jwnicholson78 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) Not too long ago, I played both the PC Games, Hollow Knight and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. In addition to being incredible games, they both had beautiful soundtracks. I was trying to write something that captured the feel of those songs. A few years ago, I wrote a tune called To the Outer Planets. For reasons known only to Google's algorithms, it has recently racked about 40,000 views. So. In a shameless bid to take advantage of that, I have named this one Among the Outer Planets. As always, I appreciate any feedback you might have. Also, this was inspired by the planet themed songs that were being posted by Wookie and others not too long ago. Jeff Edited January 23, 2022 by jwnicholson78 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 In case anyone is interested, here is the original, To the Outer Planets. It's nice to look back occasionally and see where I was a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I Really enjoyed that and wasn't ready for it to end. Nice touch putting in the oriental sounding phrases. Great photos as well . One thing I didn't like was , I recently did a song about living on a Mars colony and just noticed , I referred to one of the moons of "Saturn". Very Nice .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Look at all the magnificent things science has done for mankind. Reminded me of being in a planetarium, great sound track 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amicus717 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I like it! Hypnotic and calming, and builds rather nicely. Very enjoyable listen. One detail that I noticed -- is there a ghost of a hint of clipping or distortion in the right channel at certain parts? eg: I noticed something around the 0:16 to 0:24 mark and a little afterwards. Very subtle and at the edge of hearing, just the slightest hint of crackle... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, mark skinner said: I Really enjoyed that and wasn't ready for it to end. Nice touch putting in the oriental sounding phrases. Great photos as well . One thing I didn't like was , I recently did a song about living on a Mars colony and just noticed , I referred to one of the moons of "Saturn". Very Nice .. mark Thanks! My nine year old pointed out right before I was about to post the video that I got one of the names of the moons wrong, so I dodged, that bullet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 3 hours ago, KurtS said: Well done. Thanks. I appreciate the listen and the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, David Sprouse said: Look at all the magnificent things science has done for mankind. Reminded me of being in a planetarium, great sound track Thanks. I found it amazing when I was browsing the NASA sight how many wonderful images were there. It's pretty awe inspiring. Some of these pictures were taken almost 50 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Amicus717 said: I like it! Hypnotic and calming, and builds rather nicely. Very enjoyable listen. One detail that I noticed -- is there a ghost of a hint of clipping or distortion in the right channel at certain parts? eg: I noticed something around the 0:16 to 0:24 mark and a little afterwards. Very subtle and at the edge of hearing, just the slightest hint of crackle... Thanks. I really appreciate the critical listening and feedback. There was some crackle around the 2 minute mark. I have updated the video and I think I got it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Good stuff! 42k+ views on To The Outer Planets; I'm impressed! t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Always a pleasure to listen to your composition's @jwnicholson78 you have a nice touch on the piano, I like the little synth buzz, nice touch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 cool stuff, enjoyed this Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T. Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 very tasteful and thoughtful combinations of piano, synths, percussion, EQ'ing and so forth....enjoy listening to it 👍🎵🎼🎹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Wonderful music. Thoroughly enjoyed it. NASA has great images on their website. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/22/2022 at 8:40 PM, DeeringAmps said: Good stuff! 42k+ views on To The Outer Planets; I'm impressed! t Thanks. I'm pretty sure the views are because of the name and picture, and not so much about the quality of the song. It slowly got linked to more and more videos about the solar system, Honestly, I'm not all that fond of it anymore. I would do a lot of it differently now. It was fun to watch the view count shoot up, though 🤣 Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 7:59 AM, Wookiee said: Always a pleasure to listen to your composition's @jwnicholson78 you have a nice touch on the piano, I like the little synth buzz, nice touch. Thanks. I've been inspired by a lot of you stuff to play more with the buzzy synths. Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/23/2022 at 10:02 AM, Bajan Blue said: cool stuff, enjoyed this Nigel Thanks. I really appreciate the listen and feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/24/2022 at 2:24 PM, Larry T. said: very tasteful and thoughtful combinations of piano, synths, percussion, EQ'ing and so forth....enjoy listening to it 👍🎵🎼🎹 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwnicholson78 Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) On 1/26/2022 at 3:45 AM, bjornpdx said: Wonderful music. Thoroughly enjoyed it. NASA has great images on their website. -Bjorn Thanks. I had a lot of fun poking around on NASA's sight looking for images to use. It really is awe inspiring how much they have accomplished over the last few decades. Jeff Edited January 28, 2022 by jwnicholson78 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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