Some great ideas. A bit of compression and EQ could have made these tracks stand out a bit more.
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Unnamed Cyberpunk OST (OST Composing Jam: CRUNCHTIME 02)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #34 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #40 | 3.623 | 3.623 |
| Quality | #41 | 3.538 | 3.538 |
| Composition | #42 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Impression | #42 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Creativity | #45 | 3.577 | 3.577 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The genre is electronic. Lots of synths everywhere! (except for track 3, which is a bit more "metal", but still has a synth) There's three different tracks (all loopable) and they are meant for a cyberpunk-themed RPG:
1) Titlescreen: This track would play on the titlescreen / load game screen.
2) Walking through the city: This would be the main overworld track.
3) Battle! Cyber gang: This track would play during battles.
I made the tracks in FL Studio, using almost only instruments from the FLEX sampler, which has great synths and midi instruments (except for the percussion of the second track, that one I took from one of the free Spitfire Audio LABS libraries).
I usually compose the songs starting from the basic rythm, first the bass and then the percussion, and then work on the melody, to make sure that the rythm isn't off. That's what I did here. I actually had some problems with the second track at first, because the rythm I wanted to make was too complicated and I didn't quite pull it off - I had to remake most of the song, and now I'm reasonably happy with it.
I was going for a "punk, back alley" kind of cyberpunk, meant for a story about teenager gangs or something.
I also made a quick pixel-art picture as an album cover using Aseprite.
Message from the artist:
Thanks for listening! I hope you like the tracks. I'm very happy to have participated in this jam. This is actually my first jam ever. I don't dare enter a gamedev jam (yet), but making songs? That I can do, haha. Thanks to the organisers! I'll keep an eye out for future jams.
How does it fit the theme?
Cyberpunk is a subgenre of scifi, so obviously we needed a futuristic feel, and atmospheric synths (with a lot of reverb) are perfect for that. I tried to go for what people most usually associate with cyberpunk, but adding a bit of a "creepy" feel to the overworld track (track 2), and also going for a bit more "punk/metal" in track 3, since it's supposed to represent a battle between two gangs.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/pingudroid/sets/unnamed-cyberpunk-ost-ost-composing-jam-crunchtime-02
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE_6MGkIqLD9Y6UJTBNn_i7dg5MGGYGnH
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