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Your sounds are so cool; that ancient, medieval vibe is really good.

And oh my god, the flute in "A Song of Adventure" is incredible—so full of life, it sounds real. Definitely my favorite track.

i like your choice in rhythmic variation in the first track. its very polyphonic in a welcoming way that keeps things engaging. my favorite track is "in ancient ruins" though - i like your use of syncopation through the precussion & marimba. gives it a lot more momentum, and is a great track to have in the middle of the OST! great work!

Great work! Loved the tin whistle writing and my favorite track was A Song of Adventure. I think the dry mix is a nice choice for the smaller ensembles, but for the larger ensemble pieces, it might make sense to add more of a wash to emphasize the greater presence and create some narrative contrast. But other than that, this was great fun to listen to!

A Village Far Away: The rhythm here is addictive, I like how it feels like it's going "back and forth".

A Song of Adventure: The soaring melody really gives an adventure vibe. 

A Moment to Gaze: So calm and pretty: The melody is very moving (ik it's not a character theme but it gives me that vibe), amazing work here. 

In Ancient Ruins: I also have a darker ancient ruin style track in my entry, yours without a doubt is better though lol. This is my favorite track here! Dark yet emotional melody. Love the unique chord movements later on.

A Legendary Song: Ooh the articulations in the woodwind! So expressive. Nice percussion.

A Rowdy Evening: Love this sweet outro. Hearing some use of minor iv in a major context which always gives me credits themes vibes. 

Great work!

Hiiii, enjoyable soundtrack! I really am appreciation the different time signatures and how all the tracks set a different mood and vibe and still cohesive at the same time. Just a random observation but it felt like your sound design quality improved each track from 1 - 6. Overall some work I hope you are proud, thanks for creating and sharing. Great listening experience.

A Village Far Away: The sparseness feels like an actual bard ensemble. I am impressed by the percussion mixing which has a crisp quality and fits nicely into the sonic space. The acoustic melodic instruments also are clear and crisp, though the melodic line in the flute in particular has a release that cuts off in a way that makes it feel less like a human performance. I think there are other aspects of the production that make it feel more human though, such as slight variations in rhythm.

A Song of Adventure: The lush richness of these chords supporting the tin whistle is really gorgeous! There is one part (1:38) where I catch a glimpse of some very light background lute strumming which is gorgeous. I can kind of hear it elsewhere in the song, and I think that subtlety is really special and adds a small layer of sparkle over the track.

A Moment to Gaze the Stars: What a gorgeous piece! The melody is my favorite part and I love when it is carried in unison by the flute, piano, and fiddle. The ornamentation is tasteful, not overdone, and even adds to the story-telling. Very nicely done.

In Ancient Ruins: Your collection of instruments in this track are unique and I think that this change in sound is really interesting in a very welcome way. The marimba and choir help sell the “ruin” sound and the unique reedy melody instrument gives it an old and gritty sound, perfect for the type of area.

A Legendary Song: I am impressed with how you make a small bard ensemble sound feel much larger than it is. The 5/4 time signature gives it an uncanny dance-like quality that makes me imagine the bard light-stepping through the battle scene.

A Rowdy Evening: Wow, Shellotz, you have a gift for melody! This melody feels quite natural and fitting for the bard’s song. This is my favorite track from this OST!

This is a really well-composed soundtrack with some very special moments throughout. I am a fan of cohesion in using the small ensemble from the theme image while bringing in additional instruments to help tell the story. I think the story progression is my favorite part as it builds throughout and ends with a really awesome battle theme and a beautiful end credit scene. Great work and thank you for sharing your music!

Well done! My favourite aspect of this entry is the fantastic melodies throughout.  A Moment to Gaze the Stars really grabbed my attention, the emotional melody lands so well and the little ornaments make it even more impactful

A soundtrack that aims to be as accurate as possible to the medieval / fantasy tone implied by the theme, and it succeeded really well! I enjoyed this one a lot, I'm a sucker for medieval stuff, and this delivers.

The dry mixing of all the instruments throughout all the songs made them sound very authentic, I really liked it. I tend to prefer dry instruments anyway, too much reverb for the sake of "realism" can quickly make something sound muddy, and the composer(s) realised that quite well.

Speaking off, this soundtrack, despite having multiple composers, felt extremely cohesive through and through. Lots of submissions with multiple team members end up having tracks that are widely different from one another, and while this was still lightly felt here, the whole experience felt cohesive and well planned. A lot of thought must've been put into making this with multiple people.

