Hey guys, I'm actually not too experienced in orchestration (especially when it comes to scoring games) and I was wondering if I could get feedback on a WIP of mine. This is a project that I've been doing personally for a while now... in fact my part is virtually done. I'm still just waiting for a friend to finish up his end of the song hah.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/49040320/Full_Rough.mp3

Is it sounding alright? Do I even have a clue what the hell I'm doing? Any feedback you guys can give would be greatly appreciated!

Sounds good!

But I'd give the contrabass more flavour and I don't mean just boosting the low frequencies. Check out some awesome bass processing plugins i.e. by Waves.

LoAir would give that cinematic massive bottom freq feel!

Also, if you're not using it already, then I advice utilizing round robin string patches. Gives a more 'human' feeling.

Timpani sound good, but could be bit more crunchy and aggressive (unless you want them to be more hidden).

Composition-wise, it sounds very nice and appealing. However, and that's something I say quite often, it could always be better.

Don't get me wrong - you've already passed the professional threshold, so no need to worry. What I'm trying to say is that, despite having good results, always try to improve your skills! ;)

DAMN. Lol. This was nice. Love the guitar breakdown, nice change of pace. What exactly are you making this for?

Sounds really good to me. Reminds me of music I'd see in trailers for sword/sorcery type RPGs on Steam. In my mind I hear epic adventure and battles. Agree w/ Mr. Silva above about the guitar at end - I like how it brings everything back down, kindof like sitting by the fire as the old adventurer is telling these tales to his engrossed grandkids.

One thing I was going to mention was my speakers crackled a bit when playing - not sure if it's normalized or compressed all the way to full scale, but if it seems close to edge and you have room to back off on the peaks that might be worth investigating. Then again it could be just my system, but I don't normally hear crackles on my speakers.

I don't know what you're talking about, this is pretty good man, haha. The only thing that was a bit jumpy for me was the tempo fall in the beginning part, seemed a little fast but that's just my opinion. Strings sound good, everything is clear. I don't know about the context of this track with whatever you're working with, but the middle felt a bit long with not much evolving (Wish it gave me a time so I could tell you at what point). But in context of a game it might be perfectly fine. Great job, I'd say stick with your gut because it's turning out good.