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Arthur and John-Malevolent Podcast Tribute's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Arrangement | #15 | 4.071 | 4.071 |
| Quality | #18 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
| Overall | #30 | 3.786 | 3.786 |
| Creativity | #31 | 3.643 | 3.643 |
| Impression | #31 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Submission type
Medleys & Mashups
Name of the game/anime/film the soundtrack is from
Malevolent (Podcast)
The title of the original piece(s)/song(s)
Faroe's Song
Faroe's Lullaby
Name of the original composer(s)/artist(s)
Harlan Guthrie
Description
This work is a combination of two of the main themes from the Malevolent podcast: "Faroe's Song" and "Faroe's Lullaby". The songs are used throughout the episodes both in diegetic and non-diegetic instances. They are played on the piano, which is appropriate since the main protagonist is a piano player. I simply took the two short pieces and worked them in an orchestral suite for the purposes of exploring the emotional depth of the story and simply to try something new.
Many of the instrument choices were based on sounds and instruments that actually occur in the podcast. For example, the main protagonist, Arthur, encounters a music box that plays his daughter's lullaby, hence the bell sounds in the middle. The structure of the piece begins in a slow and melancholy state, reflecting the Arthur's grief over the loss of his daughter. The middle begins to grow in suspense and he and his new otherworldly companion face the treacherous path before them. Despite all of their misfortunes, mistakes, and the dark forces that work against them, they always find a way to overcome. Throughout this all, Faroe is never forgotten.
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https://soundcloud.com/duck-duck-music/arthur-and-john-a-malevolent-podcast-tribute
SoundCloud & YouTube Official Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/duck-duck-music/arthur-and-john-a-malevolent-podcast-tribute
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This was so well done! I love your choice of starting and ending with piano in the fashion of the original songs, but your orchestral piece was a great expansion on it. Beautiful work!
Great orchestral sound! I appreciate it, cause I make music in this genre too, well done!
I am a big fan of the violin sample you use- it is bright, clear, and you did a great job programming the musicality of it. I really like the big section toward the end with the booming percussion and heralding french horn and other brass taking over as the lead. Ending on a reprise of the piano motif was a nice touch. Great work and thank you for sharing!
This is really cool! For me it almost feels like the middle section is a flashback. You have the buildup, which suddenly drops into something new, and then when that section ends, its like we're right back where we left off before that, with similar instrumentation. I tried clicking to the 3rd section right as the first one ends, and it totally works, which I find super cool! Thanks for sharing!!
I like this composition. It would be fun to play the piano and cello parts. Dark topic tho, I think I'd get too depressed before finishing it lol
But that's because I'm a sensitive dude.
Edit: okay, so this is a good arrangement. I think the main thing I would say is that it doesn't feel that removed or reworked from the original outside of the instrumentation change, though it is a good instrumentation change, and the instrumentation is used appropriately. Though, I feel like after that the next logical step would be to play it with the real instruments or find people who would play it! Heh. Overall this is a nice composition as a choice too.
I’m not familiar with the podcast, but this sounded pretty spooky and atmospheric. You definitely did well capturing the emotion too. Great work!