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Journey the River - RMCC Submission's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Instrument choice/usage (challenge) | #7 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Composition | #10 | 3.786 | 3.786 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Mixing | #15 | 3.357 | 3.357 |
| Creativity | #17 | 3.429 | 3.429 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Title
Journey the River
Description
I decided I wanted to embrace the bagpipes and go for a composition with a Celtic fantasy theme. The live ukulele I recorded had bardish, lutey tavern noodlin' vibes, and the other instruments reinforced that. Hope you enjoy!
Instruments used
15 Coins were spent as follows:
Irish Bagpipes (Spitfire LABS Uilleann Pipes): -3 Coins
Choir (Spitfire LABS Gaelic Voices): 3 Coins
Cello (Spitfire BBC Symphonic Orchestra Celli): 5 Coins
Violin (Spitfire BBC Symphonic Orchestra Violin 1): 5 Coins
Ukulele (Live recordings): 2 Coins
Generic Percussion (Live recording - Egg shaker, Nut Shell Shaker, Claps): 3 Coins
Link(s) to your submission
https://youtu.be/JXLzMGD6Udc?si=D11YG-5J8IqUbRx4
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Comments
The writing of the piece is one of my favorites in the jam!! Some of the mixing of the percussion could be altered to help all the sounds feel cohesive, but as it is I really like it! Loved the live uke by the way. It made the piece very unique.
I love the ukulele melody! The live playing gives it so much life and carries the tone for the song. Your choice of percussion is top-notch as well.
Towards the outro, the violin you used feels a little smeary between notes, it might be good to use a different VST/library once it becomes the lead or fine-tune the effects a little to prevent the overlap.
Great vibes! I agree with other commenters that pushing the percussion a bit back by increasing the wetness of the reverb might help them sit a bit better. That's tricky when the strings are so lush and in that reverb area though.
Very nice!
I like the vibe of the celtic sounding but the percussion seems a bit too harsh
Really atmospheric and nice! I wonder if you could create a sense of distance with the percussion as well, most of the music felt very grand and distant like I was overlooking a landscape, but the claps and shaker felt extremely close to me. Maybe applying a touch of reverb or delay, along with tweaking the mix, might help with that?
The percussion was super atmospheric because of the panning!