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Hey-o! Zebestian here with some music to share! I've been composing for a little over four years now and I wanna show you what I've made so far and what I'm capable of. I'm also planning on making these available as resources at some point later on. I'll make sure to let you know and post something over in the resource section when the time comes. But for now: music! 
What I'm gonna do is put these into spoilers and include a little description telling you something about the track and the creation process. I think it's good to know how something came into being and what the original intent was. And since I'm kinda splitting my uploads between YouTube and SoundCloud, some of these are going to be Youtube videos while others are going to be Soundcloud players. Just as a little heads-up~
"Palace of the Tides" was the first one in my recent temple series of soundtracks. As you can obviously tell by the title, this is supposed to be a water temple theme. I tried to go for a mysterious, somewhat floaty feeling by mainly using piano, harp, flute and steel drums.
"Unbearable Heat" is the second one of my temple themes and unmistakably a fire temple theme - at least by name it is. I think what I like most about this one is the combination of spiccato strings and brass swells in the second half. Drums and lead sitar form the rest.
A rather peaceful forest theme I started months ago and finished recently. Mainly uses pizzicato strings and woodwinds. I also threw in a marimba and horns for good measure. I'm basically using all the wood for this forest theme (with some additions to make it more colourful~)!
"Nature's Nastiness" is, as you can maybe tell by the similar titles, the "sequel" to "Nature's Grace". It's the nasty side deep within the quiet forest - the forest temple. I kept the pizzicato strings and marimba to tie them thematically but this time I used a choir, heavy drums and some shouts to create an atmosphere of danger.
"Cold Emptiness" is the most recent addition to my temple series. I tried to create a soundtrack that makes you feel cold without using the cliché sleigh bells that you find in basically every snow/ice/winter theme. And actually, it was quite easy to avoid those sleigh bells because I thought they didn't really fit with the overall sound of this theme. It's supposed to make you feel cold and lost. Sleigh bells don't really do that for me.
I know, it's a rather weird name. But I'm trying to avoid cliché names and naming tropes as much as possible when I'm naming my soundtracks. I try to be creative not only during composing but also before and after! This one is, obviously, a battle theme. I haven't really composed a lot of battle themes even though I think they're fun to make. This is my most recent battle theme which is very heavy on strings, brass and drums. And I think the shouts add a nice touch to it (especially the "fight" shout at the beginning).
I made this for a streamer and let's player I like to watch to use during her laid-back and chill hangout streams as background music. She was complaining about all the music she liked being copyrighted and that she'd really like some guaranteed royalty-free music to use. So I offered her to make a jazz theme (without really ever having made a jazz theme before). But I think I did quite well!
A nice, mysterious-sounding blues theme that sounds like detective agency or investigation or your typical visual novel background music. Anyway, this is one of my favourites I made so far. And it's not just because I like the blues scale so much. XD
Alrighty, that's gonna be it for now. Once I finished something new I'll be sure to put it in here for your listening pleasure! But I think eight is a good start and should keep you entertained for a little while~! See you on the next update!
~ Zebby
What I'm gonna do is put these into spoilers and include a little description telling you something about the track and the creation process. I think it's good to know how something came into being and what the original intent was. And since I'm kinda splitting my uploads between YouTube and SoundCloud, some of these are going to be Youtube videos while others are going to be Soundcloud players. Just as a little heads-up~
"Palace of the Tides" was the first one in my recent temple series of soundtracks. As you can obviously tell by the title, this is supposed to be a water temple theme. I tried to go for a mysterious, somewhat floaty feeling by mainly using piano, harp, flute and steel drums.
"Unbearable Heat" is the second one of my temple themes and unmistakably a fire temple theme - at least by name it is. I think what I like most about this one is the combination of spiccato strings and brass swells in the second half. Drums and lead sitar form the rest.
A rather peaceful forest theme I started months ago and finished recently. Mainly uses pizzicato strings and woodwinds. I also threw in a marimba and horns for good measure. I'm basically using all the wood for this forest theme (with some additions to make it more colourful~)!
"Nature's Nastiness" is, as you can maybe tell by the similar titles, the "sequel" to "Nature's Grace". It's the nasty side deep within the quiet forest - the forest temple. I kept the pizzicato strings and marimba to tie them thematically but this time I used a choir, heavy drums and some shouts to create an atmosphere of danger.
"Cold Emptiness" is the most recent addition to my temple series. I tried to create a soundtrack that makes you feel cold without using the cliché sleigh bells that you find in basically every snow/ice/winter theme. And actually, it was quite easy to avoid those sleigh bells because I thought they didn't really fit with the overall sound of this theme. It's supposed to make you feel cold and lost. Sleigh bells don't really do that for me.
I know, it's a rather weird name. But I'm trying to avoid cliché names and naming tropes as much as possible when I'm naming my soundtracks. I try to be creative not only during composing but also before and after! This one is, obviously, a battle theme. I haven't really composed a lot of battle themes even though I think they're fun to make. This is my most recent battle theme which is very heavy on strings, brass and drums. And I think the shouts add a nice touch to it (especially the "fight" shout at the beginning).
I made this for a streamer and let's player I like to watch to use during her laid-back and chill hangout streams as background music. She was complaining about all the music she liked being copyrighted and that she'd really like some guaranteed royalty-free music to use. So I offered her to make a jazz theme (without really ever having made a jazz theme before). But I think I did quite well!
A nice, mysterious-sounding blues theme that sounds like detective agency or investigation or your typical visual novel background music. Anyway, this is one of my favourites I made so far. And it's not just because I like the blues scale so much. XD
Alrighty, that's gonna be it for now. Once I finished something new I'll be sure to put it in here for your listening pleasure! But I think eight is a good start and should keep you entertained for a little while~! See you on the next update!
~ Zebby
