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The CEO of the Simulant Corporation has passed away. Set to inherit his magnum opus, the Diamond Overlord, is his second daughter Seira. His first daughter Aries believes the Diamond is her birthright, and leads a hostile takeover of the company. Seira barely escapes with her life aboard the Zirconia Gemina, the volatile prototype of the Diamond. Simulants now sprawl across the galaxy, hunting Seira per her sister's orders. Seira must beat the odds, upgrade her simulant, reclaim what she lost... and become the fabled GEMCUTTER.
The individual tracks represent the following:
SIMULANT CORP - Title Screen
ZIRCONIA GEMINA - Tutorial Stage
GUARDIAN ONYX - Stage 1
TOPAZ IMPERIUM - Stage 2
CALAMITY CATSEYE - Stage 3
DIAMOND OVERLORD - Final Stage
GEMCUTTER - Ending
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I'd like to clarify my interpretation of the palindrome theme. The theme appears in my work in a few different layers, the first of which is in the primary motifs and some of the melodies. The motif first heard in SIMULANT CORP is one which has the same notes backwards and forwards. The brass motif first heard in ZIRCONIA GEMINA is the same, but the timing of the notes is different. You can access a zip file which has the full OST as well as two MIDI files with the aforementioned motifs as proof that they are, in fact, palindromes. There are a few other melodies, like the synth lead in GUARDIAN ONYX, that are palindromic in this way.
The second layer is the structure of each song. For the most part, every song follows an ABCBA structure. Otherwise, every song presents new elements and removes elements in an order that could be considered palindromic.
The third layer is the structure of the OST itself. The general sounds of each track are ordered in a palindromic manner - tracks 1 and 7 feature mostly ambient guitars, tracks 2 and 6 are both in the symphonic rock genre (even featuring the horn lead at inverted places in the tracks), tracks 3 and 5 feature more electronic elements, and track 4 is a wholly unique departure by being liquid DnB.
As always, this was a great deal of fun, and I'm happy to have participated. Please enjoy the music!
Difficulty
A (Normal)Make something that has elements that can be listened to both backwards and forwards.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/mediamonochrome/sets/gemcutter-original-game-soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxqCS6LidLmvIGBFehTjl4ulcxFlmp1U_
Number of tracks
7
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