Love the sounds here. The falling chord progression and subsequent tempo change was very interesting to perceive. Nice work overall!
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Into The Depths's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #236 | 3.617 | 3.824 |
| Quality | #405 | 3.227 | 3.412 |
| Impression | #420 | 3.116 | 3.294 |
| Composition | #422 | 3.172 | 3.353 |
| Overall | #431 | 3.205 | 3.388 |
| Creativity | #561 | 2.893 | 3.059 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I decided to compose this soundtrack in a hybrid orchestrated/electronic genre, with some influences of ambient (especially in the first track). I imagined this game as a laid-back, exploration-based game, with a lot of emphasis on minimalist story-telling. The first track, "Follow Me," features the piano playing above strings and some synths. It plays as the player is beckoned into the depths of an imaginary sea by a mysterious figure wanting to play with you and show you the wonderful things in the water. The second track, "Finding the Way Home," plays when the player must navigate home out of the water - not in any dangerous way, but more so in that they know they have to go.
"Follow Me" was composed first, after meditating on both the picture and text themes, and is intended to create a calm, reflective mood. "Finding the Way Home" came next, and was the result of wanting to portray some energy and urgency contrasted against the first track. Both were made in Logic Pro.
Theme
Inside my world
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
This soundtrack uses colorful, impressionist harmonies and an intimate sound to portray the imaginary world inspired by the picture prompt. The tracks are kept relatively simple to maintain what I view as a sense of childlike wonder and imagination that both text and picture prompts display. The music also tries to walk the line between light and dark, as I interpreted the phrase "inside my world" as having to do with the mind as much as the physical world. So I intended them to portray a sense of contemplation ("Follow Me"), as well as a happier sense of newfound purpose and desire ("Finding the Way Home").
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/7ji22x6aqtS5zept6
Number of tracks2
Genre
Electronic
Classical
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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