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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #14 | 4.325 | 4.467 |
| Quality | #15 | 4.196 | 4.333 |
| Overall | #26 | 3.886 | 4.013 |
| Impression | #38 | 3.679 | 3.800 |
| Correlation to theme | #41 | 3.938 | 4.067 |
| Creativity | #72 | 3.292 | 3.400 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This is a soundtrack for imaginary game about sails and adventures. I used orchestral instruments and some synths. It consists of 3 tracks:
1. After The Guiding Star - this is the main theme of the game.
2. Calm Ocean - this track was designed like a calm gameplay theme.
3. We Will Make It Through Any Storm - this track originally came out of my experiments in writing trailer music, so it has a structure of a movie trailer, I have made some tweaks and finished it, so it might me a good theme of upcoming sea storm.
Message from the artist:
It was a lot of fun creating those tracks, hope you enjoy listening to them.
Theme:
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/olegkramarenko/sets/after-the-guiding-star
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After the Guiding Star: I love the adventurous version of the theme with percussion and flute textures at 1:12. And then it just keeps building from there! The brassy version of the theme at 2:04 feels so epic. The blasty French horns feel so warm and are an excellent lead into the key change. The choir also adds to the epic-ness of it all. I like the ending on the piano conclusion which brings the energy back down to where you started. This is a really great opening theme!
Calm Ocean: I’m a fan of the synths and pads you used, especially echoey, hollow clinking sounds. This is a nice calm version of your main leitmotif that would accompany oceanic exploration nicely.
We Will Make It Through Any Storm: This definitely feels very cinematic. This would certainly work for an action sequence in your game like for a ship going into a storm! These are great compositions! Great work and thank you for sharing!
Thanks, glad you appreciate my work, I did my best.
After the guiding star: I always instantly like piano & strings. Very nice melody, too, especially when the strings pick it up, and when you pick it up in a new key later.
Calm ocean: totally different vibe here. Really nailed the "calm" feel. I also recognized the main theme again.
We will make it through any storm: this is gloriously cinematic. I love the melody here, too. Very impressive percussion work. What library is this?
These are very well finished tracks and full of emotion. Excellent job!
Thanks for such a pleasant comment! I layer different sounds from many percussion libraries at the same time.
Amazing! You have very nice ideas and a very clear idea of orchestration, as a fellow composer i'm really impressed. Congrats for all your work!
Thanks! Glad you like it!
Wonderful! Great melodies and orchestration as well as clean production. Great work!
Thanks, much appreciated!
Very cinematic, and your composing skills are impressive! After the guiding star was my favorite, it changes throughout build up for a wonderful main theme. I'm just impressed by the quality of your work, simply amazing!
Thanks, glad to hear that!
The first song really had that beautiful naive touching feelings until it grew to something glorious! And turning back to the introduction theme, very charming and well done!
Very enchanting trip on the sea in the second song, I really could drift along the with the violins...
Yes, trailer sound effects in the last one ^^ it has a big impact and could fit with a sea storm coming with an epic heroic vibe to it.
My favorite is the first on for its unexpected evolution and charm! :) I think your submission needs more views!
Thanks!
These track so much storytelling in between the notes, these were absolutely wonderful! So much adventure and auditory story-telling 🌟
Thank you!
I really enjoyed "After the Guiding Star." Your compositional skills really shined and it felt like a real games Main Theme. I honestly could listen to it over and over right now if I didn't have to rate other projects. Well done!
Thanks!