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Some nicely orchestrated pieces here! Everything feels very cohesive, and I love that you chose cello as one of the main instruments for orchestration. They have such a nice timbre and are very versatile to work with. Great job! 

Fata Morgana is really good! Feels similar to the Hades OST, but also kind of like its own thing, which is cool! I'm a fan of metal game music and yours is no exception. I like the transitions between these in your face heavy riffing and emptier sections where some of the synths shine a little more. I think the constant hi-hat line feels a little too robotic after a while, maybe some humanization or variations on that could help. I also feel like the drums in general could feel more present in the mix. Lastly, I think it's awesome you recorded all the guitar parts, Great job! 

Oh my god this is so freaking beautiful! This is straight up my alley. Even just a couple tracks in, I could tell this is going to be one of my favorites from the contest. I'm obsessed with JRPG OSTs and yours hits all the right places. I can feel the FF inspirations (I get some FF13 vibes from it, which is my favorite ost!), and some of the more delicate tracks reminded me of Octopath Traveller as well.  You made wonderful orchestration choices and the textures you used were simply gorgeous. The good production was like the cherry on top of some already beautiful compositions. I can't believe you made all this in 4 days! Super fantastic work, and thank you for the pleasure of listening!

Extremely unique entry! There's a lot of different textures and sounds between the tracks, but I think they're all super solid and present a cool story. The whole sequence of Booting Up was really creative and I enjoyed that a lot. Freed Memory is also a banger! One of my only complaints is that the very intense section of In My World is just a little too loud compared to the rest of the mixes. I had to turn my volume down to comfortably listen to it. Overall, great job though! 

These tracks are simply phenomenal!! The productions are top notch, the compositions are insanely interesting and everything was very well executed! Inline with what other people were saying, expanding more on the background of the game would have been good to tie everything in with the theme more as it is hard to relate your tracks to them. I can't express how good these songs are though. Fantastic job! 

I like the transitions you made between songs to create a more cohesive album. I'm a fan of the process of grief as the main theme and I think your music expressed that very beautifully. The Street is probably my favorite of the five. Great job! 

The general vibe and theme of your game is really cutesy and fun. I dig it! My favorite track was probably Nonstopped Unpopped; the bass goes pretty hard on that one. I also enjoyed your bassline first approach (I love me some good basslines!) Great job! 

The textures in this song are super pretty. I do agree with some of the other commenters in that it could benefit from some development, rather than continually having layers added. That being said, I do you think what you have is pretty solid, and I really do enjoy the over vibe/ambience of it. Thanks for the entry!

Great job! I really enjoyed all your tracks, but Joy of Past Flowers is a banger and definitely my favorite (special mention to Ephemerous, it's a close second). It's super groovy, past paced, and has a sick melody. The context for Drowning Wings feels really spot on, and you did a great job nailing the vibe. Overall a very cohesive soundtrack.

The vocal performance in Rottenmouth was really cool! The piano is very lovely, but I'm not a huge fan of the vox sounds though. I think the game's premise is interesting and creative. Good job and thanks for the entry! 

What an extremely detailed and thought out approach to your piece. I really admire how much attention to detail you have in your analysis of the prompt. There's so much character going on here, and I'm all for it. Your piece is really beautiful and the orchestration is fantastic. Great work!!

The amount of effort that went into this is unreal! Some real top notch work here. Your compositional style is really unique and these tracks were bangin'. Extremely creative on all fronts, and I adore the work that got put in to make this feel like a real game. The art is super rad as well!

I think the intro is a bit jarring with the strings punching the left ear pretty hard. Centralizing the panning a bit and widening them out would help balance that for sure, as the left ear is getting too much information whereas the right gets essentially none. 

Welcome to Your Inner City is really groovy and a jam! I enjoy the soundfont choices and melody a lot. It also sounds like the bass is panned to the left throughout a good chunk of the song, and I would advise to keep that pretty centralized to keep the mix balanced.

Bustling Brain is another jam! Feels very fresh and ear wormy. I think you did pretty well with the production on this one. 

In Angry Denizens of the Big Watermelon, I think the hard left panning on a few instruments obscures them too much and has them fighting for attention. The composition itself is great though and also a banger.

Battle Against a Traumatic Opponent is such an Earthbound title and I love that. The piece is super high energy and realllly catchy, but the mix does feel kinda off kilter at times when things get really hectic.

 I think Let Go is really goofy and fun, but the bass is a bit muddy when it goes super low. 

I loved your entry a lot and I thought it was super fun and creative, and definitely was able to pick up on all the Undertale influence. My biggest gripe is some of the mixing choices, but your compositions were pretty on point! 

