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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #15 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Composition | #19 | 4.315 | 4.315 |
| Overall | #31 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
| Quality | #67 | 4.074 | 4.074 |
| Creativity | #86 | 3.926 | 3.926 |
| Correlation to theme | #86 | 3.963 | 3.963 |
Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
4 Hybrid Orchestral & Electronic songs to tell a story of a journey through a luminescent lucid dream!
Delve Within The Soul (Title Screen & Main Theme) : The introduction to your journey & giving a sense of wonder to what you might encounter...
Crossing The Depths of Sorrow (Overworld #1) : You slowly realize that a lot of sadness encompasses you... your worries & sorrow have culminated into a sea! This tune will play as you figure out your way through the depths of sorrow.
Soaring In Ambition (Overworld #2): You've discovered the key to leaving this sorrow filled dream is high in the sky. Therefore you do what any dreamer would do. Fly high and soar through the sky!
FEARMONGER (Escape Theme): You're ALMOST there but before you reach the event horizon, the FEARMONGER, a being who chases after you, not permitting you to leave. Why can't you control it? What is it? A monster? A sub-conscious culmination of your fears? Escape from this lucid nightmare at all costs or face it & end it all!
All music made myself in FL Studio & art was done myself with Aseprite
Credit:
Vocals in (Delve Within The Soul) were done using SynthV (Ayame)
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The whole story is about a youngster falling into a slumber & discovering some insecurities, fears they never knew they had & facing them.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/xuraii/sets/lucid?si=f1b1bbdadc1642ce989d2455914e0f9a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy0z4arvLjJGjPZ4TSgsgIWBG3PHNpkzJ&si=L_7toQR8XMQyzVpY
Number of tracks4
Genre
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Any non-commercial project
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The small lupo make me like this submission, or it will bite me
I love it (both in fear, and such nice music)
PS - This is the 2nd time I got duped by SynthV (End of a World by BBBrezel)
Haha thanks so much for listening!
I know right, SynthV is such a versatile tool. It can convince anyone
leaving another comment because i came back to revisit this since i listened to it so early on you actually ate this tf up
Thank you again <3 happy I left an impression xD
High praise, thanks so much for listening, I really appreciate it <3
Excellent job on this soundtrack! Well varied and put together across each track! I felt like every song told a unique part of the same story. I especially loved Overworld #2!
Thanks so much! Now every song in the OST is someone's favorite out of all 4 :D
Dang, I don't have much to add on other comments here but this is a beautiful collection of songs.
Thank youu <3
Take my kudos, because I have a weakness for music that sparkles. Loving the nostalgia in a lot of the synths you used. You did a fantastic job mixing them with strings and piano. Overall, banger of an OST.
One critique, though: the high end was a bit much. Maybe knock it down a bit and boost some of your mids and lows.
Correlation to theme was on point too. All very dreamy and otherworldly. Great job!
Thanks so much! Dreamy & otherworldly was the goal xD, so glad I achieved that.
In regards to the critique, you're absolutely right, a few days after the jam started, I realized how grating the high end was haha, definitely need to work on my mixing there.
Somehow got here the wrong way around, since SoundCloud dropped one of your songs into my playlist. Having even heard some random few seconds I immediately knew I had to listen to all of it. So Here I am. This is simply remarkable. You’ve somehow managed to get a very LoFi sound, that evokes some resemblance to some old SEGA sounds, while mostly using very high-fidelity instruments like your Strings, vocals and Piano. Your songs have a very peaceful quality that oozes charm and variety (well Fearmonger is more of a banger than a peaceful song, but still). Very well done!
Haha thanks so much :D Glad the soundcloud algorithm brought you to my dungeon!
Awesome work! I was very reminded of JPop/JRock style music that's used in Anime/JRPGs, which I think is super technically complex. The fusion of the rock and metal elements with the electronic ones was also great, and I thought that you did a good job of filling the sonic spectrum with different instruments without making things feel overcrowded.
Your cover art was also super cool! I'd give you bonus points for that if it was on the rubric :)
I specifically thought the transition cue at 1:55 of Soaring in Ambition (I think it's a reversed piano arpeggio?) sounded super cool! I may have to try to replicate that in a future composition!
Overall, I could tell a lot of thought, energy, and care went into making this submission, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to listen to it!
Thanks so much :D, you kind of hit the nail in the coffin with JRock for JRPG's, that's generally always been the style I strive for, so I'm definitely glad you noticed that. Also super happy you liked the cover art :D, that was made literally 3 hours before the jam ended haha, was a rush.
As for 1:55 of Soaring In Ambition, yeah it's a arpeggio / broken chord reversed. I recorded it in Edison, reversed it & then put on a reverb FX to make it sound more atmospheric. Definitely try it yourself, can make for some very interesting stuff!
