Miracle of Sound: Sovngarde Song (Skyrim)

[JenSeven]

This song reminds me a bit of Rhapsody of Fire, in a very good way.
Great song again, love it.

 

[IzisviAziria]

Obligatory WTFAWESOMEDOOD comment.

Seriously dude. What the fuck? That was awesome.

 

[[The]Rock]

wow gav, just wow.
man, how do you do this every fortnight?

 

[Wieke]

Well, that was just awesome. Love the "And my voice is my violence" line.

Also was some of the new equipment used to make this?

Like the changes in tempo, keeps things interesting.


EDIT: Just to show you how awesome this is, it made me forget about Feed Dump.

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

On a scale of brilliant to brilliant this is somewhere in the OHMYGOD AAAH

This is definitely your best song yet, I've had it on repeat since I heard it first.

 

[Hawk of Battle]

I must agree with the rest of the commenters, this was your best work yet man. Up there with Commander Shep and Wasteland Soul as my favourites. In fact I'm going to go back and listen to them all again about 10 times each right now, brb.

 

[maxmanrules]

I wake up and you've put out both a new song and some commentary about ME3. Is this heaven?

 

[Tax_Document]

Awaiting the release on bandcamp patiently.

Come on...
COME ON!


COME ON!!!!!!!

 

[Nightvalien]

I am making 25th december the official gavin dunne day, everyone's invited to listen to his song while having pizza, booze and some bad ass bf3 lan party, you are all invited.

 

[shiajun]

This one's very good. It's one of those songs that you don't need to be a fan of the game to really enjoy it (as happens to other songs sometimes). Kudos, Gav!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

From the beginning I was thinking, this would be great if it was instrumental, but my god when it really picked up (2 minutes in?), I'm glad you did sing on it. Great job as always, but this song was another one of those special ones that should be in my playlist right now.

Amazing lyrics on this one too, not too repetitive like most of the time.

After another listen, that pick up at roughly 2 minutes in gives me chills, and not because I'm cold aha.

I think I'm just going to listen to this one song for a while now, I fucking love MoS.

EDIT: Third listen in, and I've come to the conclusion I don't like the vocal work between 40 seconds and 2 minutes. How many layers is there in that section? Because I think it needed toning down a bit or maybe it didn't blend well enough.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

...and how freaking often do you make a chorus out of one line that repeats twice?

Er... never, My choruses always have 2-4 lines min.

On a scale of brilliant to brilliant this is somewhere in the OHMYGOD AAAH

This is definitely your best song yet, I've had it on repeat since I heard it first.

Seems to be the consensus. What a relief! So glad people are digging it, I almost gave myself a meltdown making it

Rock]wow gav, just wow.
man, how do you do this every fortnight?

Sleepness nights. Talent is 25% of art, the rest is hard work

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Simply amazing, Gav. Simply amazing.

I can't wait to hear more of your work now that you have all that fancy new software? (Equipment?)to work with.

Yeah, got some interesting stuff on the way in Jan

This is seriously the best thing you've done so far, dude. You clearly bring something special to the table when you especially like the game in question.

Keep doing songs about games you care about, Gav. That's the only thing you really need to do to keep pleasing your fans. Fantastic job.

I think you're right. I guess the best stuff always comes from things you're passionate about.

People have said that this piece is amazing, and I couldn't agree more. I'm quite honestly speechless: it was that good. Wow... just wow.

Someone give this man an award. If he didn't deserve one before, he does now. Maybe two for good measure.

Haha thanks I'd like to thank my pet dragon Odahviing and my Housecarl Lydia

 

[Formica Archonis]

Awesome song, it reminds me a lot of the stuff Falconer and Van Canto do. Keep it up. =D

First thing I thought of was Falconer, though this is more minstrel-ish rock than minstrel-ish power metal, if it's possible to split hairs that finely.

 

[Ensiferum]

I saw this article while in the middle of listening to this:


And thought to myself... "How fitting..."

That's a great song. I was personally put in mind of Blind Guardian's "Skalds and Shadows."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3_S1Q40HZo

 

[[The]Rock]

Rock]wow gav, just wow.
man, how do you do this every fortnight?

Sleepness nights. Talent is 25% of art, the rest is hard work

yeah, I know the feeling.
Also, thanks for the help with Miracle of Sound and Normandy, I played them both for a Music Performance assessment and more than passed on the backs of them alone, no need for a third song!

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

That middle part is DAMN good. Like DAMN FUCKING good. Wow. Well done Gav. I didn't quite like the last two songs as much as your average work. Good to see you back in form buddy!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I love it If I have one complaint, it's that the voice chorus-ing sounds a little artificial, but otherwise it's amazing.

.

It's not actually - I sang it all in, 24 separate vocal tracks. If it sounds chorused I'll take that as a compliment as it means I synced them well.

Rock]
Also, thanks for the help with Miracle of Sound and Normandy, I played them both for a Music Performance assessment and more than passed on the backs of them alone, no need for a third song!

You are welcome

 

[King British]

I thought about the old accusations of repetition of lyrics and styles while listening to this and I finally have a view on them (though to be honest it never registered with me).

I'm slightly plagiarizing the words of Iron Maidens guitarist here but here's my view: All of your songs are wonderfully diverse and each is unique in its own way but they all have a "thread" running through them, and that thread is Miracle of Sound.

As I was listening to this I heard flashes of Redemption Blues in the more moody vocals, New Black Gold in the orchestral opening, Normandy in the chorus and many others. This is by no means a bad thing, in fact it's fantastic since it shows us that you aren't just someone who can write game songs in different genres but something much, much more since you can take as many genres and styles as you like and make them yours. That is a skill indeed.

Anyway just my two cents. Fantastic job as usual Gav. Keep up the great work!

 

[[The]Rock]

I thought about the old accusations of repetition of lyrics and styles while listening to this and I finally have a view on them (though to be honest it never registered with me).

I'm slightly plagiarizing the words of Iron Maidens guitarist here but here's my view: All of your songs are wonderfully diverse and each is unique in its own way but they all have a "thread" running through them, and that thread is Miracle of Sound.

As I was listening to this I heard flashes of Redemption Blues in the more moody vocals, New Black Gold in the orchestral opening, Normandy in the chorus and many others. This is by no means a bad thing, in fact it's fantastic since it shows us that you aren't just someone who can write game songs in different genres but something much, much more since you can take as many genres and styles as you like and make them yours. That is a skill indeed.

Anyway just my two cents. Fantastic job as usual Gav. Keep up the great work!

man. that's deep.