| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #40 | 3.792 | 3.792 |
| Correlation to theme | #50 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Overall | #74 | 3.533 | 3.533 |
| Composition | #88 | 3.458 | 3.458 |
| Impression | #92 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Quality | #104 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The soundtrack uses different genres throughout, but for most of it i tried to go for a fusion between electronic and movie soundtrack, with a bit of folk at the end.
The game would be a topdown RPG/Zelda-esque kind of game, where the first track is the main theme, the next 2 are area themes, and the third is kind of a dramatic last chapter of the game theme, and the last is the credits/town theme.
I used Garageband and MuseCore for the soundtrack, and drew inspiration from games like - Minecraft, Sonic The Hedgehog (2006), Final Fantasy 6, The Legend Of Zelda : Tears Of The Kingdom, and probably more that I forgot about lol.
I decided that i want every piece in a different time signature, so for every track Ill state the time signature.
March of a Clock - Inspired by the many Minecraft piano pieces, but mainly by Subwoofer Lullaby. In 2/4 (although it technically was in 6/8 when i wrote in originally, but i ended up making it in 2/4). This would be the main theme of the game.
reforestation - Kind of inspired by the Sky Island Theme from Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom. In 3/4, and it uses the whole tone scale (F whole tone scale to be exact) for melody AND harmony, which means there's a lot of augmented chords lol. This would be the theme for a mysterious forest which would be the first or second dungeon of the game.
3284 feet under - Inspired by the Mines Of Narshe theme from Final Fantasy 6, the Lanayru Mines theme from Zelda Skyward Sword, and by the Aquatic Base themes from Sonic 06. It uses 4/4 for it's theme, and it was the last track I made. This would be the theme for some deep abandoned mines that would be a dungeon around the middle of the game. Also, and i only remembered this halfway into the rating stage - it's in Phrygian! In fact, it uses a lot of movement from the b2 to 1, so it's really embedded into the track's sound.
Out Of Time - Inspired by... idk. I'm sure there's something i heard that sounds like this, but i didn't really think about anything when making it. It uses 6/8, and was originally way more orchestral before i made it super electronic. This would be the music at the last chapter of the game, the music for the final dungeon, when the hero is running out of time, just before the final boss.
Back In Town - Inspired by the results screen from Sonic 06, and Alma Gov (an Israeli singer-songwriter that makes awesome music :) ). It uses 5/4 (my favorite time signature!), and is actually kind of in Locrian (the melody resolves to D# and puts some focus on A with the notes of E major, but the harmony is for E major). It doesn't sound very video game-y, but it could be kind of like a song for the credits. This would both the town theme ( the guitar part from the beginning until the middle) and the credits music (the entire thing, it starts with the town music and then opens up around the halfpoint).
I hope you enjoyed my submission, and that you check out my other music!
Message from the artist:
This Jam came at a pretty weird place in my life, and it really helped. Hope you enjoy!
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
I used the theme as the inspiration for the main theme music of the game, and kind of decided what the whole game would be from there - the game is about saving the world against the timer (which is overall a pretty typical RPG theme), and I used that as the idea for what to compose the entire soundtrack around.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
Soundcloud playlist : https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/sets/music-game-jam-summer-2023-out?si=0681987c256f43878f66e792eef5871d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
YouTube playlist : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVS3MIpxH1xsBecwEAOP6mmgrWdCae1xb
Individual Soundcloud tracks :
https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/march-of-a-clock?si=556626350d9a4f31b2ab40242f2ff505&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/reforestation?si=ad80078cad2c4cbcb5ef9430097c83ae&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/3284-feet-under?si=d0260fcbc8024a2dafdc6e3b28a4509e&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/time-out?si=94d1bc6947a047bc86af58166fddbacb&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://soundcloud.com/ilaytsa/back-in-town?si=fbdf0000b2464b2583feffb35ec10cd0&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Individual YouTube tracks :
https://youtu.be/1pS4Yam9nZg
https://youtu.be/q_zLxPL5wKk
https://youtu.be/qUIpBXjTzys
https://youtu.be/20dfvWtGTZs
https://youtu.be/9QkgXk173XI
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