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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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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.
Great piano on Soaring in Ambition! Fearmonger was epic, and loved the violins Crossing the Depths of Sorrow, which probably was my favorite. Overall great cohesion and good storyline. Nice work!
Thanks so much <3
Excellent work! The sounds you chose were great. The melodies, chords, and drum work were excellent as well, resulting in a great mix of genres/styles. Loved the vocals in Delve Within The Soul, and that change on 0:58 has a great impact. An OST that brings out many emotions. Great submission!
Thanks so much! Glad my sound choice wasn't in vain xD
This music is so moving. I love it. The whole experience is aweing. From the first track all the way to the last one, you had me drawn into the world. Beautiful work. I especially love the instrument sets you used. The blend of rock and electronic were just stunning, along with the energy of each track. Great job on the artwork as well, it is really good also. This sound track by far has been one of my top 5 favorites! I love all the songs.
Thank you, that's really high praise <3 I'm glad I was able to convey what I wanted to you :D
The ethereal synthetic landscape suits the story so well! The intro track drew me and never let go from there. Excellent work!
Thanks so much <3
Love the overall, dreamlike mood of this track! The drums really add to the overall track, and feel like a powerful component in each song, which is something I could improve on myself. This OST is also incredibly relaxing to listen to, while also telling a story or capturing an area in the process. Overall, amazing work!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed & it hit the relaxing vibe for you xD
Nice track dude ! Your production is good too :)
Thank youuu <3
Super nice instrumentation, particularly the vocal "ah"'s just sound so lush and personal within the soundscape. I enjoy the slow flow of the songs and the inherent contrast that the poignant drums present. The flow is very fitting to the theme and general concept, as well.
EDIT: One note, the Violin sounds a bit sharp.
Thanks so much! Glad it fits the theme for ya.
Also yeah I didn't realise until a few days after the jam started that the violin was wayy too bright & loud xD thanks for the critique though & looking forward to checking out your submission.
Great composition skills, nise orchestration. Bit lack of mixing and equalisation, but overall great entry!
Thanks so much for your advice. Yeah haha I always spend 90% of my time on composition and little on mixing. Definitely need to improve there xD
Loved this submission, gave me heavy Toby Fox vibes in the best way possible. My favorite was definitely Soaring in Ambition, but FEARMONGER was awesome as well with how it picked up and had some rock elements to it. Great collection of tracks overall!
Thanks so much! Considering how much of a banger Undertale is, I'll take that compliment very gladly :D
Really good stuff!! Composition and mixing were very nicee. Every track was really fun and enjoyable, I never felt like they got repetitive or boring, but rather I felt like there was always something new going on! (that's a good thing) I also love the way you play with key changes, and how you manage to transition to them so smoothly. To be honest listening to this reminded me of Xenoblade and Touhou music, I really like both soundtracks, hope you don't mind the comparison though. If I had to pick a favorite track, I'd say it was Soaring in Ambition, especially the part after 1:56. Nice work again!
Thanks so much! You hit a mark actually, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is my favorite game & soundtrack ever. I never compose using games as references but you could probably tell that I take inspiration from it xD
Great job, really liked the arrangements you made!
Thanks so much!
It's nice to hear some 'voice' and guitar strumming now and then! Are you a drummer? Drumming patterns are very detailed. Thumbs up!
"Are you a drummer" is a compliment I'd never expect, haha nah I don't know how to play a single instrument. I just write what I want to hear xD
Thanks so much for listening <3
Asepright? My favorite program)
Delve Within The Soul - ah.... that singing. Nice!
Crossing The Depths Of Sorrow - sounds sad - so it fulfills its purpose. Cool. And the second part of this track, with its inclusion of drums - awesome!
Soaring In Ambition - This track sounds..... cute?)
FEARMONGER - AAAAAAAA BEAUTIFUL GUITARAAAARA!!! (Love the dynamics of the track)
You've got an interesting work, with its own atmosphere and...
God, I love the violin) (And the drums are great) You did a very nice job.
Your compositions should be listened by many more people than there are now!
Thank youu <3
Ah I'm still in the top 100 most rated so I'm quite okay with that, anymore would be too much haha
There's some really nice horizontal arrangement here. I really like how you were able to develop and evolve your ideas over each track. It kept everything really interesting and fresh to listen to.
Thank you so much! I was a little worried it would sound "samey" but I'm glad each one was fresh to you :D
Incredible progression between all tracks. Delve within the soul is special. Your melody and chord choice are incredible, it sounds so good it’s wow, amazing!
Thanks for the submission, I’m definitely keeping Delve Within The Soul in my loop playlist!
Thank you so much! Glad I scored bonus points by sliding one of my songs into your playlist xD
oh wow it's truly beautiful.. and epic at the end with FEARMONGER! the composition is so rich... totally 5 stars for me!
Thanks so much! Glad it hit the mark for you :D