OST Composing Jam #7

Winding Up jam comments

2024-07-21T14:53:02Z

Very strong submission, the soft anvil hit instead of a snare in Jeronimo's World was a nice touch. Really like the rolling feel that you set up in some of the more rhythmic sections. Foley also has some really good flow in the track, which isn't easy.

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A jam submission

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Foley based musical story.

Submitted by Aesaire — 1 hour, 30 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Creativity	#2	4.469	4.469
Impression	#38	4.094	4.094
Overall	#49	4.031	4.031
Quality	#86	4.000	4.000
Correlation to theme	#152	3.813	3.813
Composition	#156	3.781	3.781

Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
You play as Jeronimo, an obsessive inventor whose work and strict routine encompasses his world. The game is rhythm game set in a steampunk world, where you press keys following the pattern displayed on the screen. Every time you press a key, your screen cuts to Jeronimo completing an action such as taking a step, swinging your hammmer or eating food. It's similar to the filmmaker Edgar Wright's quick cuts.

Track 1 - Jeronimo's World

You play through Jeronimo's daily routine, where he works best once he gets into a rhythm of work and rest. The instrumentation changes as he travels to different places, but the notes played give you a hint of where his mind is at. At the end of the track, Jeronimo receives a call from his brother. He says that their father is in poor health and may not have much time left. His father abandoned him and his brother when they were children, leaving their aunt to take care of them.

Track 2 - Buried in Work

Jeronimo refuses to see or talk to his father and tries to get back to work and his routine. However, his brother is persistent, and keeps trying to convince him to say his goodbyes. Jeronimo eventually loses his patience and disconnects the phone, but is unable to quell his frustration. He attempts to work even harder to not think about it. Eventually, he collapses from exhaustion. There are dissonant sounds to varying degrees littered throughout the track to represent the Jeronimo's frustration as he bottles up all his feelings.

Track 3 - Word Processing

Jeronimo wakes up in a hospital bed. A friend called for an ambulance when he found him on the floor his workshop. Jeronimo rests and contemplates his feelings towards his father. Once he has recovered, he sets off for his workshop. He slowly approaches his rotary phone and calls his father at the hospital. He finally says what he has wanted to say all his life, and then says his goodbye.

Artwork by fanray_handmade / KasiaBB
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Message from the artist
I wanted to create a full story with just music, foley and ambient sounds.
There are parts with no music to help the listener understand the foley and ambient sounds. It makes it easier to identify them later on when they are combined with other sounds. Sometimes there is no music to release tension and to let the track breathe a little.

Theme

Inside my world

How does it fit the theme?
Jeronimo is an obsessive inventor who lives to work and follows a strict routine. He does very little else; both his work and routine dominate his world.

In addition to that, this soundtrack is written from the perspective of Jeronimo so the sounds you hear may not all be accurate, they are a representation of Jeronimo's perception of the world during this difficult period.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/aesaire-vgm/sets/winding-up

Number of tracks
3

Genre

Electronic

Experimental

Folk/Acoustic

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SynlyfeSubmitted43 days ago(+1)

Fantastic and unique choice of voicings and elements here. Jeronimo's World has a kind of whimsical, eccentric vibe to it; sounding haphazard at the beginning but then the rhythms started to click into place and really become the sum of the individual parts as it progressed. I can imagine this in a couple of different games myself - is it weird to say the clock motif and the choice of percussive sounds reminds me of something I might hear as a theme for N. Entropy?

Buried in Work picks right up where the last track let off, though this one has a slightly more ominous feel to it. Really dig the ringing used throughout, panning from side to side and being used as a junction between sections. The modulated tempo during the final section is a great touch - adds some urgency and mystique to the track as a whole, never quite knowing what it is building up to, only knowing that it is coming sooner than expected.

Word Processing is somewhat a departure from expectation - I really love how ethereal and ambiguous the introduction is. The sound-design driven and atmospheric interlude does a nice job of bridging into a quieter and more sparse section, of which I can only describe as pensive.

All in all this is really solid and genuinely one of the more unique submissions I've heard. You've got a really cool approach to rhythm and how to build around it without things just simply getting louder and faster. There is some wonderful arranging at play here and I could see myself coming back to this to try and pick it apart for myself to understand and learn from it. Great work! :)

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