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A jam submission

Year-Long JourneyView project page

Soundtrack for an imaginary game, made for OST Composing Jam #3
Submitted by Polyternity — 53 seconds before the deadline
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Year-Long Journey's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Correlation to theme#123.9424.214
Quality#443.6753.929
Composition#483.6083.857
Overall#523.5143.757
Impression#703.2743.500
Creativity#973.0743.286

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
Year-Long Journey is an action-adventure game where you play as a brave young girl Misty and her little dog named Jack.

One night, a mysterious person who looks like no one you've ever met comes to your village. They say that in exactly one year the village will be struck by a disaster. They then give you a piece of paper and leave.
People in the village don't seem to believe this story and quickly forgot about it, however, something tells you that person wasn't lying.
There is a legend about season spirits that have been helping people around the world since ancient times...
That piece of paper turned out to be a map with four locations marked.
Believing that there is still hope for the village, you and your dog go on a year-long adventure to find each season spirit and convince them to save your village from the mysterious disaster.

I tried to keep the same leitmotif in each song to make them feel connected, like one whole story.
I didn't have enough time to make an ending song, so the game's ending is free for interpretation :)

Every song is made in FL Studio.

Four songs represent a home of each spirit:
Winter - chilly ice castle
Spring - abandoned clock tower
Summer - sunny beach
Autumn - enchanted forest

Theme:

Story of Seasons
Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
I think this OST fits the theme and picture perfectly, since the story is about a girl finding season spirits.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/polyternity/sets/year-long-journey-ost

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Comments

Submitted

Really proficient use of orchestration to define the different seasons while having enough in common to tie the work together. Very impressive.  

Developer

Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

very nice soundtrack! the composition is very competent, nice work

a lot of the tracks remind me of something that'd be in A Short Hike!

Developer

Thank you, Short Hike soundtrack is great for sure

Submitted(+1)

Very well executed idea! The tracks quickly bring out the environments, scenarios and sensations they evoke!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

Nice choice of instrumentation for each season and great orchestration overall. The intro song totally feels like the start of a journey. And I think it ends happily ever after :)

Developer

Thanks! Actually, I had an idea for the ending theme but didn't manage to finish it in time

Submitted(+1)

I love this so much! I can see the characters really clearly in the music and I want to hug them. The themes, orchestration, and the mixing are all so pleasant I had to listen through a couple times. I wish it were longer, you did a great job!

Developer

I'm glad you liked it! I wish they were longer too, the orchestration has always been a long process for me

Submitted(+1)

Wonderfully evocative of the four seasons!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

Nice piano work!

Developer

Thanks!