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Don Gi - Mothers Guidance (OST 7)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #8 | 4.317 | 4.317 |
| Overall | #12 | 4.248 | 4.248 |
| Composition | #15 | 4.365 | 4.365 |
| Quality | #28 | 4.286 | 4.286 |
| Correlation to theme | #36 | 4.175 | 4.175 |
| Creativity | #47 | 4.095 | 4.095 |
Ranked from 63 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
OST Game Jam 7
sc: https://soundcloud.com/don-gi-651191075/mothers-guidance-ost7
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Genre: Fantasy, Orchestral, Hard Loopable
DAW: FL STUDIO 21
Runtime: 3:46
Theme: Ephermal moments make permanent memories
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The game narrative was simplified to fit the scene at hand:
" Within her lies an intimate memory that she holds dear. A mothers tune, sung to her daughter while dancing among the bubbles. The ineffable joy stored within these memories drive her to explore an unforgivingly bitter world. A journey of self-discovery, tolerance, and understanding."
3D Platformer, abilities based on discovering new melodies hidden within her own memories. Power of the voice, song, a lot of melodic/angelic sound design envisioned.
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Used various kontakt libraries:
Stradivari Violin - Solo Violin
Jade Orchestra - Percussion, Women Choir,
Stock Kontakt - String Ens, Choir Ens, Glockenspeil, Grand Piano
(Other misc stuff I forgot)
I used granular synthesis and vocodex mod to create some of the blips and bubbles.
Inspired by Square Enix games and prods.
altered cover bg by https://www.instagram.com/kawaakar._/
Message from the artist
Looking forward to hearing your feedback! :)
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
I tried to add a narrative to the scene provided at that specific moment. We see a familial figure and a little girl holding hands, basked in ocean refractions and surrounded by child-like crayon drawings. This was a memory, a very cherished memory, in the world of the little girl's mind. In this unforgettable moment I envisioned them dancing and singing in folkish waltz style. As they sung and danced, bubbles fluttered by, the ocean sang in harmony, all creating an iffeable experience to imagine.
I took a very literal approach to incorporating these elements with forceful bubbly sound design, ethnic east asian instruments, and the idea of ocean "waves" into the volume/reverb automation. I wanted my track to breathe, move, and expand upon the idea of falling deeper into the scene. Momentum progressively builds through each section, signaling growth and excitement towards the exploration at hand. Instruments clash and exchange as moving parts flow and flutter around the listener to provide nice ear candy.
Certain sections were relatively calm, while others bursted in various dynamic instrumentation. I wanted to replicate the feeling of nostalgia within the melody, so having it repeat multiple times allowed it to grow as more instruments were added into arrangement. The instrument selection also morphed through the sections to replicate familarity. The closer she got to the real memory, the closer the instrumentation got to more worldly/east asian influences based on her garment/envisioned background.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/don-gi-651191075/mothers-guidance-ost7
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Awesome work! Im a fan of your composition/writing skills. At no point did I get ear fatigue listened to your track. You did a great job keeping the track interesting all the way through :)
If i had to give one minor piece of constructive criticism I thought that the percussion/congo sounds could've benefit from accenting certain notes/playing around with the velocities (could also be a compression thing as well).
Thanks for the feedback!!! Definitely needed to work on my percussion programming, compression def didnt help the dynamic range but I mostly layered multiple hits rather than changed the velocity
Great work! Beautiful composition, melodies, mixing. Those acoustic and electronic percussion parts work perfectly together. Wery inspiring track =)
Very complex track. You mixed a lot of instruments together a lot of interesting ways. Great job!
Amazing work! Has a lot of soul and narrative depth. Can really feel the world and the moments you created in your story. Love how the song is constantly moving, so dynamic.
Thank you, really wanted to keep it dynamic since I was afraid the melody would get a tad bit boring, really happy you felt that way!
Incredible production and mixing all round on this track. I love the how well the orchestration melds with both the acoustic and electronic percussion. The sound design of the bubbles and bleeps is fantastic - I’m a big fan of granular synths!! Fantastic work!
Wow this has a really full sound that sounds quite professional. I love the revererated melody, especially in the repeats where the harmony shifts slightly and the melody goes in a different direction. The pop sounds and bubble-like piano instruments are really cool and add great imagery. The strings and choir work so well together. I think your music choice fit the theme image so perfectly! Wonderful job and thank you for sharing!
