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Summary

castle_courtyard_improved_release.s3m is a S3M format module. Uncompressed, it is 1.32MB in size and has been downloaded 6252 times since Fri 7th Sep 2007 :D

Info

Mod Archive ID: 156062
Downloads: 6252
Favourited: 2 times
MD5: a12245fd792b50375990256c5881d12f
Format: S3M
Channels: 28
Uncompressed Size: 1.32MB
Genre: Medieval

License

Licensed under the Mod Archive Distribution license

Registered Artist(s):

Brian J Young

Ratings

Member Rating: (7 / 10)
Reviewer Rating: (9)

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Artist's Comments

Castle Courtyard is the first 2 parts of 3.. (pt 3 is in the works)
My Official name for the parts (so far) is Castle Courtyard Part 1- 'The Royal Garden' and Castle Courtyard Part 2- 'The Ballroom Waltz'
The change from Part 1 to Part 2 is quite obvious.
I plan on keeping the basic medley in part 3 to correspond to Parts 1 & 2

This is my first real composition that I actually wrote about 3 years ago, and as time passed, I found ways to improve the quality of it. I have written many other songs but nothing compares to the work and long hours I put in creating this song. Hope you enjoy it.

Jamie (My oldest son) was playing on the piano one day and inspired me with 6 notes that he inadvertantly hit, and that's where I took over and wrote the entire composition. - Brian J Young

Your Comments

Posted by govatsapadam on Sun 17th May 2020, rated 9 / 10.

Gosh, this music is beautiful! This long piece works most perfect as a tune playing in the background. I listened to the whole score and all parts of it flows well together. One can really sense this music is made with a lot of love. Recommended for those who like very gentle, non intrusive music.

Posted by Arne Puszelski on Sat 19th Sep 2009, rated 6 / 10.

Not really bad this music. The beginning till 2.20 is nice to listen to but when the drums start it´s getting down (nothing really special happens) and after 5.07 it becomes a bit boring.
I think this music is a bit too long for my taste and something is missing (some highlights and other samples).
I think this music is above average.

Posted by Saga Musix on Sun 1st Mar 2009, rated 5 / 10.

Again, this tune suffers from really, really bad piano samples. The intro is eerie, but as soon as the piano pops in, it sounds really bad. From that point, the tune is rather dull, not much is happening there and more inappropriate samples appear. This tune could sound really nice with some good samples, but it's nothing special for me this way.

Posted by Pip Malt on Sun 16th Sep 2007, rated 7 / 10.

This is certainly not bad, but it's not the greatest thing ever. I just think it's too boring. The first part from the beginning to 5:07 is pretty good, but after that it gets really repetitive. The samples are a bit low quality, too. Something seems to be missing. It sounds pretty thin. Maybe some nice deep bass strings would do the trick. Anyways, 7 is not a horrible score.

Posted by mrvegas on Mon 10th Sep 2007, rated 10 / 10.

Wow! Obviously a lot of hard work on this one. I'm admittedly not a tough reviewer, but this one blew me away, particularly in light of the difficulties involved in getting this 3/4 piece done in S3M format. Simply sounds great. This is the type of piece that modules exist for -- to give people a chance to listen and a chance to see the music.

Posted by Theodis on Sun 9th Sep 2007, rated 10 / 10.

I thought this song was very well thought out and creative.. I like it. I read the review on it and my own opinion is basically the same except it seems like the repeativeness of the piano parts were necessary to make the song a whole.

Your Reviews

Venture reviewed this module with an overall score of 9 / 10
Posted on Fri 7th Sep 2007

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Overall Impression (8/10)

This tune is impressive in that despite its repetitive background melodies, there's enough to keep the listener interested throughout the course of this lengthy piece of work, more than enough to look forward to the artist's next installment.

Technique, Arrangement, Composition (8/10)

The artist did very well in making a nine-and-a-half minute tune and making it look and sound simple. Each pattern (out of 120) appeared to be slightly different than the other. The only thing resembling an upset in this piece was the very repetitive use of the piano, which played up to two background melodies over and over. Although the artist did a superb job of maintaining variation with other instruments (flute, distortion guitar, etc.), it was only barely enough to keep the listener going throughout the track's duration. Even though this is a relatively slow tune everything looked fairly simple. Not bad.

Development (9/10)

The tune opens up very nicely with its background strings and unique vocal samples, then the piano opens and after a couple minutes of listening to the piano instrument play the same thing over again is where the problem begins... but that's the only problem, everything else in this piece is great from intro to closure.

Creativity (10/10)

For a track over nine minutes long without blatantly repeating itself is impressive. There is actually a ton of variety in this piece and every instrument seems to have its say. About halfway into the track things tend to get a little bold. The use of the electric guitar sample was a fantastic touch to this piece.

Enjoyment (9/10)

Listening to the opening part of this tune alone is worth replaying, there's something about those vocals that really get the listener's attention. The intro of the piano isn't bad either for the first couple of minutes. If the listener can drone out the piano and bring the rest of the instruments forward then that is when this tune will become fully appreciated.

Internal Texts *

Castle Courtyard
By:
Brian J Young
and inspired by:
Jamie A Young
Thank you Jamie
for the first 6
notes of this song
Original title:
Jamie's Medley
Renamed 2/20/05







Clarinet




Flute

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Castle Courtyard (castle_courtyard_improved_release.s3m)