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not a dragon bossfight's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #31 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Composition | #41 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Creativity | #44 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Overall | #53 | 3.373 | 3.373 |
| Impression | #77 | 3.067 | 3.067 |
| Correlation to theme | #79 | 3.133 | 3.133 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
god I hate submitting because for some reason it always goes wrong and I have to rewrite the description AAAAAAAAAAAA
anyways...
So this is a orchestral/cinematic song I made in about 7 hours not including the 2 hours that it took to set up the project, and I'm quite happy with it! I have no idea what it's about because I just sort of made music and continued with what the song wanted... I like most of it except the arrangement. No clue why but I just couldn't make proper arrangements this time, so if the sections feel rushed, that's why.
Message from the artist
only made 1 song so it's easier and faster to rate :0
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
idk dragon music? 👍
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTE_OfZ0uA
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
Your music is, as always, delightfully wild and diverse, with plenty of interesting themes and surprises.
The start is very tense yet with some feeling of hope: a great buildup. At 0:48, I did lose track of the beat. But at 0:57 when the other instruments joined, I quickly found it again (and the second listen, I had it immediately). You switch from 4/4 to a form of 6/8 at 1:20, which is funny because you first split your theme in 3+3+3+3+3+1 (=16), and then just proceed to get rid of this final 1 to change time signature. I love time signature switches, so I liked this :)
The OOMPH at 1:37 is sick, and the next part is great with the heavy drums. The instruments fit the theme well, I would say, with the horns, violins, and heavy drums. The chord progressions also work very well. Overall, cool track! Very interesting :D
And I like your choice to "only made 1 song so it's easier and faster to rate :0", though I do like to make a soundtrack of at least 2 songs to play with the interaction (leitmotifs, etc.). As long as all songs are combined of a decent length (such as 3 or 4 minutes), I like it :D
I love the rhythms and the poly chords! I also like the sound effects you used during the transition.
The percussion at the end was cool! almost wish there was a bit more of that throughout the piece. Great work!
Dude! Loved the polychords! Left a really ambiguous feeling. I was kinda like.. huh? Not like it sounded like it, but it made me think of Pokémon Silver. Like i was working to capture Lugia or somethin. Super cool!
The middle part reminds me of Aurora Awakes by John Mackey. I'm really glad it's not a dragon bossfight, because I would be really angry if it was.
Oh my goodness gracious it's famed Redline from esteemed Redline's Monthly Composing Challenge!
I really liked the transition at 1:20 it felt very cinematic! I feel like the song ended really abruptly though, like it was building up to a big climax but it just ended instead.
I do however appreciate a shorter entry as it makes rating every one a lot easier!
yeah I couldn't figure out how to make the ending into a proper climax in time unfortunately... Proper climaxes are one of those things that I just can't do yet for some reason.
Really gave me the sense of flying! And idk what you mean, I liked the arrangement personally 🤷. If I had to say anything at all, I feel like the percussion around 1:40 could've felt tighter, but that didn't take me out of it. Anyways, great job - really enjoyed the listen!
Thank you for listening!
Dragon Music 👍
I love the use of ostinati. It adds a great sense of urgency for a boss fight scene.
I use an ostinato in almost all of my orchestral songs, it just feels right :)