"Take less?! You say take less?! ”

When the treatment was discussed, Li Jinglin, who had some detailed interactions, returned to the hotel with the documents.

When talking about their own treatment.

Luo Shiyao exclaimed in disbelief.

"Eight million dollars?!"

"Huh?!"

For a moment, Luo Shiyao couldn't believe the numbers she heard.

The eyeballs are almost falling to the ground.

"yes, don't make a fuss."

Li Jinglin raised his eyebrows.

He waved his hand very calmly.

"In fact, the cost of the entire music project can at least reach a budget of nearly 15 million dollars."

"Huh?"

Luo Shiyao went crazy.

After all, in terms of the perception of the Chinese market.

It's hard for anyone to imagine that there could be such a big investment in a soundtrack.

It's really a blind spot in knowledge.

"That's normal."

Li Jinglin smiled.

"Many people have misunderstandings about soundtracks, thinking that anyone can do it, but in fact, soundtracks, especially game soundtracks, are the industry with the highest threshold, and there is almost no one, and mid-to-high-end talents are extremely scarce."

"As long as you have the qualifications, there is almost no competition, and various major game manufacturers are rushing to ask for it."

"It's difficult for music producers in other tracks to earn an annual salary of about five million, but if you can get a game project, an annual salary of five million is the same as playing, let alone doing music projects for a major game company."

"In the whole world, there are actually not a few people with an annual income of 20 or 30 million."

"Tsk. It's really really"

These things.

Shocked Luo Shiyao for a whole year.

But with Li Jinglin's explanation.

Luo Shiyao gradually realized that this was normal.

Look at all the music producers.

Most of them are still pop music.

A small part may be deeply cultivated into some messy styles such as rock and folk, which belong to the minutiae outside the mainstream of pop music.

A smaller part may be to engage in some pure music.

To be able to make a soundtrack, it must be a rare one at the tip of the pyramid.

It's even just the soundtrack for this large range.

And the ones that can really make soundtracks for games are even rarer.

Because the game soundtrack is more work-intensive and more difficult.

Compared with the continuous release, various triple-A masterpieces are produced.

There are indeed fewer of these well-known game soundtrack production teams in the world.

As long as you reach this threshold qualification, there is really not much competition.

"Actually, I took this money, and I really didn't take a penny for nothing."

Li Jinglin pursed his lips.

"Don't look at the numbers are a bit high, in fact, it may take a whole year, or even more than a year of work, if the game is slow and the pigeon is kept going, then I need to work all the time."

"Don't look at these eight million dollars as a project fee, you can directly look at the adult salary or two years of annual salary."

"Hey, yes, as soon as you say that, I think it's reasonable."

Luo Shiyao nodded.

If you think it's an annual salary, it's easy to accept.

It's not so strong as soon as it comes up.

Of course, this is still very expensive.

But.

There is a reason why it is expensive.

In addition to the meticulous grinding and huge volume, it is also because for such a triple-A game, the production of the soundtrack is throughout.

It's different from film and television dramas and anime.

Film and television dramas and animations, it is best to cut the film first, and then score the music, unless it is a more responsible person like Li Jinglin, who will follow up the work in the early stage of the project.

But the soundtrack needs to be made by the project team from beginning to end.

Each scene, details, and where the characters start to trigger, how to trigger, trigger mechanism, adjustment of soundtrack change mechanism, modification of music duration, arrangement and processing of different music

There's a lot of work that a music director needs to do around that.

And quite professional.

It's really not something anyone can do.

Just like what Li Jinglin said.

But once you reach this threshold, there is basically no competition.

Apparently.

The mechanical design of soundtrack triggers and transitions alone requires extremely strong knowledge of music rendering, paragraph cohesion, musical inconsistencies, and music psychology.

Otherwise, it's easy to have a playful way of expressing the game's soundtrack.

That is, the battle burst into flames and the tune has just begun.

Then the high play is directly a knife second.

At this time, if the design is not good, there will be a huge separation between the battle track and the CG settlement track.

Then there will be a feeling of discomfort of "I'm up, I'm up".

Absurd.

Producer of game music.

These circumstances need to be taken into account.

"I'll try to do it first."

Li Jinglin said he would do it.

Open the arranging software in your notebook.

