Description
The total length of all the music is 11:08

The style of game I imagined is a precision based fast paced 2d platformer where you die it one hit and have to restart from the start of the stage. you are a bubble so the jumps have a slow fall time allowing for really long stretches of time away from the ground
There would be 8 stages and a boss at the end kind of like a Megaman game in structure
The levels would be kind of like geometry dash but with more freedom of movement but with a constant death wall from behind so you always have to stay on the move.

The tracks in order represent a different part of the game each

Queen bubblene Blast! - Title screen music
So you've been turned into a bubble - Theme of Queen Bubblene
The H2Zone - Town/stage select theme
Nonstopped Unpopped - Level theme
Taking in some air - Pause menu theme
Octo-Popper Supreme - Final Boss Theme
Surfacing - Credits theme

I wanted to compose each track to be fun and easy to lise yourself in. I didn't want listeners to get bored so each song is only as long as necessary since I wanted to make sure people would remain engaged and have good impressions of each song.

many of the songs have intros to really set a mood for each track

I also included a leitmotif in almost every single the a series of 8 notes that goes - High Mid Low High Mid Low Mid Low - with varying tones, distances, and feelings.

I used FL studio to compose and generally started with the bassline and percussion since they were the most important part of the vibe I wanted.

Message from the artist
I'm sorry about the novel I wrote below I just had so many ideas about my music I wanted to share and I didn't want to leave anything out.

I HIGHLY RECCOMEND WATCHING THE YOUTUBE VIDEO as it has animation as well as a lot of worldbuilding for the game I made up in my head that is fun to read.

I will also describe some story elements in the "how does it fit the theme" section as well as explanations for a lot of my musical decisions.

Please enjoy!

Theme

Inside my world

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
My interpretation of the theme Gameplay and story wise is that the player character is the bubble seen in the picture and the little girl is the one that brought you into "her" world. As such, I thought it would be a fun twist to make her the villain of the game.

Her name is Queen Bubblene and she is the ruler of this little underwater kingdom. Using her magical bubble wand, She turns lots of people into bubbles for her own amusement since seeing them get popped and die is cathartic since humans keep fishing up all her loyal tax-paying subjects. (the fish)

She of course doesn't just instantly pop the people she brings her though, she makes them go through rigorous stages filled with her fishy minions so she can watch you struggle.

There are 8 stages to get through before she decides to stop the playing and get serious. If the player manages to beat all the stages it is revealed that the pathways leading out of the city to each stage was actually the tentacle of a huge octopus that Queen Bubblene takes control of for the final battle in which she uses all 8 tentacles in a background-foreground boss fight scenario.
The player needs to destroy each tentacle 1 at a time in order to beat the boss.

once defeated you use the Queen's bubble wand to return to the surface and unbubble yourself.


My interpretation of the theme in the music is as follows, First generally, and then each song individually.

The main thing I did to emphasize the "Inside my world" theme was to not use ANY traditional percussion. No snare drum, No bass drum or kick, and no cymbals of any kind.
The only percussion used are things like cowbells, tambourines, cabasas, guiros, claves, Vibraslaps and etc.
I did this to make it seem a bit more alien and a bit more like unfamiliar territory to really drive home the feeling that this isn't your own world anymore.
Most if not all of the instruments have a filter on to sound a tad muffled since everything is taking place underwater and a lot of the instruments I used have connotations to being underwater.
The xylophone and marimba both made of wood already give an underwater vibe especially the marimba with its deep timbre.
The harp is reminiscent of Banjo-Kazooie with how that game uses a harp solo for underwater sections.
The steel drum is heavily associated with the beach and the ocean in general.
The bass has a deep timbre like the marimba and the tubas are also a very muffly but also regal instrument so they fit the underwater vibe as well as the royalty of the villain Queen Bubblene
The high strings give a lot of the songs a great ambience
The bassoon is another low timbre and muffly instrument to provide something a bit more ear catching than the tubas for variety
and the high horns for one song are there muffled to be a climactic new instrument for the climactic finishing part of the game.
now for each song individually

Queen Bubblene Blast! - I wanted a strong and captivating opening song to grab and hold peoples attention and the first verse after the intro prominently uses the leitmotif of the game.

So you've been turned into a bubble - This was the first track I made and it represents Queen Bubblene herself. I wanted it to be royal and naughty at the same time hence the heavy use of tubas and bassoon

The H2Zone - I wanted the town theme to be simple and catchy. bouncy enough to get stuck in your head and simple enough that it feels like a town theme.

Nonstopped Unpopped - I wanted it to be fast but not too fast since it's not meant to be a super speedy game its more like a precision platformer that forces you to not take your time that much.

Taking in some air - Since this is the pause menu theme I wanted it to be simple and short. The bass and strings are the only instruments besides the percussion. and the percussion is meant to sort of mimic menu noises which is why they sort of take the melody.

Octo-Popper Supreme - This song starts at 100 BPM and ramps up to 188 BPM since it is an octopus so I thought that would be a fun use of the tempo to further tie everything together. The song stays at 188 BPM for the remainder but it is played as though it is in half time so it doesn't actually feel that fast since the boss fight plays more like a waiting game of dodging the many attacks of Queen Bubblene before you get a turn to strike so having a to fast paced song would not be as fitting. It is the only song to have the horns since they are regal like the tubas but a lot more leading which fits a final battle as Jazzy as this one.
The rising intro is there as the scene where the boss reveals itself and then does a big scream before commencing the gameplay.

Surfacing - It starts with the leitmotif as a nice sendoff to the game. the harps play upward chords representing your ascent back to the human world. the song is also quite short since the credits would be rather short too for this small little game that I made up.

If you read all of this then thank you! I put a lot of work into making this as good as I possibly could and it means a lot to me that people care about why I made my music the way I did.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
LINKS

YOUTUBE:

FULL OST - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSxOonm2tT0


Queen Bubblene Blast! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZC6signojA

So You've Been Turned Into A Bubble - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo5jz7JjfoE

The H2Zone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaCi1rxrIHg

Nonstopped Unpopped - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXKACnKocDQ

Taking In Some Air - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mm6wrjzsOc

Octo-Popper Supreme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMx-A2RMiJQ

Surfacing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMw7_ZeuN9Y


SOUNDCLOUD:

Queen Bubblene Blast! - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/queen-bubblene-blast

So You've Been Turned Into A Bubble - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/so-youve-been-turned-into-a-bubble

The H2Zone - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/the-h2zone

Nonstopped Unpopped - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/nonstopped-unpopped

Taking In Some Air - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/taking-in-some-air

Octo-Popper Supreme - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/octo-popper-supreme

Surfacing - https://soundcloud.com/joseph-black-16953843/surfacing

Number of tracks
7

Genre

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

Any project