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A jam submission

precision ost jam #1 submissionView project page

i maka da music
Submitted by sola (@Solaischilling) โ€” 1 day, 10 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Memorability#202.7692.769
Production quality#222.7692.769
Match to the brief#252.8462.846
Composition quality#272.7692.769
Overall#272.7692.769
Overall enjoyment#282.6922.692

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
urrrhhhhhh well its meant to be credits music? i dont know my creative process either i just slammed notes together until it sounded good tbh

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Nice submission, you had a cool idea and executed it very well - I'm very happy about you bringing together a glitched synth and distorted drums with basically a soft Fender Rhodes sound, the contrast is really giving me the tinglies in the best way.

I think my biggest hangup is that starting around 1:35 you are running two lines of counterpoint melody on the same instrument and spectrally close to each other over an arpeggiated chord background and a soft bassline. I think I understand the thought: whatever that synth sound is playing is going to be in the foreground, but you wanted to give both melody lines equal presence in the piece - kind of like a "choose your own adventure" melody. I think, it would have worked better if those two lines were a little further apart (no playing in the same octave at the same time) and if they were played by different instruments. 

Again, the idea with these highly contrasting instruments is absolutely great and it's one I'll steal for a future project. 

Submitted(+2)

(Submission 6/29 - "precision ost jam #1 submission" by sola)

Starting off with a 3:2 (or a 12/8 with duplets considering the drumbeat later) is pretty cool! The gritty instrumentation is awesome and I love the dropout at 1:00 to the electric piano! It's very comforting and nostalgic to listen to!

Here are some things I would recommend to improve upon! The track feels very centered and not very spread out amongst the stereo, making it seem flat. Another thing is that the bass you are using isn't emitting enough sub and it detracts from the poundiness of the first drop section with the gritty distorted drums, so I would either add a sub-bass or switch out your bass with one that emits those deep frequencies! At 1:24, I felt like the silence was a tad too long, but I see what you were trying to go for. At 1:35, I felt as if there wasn't enough buildup for the lead to suddenly pierce through the mix and scare me (aaaa)! The last thing I want to touch on is how cramped the ending feels with what seems to be seven different melodic ideas playing simultaneously. You can still get the intended result with layered synth patterns or simply adding a harmonic addition to the melody.

Despite the flaws with the piece, I think that your composition skills and your attention to melody creation is incredible! Keep it up, sola!