Thank you! I tried to keep the tracks feeling connected, even though they're differing in style and feeling. The last track I think feels a little disconnected, but I also had the least time to make it, so I think it's ok overall.
Fanatstic! The fusion of instruments and genres is unique, and sounds great! It makes the OST sound so varied, but still connected.
The first track's beautiful melody over this "band music" accompaniment really captures the feeling of "these are the days of our lives", and it sounds perfect for a title track.
The second track creates this LoFi-Soft-Jazz heaven that I could live in forever. It's beautiful, melancholic, haunting, and just really pulls you into this world. Probably my favorite track!
Electric guitar on Darkness - *chef's kiss*. This kind of harsh guitar becomes so comforting in this context, and it fills up the space while your beautiful melodies float above it....
The more cinematic-orchestral vibe of the last track is a really cool diversion, while still in line with the other tracks thanks to the harp. Your use of ritenuto shows really good understanding of stress and relief. The only thing 'holding this back' is that the strings 'can't catch up' with the melody sometimes, which is s problem I also face a lot with digital strings.
Overall, this is fantastic, ya'll did a great job, and I honestly can't wait to hear more from you!
Oh yeah I've been slowly practicing singing for a long time now. This year I've actually joined a choir so I think I'm definitely improving much more lately (and if I had a bit more time, I feel would've been able to show this improvement more in this jam, but I barely had time to practice these harmonies and to record them).
This is a good orchestral track. The instrumentation is very nice (are those bagpipes I hear?), it has a good a buildup, and overall I think it sets a solid atmosphere.
It would've been nice to know what was the inspiration behind the track, and what you were trying to depict, but the music is still solid.
This is a really nice LoFi track, and I like the idea of this being a nice credits theme.
I wish you would have developed this a bit more - maybe a melody, maybe a bit of a variation on the chords, or applying an effect for a bit and then going back to the original sound.
The production is really nice, and I could definitely imagine myself just sitting and listening to this while my thoughts run wild...
First of all - thank you for showing the sheet music. I love videos of pieces with the sheet music, it really helps me listen to it more thoroughly.
The main theme is, in my opinion, prefect for this context - very folky, pretty catchy, and not too bright or dark.
I also like the juxtaposition of the very fast melody that comes right after the folky tune, though I would perhaps make it a bit slower (maybe 16th notes instead of 32nd?).
The flying part is also has a nice juxtaposition with the first part, and is very fitting. It's chaotic nature seems intentional (it's really stravinsky-like), and I think it definitely works, but if you intend to continue to work on this piece, I would maybe work on it to make it feel a bit more cohesive, while still keeping the chaos in it.
The last theme being the first one is really nice, and it helps the classical feel of this piece, in having this ABA structure.
Wow! So dramatic it hurts (jk of-course). The music here is fantastic, and the quality is immaculate.
You blended the live and digital instruments so well, you could be easily fooled into thinking it's all live. Your use of vocals especially is mesmerising. To be quite honest, I think this could easily be the OST to a best seller, triple A game (or movie!).
Personally, my favorite track Mourning - those harp arpeggios are making me swoon....
Great melodies, great instrumentation, great music.
I think you were definitely successful in embodying an out of body experience with the first track. It's very dream-like, and the production is very solid.
The Hidden Afternoon theme is pretty cool - these big chords create a great atmosphere, and also very much fit the description.
I like how Easy Maze is in 12/8, it's an underused time signature imo. It's a deceivingly simple the track - not a ton is happening at every moment, but the melodies are very nice, and you managed to fill up the space with arpeggios and synths drenched in reverb. The dramatic ending is awesome.
The menu music is nothing like what I expected, but it seems perfect for the game. It's eerie, it's airy, and like the other tracks, it achieves a lot with very little.
Great soundtrack! It's very cohesive, and I think you managed to create a great atmosphere, that is very unique.
I love how orchestral you were able to make the soundtrack - as a trumpet player in orchestra, it kind of immediately sells me on the OST lol.
I love the Trumpet staccatos in the first track haha. The track is super dramatic and very overture-y, which I always appreciate.
The town theme is so endearing it hurts. Giving the melody to the xylophone is a very fun idea, which to me also solidifies the modern-orchestral sound even more.
Ahhh the third track is exactly what you want for the determined-go-getter theme : the tresillo driving rhythm, the melody floating on top - this is some fantastic contemporary music. Also very overture-like.
The fourth track is very pretty, and the melody lives up to what it's described as in the notes that you wrote - sweet, and also very heartfelt. The ending piano chords are a very pretty way to dial back from the big orchestra melody from a moment before.
Ooooh the credits are so warm and nostalgic it makes me want to lie on my bed and reminisce about my childhood. I would love to hear an extended version of this played live....
