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Underwater Caverns Aren't Optional's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #7 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Creativity | #9 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Mixing | #10 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Overall | #11 | 3.563 | 3.563 |
| Challenge | #14 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Title
Underwater Caverns Aren't Optional
Description
The Challenge for this Monthly Composing Challenge was to create a song that used an exotic scale.
I made the song using the E flat Dorian Scale with a few extra accidentals.
I made the song exotic feeling to fit with the theme of using an exotic scale
I am also submitting this song to the VGM jam going on at the same time and the theme for that jam is underwater so that's where the vibe of the song comes from
There was a bit of confusion about the scale challenge but I tried my best to make it sound "exotic" for the theme.
Plugins used
Pianoteq 6 - Marimba Humanized
Spacedrum - Dreamy, Hand Played
Tubular Bells Original
Kalimba Spacey
Concert Harp Player
LABS - Choir
Native to FL studio Percussion :
GM Cabasa,
Linn Conga,
RD Gui 1,
FPC Tamb,
FPC Scraper,
FPC Metal Hit,
Grv Clav 02,
RD Woodblock,
FPD Ice Crack
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prxmP3FkDuM
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Comments
I love the sounds you use. The descent of the melody from 0'45" onwards is brilliant and sets off the scale fantastically well (with the discreet bell that responds to it, it's great).
I also like the duck sound you put in the drums, it's so well integrated that I didn't hear it until the very end.
everyone I’ve shown the song to always mentions the duck noise which is so funny to me.
The noise comes from a guiro which is like a wood block that has a lot of ridges and you slide a stick along it to make the noise.
I played percussion for my entire school life so it never even occurred to me that it sounds like a duck. I always just picture the instrument since I’ve played it before.
Thank you for the compliments!
The reverb is seems just right for the cavern feeling. And I enjoy the bells and the choir. quite relaxing to listen to. great work!
I like this song, it's very atmospheric!
Love the instrumentation choices!
Wow, I love this music, it's so atmospheric and beautiful! The opening really got me hooked, and the way you develop the piece further with that secondary theme starting at 0:45 is just fantastic, providing a great new texture and rhythm. Just some minor nitpicks, I did find the music to start feeling a bit repetitive starting around the 1:15 - 1:45 section, I think it might be because the underlying bass lines and rhythm is remaining a bit too consistent from the beginning to that part. I love how the section from 1:45 provides a new palette of sounds and a fresh more open rhythm, maybe you could introduce that earlier to help keep the listener's ears engaged with your music even more. And one last small thing is, I think you could adjust the choir in that 1:45 section to be a bit quieter, when it's at the peak of its swell it sometimes crowds out the other sounds. Overall though, I really like this piece a lot, amazing job!