The idea of a clock tower is conveyed perfectly in every song, almost like the gears of the tower are part of the music. The bass line is intense and threatening (in a good way) and the stage theme lines up well with the idea of a stealth game. The title theme is truly powerful stuff and leads into your other two tracks well, but it feels more like the opening to a horror game than a stealth game, imo. The boss theme is more on track with a MGS-styled game and definitely gives the impression of intense action, I just would have liked a bit more of a main melody to it to drive home the weight of the boss battle. That list bit is probably more my personal preference than anything - overall, solid OST and great work!
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The Tower of Decaying Time's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Correlation to theme | #54 | 3.689 | 3.689 |
Creativity | #67 | 3.578 | 3.578 |
Impression | #71 | 3.533 | 3.533 |
Overall | #81 | 3.476 | 3.476 |
Quality | #89 | 3.489 | 3.489 |
Composition | #120 | 3.089 | 3.089 |
Ranked from 45 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I imagined the soundtrack for a Metal Gear Solid-like game, with stealthy levels and exciting boss fights. This is reflected in the arrangement of the tracks. However, the mood is darker, as time glitches are a crucial point in the game mechanics. They are a threat in the game, and a pressing sound in the tracks. I used bells (actually a guitar) to convey a feeling of "time is running out".
The whole soundtrack was made in ableton. Most sounds are made by me (bass synth, glitches, electric guitar). The drums and 2 of the instruments in the level track are Ableton presets. I reused many sounds throughout the tracks for consistency (and time saving :D)
Message from the artist:
This was so much fun! Thanks everyone!
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
Time glitches are a core mechanic and the setting is a clock tower. The soundtrack makes use of glitches and bells.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/wkr1k
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVCnioNnhrnh1PO2JQSpPpMvgiaUYxPF
Soundtrack use permission
Any project
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