made in less than 24 hours is crazy, really gives off that wild west vibe

like... just how? How do you come up with a folk-country tune like that? Teach me, please. Of all the genres, I think I'd most like to learn how to make tunes like this.... Horses... cacti...

That's a good tune!

I like the folk-country feel to the beat but I feel like the notes on the horns and others sounded off like the notes were flat or something

this one stands out for sure to the other submissions, super impressive with how many live instruments were used for this! I love the way this was composed, it really gives off that wild west theme you were going for.  I think the fact that all of this could have been recorded in 48 hours and put together is incredibly impressive, great work!

A yearning for... cactus

Instrumentation and composition (those  galloping triplets especially)  come together perfectly to form that western vibe you were going for.  Solid track overall, and nice whistling!

I like the creativity of the genre you went with! Definitely gives a wild west freedom sort of vibe. I agree with the others that with more time the live instruments could've been tuned a bit more but it's definitely a lot to try and coordinate in such a short amount of time!

First of all, using live instruments for a 48 jam is insane and I love that for you. Second, the composition is perfect for the concept you're going for. It really does sound like the opening credits of a spaghetti western movie, with the music fading out on a whistle as the audience is introduced to the protagonist.  well done!

I absolutely love hearing people explain their music theory choices! The instrumentation here sounds really good and gives it a lot of character, definitely selling the open wild west theme with those horns and whistling. The live instruments sound very good and although at some parts they can go a bit too out of tune with each other (imo), the effect it creates gives the song a whole new level of authenticity and wild west-ness and I like that a lot. Overall the atmosphere was great, solid work!

The idea of the wild west to express freedom is indeed a choice that makes sense, nice concept ! I like the fact that there are a lot of real recorded instruments, it gives authenticity to the whole atmosphere. The whistling is also well done :) Cool one !

Dude this is freakin AWESOME!! i love the live playing so much it was so worth doing!!!!!!!

the track is really well thought out i love the feeling of the wild west here so much!!!i hope this does WELL in this jam

OKAY Wild West is definitely not something I was expecting xD I love that you also recorded this. It's quirky, it sounds good, your technical breakdown went over my head because I get absolutely none of it though but really appreciate it.

Anyways that was really cool!

I love the vibe of this one! I think the track could use some smoother transitions, like into the part with the vocal backing. And it was nice to see your thinking behind the compositional decisions.

You're a great whistler lol. Nice job!

Some really nice things happening! Great writing, feels like a western, spot on! 

The tough thing about using live instrumentation is the intonation piece! It sounds like english horn might to firm up that embouchure and use some more air particularly when moving to the lower register!

Some percussion would defintely help those "big hit" moments. 

Great job!

i really appreciate the music theory analysis of what your piece does throughout — i have a lot of interest in music theory analysis as i continue learning composition, so it's great to follow along with your summary!! :D

that brief IV chord in section A is perfect in how it hints at section B's due arrival and change of pace, a nice small thing that i appreciate! the overall atmosphere with the chosen instrumental palette is lovely and fits your videogame concept very well; kudos to live-recording!! some additional mixing would really bring everything together, but 24 hours is an even stricter timeframe to work with than 48 ;-;

really interesting how you combined musescore with live recorded stuff, super cool approached to doing something like this. love the vibes good work :)

I love it! The whistling part is so good I kind of wish it was more of it haha. Nonetheless the whole track is very tasty!

A unique style to fit the theme and I would say western fits the theme very well!

I also like that a lot of it was made with real instruments. Gives it a unique feel that adds to the freedom.

This was great, I enjoyed it. There were a few rough points, like how the mixture between the flute and the English horn wasn't as smooth as I hoped for, and how the transition from the choir part back to the guitar wasn't the smoothest, but it's not too much of a big deal. The song was still quite enjoyable despite these, plus big kudos for committing to real instruments. Good work!

Back in OST 7, I tried recording part of my piece on my clarinet. It sounded terrible so I cut it out and used a vst instead. Recording with real instruments is defiantly a challenge and I think it's really cool that you completely committed to it. The theme was very creative too, making this a very memorable submission. However, I think the tuning inconsistency comes through the most when you have all instruments playing in unison. I'm pretty sure you can cover up tuning issues a little by playing harmony instead of total unison (I don't know much about this stuff though so take it with a grain of salt). I will say it does give the whole thing a wild western vibe, so maybe you were actually going for that. Great work tho!

This nails the open landscape feeling. Very pleasing choice of instruments and voicings - not often that you come across a submission that really leans into the wild-west vibe. Really nice progression and textures layered in here. I love the use of the whistle as the track fades out - contextually it just sounds so good!

Always give kudos to the effort put into actually recording live instrumentation, and in a crunchtime jam no less? Great work! Very unique submission as a whole. Best of luck!