Here are some standout things I wanted to mention:

The flute in a "A Song of Adventure" was absolutely amazing, what vst did you use for it? The whole track was honestly pretty great, loved it.

The dungeon synth approach in Ancient Ruins made it pretty unique amongst other tracks. The violin and oboe playing cemented it as my favourite track throughout the whole thing. I would REALLY love to hear what vst you used for those.

A Legendary Song is my second fav, you just absolutely killed it with the flute and 5/4 rhythm.

A Rowdy Evening was a great way to cap off the soundtrack on a high note, with a disgustingly good chord at around 1:09 that brought it very high up for me.

Not too many critiques, honestly, maybe that sometimes flutes and strings sounded a tiny bit unrealistic? But it wasn't that big of a deal. 

Great stuff, through and through.

A soundtrack that aims to be as accurate as possible to the medieval / fantasy tone implied by the theme, and it suceeded really well! I enjoyed this one a lot, I'm a sucker for medieval stuff, and this delivers.

The dry mixing of all the instruments throughout all the songs made them sound very authentic, I really liked it. I tend to prefer dry instruments anyway, too much reverb for the sake of "realism" can quickly make something sound muddy, and the composer(s) realised that quite well.

Speaking off, this soundtrack, despite having multiple composers, felt extremely cohesive through and through. Lots of submissions with multiple team members end up having tracks that are widely different from one another, and while this was still lightly felt here, the whole experience felt cohesive andwell planned. A lot of thought must've been put into making this with multiple people.

Here are some standout things I wanted to mention:

The flute in a "A Song of Adventure" was absolutely amazing, what vst did you use for it? The whole track was honestly pretty great, loved it.

The dungeon synth approach in Ancient Ruins made it pretty unique amongst other tracks. The violin and oboe playing cemented it as my favourite track throughout the whole thing. I would REALLY love to hear what vst you used for those.

A Legendary Song is my second fav, you just absolutely killed it with the flute and 5/4 rhythm.

A Rowdy Evening was a great way to cap off the soundtrack on a high note, with a disgustingly good chord at around 1:09 that brought it very high up for me.

Not too many critiques, honestly, maybe that sometimes flutes and strings sounded a tiny bit unrealistic? But it wasn't that big of a deal. 

Great stuff, through and through.

Great choice to feature the tin whistle extensively throughout your soundtrack, it fits the life of the bard perfectly. Loved how the leitmotifs were used here, it sounded like the bard was constantly iterating and searching for the legendary song throughout his journey. The melodies featured throughout were beautifully performed, it was so full of expression and soul. Very memorable journey, congratulations on a great submission!

There's a really nice sense of cohesion throughout this soundtrack that made it an absolute pleasure to listen to. What really stuck out to me was your melody writing, as well as the little countermelodies you present in tracks like A Moment to Gaze the Stars and A Rowdy Evening. 

Also that tin whistle sounds lovely. Do you mind if I ask what you used for it? I tried to experiment with tin whistle in my tracks too, but I couldn't quite get the sound I wanted.

I love the vibe of these tracks! They're very catchy whilst also not being too in your face. The phrasing is nice, the composition clearly has thought behind it. Very solid entry 👌

A song of adventure has really great phrasing and the leitmotif is very clear.

A moment to gaze the stars: I really enjoyed this one, lovely harmonic motions and melody, very sweet.

In ancient ruins: some cool call and response going on here and the driving percussion fits the vibe you’re creating, a welcome departure.

A legendary song: yup, feels legendary haha. Very heroic.

A rowdy evening: I’m loving all the layering going on here, it feels really full and cohesive. Well done!

Overall I feel like this was all just really well composed all around. I think the only criticism I can think of is some of the songs sound sort of “thin”. it’s apparent in things like a village far away. I think that thinness brings out the synthetic nature of the vsts more than you probably want. I’m not really sure how you get away from that, maybe some subtle effects to fill out the acoustic space a bit more cohesively? Not sure but thats all I can think of, great work!

great composition and orchestration plus imo a pretty organic feel! if i had one tiny nitpick, it would be that as a theme for a battle, A Legendary Song could perhaps benefit from more aggressive and driving percussion to really sell the idea of a climactic fight

I like the unique time signatures you used. I know 7/4 has to be a very annoying time signature to work with, but you did it in a way where it wasn't distracting and added to the song greatly.

Here we go, bard music at its best!

