POV: you only get ONE track to make a game OST 💀 | Samuel Ivascu

I made a full main menu theme using ONE track in Ableton: a single drum rack loaded with drones, textures, hits, sweeps and found sounds, arranged off the grid. Here's how it works, and why modular music like this saves you endless revisions as a game composer. 🎹 LESSONS I teach 1-on-1 lessons in game music, composition and sound design. A lot of my students bring me game music that's doing too much, and this is exactly the kind of thing we work on. → Email me: contact@ivascumusic.com 🔗 LINKS Website: https://ivascumusic.com Lessons & enquiries: contact@ivascumusic.com Instagram:   / s.ivascu.music   LinkedIn:   / samuel-ivascu-music   🎮 Need music or sound design for your game? I take commissions too. Same email. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:30 What are non-narrative themes? 1:11 One sampler, one whole track 1:24 Full theme playthrough 2:47 Why simple works for menus 3:15 Drones 3:46 Upper textures (broken fan + fret) 4:48 The pacemaker (cinematic hit + pizzicato) 5:19 Model D bass / lead 5:35 Experimental sounds (railroad tracks) 6:01 Sweeps (reversed piano trick) 6:29 Calls: the "sandwich" 7:11 Air raid siren + extraction fan 7:46 Arranging it all on one track, off the grid 8:21 Stripped back: the core samples 9:42 Why modular music matters for game devs 10:44 Do you only need one track? 11:05 Lessons & contact Want me to cover something similar? Let me know in the comments 👇 #ableton #gamemusic #mainmenutheme #sounddesign #gamecomposer #musicproduction #gamedev