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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #23 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Impression | #44 | 3.481 | 3.481 |
| Overall | #48 | 3.546 | 3.546 |
| Quality | #50 | 3.444 | 3.444 |
| Correlation to theme | #61 | 3.370 | 3.370 |
Ranked from 27 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This is a 4-minute wild-west-styled 'final boss theme' for an imagined RPG adventure game about betrayal by and vengeance against a life-long friend.
Message from the artist:
I've finally caught up to you.
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How many years has it been?
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Why did you do it?
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Why...?
They were in my way.
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You're in my way, as well.
I wish it didn't have to end this way, brother.
...
[Song begins.]
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
I composed this song to detail the emotional journey, not a journey by physical means, of our protagonist as they're fighting someone they care about.
I like to imagine this song to be structured under the 5 stages of grief, from denial that this person they care about could do such atrocities, to acceptance of the fact they have to kill them, and imagining that process as the journey itself.
So, it's not exactly that the song details a 'journey to remember', but an emotional journey where the protagonist has to overcome the good memories THAT they remember in order to ultimately defeat their estranged loved one.
Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/itbeody/brother
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVj5AaWWNIE
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Comments
The use of distortion sounds fantastic! It makes the instruments' timbres pop out. Really liked that. Also, the melodies are incredible.
There's a lot of muddy frequencies in the low-end, try to use EQs to lower them out.
Great work.
Sounds cool
Different and interesting, with a lot of story thinking behind it. Good job!!
very nice. I like how it is constantly dancing around the idea of 'shall I become an old western theme or not?' I like the fact you didn't go for a physical journey. So far I think you are the only one with this approach. very well executed and pleasant to listen to.
A very pleasant music to listen to, and carrying a strange atmosphere and a great nostalgia. The Western touch changes considerably from the style of the other works in the running for the Jam. Interesting and original result, which, despite the classical movies tones, respects the standard codes of video games, in particular via the easily identifiable superimposed layers, the melodic riffs of fast notes in solo bass, the more modern rhythm and the improvisation aspect of the theme in its final part. The heart-wrenching pitch-bend of the last held note is superb and particularly expressive. The whole is very well orchestrated and can be listened to in a loop without tiring because of the great variety of melody exposure, the many harmonic variations and the excellent musical development.
First western entry I've heard, props for taking it in a different direction!
Very creative- I like the idea for your story a lot! Seems a little uneasy- which is the point so tha
It really fits for your "game" story! I can feel this western vibe. I like the percussion part the most. It's smooth. Good job! :)
Fantastic job. Little nervous sound make experience pretty intense!
Although fade out at the end sounds kinda anticlimax...
I love that motif!!!!
Fantastic timbre's. Unique take on the theme. Swell job !
Great orchestration and style. Felt like you nailed the western journey! Great work <3