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A jam submission

The Twelfth UniverseView project page

Imagine a forgotten universe before our own. A submission for the OST Composing 9 Jam.
Submitted by GlutinousGluten — 40 minutes, 20 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 17 people so far
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Description
This soundtrack is made for OST Composing Jam 9 with the theme 'Songs of a Forgotten World'. I tried making something ambient and experimental by using mainly percussive instrumentation here.

I imagined this as like an introduction to a game's world or maybe an introduction to a film, so I tried to create a journey of some sort through the music with multiple climaxes and valleys in the music. I also imagined the game/film this would be introducing would be some sort of film/game set in some sort of universe that's in a different timeline than us and eventually ended.

I used Cakewalk to compose the track and I used Frozen Glockenspiel and Spring Chimes from Pianobook, Short Scale Bass from DecentSampler and Spitfire Audio Drums.

Message from the artist
Thank you for listening to my submission and I hope you enjoyed it! I really enjoyed making this and it was overall a really nice experience.

Theme

Songs of a Forgotten World

How does it fit the theme?
The universe this would be set in would be in a universe that would end soon, and therefore 'forgotten'.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx2T2Af_-WQ

Number of tracks
1

Genre

Ambient
Experimental
Other

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY-NC)

Any non-commercial project

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

the sound selection is pretty neat, and the mixing is on point

though, i think it sounds a little repetitive, even with the variation in the composition. i also think it was a little lackluster, but i don't know if i should trust my mind with that one cus i literally only listen to loud ass music 😭😭😭😭

Developer(+1)

Gosh, literally ALL my feedback is conflicting 😭 (not an insult or anything btw) I guess the melody is quite simple and I could have had a bit more dynamic contrast.

 Thank you so much for commenting and listening on my submission anyways!

Submitted(+1)

A really beautiful piece, my only problem was that the glockenspiel was a bit sharp for my liking at times, but otherwise, great job!

Developer(+1)

Yeah, unfortunately I think I only had 2 hours to do the mixing so it might not be great. Thank you for commenting, rating and listening to my submission!

Submitted(+1)

Very good track!

Developer

Thank you!

Submitted(+1)

There's good movement here that takes us through a few different emotions.  And i love how you bring the motif in the beginning back at the end to close it out and, although not a full melody, I think the arpeggio works well for the piece.  It's minimal but with substance and I think this was very well executed.

My only criticism would be on your story itself.  I wish you had fleshed it out more, so I could really go where you're taking us, but I ended up having to do most of the work on that front.

Overall, great work

Developer

Thank you! I wanted to do like a full circle moment that kind of represented the universe opening and closing by bringing in past melodic ideas and previous arpeggio patterns. I unfortunately had the constraint of time, but I really wished I could have developed that idea more. I guess leaving it up to the listeners imagination can sometimes be a good idea but I guess it also variates from person to person. Thank you for listening to my submission nonetheless, I really appreciate the feedback everyone gives!

Submitted(+1)

i like your composition here!! i see some folks talking about dissonance being distracting, but i kind of disagree. I think you've done it thoughtfully. at 0:56, the chord you use serves as a transition point to a nice resolution. from a classical theory standpoint, it serves its role! i also like your addition of simple percussion through the latter half. nicely done! i do think the mixing is a lil unclear - the lower end is a bit louder, and i think you might've turned up the higher end to try and balance it out instead of turning down the lower. it's not super distracting though and not a super big deal. love your chord progression, and the instrumentation is very nice! really enjoyed listening to this, thanks for sharing :)

Developer(+1)

Thank you! I do agree with the others that at a few points, the dissonance may have been a little bit too much, but I'm glad to hear that you liked it! Music is usually subjective after all and I'm really glad to see all these different perspectives on my submission. I also do agree that I need to focus on mixing more as opposed to treating it more as a final ornamentation or an after thought.

Submitted(+1)

I loved all the slow patient sections in this track, the pauses really bring out the magic in glockenspiel and chimes. With regards to your goal of writing a piece mainly using percussive instrumentation, I think you did an excellent job keeping things interesting by constantly varying the musical ideas throughout the nearly 4 minute track.

Just to give you an alternate perspective on the dissonances that FoxHyode mentioned, I think 1:07 is completely fine, I don't find anything wrong with it. I concur with 0:56 feeling a little too strong for the rest of the track and 0:27 to be a nice touch. This chord at 1:48 is a little dissonant at the lower-mid frequencies, go for more open voicings and try to move dissonant notes to higher frequencies to make them more palatable. However, all these dissonances are fine as long as you intended the piece to feel this way; dissonances are an important tool in a composers arsenal and if you designed it this way you should just ignore my criticisms.

Overall, this is minimalistic but satisfying submission, I never got board despite the track consisting of only a few timbres. 

Developer

Thank you for taking the time to carefully listen to my submission! I did put all the dissonances in there on purpose, but I totally agree that at some points it may have been a bit too much. On the other hand, really happy to hear that you didn't lose interest when listening as that was something I was a bit worried about due to using a really simple melody. Thank you so much for rating, commenting and listening to my submission!

Submitted(+1)

This soundtrack sound so dreamy I love it

Developer(+1)

Thank you! (Not really a soundtrack lol)

Submitted(+1)

First of all, good job on the composition, you managed to keep the entire piece going on only a few instruments while still keeping it interesting. 

If I had to give some feedback it would probably be the same as what FoxHyode said, most instruments are rather percussive so I think adding a few more (non percussive) instruments would help a lot to bring the track to the next level :-)

Great track, well done!

Developer

Thank you! I'm trying to explore some more multi-layered compositions since my comfort zone is currently just solo piano, and I do agree with that I used mostly percussive instrumentation here which may not have produced the best result. Thank you for listening to my submission and for rating it!

(+2)

Feedback as promised (going to go brutal be aware) : 
It's a very sweet minimalist piece, I liked the overall composition process. I like the dissonance at 0:27 if it was intentional it's a nice touch to break the "sweetness". I don't like the 0:56 dissonance though it really mess the feelings I had listening to it, same for 1:07.  Section at 1:41, its getting too percussive, its probably the patch sound but you can solve this with EQ and transient shaper maybe to reduce the hammer hitting the notes or directly inside the patch if its available.  You can also EQ a couple of high annoying frequency on the glock to help the listeners. 

The piece is very gentle and sweet, simple works nicely, you can probably try some arrangements with more instruments and add some textures to it but in the end, it works simple. Still feel there is no real theme as a melody in your track, it's a lot of arpegios, maybe try and incorporate another instruments with an actual melody on top to give your track an identity.

Hope you can take well the critics, good luck !

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much for listening and giving feedback! I'll definitely look into all of this feedback and keep some of this in mind for future projects. Thank you for going into such deep detail and I might also put a version that remakes this piece with your advice in mind! :>

Submitted(+2)

Love the composition and progression!! Reminds me vaguely of something Tally Hall/Miracle Musical would have included in Hawaii: Part II!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it :>