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No worries about the rating, I find insights like these to be the most valuable thing of all! Perhaps you're right, I tend to be a little harder on the tracks I make when I have to rush them through, then it turns out it really wasn't so bad. There's a lots of things I was going to do, a lot of polish, some sections that didn't come out exactly right (as I imagined it in my mind), etc, Just had to press submit though, hahah! It's the same for all of us. But I am happy I made it, now I can keep working on the track, and do all of those things I wanted to do. 

Alex Moukala wasn't familiar at first, but I looked him up, and I have indeed seen and heard his stuff before, he's very good, so being compared to him is nice. :)

Also, congrats to your scores! It's a big shame you didn't hit the median ( me neither ;) ), your placement would've been way higher with your actual raw scores, but it's still good, it's well deserved!

Thank you! I love build ups overall, my favorite compsitions have their fair share often time, so I can't help putting emphasis on that in my own compositions also. (:

Thank you, I have taken quite a liking to the melody especially, I have toyed around with it on a virtual piano, so I hope to make something more with it in the future. (:

Thank you, yes, I want to use dynamics even more, to be honest I didn't even have time to spend on the fine tuning of dynamics, so they're quite static in certain parts, but the smallest of touch here and there can still do a great deal of difference. :)

Thank you! I hope to tidy it up and make an extended track, I feel like there's so much more I can do with this.:)

Thank you! I do prefer in a way, to tell stories with my tracks, thinking of them as medley's for certain parts of a game, rather than just one track for one specific part or such. All approaches are viable, but I feel it's more fun for me to work this way (when making actual stems for a game OST I can't do this tho, obv ^^)

Thank you! Yeah, since I knew I would only really have time left to do a track as long as the shortest eligible time, I wanted to fit different moods and expressions in there to make up a journey in that short time. 

Thank you very much, for your nice words! ^^ Looking forward to the next jam, until then I hope to make a more polished piece out of the composition I made here. (:

Am I missing something or huuh? Why so few ratings? You deserve a great deal more for this beautiful composition! I feel you caught a great many emotions in this short track. I feel we went with a similar approach of trying to fit different moods in our 2 minutes, cramming it all in there. ^^ And I think it all works very well together!  Aprupt start, maybe, but I find that works quite well, throwing you right into the action. I also feel soundcloud isn't doing you wonders in that regard tho, there's some weird thing where the song doesn't start exactly at 0, so I always add like a second of silence when I render to soundcloud. 

That would be Zero-G Ethera Gold Atlantis 3 ( quite the mouthful writing the whole thing ).  

Stefano Maccarelli is a master at vocal libraries, you always get a lot more than you think with his libraries. Can't recommend it enough, I barely graced the surface in my track. :) The asking price is fair, considering all the legatos with different vowels, phrases, vocal synths and more. BUT, Stefano's libraries go on sale often for really nice bargains, so watch out for those if you're interested I'd say.

Aaah, gorgeous, absolutely love this, the melodies, the composition, all of it. I don't even want to say more, I don't believe it's needed. :) 

Very soothing and emotional. A nice change of pace. The third track is especially beautiful to my ears. I often feel that writing those really heartwrenching pieces are actually the most difficult to pull off, so kudos!

Just as I start listening I already love the arrangement, I need to get myself some eastern instruments, but then again, one is always hungering for more VSTS and what not (: What an epic build up in the first track, Mix sounds fine to me ear, nothing really off-putting stands out. 

Impressive composition, lots of going on, but never feels chaotic, it all flows together well, the different elements complimenting each other nicely. I believe this is why the mix works well, despite your lack of faith in it. ;) If the composition and arrangement is good, most of the mixing is essentially done for you, at least in orchestral music I find it. 

Love the percussion at the start of Enemy Showdown, really sets the right mood for the track. Something I feel you did really well, are these slower evolving melodies, and the consistent tempo and feel throughout the tracks. That makes them ideal for background music in a game, where they won't get too repetitive, but neither will they become boring, as it'll take a while for the brain to memorize the melodies, but they're still there to add interest to the composition. 

