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A jam submission

WastelandView project page

A track developed for the Impressions Composing Jam #3, with a theme of "The Frozen Waste"
Submitted by Auguress — 2 days, 5 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Listenability#24.1114.111
Execution#24.0564.056
Correlation to Theme#34.0564.056
Sense of Atmosphere#34.3894.389
Overall#43.9353.935
Composing Quality#113.6113.611
Overall Uniqueness/Creativity#153.3893.389

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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https://soundcloud.com/auguress-official/wasteland

Description
A track created for the Impressions Composing Jam no. 3 (featured on itch.io), which had a theme of "The Frozen Waste"

Description of Setup (Optional but recommended)
Created using: Logic Pro, Native Instruments (scene: nightshade, scene: lotus), Spitfire Audio LABS (tundra atmos), analog guitar with pedalboard.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Surely passes dangerous freezing place vibe check, the mix is on point as well, vergj.

Submitted(+1)

This is awesome! The SFX and music all sound very nice together in the mix. It definitely took me to a desolate and dangerous place. Love the cursed sea gulls :)

Submitted(+1)

A great ambient track, really well set atmosphere, very good spatial mix and sound design!

I was hoping to get a bit more movement at a point, but the composition holds up tight for ambient!

Great submission! Take care :3

HostSubmitted(+1)

Foley/sound design sounds very realistic at the start.

I think some of the background elements are a little dry (like the seagulls (?)) 

This is really nicely done though. Really solid.

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Wow! Foreboding! You got a great sense of nothing, and empty frozen tracks with this one!! Great work. Loved it. HAha, you used some of the same LABS sounds I used in Atmos! They work out so well for making ambient music like this!

(+1)

Wow, this gave me chills! It really sounds like desolation at its finest. Because of that, though, i think it doesn't really sound like a frozen waste anymore and more like waste of a village after a brutal war, but still, it sounds amazing!

Submitted(+1)

I really connected with this track—it has a strong sense of atmosphere and sound design, which is particularly well done.

Submitted(+1)

Probably one of my favourites, great atmosphere, love the chords used. well done.

Submitted(+1)

Love the textures, and the variety and subtle changes you've weaved into your track. I look forward to hearing more of your stuff!

Submitted(+1)

A simple but great track, the sound design really evokes the cold and chilling atmosphere. I don't think I really have anything else to say, I usually nitpick on the lack of progression but your track didn't lack any of it. Great job !

Submitted(+1)

I think the theme of this jam was “Sea of ice” or like the title of the original painting “Das Eismeer”. But your track fitted that theme anyways.

The ambiance is there and is solidly done. However I feel like there is something missing. Something that makes this woosh of sounds to a song. Mostly I’m missing something reminding me of a melody to get out of the tonal ambiguity and creates an extra dimension that would have made this oh so more satisfying. As for an example I would think of “Listener’s Ridge” by E.Hillman (or some other songs from the Ashen OST). The song is mostly atmospheric noise with some harmonic context thrown in. But oh boy, when the melodic elements hit it feels just massive, without being much compositionally. Besides that I would also have loved to hear a more broader use of the frequency spectrum. Something that glistens in the in the distance or some bass that stirs the silence and letting it leave again. Something that crates a sense of emotional movement.

I think you’re half way there of creating some very stunning songs that just begs for creating goosebumps (meant in a positive way), but like I said earlier there is still missing something that would have made me hold my breath. Still a very solid entry!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Very cool atmosphere, nice and dark and creepy. I especially like the kinda garbled vocal/animal sound in the center. The only nitpick I have is the water sound - I feel like water doesn't really fit with the "frozen wasteland" theme, since I figure any water would be frozen. Hearing water made me think more of like... Florida bayou Resident Evil 7 (okay RE7 is Louisiana but you know what I mean), for some reason. But either way super cool atmosphere. 

Submitted(+1)

Really solid atmosphere. Great use of texture and space.