I wasn't expecting the 7/4 time signature! (I tend to listen before reading)

The first track really set the mood for the whole adventure, it felt so authentic, loved the general atmosphere!

"A song of adventure" had such a well written theme, really made the flute stand out. It kind of gave me some "Frog" vibes from Chrono Trigger. Loved the dissonances in the strings pad.

"A moment to Gaze at the Stars". Enough said. That's it. I think this is the kind of music that would help me on the days when I'm struggling, reminding me to take some time to breathe in and go on. Had to point out the glissando at 0:37 somehow sounded weird, maybe too forte and the notes chosen weren't quite fitting to me. But all in all, it sounded SOOO good. It really feels like something you'd hear in a very popular game.

"In Ancient Ruins". Good ol' dulcimer doing its good job. Love the snares here AND THE CHORD CHANGES FROM 0:51! That feeling when you just can't expect where the composer is going, and it really adds to the feeling of "Where are we supposed to go now? What's that? Why does it feel so off?". That's what I need in my life. Shattering expectations!

And after all this, the familiarity in "A Legendary Song" is just striking! The leitmotiv really adds to the sense of coming full-circle. Kind of gave me Soul Edge/Soul Calibur vibes. 

"A Rowdy Evening" feels like an ending... or maybe it doesn't really end here??? Some very wise chord picking here, the way the ending part of the theme is exchanged between sections, the way the music stops and gets back together. It really feels like we're finally done. We've gone through stuff, but now we're all here together remembering what we lived.

Only possible downside (if we might call it that) is that you can easily tell everything's computer-made, but the sense of depth and complexity you managed to achieve really conveyed what you were surely trying to do with your music and it just makes you forget about that. It really felt emotional, you've been so coherent in every single track, everything made sense in its own way and also related to other tracks. 

Thank you for this experience, bard!

You gave that flute a heart. This has so much charm, and each piece has a very clear emotion. Your leitmotif in A Legendary Song was a great payoff and felt like a true triumph. I mean, you told a story in 5 tracks. I was there.

I was gonna say this had Shire vibes, but I’m probably just thinking that because of the flute, because this has its own clear identity. It’s from its own place and time.

Seriously, I don’t know what else to say. You built a world and told a story inside it, with an epilogue to boot, using only music. You were very effective at doing so. Even the bard came through as a clear character.  And now I can't get the damn theme out of my head! 

Truly, excellent work.

A village far away - Love the bouncy feel of the guitar(?) and bongos(?). Nice melodies! If you can, maybe add some expression automation on the violin vst.

Song of adventure - Very nice folk flute sound, especially all the bends. 

A moment to gaze the stars - Really strong melody and accompaniment in this one.

In ancient ruins - Nice to hear a contrast in mood and texture. The whole track is really creepy but I think you could pace the tension a bit more. Start a bit smaller, and get even bigger in the climax, maybe using a bit more cinematic strings and percussion.

A legendary song - Very exciting track, great use of time signature to build tension. I agree that there should be more low end pushing the track forward. Some big percussion sounds and low strings. Auxiliary percussion could help hear, like an ostinato on wood blocks and/or shakers. 

A rowdy evening - Great mood to finish the soundtrack on, feels like a heartfelt telling of an epic tale. The drop out at 1:28 could have been a bit more delicate.

It's not super clear what the medium of the story is meant to be? I'm imagining it could be an animated short film, or a linear story driven adventure game. Love the sound of the ensemble, especially with all the folk articulations. I think maybe there are just some reverbs that don't match, some instruments are dryer than others. I would also suggest adding an upright bass sound to some of the folk ensemble sections like you do in the final track. The free kontakt one is pretty good and has a fairly dry close mic sound. 

Great stuff, thanks for sharing your OST!

Good melody-writing! Each track is well-constructed, and overall everything fits into a complete picture. There are moments (ex: the middle section of "A Legendary Song") when the mix feels dry and/or the accompaniment is pushed too far back. Otherwise great job!

awesome stuff here, very cool way of utilizing motifs!!! personal favorites have got to be a moment to gaze the stars and a rowdy evening (especially the composition for rowdy evening!!! really love the addition of the yangqin or at least that's what i think it is LOL) i do think this ost would really benefit with more reverb being added to the instruments as to fill up the space of the music much more, since although composition wise this ost was a treat to listen to i feel like it's missing that "fullness" orchestral compositions usually have. other than that awesome work!!!!