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Mia's World in the CloudsView project page

OST Composing Jam #7 - Music for an imaginary game
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Correlation to theme#1083.9193.919
Overall#2703.4813.481
Impression#3073.3513.351
Composition#3083.4323.432
Quality#3533.3783.378
Creativity#3973.3243.324

Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
Hi all! After taking a loot at the theme's I decided to base my album on the words "Inside my World," of a game where a girl named Mia is taken to a world in the clouds.

I composed the music in a classical style and orchestration, featuring instruments such as violins, a flute, Celeste, percussions, and others. To create the themes, I first started out at the piano and got some simple themes, then built them out and joined them into a working series of songs. After many set backs and annoying blockage, I got the whole album runtime around 6 minutes. I found some inspiration in songs from Undertale, Stardew Valley, and Ori and the Blind Forest.

To create the album, I used my favorite DAW, LMMS, and orchestration instruments from the BBC Symphony pack.

Story: Mia is wisped up into the clouds after finding some wings that belonged to her grandma. Once there, Mia finds that there is a evil creature trying to capture the Sky crestal, which provides the magic to the world. She set off on a adventure to defeat him and save the World in the Clouds.

Description and order of tracks:

1# Main Theme: The Main Theme runs in the title menu and when major story elements are playing out.

2# A Journey in the Clouds: The song that plays when you are wondering the world and clouds. This song is designed to be looped.

3# Mia's Theme: This track plays when Mia is talking and when there story elements present. It is also played in the beginning when Mia enters the world of clouds.

4# Danger in the Wind: The song runs when an enemy chases, encounters Mia, and is near her.

5# Battle for the Crystal: This song plays at the final battle for the crystal where Mia and the evil creature battle.

Chosen theme: I based the theme of my album off of the theme words "Inside my world". The theme of the game and music is set in a world in the clouds. It is a platformer/flying game with elements of battling and upgrading.

(Artwork created by me.)

Message from the artist
I enjoyed creating and pushing myself to make the music for this Jam! It is my first and I very much enjoyed it. Thank you for listening.

Theme

Inside my world

How does it fit the theme?
I based the theme of my album off of the theme words "Inside my world". The theme of the game and music is set in a world in the clouds. It is a platformer/flying game with elements of battling and upgrading.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/nathan-zuehlke/sets/mias-world-in-the-clouds?si=8e47daed13274515bf1c22c372171834&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Number of tracks
5

Genre

Orchestral
Classical

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY-NC)

Any non-commercial project

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Developer

Thanks to all who listened and replied! You are a great inspiration to me!

Submitted(+1)

Ahem... if you try to describe your magnificent soundtrack in one word...

"Fairies"

Thanks!
Developer

Beautiful! What a way to describe my songs!

Submitted(+1)

Very good work! It definitely gave me the sound of a world in the sky. Great orchestration work in every piece. I specially enjoyed the first track.

Developer(+1)

Thanks! I suppose working hard on it paid off haha.

Submitted(+1)

Your music is full of magic, It sounds lovely! Great work :)

Submitted(+1)

I liked the horns you introduced in the Battle for the Crystal! It gave that track a lot more of its own identity to stand out as what I am assuming is a boss track.

Developer

Cool! YEs, you are correct. That was the boss soundtrack. Good ear. Yah, I liked the horns too. Thanks for listening.

Submitted(+1)

Gorgeous orchestration throughout this - fantastic work. Great use of various articulations and some good examples of trading off of melodies across different instruments. I think my favorite track is probably the Main theme - some memorable melodies in here and plenty of variety in leads. Close second is Battle for the Crystal - the tonal shift in this is really nice and a welcome change of pace.

Fantastic job overall - good production, arranged well and all in all very cohesive. Best of luck!

Developer

Thank you so much! The main theme was the first one that I composed and had a lot of fun, and drawbacks, while making it. 

Submitted(+1)

You make everything sound so whimsical and airy! Wonderful atmosphere you’ve made here!

Developer

Thanks!

Submitted(+1)

I honestly think you did perfect on this! It sticks to the theme very well. And I can't remember exactly which instruments you used, but the most impressionable part was when you doubled the melody with the basses and xylophone. So clean! 

Developer(+1)

Thank you! It was hard since I had never done a theme oriented track before. Thank you for listing and replying! 

Submitted

Very cute submission! Loved the "fairyness" of all the tracks :D

Developer

Thanks! And thank you for listening and replying!

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