Notus is a banger! I can imagine the rolling clouds and heat lightning of a summer storm.
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The Winds of Murder's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #12 | 3.871 | 3.871 |
| Impression | #14 | 3.935 | 3.935 |
| Overall | #21 | 3.735 | 3.735 |
| Quality | #24 | 3.903 | 3.903 |
| Correlation to theme | #45 | 3.452 | 3.452 |
| Composition | #58 | 3.516 | 3.516 |
Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The Winds of Murder is an adventure/mystery game that takes place in a strange seaside town that doesn't seem to exist in our universe but has familiar features reminiscent of various Earth mythologies. The player belongs to a cult that controls this town and must solve the murder of one of the cult's most distinguished members.
I started with a piano plugin in order to come up with a theme that would invoke the sense of mystery and melancholy.
After composing the basic theme I set out to create a track that would represent the wintery beginning half of the game (Boreas) and then the warm, stormy summer season of the second half (Notus)
Boreas is an ambient track with muted wind sounds, piano and cold synthesizer pads. I used Spitfire LABS Soft Piano and Arturias CS80V3. There are also field recordings which I manipulated with pitch, reverb and eq to give the song the feeling of a journey.
Notus is a more raucous and upbeat rock track. I played electric guitar for the rhythm and lead through Guitar Rig along with one of Logic's stock drumsets as well as one of Logics stock bass guitar synths. In addition to that, it has the same piano plugin as Boreas.
Both tracks have the same chord progressions and lead in order to tie them together while they are composed with completely different instrumentation in order to define the two seasons that the game takes place in.
Everything was composed in Logic Pro X and was mastered using eMastered.
Message from the artist:
Thank you for listening, and I hope you enjoy!
Theme:
Story of Seasons
How does it fit the theme?
Boreas was composed to communicate the muted, cold softness of winter. It is quiet, and features field recorded wind and chilly synth pads.
Notus was composed to reflect warm, tempestuous summer storms. Rock is a warmer genre often times and the track also features the sounds of ocean waves (created with white noise), to communicate the night time, summer beach vibe.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/daenolson/sets/the-winds-of-murder
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