This is excellent, I think it fits the theme perfectly and as someone mentioned below, can't get more ambient than this. Personally in regards to this jam and theme, I would love to hear some random shakuhachi phrases sprinkled in on just one song but that is just me and doesn't take away from your rating or work at all! Great!
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To be honest, I don't really know what a Shakuhachi is, but I do think I have JADE Ethnic Orchestra, which is a Kontakt Library with I think Shakuhachis... Sounds familiar. In the V1 of the Theme, I actually used on of the Pads from JADE Ethnic Orchestra, but I scrapped the V1 last-minute because I thought the Percussion & Strings in the Pad were too loud/distracting. I also unfortunately missed the part of "Compose To This Image" TBH, until the submissions were already closed. If I saw that sooner, I probably would use JADE Ethnic Orchestra more, especially when I like using that Kontakt Library as much as possible. (The Painting looks like it's in the region where a lot of Instruments from JADE Ethnic Orchestra originate from) At least I saw the Theme being "The Hidden Lake!" (There was one Competition I actually didn't even see the Theme for on Accident, until I was halfway done with the Album I was making for it, LOL. Also that was around when I got JADE Ethnic Orchestra!) It's very nice to hear how Ambient people think my Album is! I kept worrying that I was adding too much or too little, or having an SFX and/or Instrument too loud or distracting. I basically remastered the entire soundtrack within the Weekend the Jam was supposed to end, it feels like LOL. I thought the V1 Versions were too distracting, in a way, and some of the things used just didn't seem to fit the "The Hidden Lake" Vibes all that well. Thanks for the thoughts you shared! Sorry if I talk too much, I tend to do that..