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in a darksome wood.... by Mystified [Email]
Genre: Ambient

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Sometimes, I like music to tell a story, or spur the imagination to create its own story. This is one such track, created as a backdrop to a potential "Once upon a time..."

As you listen to this, where do you imagine you are...?

Thanks to csengeri from The Freesound Project for the forest/crickets track:
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=38228


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I like it, &mdash 02/10/08 - 03:22:42 PM
but with that title it's hard to imagine anywhere but being in a "darksome wood". I was watching a Miss Marple episode on TV last night, and it would have fitted in the odd darksome wood scene in that. It does also have a feeling of "aliens in a darksome wood" though to me. I like the collection of sounds you use and the fact that it is, as the genre suggests, ambient - a great mood creating background sound bed.
Good one Mysti!
Neil

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Thanks, Neil &mdash 02/10/08 - 05:19:29 PM
Yes...I probably do steer the listener too much in the title, but I figured it would sound like a dark wood to pretty much everyone. But what one might see might vary?

I do like that you put an alien twist to it!

Me...I imagine Tolkien's Mirkwood and the tangled forest.... :)

Thanks again for the comments!

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Freesound &mdash 02/10/08 - 03:23:38 PM
I love that site-- I'm so glad I found it for my filmmaking use as well.

Very eerie, and yet, a hint of mysticism to it, nothing overtly dangerous. Good for a film scene for sure.

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yay for Freesound! &mdash 02/10/08 - 05:23:35 PM
Yes..I had tried another track from a Nature sounds collection from Apple, but it seemed to 'noisy' for what I had in mind.

This was much more calm and slower...so it fit the dark mood better.

Thanks for dropping by for a listen, and for leaving a comment :)

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Fine &mdash 02/10/08 - 03:45:03 PM
A fine ambient piece full of a darken wood visions, a lonely place me thinks...

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a lonely place... &mdash 02/13/08 - 06:11:25 PM
Thanks for the comments!

A lonely place indeed...except where you see the blinking eyes through the tangle of bracken??

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Love the sounds, especially the crickets &mdash 02/10/08 - 04:07:15 PM
and the list goes on. Ya, it does may for a terrific night setting in the woods.

Misty, mountain of a tune :) Kinda far - east sounds with those gorgeous bells that you display! And the list goes on and on!

Thanks so much for sharing!

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thank you &mdash 02/13/08 - 06:12:27 PM
thanks, Tiler, for the listen and the comments!

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in a darksome wood &mdash 02/10/08 - 04:09:43 PM
Mystie music with alot of secert tales here ...very
quiet very mystic ..thnx for sharin !

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Thank you! &mdash 02/13/08 - 06:23:16 PM
Feter,

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I'm glad you enjoyed this one :)

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Good &mdash 02/10/08 - 04:32:56 PM
I like what i hear.... Good notes you play, and it sounds great..... A little inspiration is here, to me..... Thanks for the listening.... Great

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Blair Witch or Pan's Labyrinth? &mdash 02/10/08 - 04:50:19 PM
Great soundtrack music you have here.... very evocative indeed. I really like all the textures that this has
Steve

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ultimate mood &mdash 02/10/08 - 04:54:03 PM
Fantastic mood in mysterous setting...You found the sound to express a darksome forest and i think its great...!


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hehehehe &mdash 02/10/08 - 05:14:11 PM
oh yeah....this is very spooky and scary....you are a well of creative coolness.

hard to dance to, however.

z

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well i just died &mdash 02/10/08 - 05:48:38 PM
and i'm waiting for my spirit guide......no fear, although...that's unusual.

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goosebump good &mdash 02/10/08 - 06:02:19 PM
I feel the night breeze on my face. Its warm, and a little damp. I am in that moment deciding something paramount. To continue this path, or double back the way I came. I have no idea what I just meant to say. Its just the imagery talking. Your music is as 3 dimensional as the picture. Very cool

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goose bumps &mdash 02/10/08 - 06:56:40 PM
and no fear indeed... wonderful, dark beauty cat... very cool

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Nell mezzo del cammin... &mdash 02/10/08 - 07:56:48 PM
...di nostra vita...

