I love the vibe of this track, the vocals do a lot of work in evoking "the spirit of the north." The strings also lend to the spookiness. Very good mixing, I could definitely hear this track in a video game or movie. Your inspirations and hard work are evident in this mix. Good stuff.
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This is a beautiful sounding track. With an orchestral suite, and especially one focused on ambience, I think this could have very easily become something generic or bland sounding, but I believe you've managed to escape that trap, making something impressionistic and cinematic reminiscent of a John Williams score or the Skyrim OST. The woodwinds and swelling strings are the standout elements to me. I don't think I can really provide any constructive feedback with regards to the theme or composing jam, but (and this is a total shot in the dark) if this is kind of composing is somewhat in your comfort zone I might encourage you to develop a stronger expression of your particular voice in a composition. Which is to say - to really make it your own. (If this seems dumb to you, feel free to ignore it.) Great piece, please write more!
What makes this really cool to me is that you managed to create something very unique that I found still fit the theme. The mixing is strong, and the composition stays interesting the entire piece. There are some really cool chord changes. I caught myself tapping my foot and nodding my head to this! I do think some of the attacks on some synths can feel jarring at times and maybe a little too dry to my taste for this genre. But honestly, I think this is a standout track for this jam. Great job!
I really enjoyed the story you told with your pieces and how smoothly it transitions between each section. I especially enjoyed the chimes on the shards of air section. It seemed to me that you leaned pretty heavily into drawing longer chords, and while the orchestration, dynamics, and tone of the chords are nice, I feel like some variation in rhythms of the chords or melody could add some more interest to your piece. I think pretty much everything else about this work is well crafted. Overall, really nice cinematic composing you've done here.
I think your use of piano and synths really bring out the misty vibes of the painting, as well as the idea of mountain spirits you mentioned in the description. This is a very calm piece for the most part -- the staccato strings add just enough energy to keep things interest, but it started to become a little stale after about 2 minutes. I would have loved to hear another melody or some new interesting harmonic stuff at some point in the piece. I hope this feedback isn't discouraging though, because I really like the mood and tone of your piece, and I think you did the theme justice!
I think you nailed the start of this piece, it does really evoke a peaceful rivers, and things do pick up with the percussion and war drums. I don't think it gets quite to the mood of a ominous rolling storm like you described, but that may just be me. I think it may come through better if there was a break in the middle of the piece for another section or a key change to really accentuate the darker nature of a storm. That being said, I think the melodies and choice of instruments really bring out the "spirit of the north" so you definitely got the theme right. At some points the layering with the instruments felt a little clashing and that may be due to them occupying too similar of volumes or frequencies. I think this might be easily resolved with some stereo panning but I'm sure there's other ways too. Overall great work! I found the piece very listenable!
Hey, thank for taking the time to consider my compositions. I really appreciate it. I'm definitely the most proud of my first and third compositions, and I agree that the second piece is a little half baked, I kinda went for something different and I found the way it lilted and hesitated endearing after a bit. I think there may be better ways to express that in the tune than in the way I settled for. I may end up adapting some of these pieces for a personal project of mine, we'll see! I found your opinions to be really valuable, and it made my day to see someone engage with my work!
Beautiful chords and tambres on Floating in the In Between. The synths, strings, bass and piano play really well together. If I played a game and this track came on I would have to stop playing just to jam out for a bit.
Respite feels very introspective, short but sweet the whole way. I don't think i'd ever get tired of listening to it so it would be a great track to have on loop in this game. This is a great OST!
These compositions are excellent. I love your basslines across the ost, but especially on H2Zone and Nonstopped Unpopped. You've really nailed the aquatic theme, felt like i was pulled into my old PC game Freddy Fish. Your animations and art are really cute and I liked the story you built out (and the band name Tune-a Fish). I can tell you put lots of thought and effort into this, and it turned out great!
I'm glad you liked Lescht, it's my favorite too. Definitely know what you mean about the sloppy improv lol. I made baubbles here and there over a week, and then pumped out the other two tracks the day before the jam was finished so I did not spend a ton of time with retakes or editing. Thanks for listening, you're Florbtastic.