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A jam submission

Songs of a Forgotten World - The MaidenView project page

Soundtrack
Submitted by Ella_Markwald — 17 minutes, 53 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Storytelling#873.2613.385
Composition#943.4103.538
Creativity#1053.3363.462
Overall#1243.1873.308
Quality#1502.9653.077
Impression#1512.9653.077

Ranked from 13 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme

Songs of a Forgotten World
Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Plot: A young, wealthy maiden is escaping the arranged marriage between her and an ugly, old man. She runs away – planning on ending her life, when she’s met by three magical creatures: the Songstresses. They explain that they will help her escape her future turmoil if she succeeds in a quest. The Songstresses send her on a journey of music and adventure, with which she is accompanied by a songbird who leads the way. The Songstresses are in search of their Lyre, which was stolen many years ago by man who copied and profited off of their protected design.

Number of tracks
4

Genre

Orchestral
Electronic

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

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Comments

Submitted

The Songstresses: Your collection of instruments used feel authentic to the theme image and to the world you are creating. Even with a slower tempo, it keeps the energy moving when you hand the melody from one instrument to the next. I am a fan of the whimsical yet contemplative sound particularly conveyed by your main melody. 

Songbird: The flute ostinato is catchy and its repetition makes me think of the songbird kind of like Navi from Ocarina of Time. This track reminds me of some dynamic LittleBigPlanet music in how it is constantly evolving throughout while keeping a solid core identity.

The Mountain: Those big swells at the beginning using those big major chords give a sense of grandeur and immenseness which makes me think of ascending a big mountain. The shift in feel to a much more intimate sound with pizzicato strings is an interesting choice, but I imagine has story-driven importance - possibly for a searching theme when they reach a meadow or clearing high up on the mountain. That’s what I imagined at least!

Man: Hey, we both used singing bowls for our final tracks! They create an almost spiritual sense that helps create a gravity shift in the story. The foreboding and ominous chord progression makes this fitting for a villain or danger theme.

The progression from mystical to light-hearted to expansive to searching to ominous while maintaining a cohesive sound helps clearly direct us in where the story is going and helps me follow along. This overall was an enjoyable listen. Great work on this and thank you for sharing your music!

Submitted

These were very charming and well composed, good instrumentation throughout. The only track that felt a bit out of place for me was The Mountain, especially in choice of instrumentation, but I'm in the minority here. Regardless this was an enjoyable listen and The Man had a really good vibe and very unsettling, though idk which man we're referring to; the old man or the one who copied the design? Either way, really well done.

Submitted

These were some nice songs. I think they felt a little empty at times, and "Man" took too long to get going only for it to rise up to basically nothing. I was expecting it to be more climactic as the final song. The mountain was probably my favorite of the bunch.

Submitted(+1)

This is a really good soundtrack!
It has a nice nostalgic feel to it — especially The Mountain!!
I'm certainly going to be listening to some of these tracks over and over again, they are very good :D

I wish you luck in the jam, and a great rest of your week :)

Submitted

Cool OST !

I really liked "The Mountain", it has a very refreshing vibe. "Man"'s dark vibe had also a great contrast with the rest of the OST. The songstresses had a very interesting vibe and I liked the different instruments in the background that made the track very interesting to listen to. Lastly, I enjoyed the chill/joyful vibe of Songbird. My only concern would be the lack of percussions in the first 2 tracks. Even in cozier or more whimsical tracks, I'd say that some sort of percussions should be used to give the track some energy. It could be big war drums or more discrete drums like a bongo or woodblocks. Just something to setup some rhythm. Good job anyway, I enjoyed listening to your work !

Congrats for finishing the jam

Submitted

I loved the folky atmosphere of this submission, it sets the tone of the world really well! The shift in timbre in The Mountain was a nice refreshing transition, and Man's heavy, dark tone contrasts beautifully with the rest of the soundtrack. Great work! Thanks for sharing!

Developer

Thank you so much for the feedback!