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A jam submission

Judgement Is NighView project page

A downloadable soundtrack
Submitted by RubberneckGiraffe — 12 hours, 25 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Quality#44.0004.000
Composition#83.8753.875
Creativity#153.5003.500
Overall#173.6253.625
Correlation to theme#333.1253.125

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme (enemy)

Yuwal

Correlation to theme
Court is in session and it shall never end. This soundtrack sets the atmosphere for the battle between Hero vs. Yuwal.

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Comments

Submitted

Very fitting theme for Yuwal. Lots of tension and drama, all well composed for that pretty difficult time signature. Quality work!

Developer(+1)

Thanks Turismo! I appreciate it 

Submitted (1 edit)

Ah yes, a 7/4 time signature, lovely. I noticed it immediately. You should have joined https://itch.io/jam/rmcc-8, you would have been totally at home. You use it well, not overloading it with complexity and often having a consistent beat to hang on to (until 1:15 comes, and you likely intend to confuse people a bit ;). You also use a nice theme to go along with the 7/4 (which is not trivial: most often it just sounds like a 4/4 cut-off or 3/4 unnecessarily extended). You have the right theme for an evil encounter with Yuwall in my opinion. And I love a 7/4 done right! Nicely done :D

Developer(+1)

Cheers! I figured Yuwal would judge all the seven deadly sins and of course would need a beat to determine the verdict for each... all guilty of course :D 

Glad to hear you appreciated the 7/4 approach. Thank you for the feedback!

Submitted

Haha, lovely theming with the 'seven sins'! I realize btw that "ah yes, a 7/4 time signature, lovely" might come across as sarcastic, especially since people generally have a hard time with 7/4, but it was meant seriously; I do actually love it :)

Submitted

Refreshing and well-executed!

The overall orchestration, especially percussions, is handled masterfully. Using a scratching sound to function as a weapon sound and percussion itself is clever. The section at 1:15, both instruments and percussions, is phenomenal and unique for Yuwal! It gives me some nice goosebumps!

Excellent entry!

Developer(+1)

Absolutely tickled by that comment. Thank you so much! 

I really appreciate you taking the time to provide such gracious feedback. Humbled to be among so many exceptional entries and that my vision for Yuwal resonated. 

Col legno is the string technique I believe you're referring to for the the scratching sound and I love that it popped out to you. 

Cheers!

Submitted (1 edit)

Whoops, so that's what it's called.
Yes, that was what I was talking about. Excuse my lack of knowledge! xD

Developer

Wow thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Very good percussion with good variations.

I really like the way you compose, letting the music (and the listener) breathe a lot. You've composed music that's subtle yet epic and menacing.

It's really excellent!

Submitted

Love how the track keeps building and building—there’s a lot of great movement rhythmically and melodically 

Developer(+1)

Thrilled you dug that aspect

Thanks! 

Developer

Right on, thanks Jofes!

Submitted

I liked the woodwinds in this song especially.

Submitted

I like the composition of your track.

Good choice of instruments, and I think the mixing is clean.

Nice!

Developer(+1)

Rad! I appreciate it 

Developer

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/rubberneckgiraffe/judgement-is-nigh

Submitted

This is really cool :) Great choice of instruments - the tablas are a nice touch.  Nice composition - you keep the piece slow and subdued while adding new elements to build tension to great effect. Great job!

Developer

I really appreciate that comment! Thank you for the kind words. Cheers!