So good! Complex yet not overwhelmingly so. You made it fully credible with an outstanding sound quality and composition. I loved this track.
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Morning Dew's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
| Impression | #1 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Composition | #1 | 4.542 | 4.542 |
| Creativity | #2 | 4.458 | 4.458 |
| Sound quality | #3 | 4.208 | 4.208 |
| Credibility | #8 | 4.292 | 4.292 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Streaming link
https://soundcloud.com/wtlo/morning-dew
Track description | Creative process
SONG DESCRIPTION
My goal was to have this song 'sound' from Animal Crossing. I kept the tone calm/relaxing, but a bit more 'vibrant', as a 'remake' with a bossa/swing focus.
I was intentional to use varied orchestrations, without a rigid structure for ear fatigue. It starts bossa style then turns to swing with piano, still intended relaxing/upbeat. I tried keeping the orchestration 'sparse' but detailed, with OG-like sounds (accordian, perc, guitar) to ground in the franchise's vibe.
Kind of intended as a morning track, it doesn't loop. The ending's somewhat experimental for fun, but could easily be swapped so it can loop. I had a previous version which was more low key, but I felt it did teach me things.
VSTs
Main VSTs are AGL from ample sound (highly recommend), piano from alecia's Keys, the bass from Swing, and Berlin Percussion and Andea from orchestral tools for lot of the background elements.
OTHER NOTES
Inspiration was from the trailer (also very 'vibrant') and listened to nintendo games and bossa playlists--found related piano tutorials too. Everything was written in Fl Studio, and the guitar you hear is AGL from Ample Sound--highly recommend it!
Feedback from OST jam was quite helpful! My motif development was fluid last time, which people liked, but made it hard to remember ideas. I kept it fluid here too, but tried doing more with the motifs. I'd be curious how things stick for you.
I did feel like I might've over-composed for the theme, especially towards the end. I had a reduced version, which I feel would've worked well, but I'm glad I got to learn things through experimenting here.
As always any constructive feedback is super helpful for me, to know what works and what to change, but thanks for stopping by and hope you enjoy! Best of luck to yall, and I'll be curious to see what everyone did with the prompt!
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