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Yellow Wizard Needs Warmth Badly's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #7 | 4.133 | 4.133 |
| Quality | #10 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Overall | #14 | 4.050 | 4.050 |
| Arrangement | #18 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Creativity | #23 | 3.867 | 3.867 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Submission type
Covers & Remixes
Name of the game/anime/film the soundtrack is from
Gauntlet Legends (N64)
The title of the original piece(s)/song(s)
Ice Fissure
Name of the original composer(s)/artist(s)
John Paul, Barry Leitch
Description
The initial inspiration for this cover came from when I did a simple conversion of the original track to MIDI. I expected the conversion to sound terrible, but it wasn't half bad; it somehow turned the epic fantasy feel of the original into something warmer and cozier.
Using that as inspiration, I dialed back the warmth and coziness a bit and came up with this cover: titled "Yellow Wizard Needs Warmth Badly". Part way through arranging this, I realized that I had put some Xenoblade Chronicles influence into it. I thought to myself "Guitar? Piano? In the cold? I feel like I'm in back on Valak Mountain."
This cover was made with Cakewalk by Bandlab, and various VSTs and plugins by Air Music Tech and others. A full list can be found on the project page.
Link to streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QURhfQDWY
SoundCloud & YouTube Official Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3QURhfQDWY
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Comments
I really enjoyed this - actually even more than the original! The choice of instruments and the mixing was spot on, it felt pulled from a (good!) indie platformer. It even feels like you could even add a beat underneath it and have lo-fi Gauntlet :D
Just very pleasing indeed, one of my favourites from the whole Jam!
This is very chill, I like it a lot.
I think the one thing I would maybe spend some time with would be development of the themes more quickly, or adding things. There's a dance to it, IDK how to describe it, it's something I'm working on myself.
Good stuff! :)
Great relax music! Well done!
Love it. Thank you for sharing. Feels very cohesive.
The bells and wind ambience really give this a mountainy vibe as you described! The cellos and mallets work super well together. Then the piano and voices are the icing on the cake! So silky and so beautiful. I could listen to this playing all day. I think this is a fantastic adaptation from the original! Great work and thank you for sharing!
Man, I could totally see myself standing on a mountain, listening to this track, and just enjoying the scenery for at least 5 minutes. You really nailed the feeling. Thanks for sharing!
This was so relaxing to listen to!
Man, Very nice work you did :D
This was really well arranged and mixed! I really loved the magical and airy vibes!