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The Frostbitten Wreck — Impressions Composing Jam: Ambience #3's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall Uniqueness/Creativity | #6 | 3.716 | 3.824 |
| Sense of Atmosphere | #12 | 3.830 | 3.941 |
| Correlation to Theme | #13 | 3.601 | 3.706 |
| Overall | #13 | 3.544 | 3.647 |
| Composing Quality | #15 | 3.487 | 3.588 |
| Listenability | #17 | 3.373 | 3.471 |
| Execution | #20 | 3.258 | 3.353 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Link to Streaming Service (YouTube Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBAnTC_gjA
Description
For this music jam, I set out to capture the atmosphere of a lonely, frozen wasteland and the haunting discovery hidden within it. The two tracks follow a wanderer’s path through a seemingly endless journey, culminating in the unearthing of a pirate ship nestled in ice.
The Bleak March evokes the stark isolation of traversing the frozen expanse, while Hull of Whispers shifts into ghostly tones, echoing the memories and spirits of the once-lively crew now reduced to spectral remnants. Together, the pieces form a chilling journey through both landscape and memory, from the vastness of the wasteland to the spectral husk of a ship frozen in time.
I always enjoy making all my SFX and expanding my personal library, which I think took the most time this time around. I also didn't want to make something too subtle and wanted to still have more melodic elements.
I really wanted to make two more songs, but I just didn't have the time, but as always, I made sure to create cover art. 👍
Screenshot of DAW
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Description of Setup (Optional but recommended)
DAW:
•Mixcraft 10 Pro Studio
Plugins:
•Spitfire
•EastWest
•NI
Lessons Learned
SFX creation took a lot longer this time, and I wish I had prioritized the composing more for this jam.
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Is super nice, I love me some clean string action. Matches the theme of the jam very nicely. The only thing i'd point out is the ammount of reverb?-delay? u got on ur drums, at some point they start eating up the entire room, idk if intended or not, but the entire mix just drowns, and is especially hearable on contrast of those super clear nice strings going. Verygj anyways, I liked 1st part the most.
I liked the originality of the instruments you choosed. It ended up fitting pretty nicely.
Composition a bit janky at times, there are chords that don't mesh well with each other, and the melodies do seem random, both in harmony and in timing.
Mixing wise, I find the balance a bit uneven , for instance the piano in the first part being too quiet. There are other occurences of instruments clashing with each other on frequencies.
Overall great sound design and ideas, but work is needed on music theory and melody writing, try to keep it simple and controlled.
Good work !
Amazing pieces!
I wouldn't classify part 1 as ambient tho, but as an OST orchestral piece just hits it perfectly.
I think the mix could use some work, but mostly around the low-mids, probably compression issues, not that its totally out there, but for the feel you went I beliee there might be a bit too much,
Composition is very very good, I always like storytelling aproaches.
Great job! Take care :3
Really grand submission here. Like others said, I can hear that pirate feel! Awesome. Love the vibe and encrustation! It was a real hitter. Again, really good work.
Very nice submission here Simishcj! I liked how the instrument choices felt quite different to a lot of other entries - it felt very piratey so you nailed that element of your vision. I think sometimes I found everything a bit busy across the pieces but that's just a preference and not a comment on quality tbh, really nice!
A very unique submission with some unusual instruments, love it!
Heh! I passed on the snowy footsteps this time.
Excellent work.
I agree with the low end stuff Turtle and Einel mentioned.
Really nice vibe with the warm and full soundscapes! Some parts reminded me a bit of Kirill Pokrovsky's work (Divinity game series) with the vibe they had, really cool stuff.
Good work!
Well, if you never let bro drive the ship again, at least let bro make music more, or should I say you :D.
Your choice of sounds it quite unexpected with some accordion and that Duduk(?) in the main melody of the first song. But it also fitted your vision more than well and beautifullly. While both songs file quite atmospheric, I would really loved for you to only work on one of both songs. Both songs are just hauntingly beautiful, don’t get me wrong, but I think having those two songs cut each song a bit short and did it some disservice. There is a tone of ambiance in there that just gets a bit subdued to the more adventurous feeling of the songs. Lending one of them more time, letting them breathe more and giving them also a more quieter moment would have granted you a better outcome. Which does not mean that those songs you’ve written are bad, quite the contrary. I this this just would have made them fit more into the ambiance aspect more.
Also, like Turtle mentioned, there is something weird going on with the low end. Maybe it is just a to hard pumping compressor in the master that isn’t filtered well enough. For most compressors these days there is an option to either low cut the sensing signal for the compression or filter the incoming signal via side chain. Compressors are more prone to squashing the signal the lower the pitch. So having a loud bass in combination with other frequencies tends to over compress the whole signal except the pass. Possible solutions could also be to EQ your signal before hitting the compressor.
Yo!
You're right, it is a Duduk in the first song, and I thought the accordion would go well with the pirate direction for the second song!
I think this time around, I was a bit hasty with making certain decisions due to work stuff, but I think you're right. I think maybe making the 2nd track my submission and a bit longer might have worked better. I had a lot of ideas and even 2 more tracks I originally wanted to make.
Thank you for the feedback!
A lot more orchestral than ambient, but not bad at all. The low end feels a bit muddy to, either a bit over compressed or just not quite settled in the mix right, but either way this is a fantastic submission.
Thank you for the listen! I agree on the low-end analysis. I think I might go back and fix the mix when I get some more time and also work on those 2 extra tracks I wanted to make.
Let me know if you do, I'd be happy to hear how you expand on and improve this!