04-15-2017, 07:19 AM
I played a bunch of JRPGs and shmups/bullet hell games, but it wasn't until I started playing Cytus that I wanted to make my own music.
Sakuzyo is one of those artists that has to be my all time inspiration. He composes on a wide scale of genres, but the one I've been aspiring to copy most is his piano scores. He also composes music in an artcore style, which is a very rare genre to be seeing since only eastern artists use it.
Here's his piano album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFlAPqy6...jASIsy1kYN
And here's one of his non-piano albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2jUaR5U...joDr4P_sd9
Artcore is a very hard style to produce because there is no actual definition for it. It's a distinct style because you cannot classify artcore in just one genre alone, and is composed of so many fast-paced elements you can't begin where to describe it at first glance. xi is the artist that produces the most hard-on artcore you probably would ever find and you can't really isolate the genre itself any further than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zel6hU84bYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8HBmPXp6eo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0viP67wNqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1rb3DscIM
This is the mainstream for artcore and this is what most people hear when they think of the genre. It can be thought of as Electronic/DnB/Orchestral/Piano to best describe it. It's hard to say what counts as artcore or not, and it's an innate thing for us listeners to decide.
So this would count as artcore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3A7ttCnZL4
While this wouldn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au00oQaPZrk
Maybe because the second one is complete DnB and doesn't include any piano elements.
The swift piano element is very crucial in artcore, and of all the instruments used, might actually be the most noticeable in an artcore song.
I like how this became a rant on what artcore is, but yeah, this is a portion of the stuff I listen to and helped me grow as a composer.
Sakuzyo is one of those artists that has to be my all time inspiration. He composes on a wide scale of genres, but the one I've been aspiring to copy most is his piano scores. He also composes music in an artcore style, which is a very rare genre to be seeing since only eastern artists use it.
Here's his piano album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFlAPqy6...jASIsy1kYN
And here's one of his non-piano albums.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2jUaR5U...joDr4P_sd9
Artcore is a very hard style to produce because there is no actual definition for it. It's a distinct style because you cannot classify artcore in just one genre alone, and is composed of so many fast-paced elements you can't begin where to describe it at first glance. xi is the artist that produces the most hard-on artcore you probably would ever find and you can't really isolate the genre itself any further than that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zel6hU84bYs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8HBmPXp6eo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0viP67wNqk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1rb3DscIM
This is the mainstream for artcore and this is what most people hear when they think of the genre. It can be thought of as Electronic/DnB/Orchestral/Piano to best describe it. It's hard to say what counts as artcore or not, and it's an innate thing for us listeners to decide.
So this would count as artcore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3A7ttCnZL4
While this wouldn't: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au00oQaPZrk
Maybe because the second one is complete DnB and doesn't include any piano elements.
The swift piano element is very crucial in artcore, and of all the instruments used, might actually be the most noticeable in an artcore song.
I like how this became a rant on what artcore is, but yeah, this is a portion of the stuff I listen to and helped me grow as a composer.