Music choices

As I was picturing my animation in my head a soundtrack I know from my childhood came to mind instantly and i could see it fitting together. Although I had a track in mind already I searched youtube for any other music choices I might be able to use if they fit better. I knew I wanted to use mostly an instrumental sound track rather than a song with vocals and lyrics and It felt more natural to me for my art style and animation, so I searched up music from some artists or series which I knew had instrumental music tracks.

I found this sound track from an old harvest moon game which I thought seemed like it would work really well for my animation as the melody follows a repetitive loop which works for a 20 - 30 second animation as well as the instruments being used sounds mostly like acoustic strings and guitars which to me felt very summery and country side like which goes with my idea of growing your own fruit and veg in your garden.

This is an instrumental track by Eric Lau which I really like as it's quite calm and tranquil. I didn't want to use a track that felt to over powering and energetic as I wanted my idea for my animation to feel more easy going and enjoyable rather than something that you would have to use energy to go out of your own way for. This track also has a steady beat and drum rhythm going throughout it which makes it easier for me to animate in sync with the music as I can change my scenes and angles on every other beat or so.

Here is the track I originally thought of which I wanted to go with my animation and after looking at some other music choices I have decided in the end that I will go with this one. My reason is because this track has that steady beat in it which i'm looking for so I can animate in sync with it but it also has a happy sounding melody in it which isn't too over powering either and still quite calm and steady paced. I feels summery and fun and the melody is quite catchy but it's not overly energetic sounding which is just what I want. I think it will suit my drawing style for my animation too as it is a bit of a cutesy and fun style with bright and earthy colours like green, brown and blue.

I then found an another track which is also from the animal crossing series which is featured in another game and uses a very similar kind of theme with it's instruments and the beat as well. It also still has that very happy sounding tune without sounding too over powering and is still quite mellow and calm. I may end up using this track but I will try and play around with both tracks and see which fits better for my animation.