this is some gooooooooooooooooood stuff mate!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Production | #7 | 4.550 | 4.550 |
| Connection to the Theme | #13 | 4.550 | 4.550 |
| Overall Enjoyment | #15 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Discord name (multiple if team)
duckythe1st
DAW / Method used to make the song
Musescore
If you win, would you be willing to be on a Brainless Music compilation album?
Yes
Is this song your original work?
Yes
Comments
This is so beatiful!!! i could see this in like a movie or something it all goes so well, good job man really
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Candy StarsThis is brilliant. You have an astonishing mastery of harmony. I did a quick analysis of just the 1st minute (wish I had more time to do all of it!):
G | Bb | G | Bb / C
Love the C in the bassoon for color. This progression reminded me immediately of the progression in the new version of the 4th Dungeon (Angular's Tunnel) in the new Link's Awakening ( the I to bIII, also conveniently in G!)
G | Bb | G | Bb Again
G | Bb | G | E
Love this progression based on a minor 3rd from the tonic both descending and ascending when you are about to go into the next section
G | Gm | Dm7 | Fm7 --> Eb
What an absolutely brilliant way to go from G major to Eb major! Just starting all the minor chords in Eb to use this major - minor tension to enter Eb major while also just changing G to Gm. You definitely learned me something there!
Eb --> Gb --> Fm --> Bb --> (Flute melody ends with Eb D C D to E for perfect transition to...) C!
This meandering section seems to reuse the m3rd harmonic motif (bIII) again, but! then you seem to plant it firmly in Eb major with Fm and Bb... ONLY TO BRING IT TO THE CHORD A DESCENDING m3RD AGAIN, C major! And...
C | Eb | C | Fmaj7 (omit3)?
...now we're back at the main motif again but in the key up a 4th now! Wow. I'm just at awe at your craft in this piece. Bravo!
This is my own analysis of your piece, but, of course, I could be wrong with some stuff. Please correct me or fill stuff in if so!
My question to you thought is: how do you got about thinking about harmony when you're making a piece? Maybe that's too big of a question to answer here, but I would love to pick your brain on the subject! : D
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Crepuscula TownHolllyyy crap. Ah- I'm flattered... Genuinely thank you so much 😭 Was very fun reading your analysis :)
So to answer your question, it's a lil complicated but I'll try to explain the best way I can.
Usually I would start composing the main melody. After that, I would try filling in the melody with chords that either complement the melody or chords that are non-diatonic/lead to a different key. So for example if a melody ends in the note A in the key of DM, normally I would write a dominant V7 as the chord but if I decided to spice things up, I would think abt using non-diatonic chords that contain the note A like FM, Am, BbM7, or whatever. Oh, and I also love using 7th and 9th chords time to time in my music.
One more thing is that I occasionally take some inspo from other mostly 20th century classical/video game composers; some of my biggest influences in terms of harmony comes from Ruth Gipps, Charles Koechlin, Sergei Prokofiev, and C418. Anyways, I hoped my answer to your question made sense, thx for reading! :D
Okay! That's very similar to how I do stuff too! I also love extended harmonies as well. Thanks! : )
I also enjoy a lot of 20th century / 21st century composers. I think my main ones would be Charles Ives, Debussey, Prokofiev (as well! Especially his Romeo and Juliet opera. Love all of it!), John Adams, John Cage etc. I also love love love a lot of Japanese composers like Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yoko Kanno (Napple Tale is so peak if you've never heard that soundtrack.), and of course Joe Hisaishi.
I'll have to check out Ruth Gipps and Charles Koechlin though! Never heard of them actually...
Just checked out some of the soundtrack to Napple Tale, it's really nice! And yeh, I'm aware most musicians have no idea of the existence of Gipps or Koechlin, I'm weirdly into liking random obscure composers lol. If you want to check out some of their pieces, I would HIGHLY recommend Gipps' 2nd symphony and Koechlin's 4 Nouvelles Sonatine; they're among my fav pieces ever!
What a blissful melody! I love the vibes this track conveys, it's so well crafted.
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Moonlight VibingBeautiful harmonies, super neat high strings.
Your flourish at 1.37 gave me chills.
I'd love to see the score if I am able!
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Pizzicato PlodThanks man! Here's the score: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cqNV94jcptcX-2VI5ifYwWmIr4jV5CmU/view?usp=shari...
Just a heads up that there might be there might be a few mistakes regarding orchestral scoring and whatnot as I kinda rushed to finish this :P
I'm impressed by this composition. You definitely have music training and a lot of talent!
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A Jam for A Jam
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