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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #5 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Quality | #9 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Overall | #11 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Impression | #17 | 3.944 | 3.944 |
| Creativity | #38 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Message from the artist
This is my second composer jam and I am thrilled for this opportunity.
For this jams theme I was inspired by some older pictures I've took at a sunset near the salt lake in Larnaca (Zyprese). I kind of was inspired by some old school RPG.
Difficulty
Make a piece that has the same musical notes both forwards and backwards but doesn’t have to be an identical recording.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/einelthefox/sets/the-echoing-lake?si=20d3f2c1ee0f4203a2a002dec80793d6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Amazing work incorporating different sections and transitions while still adhering to the prompt. Have yet to see many pull this off the way you did. Exemplary execution on the "Rule of three", and pictures are serene but become almost melancholic when paired with the audio. Curious to know if you are a flute player or flutist/flautist. could see this music being an ost from a minimalist art style puzzle game like Monument Valley. The different sections could reflect and be triggered by changes in the same level.
But sorry for the lengthy response , all in all good work.
Your critique is very much appriciated and the longer the better. As for your question: I'm originally a guitarist, but dibble dabble nowadays with a few other instruments and started playing the clarinet during lockdown. However, I wouldn't consider myself a woodwind player by any means.
The pictures of the lake are beautiful, thank you for sharing! The song is really nice too, I like the acoustic instruments (the clarinet line is quite nice) and the percussion adds a really nice flavor.
Beautiful Tracks!
the echoey percussion work and the overall atmosphere in the forward track is so captivating and feels very nice on the ears when i first listened to it! then i moved onto the reversed track and the bassline just absolutely blew my mind!!!!
fantastic work!!! 👏👏👏
I'm very much humbled by your kind words. So, thank you very much.
What a wonderful listen!
Hard to tell anything more than that, but I must say that bass sound and line is pure gold here. I love it.
Great work!
Really great fit for the inspiration, felt like I was there :) great orchestration overall
Hey! Amazing job! I really liked how you developed the track little by little and I really enjoied when the bass kicked in. It also sounded really nice in reverse! Oh and I almost forgot, AMAZING PHOTO (it's really beautiful) and I think the track fits perfectly for it =)
Great Job!
Great job! Really liked the mood of the piece and reversed sounds adds to it even more.
I like it, a lot of interesting variety. The reversed sounds also adds to the unique sound. Listening to the reversed version is an ethereal experience!
This reminds me of Northern Face Shrine from the Links Awakening remake on Switch (one of my favorite tracks). Very impressive composition. I can imagine this track in an RPG in a forest containing a lake, maybe an environment with some rain. The reversed version flows really well too! Great work.
The whole OST of the remake is a Masterpiece in my books. So getting even the slightest association is like a knighthood to me. Thank you very much!
I really like the percussion that comes in around 1:07. Great vibes throughout, and groovy baseline
love the live instruments! especially the clarinet :D
Hate to admit it, but the clarinet is MIDI. Playing in the clarinet myself would have taken me a day extra. But unfortunately I didn't had the time. :'(
ah i see, that's a convincing midi though lol
I adore the bassline, was it recorded live? If yes, please teach me how to get that tone haha. Love the Percussion as well, really captured the old school RPG vibe.
Sorry, but I didn't get the time to play the bass in by myself, although I really wanted to. But FYI it is a sampled DI Musicman Stingray. For processing I've used a LA2A simulation and a Pultec simulation to give it some depth and gritt. For general mixing you should tend more to the second order harmonics of your bass, like 200 - 300 Hz, since these frequenzies are more importand than the actual fundamental note. Reason is, that the fundamentals are to low and will be lost by most listening devices.
Great track, love the bassline. The reversed track was so good as well. Great overal track!
I liked this a lot! I liked how the bass in the reversed version sounded in the middle, very funky!
Super atmospheric and calming, Yasunori Mitsuda would be proud. It's great to see another Cubase user lol.
To my shame I needed to look Mr Mitsuda up. Definitely someone to get more inspiration from. So thanks on that regard.
It's quite odd that there are so less cubase user in here. Happy to see some likeminded soul.
I'm glad you liked his music!
wow the reversal is such a haunting piece! A complete 180 flip from the original. I really enjoyed this piece
Actually the reverse was just to prove that the song is notewise identical to the forward version. Glad you liked it anyhow.
Very cool outcome ! I'm surprised how well the progression works forwards and backwards :0 amazing sound <3
Thanks a lot! I'm quite surprised by the outcome myself, since the process was more like throwing things on the wall and look what sticks. :D
Nice work. Cool to hear percusion instruments in the track they also sound cool in rewerse. The melody is beutyful:]