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Sound Jam - Taliesin OST's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #123 | 3.190 | 3.278 |
| Impression | #135 | 2.866 | 2.944 |
| Correlation to theme | #137 | 2.704 | 2.778 |
| Composition | #145 | 2.704 | 2.778 |
| Overall | #145 | 2.801 | 2.878 |
| Quality | #147 | 2.541 | 2.611 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This soundtrack was built imagining a fantasy game, which could be an open world rpg, or a 2d rpg chrono trigger like, but with specific typical elements of fantasy or rpg games.
I made a fantasy world map for fun, so the tracks I've made are portraying an environmental ambience for the four parts of this fantasy worlds they got their names from, where the main character would travel through different ages in time using the watches in the image.
1. Blackthorne Seamarket - Modern age, the beginning, with steam punk ships, sailors and fairs.
2. Pine woods valley - Medieval ages, a forest filled with animals and forest beliefs.
3. Tenebrae Islands - Future - An apocalyptic scene, where a land of lava, volcanoes and despair took place.
4. Ardwen's village - Ancient times: a tribal village with a native people that domesticates wolves, believe in energies, and perform rituals with drums. .
Message from the artist:
I am a sound designer and composer from Brazil, passionate about games, RPG, game design, history, and folk tales. This soundtrack was made with references like ost's and concepts from chrono trigger, world of warcraft, and some references of welsh mythology. Since the time was short, they are very simple and quick, so I hope you all can enjoy. I used musescore 3 and 4, writing the scores directly and exporting with sound assets for each instrument, so I did not upload any printscreen of any sound editing program, since it was made only through the score and proper assets, but if necessary I can send the score of each project.
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
The idea is a character travelling though different times, so I imagined a character that could use the watches to travel to different ages.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/fernanda-f-lyra/sets/taliesin-ost
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
Amazing compositions and sounds! I'm a big Dungeon Synth Enthusiast!
Very nice tracks. I found myself brought back to the anime Mushishi, due to the almost spirit-like sounds. Starting and Ending each track with more ambient music was a great idea, however the ends could be a bit shorter. Otherwise, I did like the sounds very much.
I like the soundscapes! It brings the mind to different places :)
As others mentioned, samples you used are not the greatest and there is a lot of great free stuff to be found nowadays! Musescore, spitfire bbcso discovers, LABs, etc... :)
Blackthorne Seamarket: I always applaud the addition of sound effects, like running water and birds, to help submerge us into the actual setting of the game. This is a cute little track, though the harp-mandolin(?) combo feels less steam-punky and more medieval to me. (P.S. definitely consider using Musescore 4's new sound libraries! They are free and a major upgrade from the previous ones.)
Pine Wood's Valley: another lovely track! One thing I noticed with your flute melody is that it lacks a sense of contour: it sort of jumps around freely without a sense of start, end, or a direction along the way. For next time, always take these things into consideration.
Tenebrae Islands: One of my favorite so far: the haunting tritones, rain, and distant synths definitely give it a sense of mystery. To further create a disorienting and frightening atmosphere, perhaps you could vary the rhythm a bit? All the notes seem to change on the 1 and 3 of every measure.
Ardwen's Village: I love this janky melody with the whining dogs! Fun fun fun.
Nice work, and keep writing!
The addition of sound design really helped bring to live every scenery and works great with the music. Nice job!
Each track having their own specific weather effects and ambient noises really sells the setting in each track. Can see myself being transported to the different worlds each time. Nice stuff.
I appreciated the detailed description of the game, I could easily imagine myself playing and the tracks really took me to the different places/eras. Nice entry.