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Distant Past's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composing Quality | #21 | 3.839 | 3.944 |
| Listenability | #25 | 3.623 | 3.722 |
| Execution | #28 | 3.515 | 3.611 |
| Overall | #31 | 3.524 | 3.620 |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity | #35 | 3.353 | 3.444 |
| Sense of Atmosphere | #40 | 3.569 | 3.667 |
| Correlation to Theme | #44 | 3.244 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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https://youtu.be/SB33ZURYgDM
Description
Setting for the music:
Long have your people been seeking the lost city, it's name long forgotten, it's legacy, not. It used to be your golden era of glory and riches, but disaster once struck, leaving your people near extinction. Now, it's location and wealth has been wiped from all memory, and thus began an eternal search for a long, distant past.
Description of Setup (Optional but recommended)
I use Cubase 13 pro as my DAW. All of the synth sounds are ones that I have created with my Korg Opsix synth, except for the mono low end of the bass sound, which was the UAD Polymax. studio strings by air music technology was used for the strings and MiniGrand by the same company for the piano. kick drum is stock Cubase, and the shaker is my own. The guitar sound was played on my Ibanez guitar with the AmpliTube amp sim.
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Comments
Composing modally is definitely a good vibe check for this jam! :)
The mix is nice too. I think maybe some of the elements could use a little more compression/EQ to make the highs a little softer and easier on the ears, especially for ambience. But, overall it is nicely mixed.
Great work! :)
Oh this one is a bit on action side. Like the discovery / explorational sense it is giving. Subtle near 2:10 was really really nice.
Great job!
Really cool! I liked the choppy synth chords, they added some nice movement to the sound used. The track in general gives a feel like trying to uncover some kind of secret, with the second section toward the end kind of a “big breakthrough” kind of feel if that makes sense.
I like this interpretation, kinda fits with what I was thinking with the repetitive piano ostinato, which was meant to signify this endless search.
Love me a good Phrygian tune! The modal interchange @ 2:53 was really cool; awesome arrangement overall!
Thank you, I love me some modal interchange and 7#5 chords, was contemplating whether to have that be the dominant chord in the end there, but thought it would stick out WAY too much