I came to myself in a dark wood...

Mirkwood works, and the landscape from Orson Scott Card's Enchantment, but try reading the first verses of the first canto of the Divine Comedy while listening to this...

Ed

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ho ho ho &mdash 02/10/08 - 08:10:37 PM
This piece has interesting ambience - very cool

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Cool night ambiance &mdash 02/10/08 - 09:01:22 PM
perfect for tonight. Just hangin in the that with some ol' friends and listening to some groovy-ness.

Blaine

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crickets and cicadas &mdash 02/10/08 - 09:26:26 PM
when new age music started out there was a song featuring cicada sounds. guess it was the 70's. that sort of thing resonates.

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Music for films &mdash 02/10/08 - 11:49:40 PM
Very definately Music For Films

Fabulous stuff and an atmosphere so thick you can cut it with a knife



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crickets! &mdash 02/11/08 - 01:58:27 AM
that is so cool....crickets sound....and you can almost feel the summer nite breeze on your skin when you hear the bells....nice piece mystified!

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I Love...... &mdash 02/11/08 - 03:47:01 AM
this composition.......how you have put together the tiny bells with the low infrasounding synths and have them mixed with natural sounds......beautiful!!!! :)

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what a &mdash 02/11/08 - 06:26:33 PM
mood. i love those FM synth sounds. what did you use for this song. i feel like i am in the forest in the middle of the night, a little scared, but i got the fireflies to keep me company. very pretty piece mysti.

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Moody &mdash 02/12/08 - 11:40:39 AM
bit scary too!!

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Oh yeah &mdash 02/12/08 - 02:35:54 PM
Way cool! Love the blending of the sounds. Excellent production!
I imagined a hot summernight at the campsite, laying on my back, staring at the stars.

Well done!

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Wow... &mdash 02/12/08 - 03:04:16 PM
Some trip. . . I gotta lissen again ( 8 OK..
"Night. I'm in a Church(the tingelingsounds)very quiet & good feeling cause I know my friends the wolves are out their in a big halfcircle protecting me...I feel safe. I feel peace although there are dangers outside the circle" then I get another seen(lol I got fantasy this was fun!) The same feeling of safety- & danger further away..I know I'm "protected" cause everything/body "outthere" are protecting me-be the nice wolves /owls/grasshoppers/People,so I'm not scared walking in like a BIG undergroundtunnel I can almost stand straight(I'm 1.65meters..hihi8 ) THX for the trip enjoyed it alot ! GREAT PIECE ! Lenaxx

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a dream &mdash 02/12/08 - 10:03:36 PM
This music reminded me of when I'm dreaming, sort of a low-level buzzing in the back of my brain as I apparently "work out" certain real-life kinks.

I don't know much about the ambient genre, but I would venture to say that pieces in the genre are generally longer than this, having more time and leisure to unfold.

You have several very good ideas in this piece which could be easily expanded and developed.

I also felt a certain urgency of tempo in this piece which could be slowed down a bit, for more relaxation, contemplation and just plain "chillin".

Your choice of sounds is very interesting and I encourage you to explore this genre in more depth -- you've got a lot of potential in this area!

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perfect storytelling backdrop &mdash 02/13/08 - 09:00:11 AM
My 3 year old grandson is constantly asking me to tell him stories about him in the forest, with wolves, coyotes, etc. and i should tell him one with this song playing-it will really make it so much better! I love how you integrate the sounds so perfectly, allowing the mind to create while listening.

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Impressive soundwork &mdash 02/16/08 - 08:20:17 AM
Love the ambient textures. Creative, meditative, an unique blend full of atmosphere :-)

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Reminds me of ambient music for a Myst world &mdash 02/20/08 - 09:47:59 AM
The sky is a dark purple flecked with motionless orange clouds, the land is a mix of reeds and scrub interspersed with shallow pools reflecting the sky. Other than the insects there is no one else present.

Very nicely crafted!

Doug

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