I adore the ambient/classical vibe that you went for! The soundtrack is produced very beautifully and definitely kept my ears intrigued throughout your pieces. Even with the minimal parts of Ambience, I was still latching on to something the whole time. One Day, Every Bubble Pops was definitely my favorite. Extremely beautiful and the background instrument (I can't quite make out what it is) was an extremely nice addition. Thank you for the entry!   

Gentle Currents is a banger! The open texture in the middle is quite soothing and I like the additions at the end to keep it fresh. The sound design throughout is really atmospheric and was an enjoyable listen. Thank you for the entry!

I like that you peered into your own mind for the soundtrack, but I'm having a slightly hard time envisioning how the game is supposed to be played out. Some more details on that would've been good for tying things together. Despite using a phone app, your tracks are still very cohesive with each other. The memories theme is lovely and the harp + woodwinds texture is definitely up there for me. The castle theme is also themed very appropriately with the brass ensemble, and the low brass chugging along keeps it moving at a nice pace. This was some good work, and I enjoyed listening to your soundtrack!  

Hey another Dorico user! Glad Musescore got some love too. Musesounds are so good to work with (mostly lol).

The cat-like synth is adorable and super fitting. The vibes on this soundtrack are awesome with some great contrast between songs. The Nest of Unkindness is probably my favorite. It feels very goofily nefarious in a Grant Kirkhope way. Great job overall.

Your art is super cute btw! 

Aw thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it.

I enjoyed the theme of your game. It's pretty cute and fun. I don't think my comments will be super different to the ones that have already been posted, but adding some more variety to the tracks would definitely boost the effectiveness of your OST a lot. As it stands, a lot of them really only have one section. Taking some time to develop the songs more and give them some contrasting sections would keep your ears from getting tired as the songs loop. Manipulating the basslines in each song would also do wonders as the lines do get drawn out too much. I do you think you have a good base to work off of though, and the overall soundtrack is pretty cohesive. 

I also wanna commend you for doing all your compositions in an online sequencer. It seems very limiting and it takes a lot of effort to push through those kinds of limitations. I don't know about your home setup at all, but if you can, I believe you can use Reaper for free forever *technically*, but nevertheless the license is very cheap if you wanted to invest. Pair that with endless free VSTs online and you can get a pretty good setup going for free/cheap, which would aid a lot in your compositional tools.  

Overall, you made some solid music in a short time frame though and that's a net positive for everyone. Thank you for the entry!

Thank you for the kind words! Very glad you enjoyed Hippocampus Crossing

Such a strong start to the OST! Hope is an awesome track and I love the energy of it. The variety throughout just the three songs of your soundtrack is fantastic and your storyline is super fun. Your production seems top notch and the rock orchestra is just so great omg. Love the entry! 

Thank you so much! I was so torn on the ending theme but I'm glad you enjoyed it. 

Thank you for the kind words! The feedback is much appreciated. It is indeed a harp on Hippocampus Crossing. The goal was to create to a kind of emotion-abstinent mood with these super spaced out quartal/quintal harmonies and I think it turned out well. 

I love your use of sound effects within your compositions. It's integrated very well. Your soundtrack is super bouncy and groovy/funky and I dig it a lot. The last song caught me off guard with the pace change but the musical story telling is super creative. The steampunk setting fits well and I can perfectly envision Jeronimo at his workshop living his regimented life. Great work! 

Thank you for the kind words! Mixing is definitely my weakest skill so the feedback is much appreciated 

Your sound design was spot on! The beginning really screams Omori to me which is awesome. I love how sparkly and bubbly the atmosphere of the piece is. Good work! 

Big fan of the exploration theme! The gentle textures of the soundtrack are superb and really match the graphic (the design is really cool btw) you made to go with it.

What a cinematic soundtrack! Good job! I absolutely love the use of chimes in the intro of the first song. They have such a unique timbre. The woodwind accompaniment is also really cool and kept my ears tuned in. I do wish they were just a little higher up in the mix towards the end though.
Danger Sequence was probably my favorite. Super eerie and the percussion added to the tense-ness of the situation well. How did you achieve the squealing-like sound effects? I thought that was a cool and creative addition.

Glad you enjoyed it and tysm!! Playing with orchestration and experimenting with textures is really fun

Thanks Mel!!

Awesome and super creative entry! I loved Nobody hears you pray. The shift to something so much more dark and sinister was an awesome ear draw. The production was also superb! I'm shocked how people can make such clean compositions and productions in such a short time frame. 

Awesome job! Musesounds' ability to sound this fantastic is phenomenal. I love that you leveraged the legato nature of them to create something with such beautiful and colorful textures. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your tracks and will be revisiting them! 

Thank you so much for the feedback! I'm glad you liked it. Production isn't a very strong skill of mine so I just kind of just played around until it was acceptable lol. I'll keep all that in mind