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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #91 | 3.955 | 3.955 |
| Composition | #98 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Overall | #142 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
| Quality | #173 | 3.727 | 3.727 |
| Impression | #192 | 3.591 | 3.591 |
| Creativity | #262 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Genre : Piano and Orchestral music
Runtime : 4 tracks ( 0'26, 1'17, 1'32, 1'33) for a total runtime of 4'48
Daw and software : Ableton Live as a DAW, IK Philarmonik 2 as an Orchestral VST, and Pianoteq 8 as a piano VST
Inspirations : The piano works of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, Hollow Knight and Ori OST, and the music of Nobuo Uematsu (mostly... :D )
Process : Banging head against the wall until some melody comes up, harmonize it for the piano and see where it goes !
Chosen theme : Using both the drawing and the sentence given, I imagined a little "under the sea" metroidvania game, with heavy focus and plateforming and puzzles.
Ulma is a young girl from a small and peacefull village on the coast. Years ago, she'd lost her father to the sea, leaving her to grow alone and becoming mistrustful of the ocean.
One night, as she stare in the depths of the water, she's grabbed and pulled under the surface by some mysterious force, and begin her descent towards the Deep Realm. (Corresponding track : Descent)
With mixed feelings of excitement and anxiety, she meets a nameless Spirit, which will become her guide (and later on, her friend) in this new world. As she explore and discovers the wonders of the deep, she becomes more and more confortable in the sea. (Corresponding track : Wonders of the Deep)
Through her journey, she'll eventually go deeper and deeper in the unkown, and accidently awake a terrible force in the abyss, forcing her to use all of determination in a deadly pursuit. (Corresponding track : Ancient Foe)
Once back in safety, she'd take a last tour of the Deep Realm to thank and say goodbye to all of her new friends of the sea. Swimming back up to the surface, she look one last time under, and swears she'll dive back for good, one day. (Corresponding track : Memories)
Message from the artist
Cover Art for the projet is made by @_lb_sylph_painting
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The game I imagined tells the tale of a young girl descending into the Deep Realm below the sea, discovering an all new world (More in the description)
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/user-562703854/sets/ost-composing-jam-7-inside-my-world
Number of tracks4
Genre
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Comments
Hey... It was an incredibly wonderful soundtrack! It was full of pleasant emotions, fun dynamics and a good atmosphere! I like it)
Excellent soundtrack! It captures the special essence of the story you are trying to tell. But, the tracks need to be better produced (volume-wise) as some of the themes are too quiet or too loud. Great work!
I actually didnt notice the volume problem at all, but indeed it's definitly an issue. But I'll do better next time, thanks to your feedback ! Thanks again for taking the time to listen, im glad you liked what you heard <3
I loved the aux percussion you used! I have been keeping note of any entry that has vibraslap in it.
Thanks a lot !
Really Nice tracks!
Thanks a lot🙏
First, thank you for respecting me as a human being with such a short run time.
Second can you please double it, it was an incredible journey and I loved EVERY single second of it!
Amazing submission, I LOVED it, following you right away!
Haha to be honest I wanted to do a longer runtime, but I was lacking time on this one ><
Thank you very much for the nice feedback and the follow <3
Definitely waiting to see more :)
Love the mood, gives off a very "homely" feeling <3
By the way, is that BBC symphony orchestra you're using? Kinda sounds like it.
Thanks a lot ! :D
For the orchestra vst, I used the IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik 2
I loved descent, it captured my attention right away. The whole track is so sweet and magical and I LOVE the cover art!!
Thank you so much for the nice feedback ! The cover is made by a friend, I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful art, she's very talented :D
What a beautiful opening track!
Thanks a lot 🙏
This composition is great. Damn good job on this one.
Thank you ! It was my first Jam, got a lot to learn but I'm glad you liked it :D
Heck yes vibraslap. Sounds great! Love the rhythms in Wonders of the Deep.
Thanks !
When 'Descent' picked up speed i went "oh wait a minute wow" serves me right lol nice job.
Haha yes I wanted that one to be a little surprising :D Thanks !
I love the leitmotif in Descent and Memories. The tracks also felt very human and that made them more touching. Sound selection is also beautiful. Love how 4 tracks with varying emotions can feel coherent like this.
That's a beautiful compliment, thanks you so much 🙏