Your use of piano and orchestra is so pretty, and also smart - the piano by itself can embody so much, and the orchestra really builds upon it to enhance and do what it can't on it's own.
The intro's soundscape is amazing! I feel like I'm listening to the OST of an unpublished Metroid game, just wow! It's definitely my favorite track.
The second track feels vey fitting after listening to the intro - continuing to polish this surreal atmosphere, and doing so veeeery well.
The quote on quote 'airship' theme caught me off-guard at first, but after reading the description you wrote I totally get it, and I think you delivered the idea across pretty well.
The fourth track continues the amazing atmosphere from earlier so well. Also the production here is really incredible. I always feel so limited with garageband (I use it too), even when I make stuff that I'm proud of production-wise, but this definitely inspiring me to work on it more - the production here is incredible imo
The shop theme is a little silly and very alien, and you can really hear the darkness in this city. It really works in painting the scene you described.
That lament is haunting. This is also a great showcase of the fusion of more cinematic/orchestral music and electronic music that you defined your style as. Great melody, great orchestration.
Final level theme, for me at least, continues the kind of metroid feel. I again can really imagine this forgotten game in my head (it's really making me want to replay Dread and/or Fusion).
I don't think can describe the last track any better than you did. I like the more overt use of synths here, as they give the track that feeling of "something so mystical it can only be described with technology" (idk a better way to describe it).
Overall - a great OST. Fantastic job! I'm honestly really inspired by this submission.
The first track is indeed super cool and funky, and definitely a good main theme. I liked your use of chromaticism! This would honestly go so hard with live instruments (especially that bassline and the wind section).
The menu theme is super cute. It kind of reminds me of the map theme from Castle Crashers, which I personally think has a great OST.
The overworld theme is super unique! It's pretty jazzy, I could imagine it being arranged for big band, and sounding awesome. It's also a really cool take on overworld themes, which I always imagine as being super dramatic and this was kind of out of left field for me, but it's great!
The battle theme I could absolutely listen to just for fun. Again super funky, but also really energizing and fitting for a battle theme. Also, the kind of 'improvisational' flute solo is awesome. Probably my favorite track!
To be honest, the only reason I think could make someone not want to listen for this just out of sheer catchiness is the 'production' (in this case, mostly the digital instruments' sound). It works for a game jam, but if you could - and I know not everyone has the ability to - get some better 'gear' (DAW, VSTs and etc.), I think anyone who would hear this will immediately get hooked.
Despite all of that, the sheer quality of the composition is visible and stands for itself.
Thank you! Choosing instruments I feel like is such an underrated part of music-making. I always have so much fun finding different instrumentizitionts for new and existing stuff.
Thanks! When I was trying to find ideas for the jam, I "found" the chord progression, and I was really eager to use it in the jam, and I'm glad I did :))
The first track is just the perfect vibe : the use of the choir, with that fantastic (and pretty catchy) melody. The melody going up the scale is such a "basic" yet powerful tool, and it really sounds great.
The second track is the epitome of energetic. The percussion, the melody, and especially the use of 5/4 (which is objectively the best tine signature lol) makes it so fun and definitely a great town theme. The use of choir here threw me off for a second, but it sounds cool, and lends a nice sense of cohesion.
I truly think that the only "problem" with this is the VST's instruments. While they do give a cool sense of a retro aesthetic, I think a bit more tweaking would've been better.
Anyhow - this is GREAT! I loved hearing every second, and I'm hoping for the best for you in this jam!
Thank you! Yeah I think the thing I'm the happiest about with this jam is the way the first track came out, and the fact that I used real instruments for it. I was kind of afraid that it wouldn't sound good enough, so I'm really happy to see that people enjoy it like I do.
Very nice, and kind of melancholic. The instrumentation is great, and the piece kind of reminds me of TLOZ Breath Of The Wild.
I also really enjoyed the harmony : I don't have the best musical ear, so I might've identified these wrong, but I liked your use of suspended chords, and how you sometimes resolved them to a minor chord ("instead" of major).
Awesome vibe! Loved the synth you used (it reminds me of undertale. might be the same as the one Toby Fox used, but I'm not good with this stuff), and the way you created super cool effects with it. Also - this bops like a bop, and is pretty catchy!
Awesome! I love the way you kept a very concrete atmosphere, while still making sure it's too same-y.
The production is great, the vibe is immaculate, and the story you created is fantastic! Great job!
Also, you commented on my submission how you felt your submission was maybe too dark, and I think that it's just the perfect amount, and you created some hella banging music!
I really wanted to make a lot of the soundtrack using actual recordings (for example playing on an actual piano and Trumpet instead of the DAW instruments) but just like everything else with this jam, I just didn't have enough time haha.
But just incorporating more humming into the ost actually could've worked. I'm kinda disappointed I didn't think of that too.
