I really like this piece! It fits the theme very well and has lots of subtlety that gives it personality! The pianos are soft while remaining bright...a great fit! Very well done!
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A Day In The Life's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #5 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Creativity | #5 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Overall | #6 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Impression | #6 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Sound quality | #10 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Credibility | #19 | 3.870 | 3.870 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Streaming link
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Track description | Creative process
I started by listening to the original soundtrack a bunch of times, and taking a few notes. First, what's the instrumentation of the piece? Then what's the arrangement like, where does the part A finishes, where does the main theme come in, how is it modulated later on, where are the calls and answers ? And so on. Finally, I tried to make a mind-map of the kind of emotions, ideas, colours, places, memories, etc... this soundtrack evoked in my head.
Then I jumped on my piano and quickly decided on a key and a chord progression, to start writing down a "Part A". I first built the whole song on piano (as you can hear, since it's the main element entering at the begining and finishing the piece), my part A and its variants, my brides and my part B. And once I was done with that, I started working on the arrangement and adding instruments in and out.
I tried to keep it light and happy-sunny-dubidy-moody, but it quickly became a challenge for me ; it's definitely not the kind of creation I usually make. So I went out of the path I was following a tad, and added some sound design elements, glitchy things, a bit of dissonance here and there that resolves home on a happy-major feeling.
I think that's pretty much it, the rest is just adding and taking out, experimenting and not feeling happy with things so changing them again and again until I felt satisfied with what I had.
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