That was beautiful!!
My favorite track was "Sacred Deer Garden", the chords on that one made me smile, hahah! The ending kinda left me wanting something more happy/epic for proper closure, but it does the job.
Anyways, great work!
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The Moon Forest's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #1 | 4.407 | 4.407 |
| Quality | #2 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.230 | 4.230 |
| Impression | #3 | 4.185 | 4.185 |
| Correlation to theme | #3 | 4.259 | 4.259 |
| Creativity | #14 | 3.852 | 3.852 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The Moon Forest is a soundtrack project composed for the OST Composing Jam #2. It's musically imagining a game called the Moon Forest.
We are a spirit of the night, living in the forest among other creatures. Unfortunately, the Night King was corrupted by an obscure force and the moon never be seen since. All the forest is in a permanent darkness then.
You have to find and wake up the Sacred Deer, the only entity able to help you bringing back the moon and all the life at night.
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I've tried to create a very narrative soundtrack where you can identify and feel each key moments of the story.
- First, I've created the Main theme for the game. Trying to be inspiring and mysterious at the same time. Hopefully, it gives the will to dig more. Mainly woodwinds for the theme, according to the title.
- The corrupted Night king is a track illustrating the night king corruption by an obscure force. It sets the stakes and the goals for the player in the story.
- Magical undergrowth is a level track while our hero exploring the vastness of the woods, encountering other creatures and fighting some of them. Discovering the poetry of the world, solving puzzles and find new items for the hero.
- Then, we met the Sacred Deer in his ancient garden. It's an important spirit of the Moon. You have to solve some enigmas to convince him to help you. This track is full of magic and poetry.
- Finally, you have all the powers needed to face the Corrupted Night King and beat him to free the forest. I've tried to create an epic track, with a lot of rythm, keeping you really focus in the fight against the final boss. We can feel the difficulty here and a lot of skills are needed to beat him haha.
- The ending part is both the end of the game and the credits, while we see the forest little by little brought back to life by the Moon.
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Everything is composed in Cubase, with the help of several VSTs, such as, Spitfire Harp, strings, woodwinds, Damage percussions, Gentleman piano and Vocalize choir.
I've also created a little artwork setting the mood of the game inspired by the Picture theme.
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It was a pity I didn't have much more time for this but it was so much fun ! I have in mind all my favourite games's soundtrack like Hollow knight, Celeste, Journey or Zelda BOTW.
Theme
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
It fits the theme by the mood and the musical treatment of the atmosphere of the image.
Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/niels-prayer/sets/the-moon-forest
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