Omen (2013 Remix) Dark, tense '70s ambient

[seismic1]

Originally from December 2009, this is the third remix. This track is also going on the album later this year. This was remixed using the new EnergyXT2.7beta



Warning - no drones and only moderate reverb

[fate]

Really like the part from just short of half way to the build with the choir, very cinematic and grand.

[S1gnsOfL1fe]

Yeah definitely a fan of the mid to second half!!! It's gorgeous. There's something so sinister about that low deep pad in the background...but to an ambient artist it's pure beauty. :D Really enjoy your more "ambient" side seismic...gotta make more of these again!!! :tu:

[Heaven And Hell]

For some reason it reminds me of the music for The Black Hole. Not sure why. :uh:

Nice work! Ambient without drones! :D

[seismic1]

Thanks very much for the comments. This track was probably influenced by TD (atmosphere), King Crimson and Genesis ('trons). It came together fairly quickly over 2 days. The first section was pretty much improvised on the keyboard and at the computer. The second part was "arranged" after re-discovering that slow repetitive motif sitting around on my hard drive. I just added the 'tron choir and the guitar-like synth lines and the track was complete.

I hope to make another ambient track or two later this year. I currently have a few other things I'm working on.

Glad you all liked it

[Pyne]

Hmm, much more melancholy sounding than I was anticipating...but that's a good thing. A sort of pensive atmosphere on this.

[seismic1]

Thanks very much for checking this out, Pyne.

I think the sustained guitar-like synth contributes a lot towards that melancholy vibe. All of the instruments on here were free VSTis that I "grew up" with and I still use them fairly regularly. I suppose I feel comfortable using them now. Call me sentimental.

[Pyne]

All of the instruments on here were free VSTis that I "grew up" with and I still use them fairly regularly. I suppose I feel comfortable using them now. Call me sentimental.

There's certainly nothing wrong with that. Use whatever works for you...our instruments/tools are a means to an end; whether they be your guitar, the latest synth from NI, a freebie some generous soul threw together in SynthEdit, or hitting the side of a dumpster with a hammer and recording/sampling it.

And I hear ya on being sentimental. Though for me, the term "haunted" often seems more appropriate...

[manducator]

The start of the song reminds to a movie soundtrack or something, like Hitchcock.

Ther's a lot of variation in this piece, I can learn from this!

[seismic1]

The start of the song reminds to a movie soundtrack or something, like Hitchcock.

Ther's a lot of variation in this piece, I can learn from this!

That intro was the first piece I ever deliberately wrote with the intention of creating dissonance (as opposed to to its accidental creation in my regular output :giggle. I gained a lot of confidence from the experience, so it was an informative process for me.

Good luck