I want to try something first.

Luo Shiyao watched obediently from the side, no longer bothering Li Jinglin.

But it's not boring.

In the process of Li Jinglin's soundtrack, although Luo Shiyao is not the first time to see her, she has not seen much of it.

Nowadays, it is possible to watch music be born from scratch.

On the contrary, it is very curious.

"The first is sampling."

Li Jinglin opened the music material package.

I rummaged for a long time, but I didn't find the voice I was looking for.

"The theme song of the Vikings, how can there be no Viking battle cry."

Shook his head.

Li Jinglin is not trapped in the limitations of the material pack.

Instead, I clicked on the video directly and found the video of the World Cup.

The Icelandic team is performing their usual Viking battle cry.

Carefully download the video, then change the file name suffix, separate the audio, and then cut the Viking Warcry sound in the audio and transcribe it into the arranging software for refinement.

Although there are still big limitations, it is certainly enough as an embellishment.

"Huh? Is that okay too? ”

This scene of operation was directly stunned by Luo Shiyao.

Looking for video transcripts?

No, the ghost animal video is okay.

Are you so casual about making music for big factories?

Luo Shiyao really didn't dare to say anything, let alone question Li Jinglin.

I even thought about it in my heart.

[Could it be that the most NB music often only needs the most simple production? 】

So, in addition to being surprised, I just asked.

"Ah, this is an effect attempt."

"If it's just an effect trial, that's actually enough."

Li Jinglin smiled.

explained to Luo Shiyao.

"The main thing is to look at the fit, find problems, if it is a formal production, even if it is a demo, it will not be so sloppy, it will be recorded vocally, you can rest assured."

"Oooh oh"

Luo Shiyao nodded.

I was immediately relieved.

It turns out that my understanding of music is still in place, and Brother Lin is not trying to engage in postmodern art.

At that moment, I continued to look at Li Jinglin's music production.

"Whew!"

"Wow!"

"Roar!"

Li Jinglin's main interception is the roar of these different syllables.

The words of the roar are actually very important.

There will be different effects.

As the music improves, perhaps when it comes to recording later, there will be different additional requirements for the words shouted by the vocals.

Ice and fire, iron and blood in the Nordic world.

If you want to express it in music, Viking Battle Cry is essential.

It's like a rune of rune that has been punched into the music.

Full of wildness.

The unique bowstring and bongo drums are the best pens.

It was used to write the legend of the Sakya Raven.

Top instrumentology experts are firing at this moment.

The thorough study of musical instruments allows Li Jinglin to always find the most accurate instrument in the first time in the soundtrack.

Bouzouki, hand organ.

These instruments, which were originally used in the soundtrack of "The Witcher 3", were once again taken out by Li Jinglin.

This first step is simple.

Don't think about the theme song of the storyline, let alone what other details.

You only need to make your own impressions of the tone of the whole story, the character's personality.

Just Vikingize the melody of "House Ezio".

Of course, this is only the first step.

It's just a first impression after all.

No matter how good the effect is, if you only use this impression as the theme song, it is still not qualified.

The theme song still needs to be made in conjunction with the overall storyline development of the game.

If it only expresses the texture of the Viking warriors of ice and fire, it will actually seem very thin and one-sided.

Of course.

As an emotional push, it is enough to express the texture of the first impression of the Viking epic.

"Since the story is set in England."

Li Jinglin thought about it carefully.

A traditional musical instrument with a boo is pointed out, the Scottish bagpipe.

As everyone knows.

Britain has a long history of music.

Ancient Kalien, Fidel, and Blues bagpipes are traditional folk instruments.

Most of them are located in Scotland and Ireland.

With the orthodox Scottish belongs to yes.

Recalling the relaxed smile on the face of those French artists at the Ubisoft headquarters at that time, when they saw the pictures of the French artists drawing blood-spattered pictures, it must have been because the background board was cut into three pieces The person was Anglo Saxon?

Assassin's Creed: Pirate Hackers is a part of the game.

Soon.

Li Jinglin's music gradually formed paragraphs.

In repeated playbacks, unique harmonies are programmed into them, as well as different timbre effects.

The layers are gradually plumped, and the formation of the music can be clearly felt in the sense of hearing.

This Luo Shiyao is a novelty.