One song. One masterpiece. Said everything that needed to be said. WOW. Aside from having great production, it's also creative. Great storytelling in the track and I really enjoy the bubbly sound design, each part flows nicely into the other. It's probably THE best single-track submission I've heard from this jam.
Thank you!!! Wanted to fit the narrative as it developed into my brain (slowly). I was striving for at least 3 songs but I dedicated one day and a sleep-deprived brain to it. Being sleep-deprived probably helped though...
Excellent combination of instruments and sound, they all blended well together into a cohesive whole and were used to reinforce the natural rhythms of the track.The addition of the blips was surprising (when compared to the bubbles, which felt like a logical interpretation of the theme) but it was incorporated well into the track. Where did you get the inspiration for it from?
Mixing was well done, every sound element had a good position in the stereo field, which created a very 3 dimensional stereo image. The score was beautiful and constantly evolved, never settling down in one place. Overall very strong entry, it was only one track but the amount of effort that went into it must have been crazy.
Thank you!!! I referenced some of NiER Automata's tracks while trying to idea craft: they actually use a lot of electronic/idm blips paired with a lot of metal/anvil-like strikes. Really fits their narrative, not sure if the electronic stuff here does for mine but I just love them too much
Ooh sweet perc right off the bat. Cool dorian usage, and addictive synth fx. This is some brilliant composition work!
Oh there's a surprise around every corner with this track! Awesome work
This is beyond beautiful and super heartfelt! I love it. Such great work here. I really love the instrument sets and use of orchestration! SO beautiful. Congrats, it really fits the theme well. As a fellow composer, where could I find that Stradivari Violin?
All the best to your composition!
Stradivari Violin you can find from Native Instruments, it comes with one of the Kontakt Ultimates but I'm not sure how low those go for (say on Black Friday Deals). Would defiunitely look out for it and I'm also looking into SWAM physical modelling instruments!
Very cool! Thanks for the heads up, I will keep an eye out. Again, well done!
Only one track but really well produced !! ear candies synth loved that :)
Great harmony and melodic writing!
Great job ^^
Thank you! Wish I did more but that'll wait till next jam.
I really liked the middle part with the bubble sound and the piano intricate harmony! The thematic and instrumental progression throughout the tracks help to keep the attention, well done!
Thank you! Keeping the melody the same while keeping listening experience good was one of my main concerns, so thank you for the generous feedback!
Beautiful trip. Very professional and reflects the topic perfectly. You are amazing!
Thank you!! Crafted it just for this scene in particular, so I'm really impressed with submissions that broke the beyond the picture and found unique interpretations like yours!
Wonderful layering of all the instruments and sounds at the beginning - it feels so naturally progressive with more and more subtle elements coming to the forefront the deeper I listen. The crescendo into that middle section is absolutely gorgeous - fantastic use of various articulations and the female choir just adds this flavour atop that really brings it home.
Inspired by Square Enix and definitely on par with something I think they'd do. Production is on point, too. Could easily imagine this in one of their games. Stellar job with this, for real. Best of luck!
Wow this is really awesome! I love how it dips after 1:50 and changes up the vibe and groove. And MAN the introduction of the vocals at 2:30 is incredible! I wish there was more! Great submission
Thank you! After seeing the amount of amazing tracks everyones produced I'll definitely dedicate more time towards these jams!
Hi there, absolutely loved your tracks! Definetely hear the inspirations about Square Enix's productions, and the bubbley part around 2 min is really great, especially since it developps the overall music toward the end. The vocals were great too, thank you for this submission !! :)
Thank you very much!!
OOOHHH this track is lovely! I just wanna die for that violin section, its so glorious... Oh, and it loops too?! Simply fantastic.
Great song, woulda loved to see more from you :,)
I had more ideas in mind but I started too late... hopefully I can get more done next jam!
Gorgeous song, you mentioned you were inspired by square and I really see it here, both in instrumentation and actual composition style, this sounds plucked right out of an octopath traveler cutscene! Your use of each instrument was incredibly professional, I love the push and pull that you create with that repeating piano arp, and you also add a lot of variation to keep it interesting. I especially love what you do with the piano in the section around the 2:00 mark, its super fun, and builds really well back up to the climax of the song, where the vocals just carry me away into this world you have made here. Excellent!!
Thank you!!! the comp was initially based around the piano, so I wanted to keep it interesting in the composition with variations fluttering about.