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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Mixing | #1 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
| Composition | #2 | 4.400 | 4.400 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.225 | 4.225 |
| Creativity | #3 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
| Challenge | #5 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Title
Sambatamari
Description
I was largely inspired by the Katamari Damacy OST. I wanted to try an intro with lots of rich chords. I composed on the piano and more or less as I went along, hence the evolution of the piece. I had fun putting the motif in the melody at the start, then in the accompaniment at certain points, in the bass too for the challenge, and I end with the melody composed almost exclusively of the motif.
For the melody outside the motif, I tried to stay on the same note and avoid over-arpeggiation (which I tend to do).
For those interested, here's the technical part:
The intro starts with Gm/C A/B Fm/Bb G/A Ab7M Bb11 Dmsus7 G13. The rest is less complex, but I keep C9 as a tonic (myxolydian).
Plugins used
Reason 12
BBC Orchestra
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Comments
Love the lighthearted feeling this gives me, and the variation you put in. Also well mixed and really sounds full.
You already know I’m a big fan of your work. I really like this a lot, I don’t know what katamari is, so I cannot give you my opinion on how much it inspired the song but it sounds like a cool OST.
This has nothing to do with the composition, but I liked a lot the editing of the video showing the leitmotif. Cool stuff.
5/5 ⭐
Amazing tune, I loved every moment of it. Groovy flow, fun interplay between a variety of instruments, and nice contrasting sections that keep the listener engaged throughout, just great stuff overall.
My only comment is just regarding the theme of this jam, the motif did seem to mostly be used as a singular unit of music, rather than as part of a larger musical unit. I wished there were more moments like at 2:00, where you connect the motif with a larger theme, that was really cool.
As a single piece of music though, this was fantastic, I loved listening to it!
The track is beautiful, they always are. The intro is great, and I like your approach to the usage of the melody, just a few drops here and there, as if it's a well-known motif of the whole OST, and you're picking it at specific times to give consistency to each track.
Side note which has nothing to do with the challenge:
I like that you tried to go for Katamari vibes, and especially the intro works well. I think that one thing that characterizes Katamari is the goofiness and weirdness, which I think you lack a bit here. Your track is so nice and clean, but for a Katamari track you'd have to make it a bit dirty with some weird sound effects, noises, drum machines, or the Shibuya-kei like synths.
Thank you for your message. You're right, it's missing that touch of madness you hear in the Katamari ost. I don't think I have the talent or daring for that yet. But it's a good challenge for myself. I'll take your comment as a starting point and see how I can add some unexpected stuff that sounds good.
The talent is already there. If you take the challenge, I'm sure you'll do great
Really Really good as always. The visuals really help in the whole vibe of the song and especially because you show when the motif comes up it is really nice.
I guess the only thing I could see improvement is in would be to have focused more on extending the motif into the melody more since as it is it feels almost like an easter egg as opposed to the main focus of the song.
also it ends a bit abruptly for my tastes.
Yes, I think the motif was the main inspiration for the arrangement, what chords I wanted to hear around it. I used it to build the melody and the chord progression. But when you listen to it, it can seem secondary, it's true :)
As for the ending, I tend to end on dominant chords, and I've been told that this results in an ending that doesn't feel like an ending. But I like ending that way. Come on, for you, for the next one, I'll end with a tonic chord.
I guess the only reason I think it ended so abruptly is mostly because I wanted it to continue since it was really good
Dude those opening chords felt right out of katamari damacy!! I really love the feel of the whole track, could easily see myself rolling up entire rooms, houses, and cities to this tune. At the same time, it does still feel original and dynamic enough to stand on its own. Apart from the intro, that stretch from 1:15-1:30 is probably my favorite part. Great work!
Thanks, I'm so glad I figured out how to make Katamari chords. It's thanks to RMCC#4 (jazzy) that I pushed the study of chords. It's good to take part in all the jams, it makes you progress!