Clandestine Specimen 08

Since there was no picture theme I had to come up with one myself but I didn't actually get one until after I had finished the song so it didn't matter.

I went with chiptune since it is a pretty easy style to make catchy music with for when you don't have a visual idea of what you want.

the song has a darker almost secret lab vibe to it which is why I gave it the name "Clandestine Specimen 08". Clandestine meaning secretive, Specimen referring both to the creature as well as the motif itself, and 08 to show that is is chiptune or 8-bit.

I got heavy inspiration from funnily enough the song "I heard the bells on Christmas day". I lead music for my church and they played this song the Sunday before Christmas and while I was leading I was like, "dang, that one part near the end of each verse is really really good". I wanted to recreate it in FL studio so I did and I studied how it made the melody so catchy. the sections of my song that are inspired by the hymn is the part at 0:38 and at 1:55.

The motif can be heard in every section aside from the first 8 measures as that was buildup. It is altered most of the time in different keys and especially different intervals and note lengths. it usually made the first measure of each section in the melody so listen out for it.

The song has an A A* B B* A C D D* structure

The plugins used were

Pigments, Addictive Drums, and the Jummbox GS Soundfont