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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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Submitted(+1)

Lovely soundworlds created! Nice use of orchestral colours - keep building on your use of the mid-range instrumental colours/harmonies as this will help to add more weight in the bigger sections. Some really nice work :)

Developer

Thank you so much! That is great advice, thank you. Any advice is helpful.

Submitted(+1)

Really pretty and charming compositions, I love how cohesive and atmospheric this OST is. It feels very free, light, and ethereal, which seems to be exactly what you were going for. Great job!

Developer

Thank you. Your songs were over the time good! Just saying. Boy I wish I could write music like you did! Again, thanks for listening and replying. 

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Danger in the Wind stood out of the ost for me ! Nice job :)

Developer

Thank you! I wish I had more time to flush that song out more!

Submitted(+1)

Hi there, great OST! This feels very airy and really coherent with what you described of the game. Loved the third and fourth tracks, they are very evocative and personally I think it totally fits a sense of adventure and wonder !

Developer(+1)

Thank you! That means a lot to me! I really enjoyed yours as well.

Submitted(+1)

Nice job!I loved your usage of the wind section, think it needed a bit more mid-range instruments to fill in the space though.  You could also use some orchestral percussion for that in the earlier tracks.  All-in-all, I think your soundtrack fits well for your idea.

Developer

Thanks, yeah next time I think I will do just that. Indeed, I needed to use more percussions! I just didn't have the time to flush the songs out sadly.

Submitted(+1)

good job on your submission mate, reminds me of some of the tracks in the hollowknight OST. really gave me a sense of wonder and exploration

Developer

Thank!

Submitted(+1)

Your work is very uplifting and cohesive. Props for using LMMS

Developer

Yeah! LMMS is the favorite. I love using it.

Submitted(+1)

Beautiful soundtrack, love Danger in the Wind. But I would have liked a bit more percussion on a couple songs.

Developer

Thank you! Yes, I totally agree with you. I needed more percussions! It didn't really come to me until after I had finished everything So sad!

Submitted(+1)

The themes all tie nicely to each other and I like your use of motion between the voices in the first track

Developer

Thank you. That was my thought and I am glad that you noticed that!

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