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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.486 | 4.486 |
| Quality | #1 | 4.730 | 4.730 |
| Composition | #1 | 4.703 | 4.703 |
| Correlation to theme | #2 | 4.486 | 4.486 |
| Impression | #3 | 4.514 | 4.514 |
| Creativity | #8 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Orchestral Soundtrack for a JRPG story game.
Message from the artist
We had a fun time creating this and almost killed our engineer due to extreme caffeine consumption, but he'll pull through. Also please view our project page we put a lot of work into it. https://tanender.itch.io/asure-sky
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The theme of the jam led our team to create a fantasy inspired OST. The dragon in the picture appears to be based off the Ryu dragon of east Asian and Japanese culture. This inspired the whimsical, Ghibli-esque style of the soundtrack.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/isochron-studio/sets/azure-sky-ost
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
Aaah, gorgeous, absolutely love this, the melodies, the composition, all of it. I don't even want to say more, I don't believe it's needed. :)
Thank you we worked hard on it!!!
For all your tracks, you did a really good job of packing in a lot of whimsy and the excitement for adventure. It does a lot for the imagination. Great work!
Thank you!
This is so lovely, congratulations to the team. I love it, all of it. <3 Hearing music like this is what inspires me to improve my own compositions. My best wishes to you and congrats again!
Best wishes to you as well! I'm happy our studio's music inspired you to make your own that honestly means a lot to us.
I love how orchestral you were able to make the soundtrack - as a trumpet player in orchestra, it kind of immediately sells me on the OST lol.
I love the Trumpet staccatos in the first track haha. The track is super dramatic and very overture-y, which I always appreciate.
The town theme is so endearing it hurts. Giving the melody to the xylophone is a very fun idea, which to me also solidifies the modern-orchestral sound even more.
Ahhh the third track is exactly what you want for the determined-go-getter theme : the tresillo driving rhythm, the melody floating on top - this is some fantastic contemporary music. Also very overture-like.
The fourth track is very pretty, and the melody lives up to what it's described as in the notes that you wrote - sweet, and also very heartfelt. The ending piano chords are a very pretty way to dial back from the big orchestra melody from a moment before.
Ooooh the credits are so warm and nostalgic it makes me want to lie on my bed and reminisce about my childhood. I would love to hear an extended version of this played live....
Your use of piano and orchestra is so pretty, and also smart - the piano by itself can embody so much, and the orchestra really builds upon it to enhance and do what it can't on it's own.
Overall, fantastic entry. Awesome job!
I love this post. Thank you for going over each song and talking about why you appreciate it. I like that you brought up the little stuff like how we lead the end of the 4th track into the credits. Also, I've always been worried about how our brass plugins sound, but knowing a trumpet player's approval makes me feel much better about it. Thanks again for listening!!! (ps. we may or may not be releasing a completely extended version of the OST at some point soon)
Ooh I'm excited for that!
And I understand what your'e saying about the brass plugin - it's not perfect, but it sounds good, and definitely works pretty well for this project.
Castle in the Sky is really cool epic theme, totally see them flying :D Nice work.
Thanks for the compliment! I know the team especially loves castle in the sky because it just fits super well in the OST.
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL PLSSSS!! Very Ghibli-like and cute but fitting to the theme, love all the melodies and the compositions!! it shows that it was a team and you did very well.
I loved Quiet cloud village a whooole lot!
LETS GO WE LOVE GHIBLI!! We tried going for the ghibli feel while still sticking to the theme so I'm glad it turned out so well!
Stunning introductory track. The ending track needs a little more variation, but understandable in the amount of time that was given.
Thank you we tried our best in the 48 hours!
I mean yep this sounds VERY pretty I love that main theme so much and how you brought it back for the credits but I also want to give a special shoutout to the presentation, great job on managing to come up with and tell a whole story in 48 hours
Thank you we worked hard on a lot of little stuff like the story, project page art, and even reintroducing the main menu theme at the end. So I'm happy you noticed!
Amazing Composition. Send my regards to the Engineer, staying up was worth it!
Thank you! I think staying up was definitely worth it.
Every song is really great, but my favorite is the last one.
Thank you, it was fun to have that little piano arrangement wrap the OST together.
YEAAAHHH THIS IS GREAT! I loved the Credits Theme so much, I'm a sucker for beautifully composed solo piano pieces. They're all arranged so well and I'm impressed by the Azure Sky art/theme you put together. It felt like a well-structured soundtrack too with loads of variety - a really good job all-round!
Thank you!
Thank you! I thought it'd be really nice if we did a heartfelt piano piece at the end so I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome soundtrack ! Lots of great variety, the compositions and the instrumentations are top notch (the project's page is very pleasing to the eye also). I would have liked to point out a single track that I liked more than the others, however the quality is so consistent that I honestly wouldn't know which one to pick. Excellent job (although I wouldn't expect any less from fellow Studio One users after all) !
W for being a fellow Studio One user there needs to be more of us. Also, I'm glad you enjoyed the whole soundtrack we put a lot of work into it!
did you guys have the same 48 hours i had??!?! holy moly this is gorgeous
Thank you!
Don't worry we did : ). Thanks for listening.
Really great tracks! I was really drawn to that super subtle little brush perc in the second track. Overall great cinematic vibes.
Thank you we tried going for that sweet studio ghibli vibe!
After all this time, I've finally figured out what the brushed perc you were talking about was. It's the sustain pedal on the piano lol.
Good composition and quality!! The caffeine worth it :)
Also, kind of Disney-ish, I think?
Thanks for listening our caffeine addiction definitely feels worth it now! :)
I really like the variety of tracks and your use of the inspiration! Sounds awesome!
Thank you we tried to have it follow a story so that way we could make a little bit of everything. We could only make so much in the 48 hours though.
Good job guys! These tracks are awesome! I like how the main theme captures the hope and excitement of the game. You really captured the Ghibli vibes! It's so awesome!
That's exactly what we were going for. Thanks for listening to the whole OST.
Awesome job guys. All the songs were such high quality, it is quite insane. The string and the brass especially sounds great. The melodies are quite memorable and how each sections just keeps evolving is so meticulously done. Great job.
Thank you!!! We tried to do as much as we could in 48 hours.
Main Menu - huge! Very grand and pretty.
Quiet Cloud Village - Very effective early town theme kinda vibe.
Castle in the Sky - this track perfectly matches the name. Sounds soaring and magnificent. My favorite one!
The White Dragon's Lullaby - beautiful! I love the calm ending.
Credits - the motif from the main menu returns but more relaxed! A fitting ending.
Amazing work!
Thank you for noticing the ending is a piano arrangement of the main menu I don't think anyone really noticed that. Thank again for listening!!!
this mix is so good, it sounds so clean. congrats to you guys!!
Thank you our engineer worked really hard on it towards the end. I'm glad you enjoyed!!!!