Description
1 - welcome to the deep

This is a loopable track for a main menu screen. In the background, a young version of the protagonist swims around calmly in a deep blue aquatic paradise, with bubbles rising up around her.

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2 - the plunge

This track is for a story cutscene in which a young woman chances upon a strange underwater world.

While strolling along the lake near her childhood home, the young woman reminisces about her youth. She remembers and yearns for the times in which everything felt so new, and each moment was one of discovery.

Taking a break, she goes to the edge of the lake and stops to gaze into the gentle ripples. Somehow, the water here seems far deeper than she remembers. Noticing her reflection, she realizes something even more bizarre: the person looking back is her child self. As she leans forward to take a closer look, she is suddenly compelled forward and falls down into the water. All turns dark.

Upon waking, she finds herself drifting slowly downwards in the expansive underwater landscape. As aquatic life starts to surround her, she begins falling faster and faster. Bubbles appear from the deep, zooming upwards in a flurry of activity and growing in size. She notices fish swimming toward some of the larger bubbles and entering inside. Upon doing so, the bubble collapses in on itself and the creature disappears entirely from view.

Looking around at the bubbles that are large enough to accommodate herself, she feels the urge to do the same…

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some inspirations: Celeste (Lena Raine), Kirby Triple Deluxe and Kirby's Return to Dreamland (Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa)

made in Ableton Live 12

Message from the artist
This was my first composing jam, and I had an absolute blast working on it! In the process, I was able to add so many new skills to my musical toolkit. Looking forward to more ways to challenge myself like this in the future, and I hope you enjoy!

Theme

Inside my world

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
I interpreted the picture and phrase together as a cohesive theme to inspire this music. The underwater scene gave me an impression of wonder and discovery, and I drew an overarching theme of introspection from "Inside my world".

In the melodies and harmonies, the music enters into non-diatonic tones now and then to convey a sense of mystery and wonder.

The reversed piano and harp sounds represent bubbles (and memories) swelling up from the depths, towards the surface.

The electronic elements represent the underwater environment and the dreamlike landscape of the protagonist's inner mind.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIb7HocOobENZgN6wGw0Fe3HgP-SqmkqQ
https://soundcloud.com/ninevoltlab/sets/ost-composing-jam-7

Number of tracks
2

Genre

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

Any project