OST Composing Jam #3

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A jam submission

Sophie's TaleView project page

Soundtrack for the imaginary game Sophie's Tale

Submitted by LightBluePianist, Jackaljkdan — 2 hours, 43 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Correlation to theme	#18	3.875	3.875
Overall	#29	3.638	3.638
Composition	#32	3.750	3.750
Creativity	#40	3.563	3.563
Impression	#47	3.500	3.500
Quality	#62	3.500	3.500

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
For this soundtrack we drew great inspiration from Rayman 2 and the way it uses its leit motiv and variations of it in almost all of its tracks.

We imagined a game taking place in a magical world where the Seasons have been locked away and color drained away.

Our protagnist, Sophie, meets a sun-shaped elf and together they set out on an adventure to free the Seasons.

The soundtrack closely follows the story as it unfolds (you can read what happens in the tracks descriptions on Soundcloud), taking place in each environment drawn in the artwork.

Message from the artist:
Artwork by CheddyJu https://twitter.com/cheddyju.

Theme:

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
The soundtrack is heavily based on the artwork and our protagonists are the girl and the smiling creature in the top left, that we refer to as the sun-shaped elf. We took each section depicting a different environment and based the soundtrack and story on it. On Soundcloud you can clearly see what section each track takes place in.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/user-815121713/sets/sophie

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Comments

elitestratmanSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Quite adventurous! Love the feelings of wonder and whimsy :)

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JackaljkdanDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks!

poardSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

love the soundtrack! it was a vibe all around

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JackaljkdanDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you!

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much!

Tet-suSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was a fun ride! I am a total softy for upbeat and nostalgic adventurous melodies. The Adventure
Begins and and Through the Forest had me itching to jump back on my PS1. Love your source reference of Rayman 2 and push for leit motifs! Everything went really well together and kept me engaged. Nice job guys :)

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JackaljkdanDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks, glad you liked it!

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much!

Max FaustSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Okay :
Your composition and orchestration chops are shaaaaaaaarp !
you really know your stuff, you know how to be delicate and create ambiance, you went modal which makes you kind of an exception here.
And i think you made that with only LABS instruments which is awesome and demonstrate that compositional chops are the most powerful tool !

Really the only negative i have is the strings
unfortunately they are not really programmed that well and if it's the LABS strings i think the instrument itself doesn't reach the quality necessary to fit in your musical vision for this ost.

Now i want to stress that : it's not your fault that you don't have the SUPER UBER strings library of our collective dreams because : those things cost a lot of money to buy them and time to learn how to use them...

But i think in order to serve the production quality, making the choice to ditch the strings for another instruments that could fill their shoes could have been better

Except for that instrument, it's beautifully composed and arranged and i wouldn't be surprised if that was an ost for an actual game in the near future ^^

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A Story of Seasons : Darkness Soundtrack

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you very much for your feedback and yes, you are perfectly right about strings ( from Spitfire Labs), I love strings but unfortunately they are so far from the quality of my dreams! I resisted using theme more and I also thought that stereo strings of my digital keyboard would have been almost better!!! Lol :-)

Max FaustSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I totally understand the urge to put strings everywhere x)

I have the intimate strings on my stuff, they are from spitfire too and they are really cheap
you can also peruse pianobook.co.uk for loads of free stuff ^^

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

thank you!

Peter WojtekSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Abolutely love Diving Deep, only wishing this track was longer !

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A Story Of Seasons

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much!

TwitchywhalezSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was a nice listen! I like the ambience in Lost in the Desert and Diving Deep to the Bottom of the Sea

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Search for a Cure

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you very much!

PhantasmaCoraSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Fun and enjoyable! The kind of soft orchestration def creates that fairytale feel; my favorite might be 'The Worms' Camp'

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LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much :-)

mit-mitSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Great work: I think the instrumentation of woodwinds and harp really captures the mood you are going for. I really liked the texture you have created, everything has a very lush and dreamy ethereal sort of sound.

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A Year to Remember (OST)

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much :-)

bduboseSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was great! I really enjoyed your interpolation of melodies, like using parts of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in "Searching for the Light." I enjoyed it a lot!

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Season's Of Change - OST Composing Jam #3 SUBMISSION

LightBluePianistDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you very much :-)