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A jam submission

EscapismView project page

Submitted by BUMPUS — 1 day, 16 hours before the deadline
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Description
Escapism is my vision of two Bird siblings (Squanch & Frumpltn) leaving the confines of the extinction of their race. My compositions (in Logic Pro+ MuseScore) explore and/or relate to Sonic, Celeste, and Minecraft. Unfortunately, they're being hunted down, and they won't stop until they are dead, using the "Cataclysm". A weapon used to destroy all living things on the planet. They'll go through peaceful valleys and mountains trying to survive within the journey. Both will lead themselves through a Celeste-type landscape to escape their captors, and in the midst of it, they slowly rebuild their lives. ...
or die.

- BUMPUS

Message from the artist(s)
Hope y'all can figure out the references... probably

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx-jSHkV0HgQtUKBGxvI_IFxtBQGiJdVk

Number of tracks
14

Genre

Chiptune
Orchestral
Rock/Metal
Ambient
Classical
Folk/Acoustic

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY-NC)

Any non-commercial project

Compilation album

Yes

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Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Some random notes I took, really liked it!

track 1: i’m a sucker for thumb piano and zither vibes. very nice textures you created here. a bit tense, but also somewhat wistful

track 3: smacked in the face by that bossa nova entrance (in a good way)

capybara: tone on the electric guitar is great, and of course capybara deserves a song. very nice use of panning to add some movement to the loop towards the end. like this track a lot

the grass listens… really like the syncopated piano ostinato, i think i remember hearing this one in the discord which is a good sign that I remember it hehe very interesting texture with the sort of “conflicting” string pad layered on top, it’s playing in a different key at some point, right?

sonar mountain, whatever harmony is happening in the horn section goes off, very foreboding. ah i looked at the score! i knew i smelled some quarter tones, very cool. really curious how you came up with the harmonies or if it was more “this sounds cool!”

this ost is probably my favorite so far! love the eclectic mix of percussion styles, creative harmonies/orchestration. a very unique vibe that somehow also feels familiar. also really like how central the piano is in the soundtrack overall. gives a nice unity to the OST

Developer

Thank you for listening and your kind words! 🌵