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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #65 | 3.897 | 3.897 |
| Composition | #87 | 3.724 | 3.724 |
| Impression | #108 | 3.517 | 3.517 |
| Overall | #108 | 3.545 | 3.545 |
| Storytelling | #135 | 3.345 | 3.345 |
| Creativity | #165 | 3.241 | 3.241 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The game I imagined was a kind of high-seas-pirate-adventure action thingy - and so the "Setting Sail" track is portraying the initial moment of venturing forth into the unknown. Trouble at Sea on the other hand serves as the backdrop for the moment when the enemy ships appear on the horizon and so the "fight for your life!" events begin unfolding :)
DAW used: Cubase 14
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
Imagine someone staring wistfully into the water thinking about wanting *something* to happen and bam, an actual pirate ship shows up and swoops them up on the deck to seek adventure!
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/picusmajor/sets/ost-composing-jam-8
Number of tracks2
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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We singing shanties and pillaging villages with this one🔥🏴☠️🦜 Very consistent style and mix throughout! Well done matey!
chill beats to walk the plank to 🎧⚓🌊
(thanks! 💛)
The kind of tracks Captain Blackbeard is bumpin while he sails the high seas way over the speed limit.
I enjoyed this submission, the instrumentation sells the narrative really well!
Thanks so much for taking the time to listen!
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Great tracks! The percussion here is great! its not too grand and fits the theme really well. I can literally imagine the sound as coming from inside the bow of a pirate ship space wise and I really appreciate the attention to detail. Both tracks paint an image really well. Great work here!
Thank you, really glad you enjoyed!
definitely gave me the feel of being abducted off the pier by hot pirates, 25/25
All I ever wanted tbh, thanks for listening!
Setting Sail: This is a nice sea-faring background track. I like the added percussion and bass layers that add energy at ~0:35. I also really like the piano and mandolin/guitar interplay at 1:14. The bass dropping out is a surprise that captures the attention and what we are left with feels really sparkly.
Trouble at Sea: The urgency is a nice energy shift to give us some adrenaline!I really like the percussion you use in this track - it feels quite orchestral in instrumentation, mixing, and spacial placement. The quality of all your instruments is great. While this is a short two song collection, I think you did a nice job choosing contrasting yet complimenting feelings and did a nice job executing them! Nice work and thank you for sharing!
Thank you for the detailed feedback, I really appreciate it 💛
Setting sail - strong rhythm, like sailors working a boat. Feels like it will loop well
Trouble at sea - Same praise here, instruments work really well together, all very balanced levels and reverb, where are the instruments from? I think you could feature the percussion a bit more heavily in this track, any of crash cymbal, snare, bass drum. For inspiration for wind, brass and percussion I would recommend this piece of music by robert w. smith (I particularly enjoy 6:00 onwards)
Really enjoyed the tracks, well done!
Thank you for the feedback! The instruments I used were mostly Berlin Orchestra Inspire strings, Tina Guo Cello Legato, Lute 2 by Cinematique Instruments and CinePerc for most of the percussion.
Yeah I've been a bit cautious irt to drums since it's hasn't been that long since I've started working on getting better in that area, so thank you for pointing out room for improvement, definitely will take a listen to the music you linked 🙏
This is some professional, clean stuff right here. While there isn't too much going on, all the elements there feel full and used to their fullest. I especially like that rhythm in Trouble at Sea, keeping the listener on their toes and tense. Great work!
I'm blushing lol thank you, glad you enjoyed 💛
loving the vibe of "setting sail"! the waltz theme is very fitting alongside the intense bassline featured in your orchestration. it really brings the swells of the ocean under the hull of a pirate ship to life. your melodic lines are well done as well, with some being more arpeggio-based and outlining the chords, while some are more independent.
ooo the intensity of your second track is very nice! it definitely feels like some sort of lead-in to a boss battle - i do wish we had more time on this jam so i could've heard what exactly comes next! i like how it switches from intense to melancholic at length throughout the song. it's very driving, but also gives the sense that the main character is reflecting on what brought them to this point. really well done!
excellent work!!! i really enjoyed listening, thanks for sharing! :D
Aw it's reassuring that the sea-faring vibe comes across, thank you for taking the time to comment!
Trouble at Sea is so sick! I love me some pirate themes, great work!
Arr, thank you kindly!
Fantastic compositions! Definitely felt swept along in the adventure. Loved the low string section in "Setting Sail" and the percussion in "Trouble at Sea!" Overall great use of ostinatos to bring in that pirate vibe.
I'm happy to hear that the mood I imagined shined through :)
Loving the end of "Setting Sail" when the little piano bit comes in. "Trouble at Sea" has some great build-up, I feel that is almost criminal that you did not provide a proper battle theme afterwards - you built it up so perfectly that it was like free real estate. I get it though, as another jammer said earlier: jams do be jammin.' Nice job overall!
Thank you for the kind words! Yeah the time constraints got me in the end but I might expand the soundtrack in the future, who knows :)
The two compositions are excellent, great work, loved it. Arrangement, chord progression, etc. I’m admirative.
Glad you enjoyed it 💛
stellar mixing work and overall composition!!! especially really dig the progression in the second track, transitioning from calm back into the battle but now the stakes are much higher (at least that's how i interpret the modulation haha) great work all around!!!
Coming from you this means a lot, thank you for taking the time to comment!
The percussion feels great in these tracks!
Trouble at sea is really cool because it so perfectly fits the vibe of danger on the horizon while not being an actual battle theme.
Aw thank you, I've been working on getting my drum parts up to par so that's very nice to hear!
Nice job! The songs really capture that feeling of being out in the sea
Thanks!