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A jam submission

Rifts In TimeView project page

Submission for the OST Composing Jam #6
Submitted by Eetu Suikkanen (@Nenakkius) — 2 days, 20 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Quality#304.1644.278
Correlation to theme#403.8393.944
Overall#463.7533.856
Composition#603.6773.778
Creativity#603.6233.722
Impression#773.4613.556

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
Only had a couple days to work on this jam, so i decided to do an ambient soundtrack. Looking at the prompts, i got the idea of a sort of puzzle game where you clear levels/worlds by collecting pieces of time to make time flow normally again.

I mostly went with a basic idea that i then built upon with different effects (reversing, bitcrushing, distorting etc.) trying make the tracks feel a bit "soundscapey"

Theres also a contant ticking noise in all tracks (a bit hidden in some, than others)

Software used:

Daw: Cubase Artist 11.5

VST: Kontakt 5 (Piano, Celeste, Voice), Spitfire Intimate Strings (Pizzicato) and NI Massive for synths.

FX: Shaperbox 3 (just got this from a sale, really great multi fx plugin), Blackhole (pitch shift reverb) and some cubase stock fx plugins.

Message from the artist:
Thanks for listening! All critique is much welcomed.

Theme:

Tick Tock...
Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
I tried to have a sort of "pulsing" going in the music (mostly in the level/area tracks), and got the ambient washed out idea from looking at the picture

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k86onn6DYZ0

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (Game Jams)

For game jams only

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Cool atmosphere and the style fits the image really good, but in my opinion you use same chords for too long time in your tracks. Good job!

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I agree with you on the chords, i rushed a bit with this jam.

Submitted(+1)

I guess that the pulsing in your soundscapes work very well. I think it would complement the game just right! Great sounding also! I enjoyed listening to your music! :)

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I loved how I felt the mood of the tracks swinging back and forth, often with only subtle changes between them but still managing to evoke different moods. One of the best non-literal interpretations of the theme I heard all jam. Normally this is where I'd put suggestions for how to make it better, but you pretty much nailed it. Must be something in the water in Finland - some of my favorite ambient/abstract music comes from Finnish producers. 

Submitted(+1)

Very professionally made ambient! Nice soundscapes! Well done!

Submitted(+1)

This is some amazing stuff you made. Not an atmospheric guy but the sound design and pacing of each part kept my attention.

Submitted

The tracks really fit into a puzzle solving sort of game, and I really like your use of reversed sounds to add to the time stylization of the tracks. Really cool stuff!

Submitted(+1)

You've done amazing work in just 2 days! Really loved each track's vibe, I felt they suited the intended setting perfectly. Your choices of instruments/sounds are also very effective in creating that otherworldly atmosphere. I can totally imagine a game with this soundtrack!

Submitted(+1)

Very peaceful. I loved the strings in Lateral Thinking and the voices in In Limbo, giving a very interesting texture and a symbolic idea of "constance".

Submitted(+1)

I'm biased. Anytime I see an Ambient soundtrack, there's a good chance of it landing in one of my playlists. Good sound design and usage of twinkly textures to convey this suspended, ethereal, frozen-in-time feeling.

Submitted(+1)

You've done such a great job, the textures and the overall style of the pieces make them impossible to forget. Awesome!

Submitted(+1)

Really nice soundscapes, gives me a kind of trippy/surreal/exploring feel - and I guess the kind of game I envision is of that kind - some puzzel solving game with skewed perspective or out-of-place things happening seemingly random. Nice job! 

Submitted(+1)

You created a nice atmosphere, very immersive

Submitted(+1)

really cool! the soundscapes you made are genuinely super well made :)

Developer

Thanks! I tried to pratice on using more creative production things (reversing etc.) than i usually do. Super glad things came out ok.