The diversity!! You got it all, from gentle vibes in Delve Within the Soul to an absolute BANGER in FEARMONGER!! Wow!!!! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your work, this was great.
Haha that was definitely my aim. Have the first 3 songs kind of sound connected & then BAM, mega whiplash xD. Thanks so much for listening <3
This is one of the most perfect OSTs I’ve heard in the jam thus far, fantastic job!!
Whoa that's high praise, personally this is far from perfect but I'm really happy to see someone think so xD, thanks so much <3
Beautiful instrumentation! Love the chimey synth that fills up the high-end in the first track - it’s really lovely and ethereal! I love where you take things in the second track and beyond, leaning into the rock influences with the drums but still retaining the beautiful orchestration. The two styles compliment each other so well! Fearmonger is such an awesome finale, I’m getting Anamanaguchi vibes - it’s so cool! Beautifully consistent and exciting soundtrack - well done!!
Thanks so much, I was always worried maybe this drum style + orchestra wouldn't work out as much as I'd like but I can see I've proven myself wrong :D
Soaring In Ambition was fantastic! The big changeup near the end was really really grand and felt amazing!
Thanks so much! Glad you managed to get through the whole song xD, definitely didn't intend to make it 3 minutes but it was worth it in the end :D
Great vocals in the first track! Overall, I really liked the variety between the tracks and the constant quality!
Thanks so much :D
wowss great composition and instrument selection everything blends together so well for sure saving this up and waiting for more!! :))
Thanks so much for listening <3
o wow!! the choice of instrumentation here really fits the sleepy dreamy vibe. gorgeous sparkly tracks!!!
Thanks so much :D, the sleepy/dreamy vibe was exactly what I was going for, glad it hit the mark for u <3
Woaw ! Beautiful writing and orchestration for first track ! Beautiful harmonies, a great surprise for me! The motiv aswell ! Its professionnal writing skills here! Jrpg Anime vibe really enjoyable!
Great mix of styles for second track !
Thirs track was filled with wonderful modulations ^^
Last track got me some anime ending vibe!
Overall well written OST, the only default would be the mix i find a bit weak and the lack of dynamic(volume change)!
Good job ;)
Thanks so much <3, I'm happy you enjoyed it & yeah I agree with you about the mix, didn't have much time to focus there but hopefully in the future I can release a much clearer version :D
Amazing writing!
Delve within The Soul - Just beautiful, I love the humming and the melody!
Crossing The Depths of Sorrow - The growth throughout the song is really good I really enjoyed the drum writing.
Souring In Ambition - This one is my favorite. Great work your instrumentation. The guitar and bass adds so much I just love it!
FEARMONGER - I really like how it just jumps write into it and the drum writing is just solid. Great work!
I really enjoyed this submission keep up the amazing work!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed & will continue to keep it up <3
Gorgeous orchestration and layering throughout Delve Within the Soul - the change of instrumentation around the minute mark is really well done and dreamy. Piano playing throughout is great; nice and articulate, and functions as a lively pulse to keep the track progressing.
Crossing the Depths of Sorrow is wonderfully moody and laden in atmosphere. The change of pace half-way through is well done and I have to say that the percussion does wonders for adding an extra element to this track. Reminds me of Yamaoka's approach to certain tracks - a sad melody combined with a strong beat. Works really well here!
The intro to Soaring in Ambition really reminds me of some old-school 00s era games, even more so when the drums come in. Gives me a feeling of floating. Great piano work here and the lead strings are gorgeous - something you've used to great effect on Delve Within also.
Fearmonger is definitely the biggest departure from expectations within the soundtrack, but it works really well. The change of pace and feeling here hits hard and the orchestration is really well done; dramatic when it calls for it, and nice and evocative when it needs to be. The outro provides a nice opportunity to reflect on the soundtrack as a whole.
Great work, this was really well done and the execution of theme is on point. Could see this going far!
Extremely detailed review! Thanks so much for taking some time to share your thoughts & glad you enjoyed it :D
Wow, I love the quality in this soundtrack. Very well done!
Thank you <3
Hi there ! I absolutely loved the vibe and mood you installed with your tracks. The way you compose feels very "expressive", and it definetly made sense with the description you wrote! (The art is also georgeous).
I loved the first two tracks, that I kinda see as setting the same kind of mood. The third and fourth are great as they propose a new atmosphere, but greatly done!
I'll gladly save it and listen to it later, I feel like it's both a great submission and awesome tracks! Thank you !
Thanks so much! I'm so happy you liked the atmosphere of them, even more that that you'll save it <3 it means a lot.