Lament for Kelsier (Version 2) (TFE) - Fanmade Mistborn Soundtrack
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- Guess who's back.
It's me. I'm back. Back with another Mistborn song. Next up in my trend of reimagining improved versions of past songs, we've got a newly orchestrated rendition of one of this channel's more popular uploads, "Lament for Kelsier". (Orchestration made possible by Logic Pro and Musescore 4).
Once again, I am using artwork of Kelsier by the incredibly talented Deandra Scicluna. Check out more awesome work from them at www.artstation.... :)
Spoiler alert! Though I guess the title itself is already kind of a spoiler:
So the context of this song is immediately following the death of Kelsier in the first Mistborn book. Most of the song is his theme, but a slowed, melancholic variation of it as his life, legacy, and sudden end weigh on the minds of the rest of his crew in the immediate aftermath of his death.
And I will clarify so there's no confusion: I KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH KELSIER AFTER THAT POINT. I HAVE READ SECRET HISTORY. This song is meant to embody the immediate grief that the main characters, especially Vin, feel in response to his death in book one. This song operates only within the context of the first book. (Though now that I mention it, some of these melodies and variations could be reworked into the Secret History soundtrack too, hee hee hee.)
Anyway, I hope you enjoy listening! Comment below and let me know what you think! Oh, and like and subscribe and share and all those essential RUclips things, it really helps bring more attention to the music on here. Have a great week and I'll be back for more next time! Bye!
This is really nice! I love how it sounds both like a song representing the grief of the crew as they look at Kelsier's dead body, while also sounding like an in-world homage to all that Kelsier accomplished, all that he fought for.
The original version was already really good, and I think I like this version even more. Keep it up man :)
Thank you so much!!!
Amazing. A wonderful song for a wonderful character
Thank you!
With all of this new Mistborn content popping up across the internet, I am gathering that a movie is soon to be on the horizon 😍
Here's hoping I can provide some music for it when it does! ;)
@@ianlarsen3920 👏👏👏👏👏👏 keep going!! You got this
Keep up the great work
I plan to! Thanks!
Ok so i have thoughts. If you would rather not hear any criticism right now, do not read this.
So, I’m not sure if this is meant to replace the original or simply be a different version, but if its just a different version
Pros
-The scales (or whatever those rising notes were) at 0:52 and 2:33 were EXQUISITE! Especially the symbol crash on the second one! I felt my soul rise to heaven right then and there.
-I love the swell starting at 1:41, and then the transition at 1:53 was amazing.
-Speaking of, the melody after that transition had this lovely soaring quality to it, and then immediately going into the flute which felt more grounded? *chefs kiss* beautiful.
-Overall I love how the different instruments used gave different feelings and emotions to the music. The strings and the flute especially were so bittersweet.
-The pause in the music at 2:48 really worked for me, that was just good what else can I say.
Cons
-The biggest issue in my mind is the timing. The timing was inconsistent throughout a lot of the piece, and the (from what I could hear) intentional changes to speed came at odd places. This could greatly benefit from a metronome.
-There was a break in the music at 1:08 that in my opinion did not serve the piece. Perhaps it could be done well, but as is it sounds to long to me, and the pickup did not quite fit into the timing.
-The flute at 2:18 held on to that note for much to long I think, mostly because it was just 5 seconds of flat sound. If it had a little more variation or a place that it was going (crescendo/decrescendo) it would sound much better.
-The pickups at 0:51 and 2:31 were both very jarring, same with the pickup at 0:30 but less so. Either some small lead up or a little less of a change would help I think. Telegraph the changes a little more.
-This one feels like a problem with whatever program you used to create this piece (I assume you used a program) but the organ and some other instruments don’t have quite the same soul/power as the other version did. Especially when you start a phrase, its like you turned on the volume in the middle of the note, it has no umph at the beginning (if that makes sense)
Overall, I really like this piece. Whereas the last version evoked the scene right after Kelsiers death, with all it’s raw emotion and intensity, this feels more like a lament to Kelsier after Vin has defeated the Lord Ruler, a bittersweet remembrance.
I understand I’m being a little nit-picky so please take my criticism for what it is, an opinion, and thank you for continuing to make these amazing soundtracks. This made my day.
Genuine constructive criticism makes my day! Let's see here...
-I'm glad you liked that pause at the end; I felt like this piece kind of needed that full measure of silence for emphasis. The pause you called out at 1:08 was intended for that same purpose, but you think it doesn't serve the piece. Hmm... well, I'm sure there are some ways that could have been done better. I don't believe it went fully silent there in the original version.
-The jarring pickups at 0:51 and 2:31 were always meant to be jarring, a leap from "sorrow" to "anguish", like a pang of grief, the renewed remembrance that this someone is just... gone. So it was an intentional artistic choice, but... perhaps it was too sudden, could have used a bit of buildup.
-So for that moment at 2:18, there's no virtual flute, it's just virtual strings. And there's no organ, just soft brass. Now, I did add a fermata at that point where the note holds for 5 seconds, which meant that Musescore decided how long the note was held, and... yeah, I kind of agree that it was a little too drawn out. That's what I get for letting technology do the work for me in that measure.
-Which brings me to the other points. You mentioned timing and a need for a metronome, which I think is interesting because unlike the first version, which was played live on a keyboard where I followed my own inner metronome and went more rubato, this one was written down in sheet music form, meaning it did follow a metronome to exactness. Which leads me to wonder where the inconsistencies you hear came from. Maybe a song just sounds better when it has that natural human touch to it, I suppose?
-It's probably also why this one doesn't have that same soul and power, as you said. I thought it would sound better if it had improved orchestration, but at the cost of it being all virtual and put through the Musescore program. Like you said, there's no umph at the beginning of some of the notes, and I get what you mean. Another effect of the program the music was written in. I really use Musescore these days mainly because of how good the newest version's strings, brass, and choir sound compared to what vanilla Logic Pro provides, but it's really just a cheap alternative to buying more advanced VSTs. I gotta invest in that EastWest stuff.
Thank you so much for your in-depth feedback!