To start, I really like the game title, cover art, and backstory you gave it. The idea that Mark has nothing to lose, so he's willing to try anything is a really cool concept! Also I love the wheel being the clock in the cover art, it adds to that time's running out feeling! The tracks themselves have some really cool ideas and are really professional sounding. I think my personal favorite in Canyon Race, I really like the flute sounds and the desert vibe of the song, it gives it a sort of Uncharted 3 vibe that I really love! A Race Against Time is also really good; it sounds straight out of a movie chase scene. Great stuff!
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Chrono Blitz - OST Composing Jam #6's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #8 | 4.522 | 4.522 |
| Overall | #32 | 3.922 | 3.922 |
| Composition | #32 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Impression | #34 | 3.913 | 3.913 |
| Correlation to theme | #46 | 3.783 | 3.783 |
| Creativity | #95 | 3.391 | 3.391 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Chrono Blitz OST is a hybrid orchestral soundtrack for a racing game, where you have to complete races in the form of time trials, on the streets of the metropolis, and in the dangerous, foreboding canyons. This soundtrack takes inspiration from the Need For Speed Carbon by Trevor Morris.
Mark used to be the king of the streets, faster than anyone, he had won it all. Eventually, he left it all behind to live a more quiet life.
One day however, his racing days caught up with him, and the authorities got a hold of him, and ripped all his illegal racing money away from him, leaving him with next to nothing, for the price of his freedom. To make matters worse, Mark would eventually contact a deadly sickness, that would take his life if left uncured.
Mark started looking for a way to earn money, and quick, to pay for the medical bills that will safe his life. He looked with his former contacts in the underground street racing community, who were reluctant to help the retired racer at first. But after finding out how dire the situation was, they folded.
They lent Mark a car, and told him about the Chrono Blitz. A series of time trials, that were too dangerous, and too difficult for anyone but the most seasoned street racer. Mark didn't ask any questions about the mortality rate of these trials, as in his state, it mattered little.
And so he set out, to conquer the streets once again, but also face new challenges in the great canyons. The question loomed; What will take Mark's life first? The sickness or the Chrono Blitz?
Message from the artist:
I wanted to make a lot more tracks, but life has a tendency to get in the way, as we all know. Thus this is probably my least ambitious submission to date, but I am very glad I made it!
Theme:
Tick Tock...
How does it fit the theme?
Chrono Blitz is a game where you have to complete dangerous time trial races. The Protagonists time is running out, so there's a sense of time loss outside the actual racing as well, that motivates the races in the first place. There's a lot of stress and tension, with danger always near, and I aimed to capture that in my tracks. That said, I also wanted the tracks to feel strong and encouraging at times, because until the race is lost, nothing is over, and I want the players to have that push.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/the-winking-fox/sets/chrono-blitz-ost
Soundtrack use permission
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