New Ambience: Descent (Patreon)

Greetings Patrons,

I considered calling this track "50 feet of Rope". I also considered never telling anyone that. But, here we are!

Descent is an adventure/mystery/tension/what-have-you type of track. I tried to create something that was intriguing, rather than scary. Daring, rather than dangerous. These are subtle distinctions, I know. 

The scene is an intrepid climber, laden with adventuring gear, descending down a rope into the darkness below. There are cave sounds, a few startled bats, some falling rocks and scree, and the twisting and tightening of the rope.

I created this as a fantasy track, but as the image above shows, it could work equally well as a modern/sci-fi ambience as well.

Musically there's a lot of John Williams' DNA in this. Wistful choir, insistent xylophones, chattering muted brass, and aleatoric strings. 

As this track is in Patreon-only sneak-peek mode (live on the site in a couple of weeks) I've attached the mixed-version, as well as ambience-only and music-only versions here. Additionally, I created a mixed-version and an ambience-only version without the climber (gear and rope sounds).  This retains the environment sounds i.e. the cave winds, bats, and debris. I hope you find these useful.

A quick housekeeping note - I'm taking off next week to go on a short trip with my family (including dropping my son off at university). I'll be back the following week.

Thank you all, as always, for your continuing support.

Best,

Tim

https://tabletopaudio.com