Play soundtrack
At Last's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #37 | 3.609 | 3.609 |
| Composition | #83 | 3.435 | 3.435 |
| Impression | #94 | 3.348 | 3.348 |
| Overall | #96 | 3.270 | 3.270 |
| Creativity | #103 | 3.217 | 3.217 |
| Quality | #139 | 2.739 | 2.739 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I imagine a silly story based game. Probably a 2D action platformer of some kind. Made with FL Studio. Also, I have no idea what genre this counts as.
Message from the artist
This was a lot of fun. Also the first time I've composed something with it being made for a game in mind (even if that game is imaginary)
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
"Longing" is meant to fit the picture theme since it's more sombre and the picture looks like a girl in some sort of jail cell.
"At Last" is sort of the main focus here meant to fit the "Freedom" theme. I tried to make a song that's meant to reflect the feeling of just being able to run around without a care in the world (Hence the fast pace and lack of minor chords).
"A Moment To Breathe" is a more chill track where I try to reflect what it's like to sit outside and relax.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLODX3G3vvY3KJrGBXVbNzay5biF6YglBm
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
Any project
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
oh, i was very pleasantly suprised with "At Least"; i feel like the piano runs especially make me imagine a fast-paced platforming/parkour game (which i am...very Not Good at playing)! c:
very well crafted overall — the motifs that are carried throughout each track really keep things cohesive also despite the distinct changes in energy as you switch between the three tracks. the instrumentation conceptually is great! i feel more immersed in a retro videogame atmosphere with the way you designed the piano and strings and whatnot.
I enjoyed these tracks a lot! The end of At Last with the piano getting wilder and wilder made such a cool sound, like you almost leaned into the fact it was a midi, vs the other tracks that used more of the piano sound. Neat contrast!!
The repeated use of the main motif is really good here, each track had a solid identity yet they all worked very well together. My personal favorite's gotta be A Moment To Breathe, as the OTT + delay on that lead piano gave the whole song a lot of dimension and helped reinforce the reflective mood of the song. Parts of it kinda reminded me of my current genre obsession of Artcore which was very cool. In the other two songs I think some more processing and effects similar to A Moment To Breathe could help give them some more depth and character as the instruments felt a bit dry. Overall really solid stuff though!
Thank you! Also, Artcore mentioned!! I also have an obsession with that genre
Longing felt very choppy to me. Then when I listened to A Moment to Breathe it was a lot more fluid and flowy! I liked the piano in Longing, I just would've made it more fluid like your other song. Nonetheless, you did great work!
Really fun things happening here! Exciting to listen to, def can see this in a game! I think in the second tune finding a way to bring the strings to sound more forward, so that when it interacts with the piano in their little trading sequence, it would help to make them sound like they are in the same room so to speak.
Great work!
this was a really fun listen! i especially loved how much piano presence there was and the really fast arpeggio in the second track gave it a nice energy. I think the composition is great! I would've loved to hear some instruments on the lower-end. a nice bass on the second track especially would really add a lot i think! Great work though i enjoyed this submission :)
All of this sounds cool :) One thing I would try is doubling your more natural sounding piano with something more synthy so that it can have a better time blending with the synthy strings that come it(for longing). I really like how everything else blends and works together in At Last and A moment to Breathe and how you brought your melodic content from the first track to the other tracks(that's something I see others tend to not do and you did really well with this it was very satisfying hearing how you used the melodic content throughout). Good work :)
Glad to hear it! I had the idea to bring over the melody since I know video games love their leitmotifs
really nice tracks, loved the energy in "At Last" and the calm in "A Moment to Breathe"
also, you can hide your name/username in the top left by going to general settings, scrolling to the bottom and changing "Username" to "License Plate"
Oh, I see. I didn't know you could do that in FL Studio. Thank you! I don't have to edit in a black bar anymore
Great job on making this sound like freedom, im really hearing it in the 2nd track
I did find the jump to the second song a bit harsh.
A Moment To Breathe also sounded pretty freedom intensive too and really relaxing!
Ayy, thank you!
Nice! A Moment To Breathe is definitely my favourite of these. At Last is fun, but for some reason I really kept focusing on the absence of bass there.
Thank you! Yeah, now that you mention it, I probably made the bass too quiet
Good work! This was interesting. The first track had me lulled into a sense of expecting the other two to be piano-driven pieces as well, so you can imagine my surprise when At Last kicks in! Fun synth arpeggios offset by some nice orchestral layering. Did not have guitar on my bingo card but it serves as a nice driving force to complement the rather fast paced drumming.
A Moment to Breathe feels like a call back to the vibes of the first track again, and ending on this kind of feeling is always a great move. I could imagine this playing alongside the final cutscene in a game, or possibly serving as a credits theme as well.
Thank you! I'm glad that you kind of see what I was trying to go for
I like the variety you have in your tracks!
I would say that improving the mixing would be your best avenue towards improvement as I feel your melodies are quite good!
Making sure there's distinct low and high instruments to fill in space making the music feel fuller would work wonders.
Ayy, thank you! Yeah, mixing seems to be one of my biggest weak points. I'm still learning to fix that.