There's a lot of really nice crunchy chord changes here that do wonders for adding to that mysterious and dangerous vibe. They felt very cinematographic (I didn't think that was a word when I wrote it but apparently it is lol) with the way the strings flowed into each other, reminding me a bit of Star Wars almost? There are a few points where the melody on top of the chords doesn't sound like it's matching the key changes, particularly right in the beginning of INTRO which felt a little too crunchy for my tastes. The transition into the battle theme and the song itself is really great, the orchestration and especially the drums remind me a LOT of Terraria and it's got a great driving beat to it. Great work all around!
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Star Wars, more like Star Worse. I'm pretty sure my work would make John Williams cry, and not in a good way xD
I guess that in INTRO reverb tails are clashing in minor 2nds, and that makes it crunchier. It was however a conscious tradeoff between musical clarity and vibe. And, arguably, I find vibe to be more important in OST-ish music.
Thanks for listening!