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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #72 | 3.626 | 3.917 |
| Creativity | #95 | 3.472 | 3.750 |
| Overall | #102 | 3.302 | 3.567 |
| Impression | #115 | 3.240 | 3.500 |
| Quality | #120 | 3.240 | 3.500 |
| Storytelling | #134 | 2.932 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Genre: Video Game Music (I'm not really good with genres)
Runtime: 19 minutes 19 seconds
Software used: Presonus Studio One, Kontakt 8, Noire, Kontakt Factory Lib 2, TAQS.IM microtoner, XFer Serum 1, kilohearts basic suite
Inspirations: Genshin Impact, FEZ, Bali Music
How I make the music in my DAW:
I start by adding the chords first, then add in the melodies, and then finally the occasional percussions. Then i would master the track the with 3-band EQ and Reverb.
Message from the artist
Hello I'm Indonesian, I love making music and I hope I can get good feedbacks, thankyou
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The way I interpreted the theme is reimagining places in the world of the game and visualizing those place as abandoned/ forgotten. Each track take you through forgotten places in the world of EnMA. From deep within a lush forest with birds chirping around, towards a hidden/forgotten village, to a lost underwater society, a forgotten castle covered by snow, a forgotten tribe within a volcano, a mysterious manor, and a forgotten loved one.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://youtu.be/hOurVk3HfUE
Number of tracks7
Genre
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Comments
Amazing work here! Not satisfied to compose 7 full tracks within the time limit, you've created such great ones! I loved the variety here, in terms of instruments, genres, feelings, all came together in order to create an incredible OST. Prometheus especially got me, damn what a great music!
If I would say something I think that interrupt the sountrack to be even more amazing is the mixing, envolving frequencies and gain staging. In most of the tracks I could feel the bass frequencies clashing in each other, and I also think that the volumes could be a little bit more polished.
None of those makes the tracks bad, actually they're great, it's just some feedback of mine. Overall, you've done a really great job here, congrats!
Definitely will make sure the mastering is changed when I developed this further. I'm happy you like Prometheus it's also my favourite in this 7 songs soundtrack. Appreciate a lot from your compliment! Thankyou so much for listening
I have no notes, absolutely beautiful vibes and melodic decisions throughout the whole OST! Brilliant job!
Thankyou so much for the compliment , I highly appreciate it!
A Strange Place To Be:
I liked this one, wow! I loved your chord progressions throughout! One thing I would suggest would be to introduce a common theme, because it feels like the synth pluck melody was taking a solo the entire time. Idk, maybe just me. Really nice!
Ballad of the Leaf Cranes:
This captured such an intriguing vibe, one that reminded me to a couple scenes from "My Neighbor Totoro". It's got such a captivating playfulness to it! One thing I might suggest would be to bring it back to the main melody, because most of the piece spends more time building up than in the actual main sections. Other than that, I am amazed at how well you were able to make this piece sound! After looking back on this album, I wish that you used the instruments for other tracks, but teaXP_music already talked about that and I don't wanna tread on old ground.
Deep Within the Abyss:
The way you structured your chord progressions and how they flow into the next fits the "abyssal" theme of sinking and sinking... deeper and deeper... and deeper... Loved it!
Was the Castle of the Ice Princess:
Very atmospheric and melancholic. One thing I found is that at some places in the piece, the chord progressions and the melody don't line up just right, leading to a dissonant jumble of sound. One example would be at 0:29. That's the only spot that threw me off. The second half is my favorite!
Engsapanga:
Not sure what this track means exactly - tried looking it up, but it might be related to a forest or a tribe, considering the incredible instrumentation of this track. I wish there was a second B section because it feels like the same thing repeated over and over again. Really nice vibe though. I'm loving this one!
Prometheus:
I love the romantic-classical feeling of this piece. I can't put a finger on what composer it sounds like, but it's very familiar in style. Incredibly well composed piece! This one is my favorite so far!
I'm Glad you Remembered:
Your usage of the theme from "A Strange Place to Be" is great and is a nice callback to the intro of this wonderful album! The sound selection is absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you dVIN*CE for this incredible submission!
Hello, thankyou so much for the detailed breakdown of each song wow! I'm very happy you like the chord progressions, I knew that I am going to make something melodic so there a lot of chords I use throughout to highlight those melodic expressions.
Okay to answer some of your questions, "Engsapanga" it's a Balinese word which just means "forgotten/ something to be forgotten" but you immediately get the fact that its a tribal/ ethnic sounding track. When I get the chance to develop EnMA further I'll make sure to add a B side to this track.
Going into the creation of "Prometheus" there are 3 composer(s) in particular that I listened to: Charles-Valentin Alkan, Antonín Leopold Dvořák, and Achille Claude Debussy. So Prometheus is mix of these 3 composers styles mashed into a single track. Very happy you like this one as your favourite.
I have teaXP_music's inputs in mind and I'll make sure there some sort of an implementation for this feedback, again thankyou so much for listening, hope this answers some of your questions.
First of all, congratulations for writing 19mins and 19secs of music in such a short amount of time! My favorite thing about your album is the chord progressions you use and the variety of moods in the different tracks. If i have one comment, it would be to have a more consistent instrumentation throughout the album. For example, "Ballad of the Leaf Cranes" has strings, but there isn't much use of strings in the other songs so it sounds different (because it is orchestral, whereas the others are more electronic/ethnic/ambient).
Hello, thankyou so much for listening. Going into the creation of EnMA i knew that I'm going to try to at least one up myself from Unstable Jazz Mixtape (6 track, 14 minutes in length) under the same restrictions. I'm glad it turned out well. I will keep in mind about your feedback regarding consistent instrumentation. There's use of strings in Prometheus and Abyss but perhaps its not as prominent or noticeable. Moving onward I'll make sure to make use of your feedback!