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Stahl Arms Battle Theme(Arrangement)
Hi MSL, Due to increased work load and other projects pending I am planning to take a long break but I would like to say a massive thanks for all your feedback and positive comments on all my tracks. I really appreciate it. My last upload for a while will be Twisted Love Song which will be uploaded in the next few weeks. I would also like to say that I have enjoyed your music as well especially Stahl Arms Battle Theme. I hope that you enjoy my last track for a while and if you want to check out more of my past work you can find it on last.fm All the best for now. PJ
I want to add that after chatting with "MSL" alot of this track is "MSL" own work!... I have heard the sample set and he has still had to put in alot of work.. These are not cut and paste.. The artists has had to shape and time the sounds (only 7-8 short samples) the choir,stabs, and other elements are not included in the sample pack.. With that in mind this is an even better piece of work... It was already great!.. But now i know that "MSL" has indeed added alot of extra work here using his own ideas and software..and recording tech and skills.. Only some slight groundwork is laid out... Tip of the hat to "MSL" and this track.. All the best -Dave-
Hello pal, how are you?.. As you know, i have already heard this in its early form.. Im guessing you have added your own work to the original sounds that were offered in the KZ3 comp?.. As you know, i know the game well, i still feel the title them to KZ3 is top class, one of the best.. its that awesome string that gets me everytime..The game KZ3 is an action pack ride of guns, chases and set pieces and this is all that. It has the feel of the intense moments from the game aswell as the slighty dark edge, with the in faction at war and the hero and his men trying to end this, similar to the Hitler scenario which we all pretty much know.. This is right out the game, no question... it has all the signs (of course it will due to some samples being used) but im guessing you have re-shaped them? as its sounds different to the track in the game.. I know its easier to move samples than create your own but im hearing things that are not in the game so im guessing you have added your own personal input to this soundtrack also?.. The break section i seem to remember from the game?.. For me this music paints the perfect picture of the game, it feels more like it could have been the demo clips(when you leave the game running on the main screen) cinematic... Nice changes of pace, those chants are awesome and i dont remember them in the game?. This track to me is saying "this is it, fight or flee"... "We go for it, or humanity dies".. Productions is top class, nice soundscape, strings have depth, perc are spot on and the chants are cool. Tension, gritty and paints the picture of KZ3, i would recomend this, highly. I know the game, have beat the game and this would not be out of place in the game. I dont know how much is you and how much is the sample pack that Sony offered out but still, i enjoyed this as a fan of game soundtracks ... All the best with this... I wish i could be more to the point and technical but its hard without knowing how much is you or the original sounds...-Dave- Keep me posted on your work please..
The voices/chants in this piece are awesome dude - what do you use for these? Is it a sound library you can recommend? Overall I enjoyed the piece but the vocals were really pricking the hairs on my neck. Thumzup and good-luck with your dreams becoming reality.
Hi Mikey! Sorry I have taken som time to get here. This is very energetic and by using samples it does limit your choices somewhat. It starts off very sinisterly and moves along with vigour which is what game sountracks are all about. Nice composition my friend and good luck with your project. Take Care Andy :)
PS: Good luck with getting work in video games!!.. Ive also been trying for a long time. It was game soundtracks and composer like Yuzo Koshiro,Chris Huelsbeck and Nobuo Uematsu that got me into music production. I loved soundtracks from a very early age... still have a few on CD which i imported from japan. A shame that today scene lacks the soul of the old school music and soundtracks.. MGS4 i think has the best modern soundtrack... Cheers.
Took interest in this as im a gamer and i not so long ago beat KZ3.. Game has a great soundtrack for a FPS... esp the title screen theme... Although i hear some parts and concepts from the game in this mix, esp the high end strings and orchestral drums, there is alot of new... Its fitting though... Sinister feel to this, action, and a slight aspect of panic... esp with the tone of the stabbing strings... Cheers for sharing
Don't really get a lot of out and out classical music on this review beat. I get to review great wodges of faux-classical stuff courtesy of any number of artists but straightforward music from dead white dudes, meh. When I first met MP3 Unsigned's M S L, he was just starting a Music Major course in his native Florida but the music he was pumping out at the time was largely electr
Now for an artist who is not new to me from MP3 Unsigned. When I first encountered MSL when I reviewed Keep It High (October 2005) I wrote that 'there is plenty of room for this duo to grow into, I'd say expect some big things from them' and events proved that to be the case. They carried in experimenting with tracks right throughout the rest of 2005 and into 2006 when they changed dir
You'll only be able to listen to MSL's latest track partly because, I believe, it's an entry into an upcoming MP3 Unsigned competition but hey, it might be worth it. MSL veered off in an entirely new direction with The Remnants of... (May 2006) mixing their already established electronica sound sense with a hefty portion of classical influence on the side. To be absolutely truthful I w
Msl is a young kid hitting up the music making scene, busting out electronic pieces and of late he has been venturing out of his genre and really testing himself. this track, entitled a "revering site" is apptly titled. I really felt like i was seeing a revered sight when listening to this piece. This piece has very lush sounding pads. knowing msl decently well, i know that he u
First things first, this review is a request from MSL . I told him a while back if he ever wanted one , just to ask and I would do one. So he's been saving this for something imporatant. And I'm so glad he did. I discovered msl a while back, and like so many people on this site I was suitably inpressed, but being in a genre that alot of people share, didn't think he stood out particularly from
Ok here goes the last for this session, and MSL's has nailed it with is own words on this one, "epic" was the word he used to describe it on teh track description and thats excatly what it feels like, espically in the intro, which incedently i feel could possibably be to long, its really nice dont get me wrong, but maybe a shorter radio type edit would make it easier for a wider range of lis
At this stage of the game, I have five MSL tracks under my belt, so I should know what to expect by now. The Remnants of... isn't, to be honest, that much of a surprise. I first came across MSL when I reviewed their Keep It High (October 2005) track. Obviously the review was full of my usual gripes and groans about the genre but I think MSL came off quite well, it had an infectio
Review #2 from me for MSL. I have to admit, ...hmm...admit what....I think i liked the previous song I reviewed much better, not that this one is bad, it is done very well, but I just find it's very generic for it's genre. It does have alot of nice sounds, and is mixed very well, crisp clean and very easy to listen to, here are some of the problems I have with this track.
