Really nice stuff!

Might be my personal taste, but to me the whole mix felt a bit too blurry and wet, almost like you had a reverb on the master channel? Not sure if you had it like that but dialing the reverbs so that there is a bit more of the drier sound would help keep some more of the detail to the instruments in the overall mix instead of turning too  much of a muddy texture with everything playing, but still just my personal taste on the matter of course 😅 

If you have the reverb on a bus track you can also try adding a EQ before the reverb where you cut out some of the low and high end from the incoming signal before it hits the reverb and that can help a lot to keep the reverb from getting too muddy, usually called The Abbey Road Trick when I've seen it mentioned but an EQ with a low cut around 200~ hz and high cut on 10khz~ might be a good starting point, but it's up to taste and just going by ear on how it feels.

I agree with the others that playing around with the dynamics (CC1, CC11) more could help elevate these even more, like for example, say on the trumpet part on From The Ashes at 1:10 it would feel a lot different if there was automation on the dynamic more there, for example during the first B-D-E-G-F# phrase you could start lower on the CC1 and rise up in dynamic to peak of the phrase F# and then back down towards the end of the F# note.

That example is of course subjective and just something that I might've done for the CC automation there, but its all a matter of personal taste in how you want the line/part to feel + I'm also still trying to learn the mess that is trying to make orchestral libraries sound good and the hell that is CC automation 😁

Not sure if you've seen any of their videos on the topic but Anne-Kathrin Dern has some videos on making mockups and working with orchestral libraries that are really helpful (or at least have been for me 😁)

This video is a long one but seeing how they approached the CC automation and everything else was helpful for me to learn from so might be of some use to you too?

Composition wise still really good work! Also, apologies for the wall of text 😅

Before I get into my feedback, I noticed that you did not select any of the challenges when filling out the submission. Reminder that this was a requirement for the jam since the beginning, so if you forgot to check one of the boxes then let me know and I can edit that for you. Otherwise, this will not be considered in the final results.

With that outta the way, here's my notes/feedback:

Welcome to the Future - This is a nice way of beginning this submission and I think you do a good job of introducing and arranging the different types of instruments we'll be hearing. The balance between the instruments is also well done, although I think just a touch more lower-register instruments is what I wanted to hear.

The Fall of Life - I like the kind of harmony you used in the beginning of this track a lot, kinda wish that this kind of movement stuck around a little longer. The way you introduce the electronic instruments and how they seem to overtake some of the orchestral instruments was a nice touch.While I like the way this track builds up at ~1:45 or so, I think the overall tone of the track could be a touch darker to better reflect the context. In this track's description I see terms like "draining life itself" and "deliberate betrayal", but IMO that does not always feel reflected in the music itself. Having the track feel a little darker could also potentially make the impact of the third track hit a little harder as well. 

From the Ashes - I agree with your choice of a more classical arrangement for this track. It gives a nice sense of hopefulness and a feeling of being uplifted to my ears. I really like the way you pass the melody (or a slight variation of it) between different instruments, especially at ~2:25 through 2:40. To me that's the mark of a good composer.

I'm happy to see that people from the last Album Jam have made a reappearance, and I believe that you've gotten quite a bit better since then. Overall my main points of feedback (ie. my opinions) are: 1.) Try a little more to match the tone of the music to the tone of its respective context in an album or a video game soundtrack. As mentioned above, I think the payoff from the second track to third could potentially be greater because of that, and; 2.) as another had mentioned, try to incorporate more dynamics. Not necessarily just adjusting the volume of the instruments, but having them actually play quieter or have variations in their intensity if MIDI instruments.

Thanks for sharing what you've made, and keep up the good work :)

Hello. Firstly I'd like to say I quite enjoy the compositional aspect, it clearly shows skill and deliberate intention. There is clearly a consistent theme throughout the soundtrack. In my humble estimation one thing I would have liked to hear is a touch more of dynamics throughout a couple of the pieces; for example in From the ashes, there is a sense of "epic-ness" as the track progresses where you built a steady feeling of excitement. It's not so much a lack of excitement as it is you already giving the listener (me) a desire for even more dynamic excitement. All in all, I genuinely appreciate your work.