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A jam submission

The Seacolored SkyView project page

Music for an imaginary game about a clam
Submitted by Prospero — 10 hours, 39 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
General Impression#33.8893.889
Adherence to Theme#44.1114.111
Overall#73.5563.556
Creativity#73.3333.333
Quality#102.8892.889

Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How many tracks did you submit?
1

If you uploaded to a streaming platform, please drop the link here!
https://soundcloud.com/prospero-356484443/the-seacolored-sky

Explain your hypothetical game concept & how you interpreted the theme!
The Seacolored Sky is a small arcade game about a clam that wants to escape the ocean and fly to the clouds. You have to swim around underwater obstacles and collect pearls along the way. Your goal is to reach the sky as fast as possible and then dodge hungry seabirds.

What genre is your soundtrack?
Orchestral

What was your ensemble?
One Harp (2 points), one Clarinet (3 points), one Horn (one point) and a Triangle (one point)

Anything else you'd like to add?
Thank you for creating this cool new jam, I hope we can have a few editions of it :)

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

the horn at 1:38 comes in very sweetly. also very cute video game concept, to be a flying clam.... one can dream

Submitted(+1)

I love this so much! It’s so calm and atmospheric, the polar opposite of what I’d expect from an arcade game’s soundtrack! I loved the Horn taking the melody, Horns don’t get the melody enough imo The Triangle too is pretty nice and adds quite a bit to the piece

The only thing I have to really critique is that there’s a little too much reverb in the clarinet compared to the horn(or not enough reverb on the horn I guess?), it feels a tiny bit out of place when the horn comes in. Otherwise, it’s fantastic!

Nice Job

Submitted(+1)

Something about it being presented as an arcade game made me expect something a bit more energetic so I was surprised when I heard this serene atmospheric piece. The melody feels quite playful at times and it gives the whole piece a nice nostalgic feeling. I like it a lot!

Submitted(+1)

Beautiful, calm melodies. The instrumentation was spot on. The triangles are a nice punctuation at 1:34. Main critique would be that the hand-off from the clarinet to the french horn at 1:19 was very abrupt; I would've preferred it if the clarinet had finished its phrase as the french horn comes in (maybe hold out a whole note and let it fade out?). Conversely, the sudden clarinet at 1:51 is a bit jarring, would've preferred it if the clarinet had come in pianissimo and crescendoed rather than play full volume straight away. Another thought I had was that you could've added some clarinet trills to add some additional flourish to the melody. That said, a really nice piece that I enjoyed quite a bit.

Developer

Hey, thank you for the constructive feedback, I highly appreciate it :)

Submitted

Love it ! What a peacefull feeling, choice of instruments is great, really evokes the sea. Nice harmonies and melodic ideas, well written, good job ! Hope this little clam will reach it's destination :D I had a very nice time listening to your track, congrats !

Submitted

What a graceful harp part! Love those arpeggios.