Beat Battle League Week #17 | "X FILES" | Original Song (Original Remix)
The X-Files is probably one of the most emotionally engraved tv shows known to men, if you were a kid in the 90's you will understand why, that this actual intro song is responsible for making people not sleep at night, making it most talkable and infamous subject among your school friends, it also made people more prone to being skeptical about the government and the monetary system and the idea that we are not alone, or even better, are run by the aliens.
It ran for a full decade, 9 seasons of intriguing and carefully made plot, dosed just right with the story line episodes building suspension to the limit, and then covering the plot with the individual monster and abomination episodes. X Files was created by Chris Carter and was actually based on the 70's show called "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", one of the reasons for Carter raising it's interest into creating this show is the fact that by then 3.7 million people in the world claimed to be abducted by aliens. This song was composed specifically for the show by Mark Snow and he claimed that the Smith's "How Soon Is Now" was his inspiration
Listen to my entry directly via soundcloud below
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I was hyped about this week theme and went of for a search online to see what would be a good idea to recreate for the contest, when I've reached conclusion that X Files has actually pretty awesome sample in itself I just went for it, and liked the result, it took me on the Trip Hop side of beats with a pinch of Psymbient. Like always for me improvisation is a Mother of music and I let myself go on this one too, and then gave in to post production the day later, if only a bit more time was on the hand but I am happy nevertheless.
I started the track by slicing the X Files theme and gradually introducing it in the first part of the song, I made my bass that is consistent throughout the track with the Native Instruments Massive softsynth, got it to be a bit dirty to improve the contrast against the sample, soon after whilst improvising I introduced a beautiful Mu'addhin vocals sung in the Mecca during the Hajj, it just fitted to me so I left it and with such pleasure, I love when Mu'addhin's sings and have an enormous respect to the contribution they give for the Muslim faith.
After that I felt a need to change a complete scene, I did that by introducing some orchestra as a main part on the middle break and I did so with the Spitfire's Masse coupled that with a cool arpeggio sequence that came from my Waldorf Blofeld synth, I increased the pressure with some more Massive dirty leads and again with some GFunk moments before the second break. After that I decided to let the second part be a full variation on X Files theme and mixed the rest of the samples, this late introduction I felt gave more meaning to it instead of just running it through the whole track.
For the ones that are from my generation there is a hidden track in the end of this song those who know, know :)
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Here are the links to you who want to know more about the instruments and tools used on this project, if you have any other questions just leave them in the comment below
| Instrument | Links |
|---|---|
| NI Massive | https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/massive/ |
| Spitfire Masse | https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/masse/ |
| NI Battery 4 | https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/drums/battery-4/ |
| Waldorf Blofeld | https://waldorfmusic.com/en/blofeld-keyboard |
| NI Kontakt 5 | https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-5/ |
| Mix/Master | Links |
| iZotope Neutron 2 | https://www.izotope.com/en/products/mix/neutron.html |
| iZotope Ozone 8 | https://www.izotope.com/en/products/master-and-deliver/ozone/ozone-advanced.html |
| Cytomic The Glue | https://cytomic.com/glue |
Big shoutout as always to @chiefmappster for creating the contest
To @seveaux and @beatseb for being my #beatbattle accomplices :)
To @djlethalskillz and @seveaux for pushing SMA
I would like to thank tons to @gtg for helping me and appreciating my content, I will always do as I can to repay him for showing me around, one of things I can do is to support him by voting for him as a witness, he truly works for the community and wants this community to have stability and a good content flow, he did a lot for the community and I am yet to fully appreciate and see all he has done
https://steemit.com/~witnesses
Written and arranged on the 20 January 2018 by @ivan.atman
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Definitely a fresh remix. Love how you supplement the chopped up main theme with those extra strings. I almost did an x-files version this week as well - happy I didn't ;)
The second half was glorious, a lot of emotion pouring in, awesome. Mabye not spooky enough for the show, but a fun listen for sure. And a great entry.
Thanks @paradigmprospect glad you liked it
Spooky is not my style 😀liked how the main theme intertwined with the beats and the bass so I went along with it further, but to tell you the truth, nor the theme or the show was that spooky for me haha theme is actually kinda new agey and nice sounding for me
Hello, your post was nominated for an upvote by a fellow within the Sndbox incubator. Thanks for sharing this fresh X-Files mix @ivan.atman! Steem on :)
Wow @sndbox I am honored and I was not expecting this, thanks for surprising me and I am very glad you also liked my X Files mix, I am a big fan of the Sandbox community even though I am somewhat new to Steemit I see that you are doing some pretty cool stuff within the community, oh yeah and that Sandbox graphics and the choice of colors are of the chart, incredible vectors, man every time I see them I am in awe, did someone within the Steemit made it? I remember there were design contests but I just got on Steemit when that was so I do not remember
Dope, man!! I can dig eet.
Ableton GO!!
Glad you dig-diggy it @avesa ✌😎
Dope take on the x files and a great post ! Kudos to the one and only Ivan!
Glad you liked it 👈😎👉 I appreciate the comment @djlethalskillzas
Heck yeah man, love the X-files! Big Up @ivan.atman!!
Thanks @d-vine enjoyed your new track as well 👍
Very, very good job here! I like what you do. Are you publishing music to the blockchain yet? Would love to chat permissions on using your quality work in a radio mix set for promoting Steemian Artists.
Thank you @mental-extract and sure you can contact me on chat, on Steemit Chat or Discord where you can find me by the same username as here @ivan.atman
I prefer Discord but whatever suits you man ✌️
Where do you broadcast your radio msp or else?
Discord for sure. Will do. I haven't got my spot yet, but yes it will be with MSP Waves :)
I would love to open a set with something like The Hulk or X-Files track, I think it would be dope.
Sure man, I'll send it to you, just contact me on discord and we'll manage 😎👍
Done! 🍀
Awesome, you picked one of my favorite all time shows. :-) And I grew up watching Kolchak: The Night Stalker. That show kept me up at night. Anyways... Awesome work on the track my friend, you did the theme song justice. :-D
Thanks a ton @inthenow yeah I was too engaged in the show, as a kid in the 90's X Files were the main thing to watch in my country
Wow! Thats cool man! @ivan.atman 👏👏
Thank you @rial17 👍
You're welcom brother @ivan.atman 👍
I love the X-Files! And this is a great remix!!!
Thank you very much for sharing!
Thank you very much @flashfiction glad you liked it 👍
Hello, your post was nominated for an upvote by a fellow within the Sndbox incubator.
Yes @thesuccess it was 😎I'm really grateful for the Sndboxers for choosing my post to curate it 👍
:)