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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #30 | 3.652 | 3.652 |
| Composition | #32 | 3.913 | 3.913 |
| Overall | #46 | 3.635 | 3.635 |
| Quality | #47 | 3.652 | 3.652 |
| Impression | #53 | 3.652 | 3.652 |
| Creativity | #93 | 3.304 | 3.304 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
For this music piece, I imagined a visual-novel style game about a girl's lonely quest to find her true self and the feeling of being free. I wanted this won't to be simple but powerful, conveying the melancholic emotions of the girl throughout the game, immersing the reader into the space by allowing the music to tell her story.
I've used Ableton Live 12 to compose, mix, and master this piece, along with a range of virtual instruments such as Spitfire LABS and BBC Symphony Orchestra as well.
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Theme
How does it fit the theme?
I thought of both themes together and came up with the saddened story of someone who wishes to be truly free from life's troubles but knows deep down that it's impossible and is deeply saddened by it. From this analysis, I picked out the instruments, music style, and key signature I felt were best appropriate to portray these themes.
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https://youtu.be/9FvPQrB0R9g
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Any non-commercial project
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Just... Just how do you make such beautiful melodies on the piano? Do you have to sell your soul to the devil? Share your phone number, please...
Good job!
RAWR
Beautiful work it’s really impressed me
Very lovely piano work here, and I really enjoyed the way the song progresses. The piece as a whole feels very light and airy, while still carrying a good amount of emotional weight with the piano lead. Excellent work!
oh, i love the piano melodies throughout this track — the steady rhythms are nice, though i really appreciate the brief syncopation in the piano's melody at 1:08. the two distinct moods of the track are well distinguished; well done!! they really capture a conceptual story regarding freedom and the desire for such. :D
i love that subtle cello when we return to section A at 1:50; nice touch!
100% you nailed those melancholic emotions, the piano and strings compliment each other greatly and the piano melody is wistful and familiar. The rising chord progression is a perfect fit too, only suggestion I have would be to adjust the piano velocities to compliment the strings and give it a more personal touch. Overall great work!
It's a beautiful piece wow! has a great sense of movement through the piece and i can really feel that longing for the freedom of responsibility, i'd say that this track is quite beautiful.
That synth like flute that was in the background was a great addition! It was my favorite part as it complimented the piano great!
Great work! Beautiful chord progressions, beautiful melody, bravo! I think I would really experiment now with varying the note velocity, particularly in the softer sections, so that as you get softer it sounds like the piano is also being played softer and more gently. I think this will go a long way in enhancing the already unreal work youve done!
I love this so much, it feels so melancholy but also so hopeful and soft. Big fan of the piano it very much so carries this track. I also love when that flute instrument appears, its barely audible but I enjoy whenever it comes up and compliments the piano. I can clearly envision this in a Visual novel just like you had planned for it. Nice work!
beautiful piano composition and usage of the strings and small electronic elements for the ambience! great work! :)))
Off the bat, loving the choice of key and progression. Immediately evident that piano is a comfort instrument for you, and I mean that in the best way possible. The melodies are effortless in how they're played - the dynamics perfect in how they modulate and change to deliver just the right amount of push when needed. Supporting instrumentation is really well done too - does a fantastic job of bolstering the keys without bleeding through them. The winds in particular are very subtle, but I love how they shine through in just the right places to draw your attention to them for a brief moment before lapsing back into the main melody lines on the keys. Could hear this in a variety of games of all different genres; as a title, character or credits theme.
All in all, genuinely fantastic piece. Supporting instrumentation complements the piano-work perfectly and the piece continues to evolve as it progresses. Definitely nails the theme - evoking a sense of freedom and endless possibility, particularly from the 2:36 point onwards. Prior to this there was just the right amount of tension tying things together before being blown open and being unapologetically open. The little pensive section at the end does a great job of grounding the piece; reintroducing some of that aforementioned tension but not letting it take the same root.