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Personally, one of my favorites of the jam so far. Epic sound design and arrangement. Reminds me of KoanSounds and Mr. Bill. Now for critiques (written with permission from the composer). Overall, the mix for all 3 songs was great! Personally, leads like the guitars in Amidst were a bit too dark for me. Adding some more saturation to the harmonic frequencies could've really helped them to shine and pull at the audio-heartstrings more. The kicks in your songs also could've been clearer. I'd imagine they'll especially feel weaker on mobile phone speakers. Layering with some more high end thwacks or maybe cutting a bit more low end and adding a clipper to really boost that kick could've helped to get the kick to really punch through. Finally, in terms of "game music", your music would fit really well for the theme and story you were going for, but the way the music is made, it feels like each song could've even been from different games. Without a leitmotif to tie the three songs together, it felt more like I was listening to an artist's EP more than a game album. Don't get me wrong, I'm going to listen to your music a ton more after this jam is over, but I actually struggled to imagine this all panning out in a story-based game. TLDR: Each song sounds great (even EPIC and I loved all 3 so much!) on its own, but I wouldn't be surprised if each song was from its own game.