juuuuuuuust right

Today I scored my first non-interactive scene, or NIS, for the next Mortal Kombat. An NIS is like a short movie the player watches that further propels the plot of the game-story. I've gotten comfortable with the sound palette of MK, so now I just needed to use those colors to paint in the music for that scene.

Film scoring has always been my first love, and it was so great to get back to it -- it seems like it's been a loooong time since I've scored anything to picture. The trick is to balance the psychology and emotion in the scene, without stealing the show from what's going on onscreen.

I played it for the sound lead, and after listening to it twice, he said it sounded great.

BULLSEYE! Now let's see how I fare on the next one...