Had to snag cineperc! it was basically 90% off due to a store glitch during a sale. It really pays keeping track of sales on the VI-Control forums, highly recommended. 

And yes, it comes down to how you use the libraries you got, at the end of the day. (: Ever learning! 

I am not the best artist, but I did actually try a little this time, so I am happy to see you mention it. :D Thank you so much for listening and rating! 

Yes, Mark isn't having the best of times, unfortunately. :( I am glad you finally found and visited my submission. Always appreciate your feedback! 

Quack! :D

Thank you, and good work yourself! Since I saw you mention MoH, and your submission in the RMX jam (a jam I didn't participate in), I have listened to your submission of that, lovely, and I love the soundtrack for that game and for it's sister console version (frontline). 

MGS vibes are never bad! Unless it's S stands for Survive instead of Solid... although, that might have a good soundtrack still, haven't actually listened to it. :o Regardless, thanks for listening and rating! 

Thank you very much, I checked out the UT2004 soundtrack, I can def find some similarities. :)

Thank you for listening and rating! :D

Thank you very much, happy to have improved in the quality department as of late! 

Since it's been mentioned a bit *scribbles*, more flute in future tracks.

Thank you Lava! (: I probably wanted a Fue in there for the wind in the second track, but alas, I don't have any, so I used the bone flute sample from Medieval Legends. ;) It worked out all the same!

Congrats for almost winning again, you're on a roll! 

Wow, thanks a lot! :D The final album, hmmm, it could be very tight this time around, the numbers of submissions that make it in vary, but I'll be happy regardless! 

Also congratulations on #6, Chrono Fiend might be my favorite track of the jam, keep making the good stuff! (:

Thank you very much. :) I hope to be able to add even more elements to the mix in the future! 

Thanks for listening and rating! 

Thank you for listening! I had hoped to finally get juicy score in quality, so mission accomplished!

Percussion used in this are a mix from Spitfire Hammers, Zero.G Elements and cinesamples cineperc actually. :) Quite frankly very varying percussion libraries in terms of style and tone, elements not being a strict percussion library at all ofc. 

Thanks for listening and rating! 

Thanks a lot Gornemant! Apparently it wasn't THAT creative this time around, but I am happy regardless that the type of track I wanted to do in my head, ended up being so close to what I imagined. 

Also, big congrats to the top 10 finish, fantastic work as always! :)

I wanted to add cool effects to the car, but I am not the best artist sadly! :D Thank you, I was unsure how well I'd do in terms of capturing the style I wanted to go for here, according to my inspiration, but I am really happy how it turned out. (:

Thanks for listening and rating! :)

Welcome to the lone rabbit hole! I am guessing the abrupt stops might be hinting at the track being supposed to loop at that point? I think a fade out would help with getting that across. 

Really nice piano tunes, you got quite the serene atmosphere going. Using these kind of beats in your setting is interesting, I think it could work. :) Really like the third track, what a vibe! Like with Kingdom Hearts, I could just chill out in the lobby for a while listening to this, before jumping into the action. Alas, there's no mention of the theme here. While a lost world could be related, as in time has passed, and you're going back in a sense, it's still a bit difficult to find the relation to the theme. 

Nice job, hope to see you in future jams! 

A beautiful soundtrack that is calm and cozy, and sometimes a bit more funky and upbeat! Even if you hadn't mentioned To The Moon in the description, that's where my mind would've went. I especially like "A Slower Life", it feels so nostalgic, and it is very loopable, would work perfectly for just exploring an area for some time, aaaand... maybe collect some memory orbs? ;) 

Tick tock, my heart's a clock
My time is short, I'll grab a glock

Knocking on the door, of all of those that treat me poor
Out they come, out the door, making quite a fearful roar

They make a fuss, the air is tense
Time to kill, in self-defense

Their clock spills out, their time is mine
But time's still short, where next to dine?