You said.

This one by one notes little tadpoles.

How did it gradually grow into a whole?

Nature. Brother Lin is amazing.

But apparently.

Li Jinglin didn't seem to be satisfied.

"I always feel like there's something missing."

Li Jinglin smashed it, smashed it, and smashed it.

The texture is there.

But a little soul fire is missing.

At that moment, Li Jinglin thought about how to deal with it in order to make the "wildness" and "aggression" in music go further.

He frowned slightly.

It's really epic.

It sounds like a very vast texture.

However, the plot is not elaborated, and it is entirely based on variations from "House of Ezio", and there is no additional "Valhalla"-specific musical theme motive.

As a result, the narrative of musical language is still not grand enough.

There needs to be some elements that belong to the Valhalla game to fill in the narrative gaps.

"Am I missing something?"

Li Jinglin opened the setting set.

Rummage carefully.

also asked about Luo Shiyao by the way.

"Yaoyao, what are the shortcomings that I always feel, you can also listen to it, and see what it feels like to be missing?"

Although Luo Shiyao doesn't know how to compose.

But as a dancer, I still understand music.

Listening from Luo Shiyao's perspective, it is often possible to find places that fascinate the authorities.

"Well, what's the downside?"

Luo Shiyao frowned.

The effect of this music, in Luo Shiyao's sound, is amazing enough.

It's very epic and temperamental.

"If you have to say what's missing."

Luo Shiyao pointed to a passage in the canon.

There are two large words at the beginning of the paragraph.

【Raid】

"You just can't hear the looting, do you?"

Speaking of which.

Luo Shiyao glanced at Li Jinglin a little apprehensively.

To tell the truth, when Li Jinglin usually engages in music, Luo Shiyao really doesn't dare to comment casually.

Never just asking.

Now, Li Jinglin asked.

Naturally, the answer was cautious.

"Nest! It's this! ”

Li Jinglin's eyes lit up.

He smiled, hugged Luo Shiyao and kissed her.

"It's great, worthy of being my wife, inheriting the musical talent of being a husband."

"Hey, hey?"

Luo Shiyao, who had just been kissed hard, smirked.

My heart fell to the ground suddenly.

"It's really just a lack of looting."

Li Jinglin rummaged through the music material bag.

Soon, I found the most suitable source material.

Horn!

In the setting of the game, there is a "raid" gameplay.

It fits very well with the setting of the main character, Vikings.

In the raiding gameplay, after reaching the raiding point, the horn must be sounded.

Under the call of the long horn, even if you don't drive the boat, the friends will instantly appear on the shore, get off the boat, and follow the protagonist controlled by the player to rob together.

And this "trumpet" that launched the raid.

Undoubtedly, it is the soul of plunder.

In musical passages, there is a need for horn sounds.

Soon.

Li Jinglin made a modification to the music.

After the sound of the horn, this little smell came up all at once.

Ten top.

"Sure enough! With the addition of the sound of the horn, this feeling suddenly increased several times. ”

Li Jinglin nodded with satisfaction.

At this point, the music has already taken shape.

If you refine it, you will have a good feeling.

《Ezio's Family（Valhalla Version）》

Immediately.

After Li Jinglin marked the name of this song, he listened to it several times in a row.

The more I listened to it, the more I felt it, and the more I felt that I had the feeling of Evor, the protagonist of "Valhalla".

In particular, the interpretation of the style of this game is in place.

Sneak?

Assassination?

As a native Viking berserker, Eivor said.

Who is a serious person with a Hidden Blade?

Dogs don't dive.

Blow a trumpet and shake people, rush up and chop you all up.

This is called "For the Glory of the God of the North."

After a little touch-up.

Li Jinglin directly sent the audio file to Leo to listen to.

[This is an impression song, I have done it a little, but I haven't refined it yet, so I'll listen to it for you first.] 】

At this time, Leo was just about to sleep.

Before going to bed, I saw Li Jinglin send music files.

"Huh?"

Glancing at the time.

It didn't seem to be more than five hours.

Why did you send me the tune in the evening just after we parted in the afternoon?

So fast?!

Leo was a little confused.

Am I violent?

Before I slept I saw Li Jinglin send me a tune.

It's like a dream.

(End of chapter)