I have to admit, shamefully, that I have never reviewed msl before, and I am happy that I have today. I found that this track took quite a while to get into a change at the beginning, but once it did, it really took me for a ride, the drastic melody changes didn't sound out of place and lept me listening, although I found the tracks meat and potatoes to be a little short compared to how lon
Life in The Fast Lane by MSLRight, first off, since this is my first review i'm going to to let you know where Im coming from and how I'm going to review.I've been making tunes since I was at school (maybe 8 years now) but I started getting into Dance (of all types) when I started Raving about 5 years ago. So, being an Electronic track Im going to write from a 'Dance Floor' perspective, if you see
Hi MSL, I really admired the recording quality of the song it was top notch! I think it would do very well in a movie or a video game. I don't really detect anything real commerical or being a sell out piece of material but you never know. It's not exactly the kind of music I get into because I'm more into Rock n Roll and Blues and stuff like that but I appreciate all genres of m
I have review msl once before, and at first this track seems to be quite different from that. It opens with some lovely atmospheric synths and computer blibs and blobs. These are setting up a nice feel to the track. The second act (as I am calling it due to the different sound) comes in with what sounds like the ocean and seagulls. A nice drum sound going on here, and again some
Although I've reviewed a few of this MP3 Unsigned's artists tracks by now, it's been a bit of an on and off affair largely because I am not a big fan of electronica and certainly not the dance-y kind. However, there are times when MSL step off the dance floor and then it does make a visit worthwhile. Last month I reviewed The Thread Of Life, an orchestral peice which hung together resp
Right here we go, firstly I'll pre-empt this by saying I do not class Dance as one of my chosen areas, in fact you would be hard pressed to see me on a dance floor (not a pretty sight I can tell you ;o)) So I shall attempt to review this with a dancing type persons head on! This track opens with a nice build up which makes you want to listen to find out what is going to happen, I can imagin
This is the second time I have reviewed this artist This one I can relate to a lot more than the last track. Anyways lets stat up with the melody, yeah that’s a cool melody. Reminds me of Robert miles track called children. Really dreamy feel to it. Nice atmosphere with the drums and a real clean production and very tastefully done. Im not a big fan of trance but I deffo like what I am hearing w
Ok maybe I have put this one off for long enough, I been trying to get words out for the past couple days to do this review and it’s been hard. a little story first hand may clear a few things up. once upon a time lol sorry I don’t know if people know how hard this reviewing can be. Right here goes from 1991 -1998 I spent a fair few years on the wheels of steel. Loved a lot of the time, and
This track is insane! and i love it, takes me back to playing on my gameboy! What makes it stand out from the crowd for me is the fact that its so different, and sounds very well produced too! i have it playing in the background as im writing this and i cant stop smiling its just feels so happy. The song has great structure as well, about a minuite or so in it breaks into a slightly different
MP3 Unsigned's MSL dwell in a musical world that doesn't always appeal to me - electronica in general and trance/dance in particular. However, over the last couple of tracks they have provided for review they have aquitted themselves honorably - especially for musicians so young (16 and 17 respectively). Where they do well is in the final product, with mixes that are sharp, clear and i
MSL is an MP3 Unsigned artist who specialises in a music I don't really have a lot of time for - trance. See, the problem with trance/techno/whatever - at least for those people listening sitting down - is that instrumentals aren't really all that gripping to listen to. Great fun when you are off your face and out clubbing with your mates undoubtedly, but distinctly non-pc for those co
Now before we get down to the dirty, let me put in my usual 'techno is not really my thing' disclaimer just so it's understood upfront that whether I like this or not is down to personal preferences - simply because most techno doesn't interest me. It still wouldn't stop me appreciating a work of musical coherence and on that score MSL have nothing to worry about because Keep It High certain