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A jam submission

Timeless - "OST Composing Jam #6 entry"View project page

Submitted by jan.vanek.obch@gmail.com — 1 hour, 17 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Composition#74.5174.517
Quality#134.4484.448
Impression#204.1034.103
Overall#214.0554.055
Creativity#623.6213.621
Correlation to theme#633.5863.586

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
I love orchestral soundtracks which is why i decided to go this way.
Mood is lyrical and dark, just as Oliver's destiny in my imaginary game is (more description about imaginary game story is on https://3yy3.itch.io/timeless).

Orchestral composition and orchestration made using Musescore 4.1, mastering done in Reaper DAW.

My inspiration comes from composers like Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov​, Gustav Holst, John Williams, Austin Wintory, Ólafur Arnalds, Bruce Broughton and others.

My process started with making an imaginary game theme. When I came to conclusion on the game layout then I took four chapters from the story and made their emotions feel alive through my music.

First track describes the Oliver's dream about the time travel possibility. He saw how to build a functional time traveling machine in the dream.
Second track is about Oliver making his first travel to a different time. He is afraid at first but bravely takes the ride anyway.Third track revolves around his dissilusion about the life itself. Things he had seen left him reall dissilusioned. Fourth track is the final track from the game - Oliver becoming at peace with himself as well as the reality that he cannot die or change anything. But he finds his peace nonetheless.

Enjoy! :)

Message from the artist:
Note:

Track "Jan Vanek - 04 - Conciliation" was meant to have solo women voice. Unfortunatelly my singer got sick just before the recording. In pdf file you can see the original voice line with latin text. I had to improvize so i replaced the voice with piano, clarinet and cor anglais in Reaper DAW.

Theme:

Tick Tock...

How does it fit the theme?
Music is about the time traveler. Rhytmic elements of time are also often incorporated into the composition itself.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/25jXf

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY-NC)

Any non-commercial project

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Submitted

Love the story/game idea. Very well mixed and overall professionally done. Good job!

Developer

Thanks! :)

Submitted

Professional sounding - the first track gave me a 'Lord of the Rings' kind-of vibe. Evocative and atmospheric.  

Developer

Thanks! :)

Submitted

It was fun to listen the OST while slowly reading the game description :D

Developer

Happy to hear that! :)

Submitted

Really beautiful and well crafted pieces, I especially liked  timeless dream, its variance in melodies and rhythm really gave me a sense of a journey undertaken. Try pairing the crashes at 1:50ish, with some kind of bass drum/timpani to give a bit of punch to them. Great work, well done!

Developer

Thanks for the comment, glad you like it! :)

Submitted

interesting orchestral themes

Developer

Thanks! :)

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