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A jam submission

A King RebornView project page

Submitted by MaxMaddness — 12 hours, 58 minutes before the deadline
Rated by 2 people so far
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How many tracks did you submit?
3

If you uploaded to a streaming platform, please drop the link here!
https://soundcloud.com/oliver-maddison-784558518

Explain your hypothetical game concept & how you interpreted the theme!
I have a D&D character in a campaign I'm running. I don't want to give details in the crazy rare chance my players find this.

But the character for the hypothetical game would be reborn, having forgotten their wicked past. They'll slowly regain memories and fight with themselves (perhaps literally and metaphorically), ultimately in the end passing judgement. Does their rebirth mean they get a second chance? Or should they face punishment regardless?

What genre is your soundtrack?
Classical

How did you incorporate the Dies Irae into your hypothetical soundtrack?
I used the melody as a general progression for notes, inverting it in some cases and using it to bridge a section together in one track.

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Submitted

Nice job, Irae reborn structure reminds me of hyms sung in roman catholic church. what did you use to create these piece? In regards to a daw or live recording for some of the instruments?

court of maddness had a line in it that reminded me of "here comes the bride" note progression. The song still sounds dark but now my culture baggage/bias has my mind looking for that reference. Maybe thats relevant though and i can see how that could be incorporated in as a love interest scene. 

regal gratitude: definilty see why you said unfinished does seem like an incomplete thought. but so far so good

Submitted (1 edit)

Hi! I see it's your first time in a jam, so first of all, welcome! Let's go with my impressions:

1. Iraes Reborn

  • Giving me hopeful vibes which go perfectly well with your explanation of the song meaning for the character. 
  • I am digging your usage of the leit motif throughout the piece, taken from the first notes of the Dies Irae. The track gave me some general celtic kind of vibes, but with your sound palette selection being mostly orchestral, that was more of a feeling I guess. 
  • I am finding some issues with your VST instruments, which are detrimental to the composition and the listener experience: strings and horns sounding a tad synthy and choirs very dry. 
  • I am also feeling a lack of reverb, even if it was very subtle, to keep things glued together in the same space, and some voices would also need to be steady enough during the piece as to make me feel its harmony. 
  • At the moment there are lots of interesting ideas, but they feel a bit disconnected because of only being melodic and most of the time using one or two voices. Just adding a simple bassline to link parts could work wonders to solve this issue.

2. A Court of Madness

  • Calm but somber and filled with despair. Perfect as well for your description of what you were going for.
  • I think some of the ideas are cut short too soon, and sometimes there's a lack of something to latch onto.
  • Similar issues as the first track regarding sound, with some VSTs standing out because of their timbre not being organic enough, specially the choir and the strings.
  • Piano arpeggios are fantastic and work perfectly well combined with the choir.

3. Regal Gratitude

  • Fantastic beginning. The entrance of the strings at 0:20 is epic.
  • The quality of the strings in the low register is much better here, and everything feels cohesive and moving forward in a direction, with energy and resolution.
  • Easily my favorite of the three. Lots of potential here.


I found your soundtrack interesting to listen to, while at the same time a bit of a work in progress. Compositionally would need some polishing, but it is packed with powerful ideas. The most serious issue to my ears is the VST instrument sound selection, which has nothing to do with the quality of the work, but sadly makes it difficult to judge impartially because it affects the full listening experience. 

Submitted

Uhhhh, mate where/what are the songs? You linked to your SoundCloud profile and your itch page is private... :/

Developer (1 edit)

Sorry, my first time doing anything like this. I'll have a look, see what's up

Developer

Should be sorted now