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What Some Will Never Witness's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Listenability | #1 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Composing Quality | #1 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Execution | #7 | 4.036 | 4.036 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.863 | 3.863 |
| Correlation to Theme | #18 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity | #19 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity (double field for weight) | #23 | 3.179 | 3.179 |
Ranked from 28 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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https://soundcloud.com/javier-s-dacarett/what-some-will-never-witness
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Some people will never be able to witness the beauties of this world.
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I like the execution and the use of dynamics, nice work
Thank you, I appreciate it! I liked yours as well, but I have never used the software you used. I am curious to know how it works!
It's a tool I created in Python, it generates midi music tracks both automatically and based on user input, depending on what you want to achieve.
Oh, you made it yourself, that is insanely cool! Makes your submission even more impressive!
Really pretty piece! Just from listening to the piano solo, it's making me wonder how this would sound with a orchestral arrangement in the sort of Joe Hisaishi style from Ghibli films like Princess Mononoke, somehow Im getting the feel that style would fit well for this.
Brilliant stuff!
Thank you so much! Coincidentally, I was listening to Joe Hisaishi's Studio Ghibli concert the day I composed this XD. I liked your piano piece as well, and it also reminded me of Princess Mononoke! Great job on your end!
Funnily enough, i just watched Princess Mononoke for the first time the day i rated your submission 😁 (that's why i felt the style fitting that as I was listening).
I've gotten the Mononoke reminescence mention before, on a piano track for another jam, so I must've listened to the Mononoke soundtrack before unknowingly, or just that Hisaishi uses some recurring elements in his Ghibli stuff that i used too.
I did have My Neighbour Totoro on a VHS growing up that I've seen probably 50+ times, so I've probably have internalised some "Hisaishi-isms" from that.
Glad you liked it! Kinda wish i had a better work ethic to actually finish the other tracks in the submission that were pretty unfinished/rough still😅.
Lovely piece, a bit of Erik Satie influence in there probably or at least that what i've hearing. Good composition and arrangement nice play with dynamics,. At 1:03 its very nice and I know its meant to be quiet but with the contrast of the previous section I think its too quiet, you can take up a notch in volume to make it seem a bit more present, keep the velocity low so the dynamics won't change but in terms of mix you can crank it up just a bit so its not quiet. Well done.
Thank you! I have played some Erik Satie, so I can see how you would think that. I agree with you, I actually did not have a chance to automate stuff because of the deadline, so I had to leave it as is, but totally agree, it would have benefited from raising the volume and not the velocity. I really liked that you went ham with procedural stuff in Wwise, would love to see a YouTube video showing what you did.
Thank you, i'm planning on it, i'm redoing my design it was a bit flawed in the execution and i'll show everything step by step.
Amazing! Eager to see this!
Oh, I like this right away. This is so pretty.
Some of this reminds me of some of the things I've written in the past, especially improvising on the piano. It's like you make the decision to avoid the same things that I do.
I love this. I have to share a couple of the things that I've written that your stuff reminds me of now!
https://soundcloud.com/alkan23/kale-overlord-wind-and-water
https://soundcloud.com/alkan23/kale-overlord-gilded-strands
Great work.
Thank you so much! Listened to both tracks, really good work! Particularly love Gilded Strands. You were playing right? Or is it a mockup? Regardless, impressive! I am curious to know what things I avoided compared to yours, it is always cool to find out that stuff out.
It's a combination of playing some stuff I had already come up with and improvising off of that on both tracks.
At one spot in Gilded Strands, I'm actually overlapping me playing twice. I know I could practice that section to play it like that without the layering, but that's the one spot I relied on a little layering to make up for technique.
Got you! I do not think there should be shame in layering, my piece is a mockup, so at least you had yourself playing on it which is not easy.
Sometimes all we need is a good ol' piano, and this is amazing! Really gives my Kingdom Hearts, which is very on-theme! This piece allows for introspection and relaxation.
Thank you! The Kingdom hearts compliment is much appreciated. Yoko Shimomura is one of my favorite composers. Also, love the concept for your tracks and love the eastern instruments, really cool submission!
Amazing, I love to see the maximum potential of the piano that can always allow it to be alone, each section has a different dynamic and makes it a very complete composition. I love it!
Thank you! The piano is certainly a very flexible instrument, I feel very comfortable putting it alone and letting it do its thing hahaha. Also, I could picture your piece being in a video game battle. I saw you mentioned anime as inspiration, but I definitely can picture it in a game.
Love the track Javier! Very moving, although it sounds eerily similar to Song of Time in places XD
Thank you! Zelda: Ocarina of Time is what made me want to become a composer, so I would not be surprised my subconscious took over in some parts XD. I also was not expecting the shift in the middle of your track, caught me off guard, cool!
Yeah it's such a great game and OST - still love your piece well done! and thank you haha I do like to mix things up in my music when i can
Love the dynamics. I really liked your interpretation of the theme and how it is conveyed in the composition, simple yet powerful. I look forward to hearing more of your works!
Thank you so much! Re-using the theme was a constraint I had to set for myself to be able to finish in time, but I am glad the simplicity worked! Also, really nice motif | rhythm for the flute in your submission, very catchy!
I really the emotions you convey throughout this piece, and the dynamics are wonderful. Music made with a story in mind always pleases my heart! Thanks for sharing this, nicely done!
Thank you! I appreciate this so much, storytelling is always my main goal, so I am glad it comes through. Also, I appreciate how much thought you put into writing an explanation for your submissions, some really cool ideas there!
That is nice to hear! Story-telling is always such an amazing element in music I feel. And I am glad you like my explanations, I am afraid I probably would have left a bad taste in some people's mouths without composing around them haha
Gorgeous, dynamic and engaging without being too much. One of the best, if not the best, piano submissions.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it, I try not to be flashy for the sake of it, always with meaning, so thanks! I loved the ambient tracks you put out, some really great synth textures!
I confess to be a sucker for piano pieces, but this is trully beautiful man! not just my personal taste talking
Thank you so much! I also have to confess I love the piano XD. I like yours too! I like how you added some ambient sounds to yours, I have always wanted to do something like that, just have not found the right project.
For sure one of the better and more inspired single track submissions in this jam. Really fantastic work.
Thank you, I appreciate the kind comments! Yours was also very good! There are some cool sound design ideas and so many tracks!