Because I felt like it. 

I for one really enjoy the vibe in your second track, and we have all kinds of things relating to time in here, tick tocks, big bells, people counting, and an impatient gamer. What more could one ask for in the time goes tick tock jam? 

These tracks are bops, and they got your name on it, it's easy to recognize your style, knowing your tracks from other jams. I quite envy you people with your recognizable styles and all of that! Very handy to have, if you want to be hired for actual video games gigs. 

Anyway, stellar job! Now make the game. :))

Seems like we both went rather percussion heavy for our submissions! We even both have racing games, haha. :D

I believe I've stumbled upon your page every jam I've partook in now, and I definitely notice improvement! Here you have something unique, with a clear mix, and some fun variation. You captured time travelling well, first track feels like actually racing through a time portal. 

Let's keep making music, and improving ever further and further, you and me both! :)

Not long ago I learned about shepherd tones, and here we go with the shepherd groove. Fitting. 

I really like how this track comes at me in the beginning. Immediately the theme and setting is captured. The risset rhythms (seems like I'm about to learn something new!) and the tempo modulations make this a very fun and unpredictable track to listen to. 

Again, I feel you nailed the theme, you made good use of the time you had to make this, amazing stuff!

You managed to achieve a lot of emotion using the rather limited palette. So Kudos! Fantastic job. 

It's always good when the OST tells a story, I can imagine quite a lot of things happening, just listening to the soundtrack, the temples tell of different types of encounters and events. Water temple and fire temple definitely seems like the more dangerous of the bunch! And in the ether temple, the stakes just increased even further, there's a determination in this track, like you're marching towards your greatest challenge yet. I wonder then, in the full soundtrack, will there be some sort of payoff to this march, succeeding this track? 

Thank you for an immersive listening, greab job! And cool cover art as well! Best of luck on the game project. :)

Hello once again fellow duck! Good to see you in a jam once again. :)

Started up without reading the title at first, and the first track being a opening theme welcoming me into the game was definitely my first thought here though, love the use of percussion, simple, but complements this upbeat track very well. 

I liked the mix of eras, there's a clear distinction, and the tracks, with artistic choices and all, captured these eras very well! 

"An Era Of European Enlightenment" is my favorite, I love the instrumentation and how the music dances around, it's good ol' ball going on, and I am all here for it. 

If I understood it correctly, these puzzles are not timed? So the theme revolves more around time travelling? I really like your take on the theme, it's different in the good of ways! 

Perhaps some of the tracks can feel a little bit too busy for a puzzle game, where you might want something quite minimalistic to leave the brain undistracted. Though since you mention "quick and fun" puzzles, I imagine this isn't a Myst level of puzzles, and more something with just enough challenge to be rewarding, but not enough to make you stuck and grind your gears for hours. So I'd say, in that case, your playful style definitely does the job. Really nice work! 

Best of luck in your search, and be careful! Once you start buying libraries, it can become very, VERY addicting. ;)

About the libraries from Spitfire Audio: Spitfire don't really sell their stuff on third party sites, so their own website (spitfireaudio.com) is where you got to go. Unfortunately the 40% on everything sale ended like... a few days ago, so that's a bummer. Unfortunately it could be a while before the next one. One thing you could do is make an account on their website, and wish list the items you're interested in, as sometimes they do a special wish list sale. Meanwhile, if you haven't, you can get BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover for free. It is the free version of BBC Symphony Orchestra Core, the library I used for the brass (and strings etc). You won't get the sound I have, because those articulations don't exist in the free version. But it does still give you an idea of the sound, interface and which instruments are available (a few less in the free version, but most are there). 

About the libraries from Zero.G: These can be found on several third party sites, way too many for me to list, don't know much beyond that. So you got to look around, but it's not too uncommon to find a sale on Zero.G's own website.  

I hope that helps. I'll try to ping you, if I ever see a sale. :)