Impressions Composing Jam: OST #2

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THE COURSE OF EMPIRE - James TenshiView project page

Entry to Impressions Composing Jam: OST #2 - Hard Mode

Submitted by JamesTenshi — 1 day, 8 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Overall Uniqeuness	#18	3.750	3.750
Correlation to Theme	#19	4.000	4.000
Overall	#27	3.675	3.675
Listenability	#27	3.750	3.750
Composing Quality	#31	3.562	3.562
Execution	#35	3.312	3.312

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Entry to Impressions Composing Jam: OST #2 - Hard Mode

TIMECODE

1) The Savage State - START - 1:30

2) Pastoral State - 1:30 - 2:30

3) The Consummation of Empire - 2:30 - 3:40

4) Destruction 3:40 - 6:45

5) Desolation - 6:45 -END

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WertyskaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

The destruction part sounds so nice.

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TheEmp

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muttzillaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Loved the orchestral / electronic mix, not an easy mix to pull and I think you did it flawlessly, only things I have to say would be, some times the midi'sh, its rare but there are a few horns that give that away and (this is more of a personal opinion) I was not a big fan of the piano timbre you chose

Composition was pretty good, I think you could had given a bit more grandure to the consumation section

Great job, take care :)

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Belium

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The Symphonic SquirrelSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Love this man! And the transitions! Really good music here. Love the destruction theme! So good.

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Ghandia: Kingdom of the White Hare | Impressions Composing Jam: OST #2

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BakudaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

I love that transition into Pastoral State. Such good energy! It starts very optimistic, but the way it deteriorates slightly before heading into Consumption was some great foreshadowing! Destruction gets very moody. It has an almost mechanical sound that seems out of place with the rest of the tracks but does work in an odd way. It makes you feel uneasy, which means its doing its job well. That guitar in Desolation is my favorite part of the whole piece. So beautiful!

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Life and Death

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intønalitySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Nice submission 🙂 I particularly enjoyed Desolation and Destruction. I do think the latter could run a little shorter compared to the rest of the piece, but I did quite like the the slow grind nonetheless, it was an interesting take on that particular theme 🙂. You did a really nice job capturing a sense of sorrow and resignation in Desolation. And I also really liked those opening atmospheric notes in Savage State; as someone else said its almost like a premonition of things to come and has this haunting kind of quality, and is of course revisited at the end of the track to bring it full circle. Cool stuff!

As has already been mentioned I think the mix on Consumation could do with a little tweaking, some elements are just a bit too upfront to me (the brass section comes to mind), but I like what you were going for! Some parts do sound quite midi (I'm guilty of that too haha) but it doesn't affect the quality of composition 🙂 Good effort!

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Destruction (Impressions OST Jam №2)

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JamesTenshiDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

Thank you so much for taking the time to review my song and listen to it! I'm really glad you liked it. ❤️

I wanted to explain some of my choices regarding the duration and the mix

I would have liked to work on it a bit more, but time is always short.

Regarding the duration, I chose to make the final part longer than the beginning because I've always felt that the start of something beautiful tends to be too short, whereas something negative is often perceived as never-ending.

As for the mix, I deliberately created a sense of dynamism in the brass section, making it reach its peak intensity at the highest point of the piece. I see this moment as the central climax, like the peak of a mountain from which you can only descend. That’s why I gave it a strong presence in the mix at that particular point

Thanks again!

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intønalitySubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Can't fault the logic 😊

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skataklysmSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very cool! The high notes at the beginning (and the end) made me think of the Disco Elysium main menu theme, and they had the same quality of being a premonition (and then a memory) of an apocalyptic event, or of a world that is simply indifferent to the fate of humanity.

I'd agree that the mixing could have been better in places (particularly in the Consummation section, I think). On the whole it didn't detract from the enjoyability or the fascination of the music, though.

I found the Destruction section the most interesting. I felt you took a different approach to most in the Destruction part, and it works really well. But my overall favourite part was the Savage State. I liked the simplicity of it and the sense of pathos and anticipation in that slow build-up. Nice work!

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Course of Empire

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MektoSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very chill tracks, I really liked listenning to it.

I feel like sometimes the mixing part could be improved, some instruments sounded a bit to loud in the mix, but maybe that's just me !

Favorite moment of mine is definitely Desolation, I really enjoyed the mood of this one. Felt a mix of acceptance and sorrow.

Good job !

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The Course of the Empire

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