It's been said many times – and rightfully so – but Angler's Den is such a BANGER! All are amazing, but gosh dang do I love such powerful and evocative music!
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Cry of the Undersea's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #86 | 3.963 | 3.963 |
| Creativity | #122 | 3.815 | 3.815 |
| Overall | #126 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Impression | #147 | 3.704 | 3.704 |
| Quality | #186 | 3.704 | 3.704 |
| Composition | #188 | 3.704 | 3.704 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The Kingdom of Cnidaria has been isolated from the outside world and the greater Sea Kingdoms for several millennia. Recently, however, a strange, mournful cry reverberates through the streets and seabanks of the principality. Princess Pearlscale, newly named Guardian of Cnidaria after the death of her mother the Queen, must venture forth into tides unknown to seek the trouble that lies within The Undersea…
Cry of the Undersea is conceived as an underwater platformer fantasy, focusing heavily on exploration, interaction with the creatures of the ocean, and epic battles with giant corrupted sea monsters. The soundtrack takes the listener through the first part of the game, with each track transitioning to a new area to explore as Princess Pearlscale takes her initial journey into the sprawling Undersea. After the title screen, players will take their first steps from Cnidaria into the gentle Kelp Forest. Soon, however, lush greens, pinks, and oranges give way to the desolation of the dying Reef, a sprawling wasteland with desperate denizens. The sparseness of this area, however, pales in comparison to the darkness of The Undersea, where terror lurks behind every current. Suddenly, Princess Pearlscale finds herself stumbling into the Angler’s Den, and face to face with her first significant foe, a massively mutated anglerfish who uses his light to find his prey and then obscure his deadly attacks.
Composed on Cubase Pro 13 using primarily software VSTs (including a lot of Serum!), as well as some Kontakt 7 instruments and a few sounds from the Roland SC-880 synthesizer.
Message from the artist
Thank you so much for checking out my composition! I hope you enjoy imagining this underwater fantasy as much as I did composing it!
Theme
Inside my world
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
The theme & the picture together told me immediately that we were going to be heading into an underwater adventure for this one, and as soon as I started working with dreamy, crunchy synths the idea fully solidified itself. Wavy underwater drift is, in fact, the primary sonic motif of the soundtrack, as the soundscapes shift more and more towards dreamy and drowning as the tracks progress before crashing back into the hard reality and clean synths of finding the first boss. I use an eighth-note-quarter rhythmic motif to represent the Princess on her journey, which is changed and manipulated melodically as she progresses along her initial pathway. The offbeat repeated wholestep motif first introduced in The Reef is used to represent a sense of impending danger, and is developed and continued through the final three tracks, where it's also melded with the dotted quarter motif in the final boss fight to represent the culmination of this part of the journey.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/konbanmiao/sets/cry-of-the-undersea
Number of tracks5
Genre
Electronic
Ambient
Experimental
Synthwave/Retro
Soundtrack use permission
No
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