c_OMPUTER g_ENERATED d_REAM a_ID (aliens fireteam contest) by Nider published on 2021-09-24T10:36:54Z yes I am back at it again for Austin Wintory's Aliens Fireteam contest here: https://youtu.be/ffBuy1vbW1A Notes: In all honesty, I was initially stumped at how to handle Austin's contest this time around. The rhythm given, by its very nature, was pointing my head generally in a combative direction. So naturally, I wanted to head to an opposite place since going for a block-rocking beat seemed too obvious but I just wasn't sure how. My previous endeavor with Austin's last contest led me to chase after dreamlike theming so I thought I'd start there to also have this piece act as a spiritual successor to "false prophecy". Thus, I found myself employing the contest rhythm, in whole and fragments, across the tracks to glue together the dream-evoking floatiness of the rest of the elements and texture. Everything kind of fell together from there and it developed into, in my mind, a meditation on arriving at a place in life where long-time dreams have come true but you haven't quite finished processing it all so it feels virtual or unreal. Shaping the music around that notion absolutely resonates strongly with where I am right now. Thank you again, Austin for this challenge and everything! It still was truly a dream come true to work with you on Aliens: Fireteam Elite and I continue to wish you all the best. Genre Electronic