"Mechacanthine Chaos" is pretty groovy! And idea about underwater mahou shoujo sound cool ^_^.
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Beneath the Ocean, Within the Soul's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Correlation to theme | #62 | 4.048 | 4.048 |
Overall | #143 | 3.745 | 3.745 |
Composition | #158 | 3.774 | 3.774 |
Impression | #171 | 3.645 | 3.645 |
Quality | #223 | 3.645 | 3.645 |
Creativity | #238 | 3.613 | 3.613 |
Ranked from 62 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Sana, a magical girl who lives in a bubble house underwater, has gotten bored of life closer to the surface.
She feels something is missing within herself and wishes to see if rumors of treasure deep below are true. She ventures deeper and deeper, entering "uncharted" territory and fighting against mechanized fish (where did those even come from?)
She reaches the lowest part of a trench, but finds most of the treasure has been taken. Perhaps the depths weren't so uncharted after all. However, the long adventure has made her stronger willed as well as more appreciative of the peaceful nature of the upper waters. Perhaps the real treasure was the (insert cliche line)!
Prologue (Introspection): Prologue, and Sana's theme.
Subaquatic Saunter: This serves as an overworld theme when traversing the ocean. Written in 5/4 to give the idea of swimming rather than a more typical walking rhythm.
Subaquatic Saunter (Action): Dynamic variation of Subaquatic Saunter for when doing puzzles or fighting enemies.
Within a Bubble: Save room theme. Take a break!
Mechacanthine Foreboding: Transitional theme when approaching boss areas (the depths). This track with the tonal shift marks the shift towards the depths of the ocean.
Mechacanthine Chaos: Boss theme that might play when you fight a mechanized coelacanth. Ends with a short boss defeated jingle.
Epilogue (Within the Soul): Epilogue, and variation of Introspection, as Sana realizes what she was missing.
Message from the artist
I had a great time making this one. Thanks for listening!
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
I primarily used synths that I felt had a sort of water sound to them (particularly electric piano/rhodes and Mellotron winds) as well as extensive use of leitmotif throughout the OST.
I took the picture theme for an overall water themed OST, and the text theme (Inside my World) to reflect Sana's discovery within herself.
I primarily used the Dorian mode in the first half of the OST and Phrygian Dominant in the second half. This was a means of further showing a "two worlds" interpretation of the text theme, with the more lighthearted upper ocean and the depths filled with mechanized and heavily armed sealife.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6jJ1Ve8aIdV1LV3bLW-zumd__hIXnfd
Number of tracks7
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