OST Composing Jam #4

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A jam submission

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Submitted by Before you close your mind (@bycymband) — 1 day, 9 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Impression	#79	3.577	3.688
Quality	#84	3.638	3.750
Correlation to theme	#85	3.638	3.750
Creativity	#94	3.638	3.750
Overall	#97	3.577	3.688
Composition	#113	3.395	3.500

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

Description
My idea for this OST Composing Jam 4 is to create a sound track for a runner game. My concept is mixing up the old Flashback game with Canabalt and Vector like runner. It's a drum and bass track.

It's happening in the forest when you are trying to escape from a couple of armed enemy. You don't know what happened, but you don't want to die.

I made the whole track with my Polyend Tracker ( https://www.instagram.com/p/CgOPQBqKVJd/ ) and I mixed with Ableton Live.

Message from the artist:
Old Flashback game with Canabalt and Vector like runner OST

Theme:

Runaway

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
It's a drum and bass OST track for an infinite runner. :)

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https://soundcloud.com/beforeyoucloseyourmind/sets/ost-composing-jam-4

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StaccatosaurusSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

energetic and fast paced. fits the theme spot on! Thanks for sharing!

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Covering Ground

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

Thanks a lot! <3

elitestratmanSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

This made my ears very happy. It's mixed really well and the trance-like quality gets me lost in the music. There's really a lot of detail here around the driving beat and each sound is incredibly satisfying and adds to the overall texture. I really enjoyed this one. Thanks for sharing it!

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Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago (1 edit)

Lots of thanks for your kind words. <3

KaSSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Nice drums and bass vibes, and love that you only used a hardware tracker, I find that very creative! Definitely gives me Canabalt vibes (but with a forest rather than an urban setting). Nice ambient menu theme. I could see the menu theme transitioning perfectly into the gameplay as you hit Play.

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Journey To The Oak

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you really much!

TwitchywhalezSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Your tracks have a nice feel to them, and it’s cool that you made it almost entirely dawless! The stereo field feels a bit like it’s being restricted almost like the tracks are in mono and some side chain might’ve been a nice touch as well. I really like that you went with a dnb style as it sets your track apart from a lot of the others (and on top of that it sounds great).

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Under a Twisted Sky

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

You are totally right. I have to tell you, I struggled a lot, how to put the whole track to the stereo field. I was not sure how should a deal with it. A bit challenging to make a it stereo on the Tracker, but I tried to do it in the mixing phase... that I think not was enough. Do you have any suggestion what should be moved from the center? ^^ A side chain a really good idea! Maybe I will revisit my track to improve a little bit. :D

Thank you very much for your kind words, take care. :)

TwitchywhalezSubmitted2 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Sorry for the late reply! This was a bit of a busy with life week for me (I was gone from my computer for a most of the time). You might be able to make it more stereo by exporting each track/stem individually then pan each one or add stereoizing effects like chorus, ping pong delay, stereo wideners, haas, or anything with a spread knob (Kilohearts puts a lot of spread knobs on their effects). I'm not sure what i would recommend to pan as it's hard to judge without messing around and seeing what works but things I could think of are: slightly panning the hi hat to the right or left, maybe a little bit of stereo tremolo to the melody line so it moves (this could become annoying for the listener so it might not work), any background fx that don't have a lot of bass could also be good, and the vinyl crackles

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago(+1)

Don't have to apologize. :) Good ideas! I started to mix my old tracks, and I started to add more "life", more stereo for each. I tried to add more reverb to all of it. I don't really satisfied. Maybe a little very soft chorus could be better. I tried to add another layer with pingpong effect for the leads. Maybe it will be better. Thank you, I learned a lot from you. :) Hope I will meet again. :)

Peter WojtekSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Sooo you're the guy I saw on Discord talking about composing with the Polyend ! That's up there with Goldie's Timeless ^^. We used to have so much drum n'bass in our games in the 90's and early 2000, but sadly that trend died away. Glad to see you revive the flame. I also like that melody/synthesizer solo on Runaway01. I only wish I had another dnb banger to listen to.

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Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

I am really pleased with your kind words. ^^ Yeah a really missed those times too! I think the most challenging times for a producer is to create a thing that simple and remarkable too, like simple drum and bass tracks for games. I rewritten the whole track three times, but it worth it. :D Again, thank you, take care. :)

PsynutSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

It's a nice tune. I really appreciate how your menu track sets a player up to move right into the action of the game. A lot of opportunity to make a cohesive soundscape.

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New Roots (Soundtrack)

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you really much for your kind words. :)

drive, elizabethSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

Maybe it's reflecting my own tastes but I do dig me some drum n bass - your title track kicked. I'm impressed, and it left me wanting more, which is a good thing.

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Futuristic Runaway

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you really much! I had to tell you this is the a first time I released a dnb track. Most of the time I compose metal, ambient and synthwave like tracks. :)

drive, elizabethSubmitted2 years ago

Well that makes it all the more impressive!

saikeSubmitted2 years ago(+1)

I quite like the ambient soundscapes you have going on in here. The menu theme sounds super relaxing. The DnB tune sounds like it could really help add a feeling of flow in a game.

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child of the forest

Before you close your mindDeveloper2 years ago

Thank you really really much. It's funny when I saw the main theme, that was the only thing that came to my mind for a speed runner game: drum and bass. I am not sure I would like to create a drum and bass track or somehow the picture gave me the idea... you know jungle. :D Anyway, thanks a lot!