Kuukiko | The Legend of the Evertree (Ryan Leach Composing Competition)
This is my submission for @RyanLeach 's composing competition! Being a huge Studio Ghibli fan, I definitely had a lot of fun composing this! I even imagined an entire original movie in my head while I was making this T-T (I'll leave it at the end of the description if you're interested)
This piece was heavily influenced by the soundtrack of Princess Mononoke. I took ethnic chinese instruments and combined it with the orchestra to give it a more ancient feel ^^
This track is licensed under the creative commons license. You may use this in your projects as long as credit is given to me ^^
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Libraries used:
Tokyo Scoring Strings
Cinematic Studio Woodwinds
Cinematic Studio Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Strezov Sampling Xiao Freebie
Native Instruments East Asia
(Made up narrative I came up with while writing this piece xD)
The piece tells the story of a young man who traveled the world in search of the "Evertree", an old ancient tree which is higher than the skies above as told by the ancient legends. It is said to contain the answer to all life's questions. The young man seeked the Evertree in hopes of finding his purpose in life. Along the way, he encountered different people who had different circumstances and different views of the world. As he helped these people, he learned many things about life and how the world works. Eventually, he arrived at Journey's end. He expected many trials upon entering the place, but instead found a rather peaceful settlement. The shepherd called out to him. When he asked about the tree and the answers to life's questions, the shepherd simply smiled and said "Haven't you already found the answers yourself?" The young man realized what he meant and laughed. The shepherd, settlement, and tree slowly vanished then the young man found himself in the entrance to his home village.