Remarkable care and attention brought throughout the soundtrack's entire runtime. Hardly any flaw or critique can be found with neither the concept nor execution of the compositions. Its instrumentation brings out clear Hollow Knight influence with hints of Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild with the piano that combine nicely in its dramatic and atmospheric scope. One can easily imagine this among the top peers of its genre should a complete game be realized in its image.
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Description
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Garden of Light is an Adventure-RPG where you play as a young moth travelling to the top of a treacherous mountain, where beautiful landscapes and dangerous monsters await.
Synopsis:
At the peak of an enormous mountain exists a magical tree named the Tree of Light. This singular plant acts as the sole pillar responsible for maintaining balance throughout the land simply known as the Garden. After the tree mysteriously begins to rot, life in the Garden starts to change for the worse. Villages perish from famine and disease, strange creatures begin ravishing the land, and hope among the Garden's people is slowly being fizzled out. Many adventurers have left their homes in hopes of finding answers at the peak, but none have ever returned. You, the moth, must make the trek to the top of the mountain where you will explore unique, magical biomes and fight strange creatures. Along the way, you slowly uncover the history of an ancient civilization lost to time, whose knowledge could be the key to ending this nightmare.
Genres: Orchestral, Ambient, Electronic
DAWs used were Studio One, Logic, and Ableton
Message from the artist
"This has been such an equally intense and fun challenge! As a team we set our ambitions pretty high, but I really feel like we delivered. It feels awesome to have a week pass and you’ve created not only a soundtrack, but a world too. Thanks for listening, we really hope you enjoy :))"
- DACELO
"Despite how difficult it was trying to balance out the time I spent working on this album with college, I feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to work on such an ambitious passion project alongside some of my closest friends. It was such an amazing experience coming up with concepts and a storyline that by the end of it, I was pretty sad when I remembered that this isn't even a real game. Our team had so many different ideas for tracks and parts of the story, but due to time constraints, a lot of these concepts didn't end up on the album. Despite this, the team's still pretty happy with what we've managed to come up with in just a week, and I sincerely hope that you'll enjoy listening to our album as much as we enjoyed making it."
- OSHUATT
Theme
Songs of a Forgotten World
How does it fit the theme?
In Garden of Light, you explore the remnants of an ancient civilization within the confines of the Garden's mountain. I hope the area themes especially paint a picture of the wonders of this world, as well as the sadness of there being less little creatures to enjoy it. This contrast of scenic beauty and melancholy is the main thing I wanted the listener to experience.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/dacelo/sets/garden-of-light-ost-composing?si=5b09f5753f484e39ba3cbbb7baeaf41b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Number of tracks9
Genre
Orchestral
Ambient
Classical
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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