Dark souls 3 - Abyss Watchers Full Orchestral Cover/Remix

Original Composer: Yuka Kitamura


This was a huge project for me as I didn´t have any midi file or sheets available. So it took me a good 3 hours to figure out the sheets of the entire song (Phase 1 and 2) by ear... What really confused me at first is, that even tho the chords are changing, the bass always plays a low F, which made me first believe there is no changes in chords at all (especially in the first phase), which was a false assumption. The 4 chords all just contained a F and she kept it as rootnote through phase 1. What really motivated me to start this project is that Yuka used VSTs for most tracks and not a real orchestra and choir like in Bloodborne. So I finally could have a good comparison on how I could compete trying my best with my VSTs. Of course there is no way I can beat the original... It´s written by a stellar composer with lots of experienced, mixed and mastered by real sound engineers (which I can´t afford) and it has real elements, such as a real Singer, where I had to use samples.

VSTs used:


8Dio Lacrimosa (Male Choir and Choir sustain in Phase 2)
8Dio Insolidus (Female Ah Legato Lines)
8Dio Jenifer Solo Vocal (towards the end for the high notes)
8Dio Age (for the Orchestral Chimes (Gongs)
8Dio Majestica for the Cymbal scratches
8Dio Century Brass (only for the Muted Trumpets)
Project Alpha and Keepforest Trailer Pack for the Low Booms
AudioImperia Jaeger (Alto Vocal for the entire song)
Cinematic Studio Strings
Cinematic Piano





However I´m very happy with the outcome! I think it´s one of my best projects. It was very hard for me to fill the Low Frequency range, as the original only had a few low Booms every 4th and a Bass playing a Staccato every Beat...no brass at all beside that muted trumpet...at first I had problems to get a full sound, as in the first phase only the male choir is singing. But when I put decapitator (a Saturation Plugin) on the male choir, it finally started to sound decent. This project took me about 30 hours to finish.


Ask me anything if you have questions. Sorry that the last second was little bit too fast cut off