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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to Theme | #23 | 3.480 | 3.480 |
| Overall | #27 | 3.380 | 3.380 |
| Execution | #30 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
| Listenability | #31 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity (double field for weight) | #31 | 3.080 | 3.080 |
| Composing Quality | #31 | 3.480 | 3.480 |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity | #34 | 3.480 | 3.480 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Description
I wanted to compose for something that sounded almost kind of ancient and primordial-- something that is neither evil nor benevolent, just something that's been explored with genuine curiosity, something that's provoking some kind of slow, but meaningful change.
been recently trying to experiment with being sparse and still creating something that feels textured and interesting. wanted to work less in traditional chord progressions and was more interested in moving between major/minor parallels so that the piano notes couldn't feel easily familiar or readable. I was also inspired by the waterfall imagery in the artwork and was imagining the higher piano notes as cascading water drops, while the drone almost mimics the deep, continuous stream below
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I think you nailed the goal you had. It does feel primordial but has no association with good or evil. Really good!
Really dig the textures and vibe!
Only thing that felt a bit off to me (and this might be just me) was that since the piano was on the right, my left ear felt a bit lonely at times because of that (although there were a couple notes that jumped to the left at parts somehow).
But nevertheless, you managed to get a fantastic ambiance and feel on this, good stuff!
Also as a tip that came to mind for this, I'm not sure if you know of this but you can change the panning "mode" on DAWS to an alternate mode that lets you pan the Left and Right channels separately, which you can usually access by right clicking the PAN controls on a track.
Since you seem to do this type of ambient music, it might be useful for not making things take too much of the stereo field. I only found out about it myself a couple months back, but its been great for changing the position of stuff like sampled orchestra sections.
in Reaper its called the DUAL PAN mode, and changes the pan knob to sliders for Left and Right.
Oooo I love the vibe on this one.
I feel this one in my mind as well as down into my body, and it makes me feel quite relaxed. The low wide shimmer really captures the serenity of the scene in the painting, and the fuzziness of it is like water.
Really fantastic work, I really really like this one.
Well done!
I really like the piano melody and the harmony and texture movements!
I think the mix could get some cleaning done, although that might be what gave it that pyshcadelic vibe, so maybe don't? :D
The only thing I felt a bit short was the take on the theme, it was good don't take me wrong, but I felt it need a bit more overwhemingness, in other terms, I felt aI was near a river, not a great water fall
Continue the great work, take care :3
You captured what an explorer might feel uncovering an ancient place: the wonder as well as the uneasiness due to the unknown. I love the atmosphere you achieve with the piano trickling over the hypnotic chord changes on the pads. Great work!
Nice gentle piano melody. The light distortion added some tension, though the overall song was generally peaceful.
Not bad, just not really mixed and kind of gets really muddy near the middle and end. I would have for sure considered panning things out much differently and taking a longer look at the EQ.
There's so much clipping on the right side of the mix and without a strong pre-delay it all sort of just bleeds into the center.
Otherwise, really fantastic composition.