Make Dystopian Ambient like in Deus Ex

Late 90 / Early 2000s PC gaming soundtracks (Deus Ex / Unreal Tournament) by artists like Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Boss, & Dan Gardopée are still memorable to this day. Made on music trackers & consisting of expertly curated samples, I'm going to show you a modern approach to re-creating these tracks on the ambient side. Great for anyone looking to get into retro ambient music production, or video game scoring. #ambient #musicproduction
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@0:00 Final Example
@0:28 The music of Deus Ex
@1:13 How it was made
@1:42 Sample Quality
@2:03 The Approach
@2:23 The Vibe & Recipe
@3:11 Breakdown Intro
@3:47 The Atmosphere
@10:08 The Music
@15:00 DAC Emulation
@16:57 Project File / Samples

[@jamienoble631]

Very interesting! The music i want to make myself is oldschool Oliver Lieb style which is very much atmosphere like this with techno beats, and trance influences on top. Deus Ex is my favorite game ever and i really love the soundtrack.

[@jarednight3648]

The End. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Thought-Forms]

Super cool! Deus Ex is up there for me as well. Soundtrack + gameplay + story is top tier. Even loved Invisible War / Human Revolution. Also hate to say it, but never listened to Oliver lieb, any recommendations from his back catalog?

[@jamienoble631]

@@Thought-Forms Yeah man i would recommend the following (very) atmospheric tracks. Aquilia - Dreamstate (Oliver Lieb's LSG Mix) - The breakdown is so good! L.S.G. - Into Deep (Clubmix X) Mark III - Watermark (Main Mix) AMbassador - The Fade (Oliver Lieb Remix) The Ambush - Acapulco (Original Mix) I think the atmosphere in these tracks is pretty similar to what you are doing and showing us in your tutorials.

[@Sam-tz9sl]

Dreamstate is an absolutely timeless track! Such impressive production @@jamienoble631

[@seleniticdawn]

Of course I'm interested in how you created the ambient sounds!

[@cmmcfreire]

Second this!

[@Thought-Forms]

On it!

[@synthphilosophy]

Can't wait for it :-). Thanks for sharing your knowledge. The music in this video brings me to that distant and nostalgic place and time that never was.

[@colonialp9]

The production quality of this video is top class! A video on how you made your samples would be sick

[@Thought-Forms]

Thanks colonialp! Will get something out on the FX creation 💪

[@Replatforming]

Love these breakdowns of oldschool genres. The atmosphere in this one is especially cozy, takes me right back.

[@lunanescence]

absolutely insane, the production quality is crazy.

[@Thought-Forms]

thank you!! 💪

[@RemixSample]

Really well made and informative video! Thanks for sharing! 🎶

[@OoraMusic]

loved this

[@lunchbox997]

I love how you explain stuff like this, so glad I found your channel.

[@Thought-Forms]

Thank you, lunchbox! 💪

[@autistikicecream]

You know I'm going to take my time and recreate all tunes from this new series! I cant thank you enough for it! Also your pad sound design videos helped me A LOT, so YES please make a video on ambient sounds too! ✨✨✨

[@ILOVEGUNS69]

Really love the thorough breakdown on this one. Keep it up! (And keep coming with the video game OST breakdowns)

[@Thought-Forms]

Cheers, more to come :)

[@mil3sperhour]

fantastic work on this one dude!!

[@Thought-Forms]

much appreciated my friend :)

[@tannera.3359]

This is one of my favorite channels. I’ll be wondering about something and he’ll make it!

[@Thought-Forms]

thanks so much my friend! :)

[@cleabus]

Awesome, thank you for this video, subscribed!

[@Thought-Forms]

cheers cleabus! thank you

[@tonydanzza6290]

Thank you so much for your work!

[@Thought-Forms]

thank YOU for watching!

[@nk-cn9sv]

as predicted a banger! man if you keep this up you'll make me drop out of college, your content is so inspiring

[@Thought-Forms]

🤣 thank you man!

[@piggo8034]

Excellent video

[@Thought-Forms]

thank you, piggo!

[@KGC9001]

awwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaa :) :) :) :)

[@ethereal8655]

Didn't even watch it yet, but THANK YOU for that video so much dude!

[@Thought-Forms]

:) you're welcome, hope you enjoy!

[@raptorboss6688]

I would really love a video on how you made the sounds! I want to learn how to make my own

[@Thought-Forms]

Roger that, raptorboss! Have a vid in the works

[@progressiveoverload7320]

Greatest game ever

[@jackwinkel550]

you gotta make a video about how you made these sounds!!!!!!

[@Thought-Forms]

affirmative!

[@rt5u]

I definitely wanna know how you made the samples!

[@Thought-Forms]

roger 💪in the works

[@rt5u]

@@Thought-Forms Nice one. Love your channel man, keep it going!

[@justin7332]

goin jesper kyd on the beat

[@worldofmuu]

A bomb?

[@ttkyoclub]

maybe you should try getting a job...

[@shinjukucafe]

thank you very much for the video! these are wonderful to watch and listen to. I've never played the Deus ex games myself 🍫☕🧃🍹🍸🥂

[@Thought-Forms]

cheers! if you ever have the chance to play the original game, i recommend it! the music is very inspiring, I think you would like it