The alien jungle sounds were almost
enough by themselves, but I decided that there also needed to be some
nice background music emerging at one point during the characters’
walk through the jungle. Composing this piece took longer than I
anticipated, because I couldn’t quite capture the right feel of the
situation. At least, not at first. After three false starts on
compositions that just didn’t quite fit the right mood, I was
finally able to design a theme that felt fitting. The next step was
to find the right instrumentation, and that proved challenging as
well. I thought about the kind of instruments that seemed fitting for
a forest, and although my initial inclination was towards strings, I
decided on more of an ethereal “winds” sound, with purer tones. I
had struggled to write this composition at first because I thought a
major key would best fit the beautiful environment, but this wasn’t
going to work if I wanted the audience to feel the growing
uncertainty and dread of the protagonist as he walked deeper into the
alien forest. A minor key felt too dark, however, considering the
beautiful colors of Aeghite’s artwork. In the end, I decided to
write the composition in a mode, which felt just right for the
occasion.
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