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The results aren't being shown for some reason right now, but I have announced them on the discord and you placed third! If you would like this song or another song you have to be included in the pack as a music disc please respond to this or email me at pixcelemusic@gmail.com and we can sort everything out!

Im just leaving a note here saying i didnt realize how much was in this so i wont be able to listen in time to give it a rating, but ill give you some feedback after anyways !! Really impressive that you managed to write so much here

Wow, i love the textures here! Reminds me of things like the more active sections in Dreiton which is one of my personal favourites, I think the only thing i would have wanted to see is a bit more build up into that texture instead of starting a bit louder, but this is still really cool. Good stuff!

This was really nice, the melody was so relaxing and some of those more dissonant chords you added to spice things up really helped, you incorporated them well. Nice stuff! Its been awesome hearing you improve :>

Some very interesting dark vives you have going on, I do like the use of the Dies Irae in this and I think it fits quite well. Very cool song!

I liked this! I have been listening to a lot of aphex twin lately so i definitely saw some of the inspiration. I think this is very well produced and just a very clean track in general, no real complaints, I think you accomplished everything you set out to pretty well here, an overall nice overall shape of the song that made it fun to listen to the whole way through and awesome instrument choices.

Wow, I totally get that OG minecraft feel, especially from that big buildup about a minute in! You created a really engaging song here, I think in part because of how well you developed on and created new material, and paired it will some brilliant dynamic contrast to help it. You did really good with this, just watch some of the volume peaks because it got almost too loud in that one big climax.

Excellent job still, you should be proud.

This was lovely! I think you have a lot of very strong writing ideas in terms of your melodies and harmonies here, they were all very interesting to me and I loved listening to them. I will echo what some other people have said here, doing some work on helping balance the overall sound and create some contrast in the overall volume level could really add to this. Great work tho!

Very simple, but effective! Captures the essence of the biome very well, and your writing was really pretty in this. Great harmonic choices especially, im working on writing a string quartet piece right now and you had a lot of ideas that were really cool to me having recently worked with a smaller string ensemble!

Your harmonies are so rich, I love how it just swells and creates these moments of fleeting intensity that creates intrigue in a pretty slow song. Each new chord just slams me with a wave of nostalgia, and I really like how those backing pads just wane in intensity every now and then and create a really incredible feeling of movement, and honestly I'd love to see you mess around even more with how you could drive a song forwards, because your ideas are so pretty!

That was really special, I think you handled this piece so well and I could absolutely see it being part of that OG soundtrack, I think my only comment is that the guitar could be turned down a little bit, but seriously this was stunning to listen to. Excellent work!

This was really pretty, nice and open and leaves lots of room to breath with some more active areas that are very nice to listen to. I agree with UwUcatagent in that some more on the lower end might help fill out your sound even more, a bass or some low textures could be really cool here. But good job!

As someone who used to be contained to 2 octave keyboard hell I think you have done a very good job making something that's just super relaxing here! I like the way you mess around with meter especially, and think your harmonic ideas throughout this were pretty cool. I think if you were to revisit this, even just adding some reverb and/or some delay to just stretch out that sound a little bit could really help flesh out what you have here, and you dont even have to add much. Nice job Rafa :>

Absolutely love the vibes of this, it makes me feel super tense in a good way, I think it leans well into the more creepy and horror esque feelings of the Deep Dark and the way you interpreted it is super super cool to me. Initially i thought it was too quiet, but I think it fits really well as this quieter ambient hum that just gets louder and more confusing sometimes, good shit! I think sometimes the high/mids got a bit loud compared to everything else, but honestly is still really enjoyed this.

Suuuuppper trippy and fun, I love how hard you went in with these effects and it makes the piece sound unnerving in a way that fits the end very very well. I wish some of those background elements you had were a bit louder so that they could compliment this cool melodic idea you are working with here even more, because I think it would make the piece sound even more engaging, but good job overall!

This is really cute and I love it so much!! I love how you build off of that one repeated loop feels super natural and engaging to listen to :> I think something that could help develop your skills a bit more is experimenting more with fluctuating dynamics throughout the piece to help create more aspects of change, but this was really lovely overall.

https://itch.io/jam/390288/add-game/3049778/10594808?token=VPsvyBFwSMJFF5ycRFwHw... use this link!

No requirement to be loopable! You absolutely can if you want to but it will fit fine in game without it.

This was really interesting, as has been said it wasn't the way i expected this theme to be interpreted but still a welcome listen nonetheless, i liked your ideas and it was quite enjoyable, i think you really captured those synthwave vibes here

Super cool approach to this, i really like the different points of reference you have in your music and especially in this i got a lot of early chant, and I think you used it really effectively to create this feeling of awe and wonder. Nice job!

I mean great as always man, you always do such a cool job with all these. The attention to detail really sets this apart, the slight tremolo on those bells in the first track, everything is just so clean and well done.

The quality of this was all really good, I think you did an excellent job with this. Enjoyed everything a lot!

