frustration.

And I am still not "perfectly" happy with the result. The mix but most importantly the arrangement and some harmonic structures are very lacking in some places, it isn't as thematically consistent as I wanted it and I feel like I still need a lot of practice with my new libraries to get the best out of them.

But aside from that, I am still very proud of it. I again learned more from this piece and everything it took to get it done than I have in a long time.
So I'd mark it down as a definite success, especially since it opens up the doors to an entire new project that I can sink my teeth into - especially especially because it is about Skyrim. And there are few things that I am as passionate about and emotionally connected to as I am with the fifth entry in the Elder Scrolls Series.

I will vastly improve in the fields of composition, arrangement and thematic consistency on the upcoming tracks, because now I actually have a structure I can build upon instead of no ideas and an empty DAW.
So expect better things to come and forgive me my shortcomings on this first entry in a hopefully long line of pieces to this puzzle.

Please enjoy and give me all the feedback you want, I need every bit of it to improve.

But for now -
a hearty Cheerio,
Cedric

HORIZON - A Skyrim Soundtrack Expansion Project

Mountains in the Sky

HORIZON - Mountains in the Sky

I am me. Isn't that a surprise? I almost couldn't believe it myself when they first told me, but it is true. The Cyanist, Cyanisto or the Wurzelsepp Of The Ages, it doesn't matter. I am an ocean of fire and demonic rage, ready to be unleashed upon the surface of this very earth. Brace yourself - for I have arisen.

[This description is not really representative at all in regards to what kind of music I make, just a stupid thing I wrote at some point and wanted to keep. Screw professionalism and actually taking oneself seriously - or maybe not. I don’t know :) ]

If you want me to make music for or alongside you, do let me know.