I think even with your hesitation to participate and struggles using a new software, this turned out really well! I enjoyed An Ocean Under the Stars a lot.
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Sailing With A Wish's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #61 | 3.744 | 3.867 |
| Composition | #63 | 3.292 | 3.400 |
| Impression | #66 | 3.292 | 3.400 |
| Quality | #75 | 3.227 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #75 | 3.344 | 3.453 |
| Creativity | #81 | 3.163 | 3.267 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This is my submission for Lone Rabbit's OST Composing Jam 5.
Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/lamorak-239504912/sets/sailing-with-a-wish
This one was extremely tough for me and I even considered just skipping this one but eventually I managed to create something half decent. MuseScore 4 recently came out and it is supposedly a drastic improvement over MuseScore 3 although I never used MuseScore 3 so I can't really tell you for sure. I decided to try out this new version and try to write something for this jam using entirely different software. It was a difficult process, a pain in the ass as well, it didn't help that I don't know anything about music notation but I'm glad that I was at least able to create and learn something.
I also wish I could've made more than just these three tracks, it feels like the tracks should go on with a new part for all the instruments but they just stop. This is because I just couldn't come up with anything that I was happy with and I also didn't want to create long songs because it was a very difficult process working with MuseScore 4 and I need more experience in order to create complete tracks.
Tracklist:
- A wish: This serves as a Main Title track and sets a tone for the rest of the soundtrack.
- Sailing: This plays when the player is sailing in the game, although this is more for cinematics rather than reacting to player actions.
- Typhoon: The player encounters a dangerous area in the game which requires some intense music.
- An Ocean Under The Stars: This is the final track in which the player has completed the game and their wish has come true. Whatever that may be.
Here's a list of software/applications I used: MuseScore 4 as my daw with the new built-in MuseSounds for the orchestra and I used Kilohearts reverb to add some reverb. I still used FL Studio to create short piano mock-ups.
You may use this soundtrack for your own projects as long as I'm credited appropriately.
That's it.
Message from the artist:
Music notation is hard...
Theme:
Wish upon a star
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
I wrote everything with the theme and picture in mind so it's all based on my thoughts around the theme.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/lamorak-239504912/sets/sailing-with-a-wish
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY)
Any project
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