I do really like what you are trying to do here, However i really did have to turn the volume down because its quite loud, and I can hear a bit of clipping in the audio that I do not know if it is intentional or not. I liked most of your sound choices you worked with here, but the bass can sometimes get heavy in a way that combined with the volume issue i had made it feel exceedingly muddy. 

That being said, again I did really enjoy this and the concept behind it. I think especially that breath cutting everything off was a cool detail, and this piece is full of things like that!

Overall really good! I liked listening to this a lot, i like how you experimented with the sounds and timbres of these instruments to create something really special.

I was incredibly torn on how to feel ab this on an initial listen, but after listening again I think i see the vision, absolutely agree with the comment that said they were getting some IDM vibes, I think you capture this more ambient electronic style pretty well. I think my one word of advice would be to watch out for some of those lower not necessarily tonal tones, because sometimes they really take over the mix and make everything sound a bit muddy, especially when the general track is so quiet. So either lowering the volume on some of those lower notes or boosting the rest of the track (probably that tbh) will help all the parts stand out better! Well done.

Very relaxing, the addition of natural sounds makes it really interesting to listen to!I love the scattered an unorganized feeling here but I find my main complaint being that sometimes the piano jumps out a little with these shorter notes. It does sound really pretty tho!

I know you got a comment saying it didnt really fit the theme but honestly i dont see it, i think the theme of an underground level can be taken all sorts of different directions and i can totally see this in the context of a more like modern electronic upbeat version of the soundtrack, the wavyness of the synth really gives this sense of openness that i find really fun, while also leaving room for the "dark" side of being underground with the bass. Nice work!

my guess is its just barely over 3 minutes long, seems like things are kind of strict here for things like that

always <3

This was very good, I think you did a really good job!! All i would have liked is maybe some slight change in the timbre of that ascending part that loops over and over to give it some slight differentiation throughout the piece, but this was reallly really good, nailed the more calm but slightly creepy vibes!!! Excellent work as always :>

no problem! Anytime :>

I think for something more directly inspired by the original work you did a good job! I just wish that the intro was a bit shorter, as because of the lack of percussion and other instruments around it it was a bit hard to find the pulse and overall feel of the song in those first 30 seconds. Once it got going though i really enjoyed this, and liked the...  creative melody at the end :)

I like the different ideas you have, and i think they all do fit together well compositionally, but the stark contrast in instrumentation, volume, and effects almost takes me out of it a bit. I think if you worked on turning the volume on the loud synth down a bit, and boosting everything else it will make for a more enjoyable listening experience, while still conveying that "broken distorted voice" feeling you said you were going for. Pretty cool!

This is super good, I like how you build the intensity throughout the loop with both different ideas and also very different instrumentation and rhythm to create an even sharper contrast between your different sections! All i want is a few more drums and I think this would be perfect. Excellent work!

This is really cool!!! Reminds me a lot of terraria actually, and i can totally imagine the style that this could fit in. My only real complaint is that I wish that the melody was a bit louder especially when the marimba instrument is the main focus. I actually dont mind the repetitiveness of this, because you develop it pretty well and make it interesting to listen every time with the different instruments and aggressive backing to it. Good stuff!!!

Of this jam and ost jam this is the first one ive heard that i can actually agree when saying its jazz inspired, was really fun and i liked all your ideas, but i think the wobble effect is a bit to strong, and those synth shots feel a little bit sudden, i see what you were doing with the more sforzando style shot but i think a softer entry with a louder end will help keep it more stylistic with the type of music ur writing here. Good work!

I love the vibes of this, my only real complaint being that I think the pads in the back sounds a bit out of place with the rest of the 8 bit instrumentation you had going (this probably could have felt more cohesive if you just changed it to a base triangle/sine wave). But I liked it! I love how you developed that main theme and made it interesting despite just being a relatively small section to repeat over and over, and the custom time running low and ending theme was an excellent touch. Good work!

i appreciate the direction you went with this, especially liking that main melody line and the transition section around 0:44, but I think even within the limitations of the NES you may be able to do a bit more to make the song more engaging, because sometimes I to me some of the parts just don't mesh together as well as I'd like to, the bass on the drum track seems to clash with the melody instruments a lot, and in the second time you go through that main melody it feels a bit jarring how it goes back and forth from the melody and more counter melody lines and unison, on top of really sharp and aggresive articulation sometimes. I see what you were going for, but I think it just didn't vibe with me as much as I was hoping it would. Still, I think you did an overall fine job on this, working within the nes restrictions is really hard so kudos to you for making something good from it!

I think you took a very creative approach with the sound, though i feel like you didnt entirely stay closer to that more 8 bit style besides the lead and those backing pads (only mentioning this because you mentioned you were going more for that style). I vibe with the song overall but I think i dont entirely get the same interpretation as what you intended here, it feels like the main key in that feels more sad is the fact it is in a minor key, but the instrumentation choices outside of the guitar kind of make it seem a bit more positive in my eyes. Thats purely subjective but i just wanted to share my interpretation. Overall nice tho!