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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #3 | 4.091 | 4.091 |
| Vibe/Atmosphere | #4 | 4.227 | 4.227 |
| Listenability | #6 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Overall | #6 | 3.909 | 3.909 |
| Correlation to Theme | #10 | 3.864 | 3.864 |
| Execution | #14 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The composition is mostly on lydian but it jumps from key to key every now and then.
There's no clear one mode to another modulation but there's some short usage of different modes within the same base chord to change the mood a little.
Such as:
- G mixolidian -> G melodic minor at minute 1:09
- B flat lydian -> B flat lydian mixolidian b6 at minute 1:41
The drone note section starts at 1:49 and ends at 2:34.
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https://soundcloud.com/tom-the-forg/in-the-lake
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Comments
really nive work! love the calm ambient vibe and the harmony, sound really beatiful, feels like is has kind of a ghibli and minecraft ost vibe, very cool work!
Really peaceful, lovely sounding track.
It works quite well. I think there are a couple tweaks to the mix that could make it sound a little bit more clean while retaining the lushness of the reverb, but that's mostly just spatial audio to my ears at the moment.
Great work! :)
Some really nice Forg-sounds here.
I--I am just awe struck here. This is so beautiful dude. It is so peaceful that I could listen to it on repeat for hours, I didn't even notice that it had repeated when I was listening to it lol. I really love the vibe, the peaceful yet gentle piano chords. And the drone just added that touch more of goodness. Well done!
Very nice piece, I enjoyed this piece the most out of all the pieces I've heard in the jam so far and it is likely my favorite piece that I have heard in this jam.
However, the point of the jam was to get outside of your comfort zone and try modes other than the typical major or minor modes, and the modes you used were a bit too close to what I would consider major and minor scales/major and minor pentatonic scales, which are exactly what you used for a good chunk of the piece. I would've liked to see more experimentation with some other modes here.
It's a shame, because this is a really good composition, and would have my highest recommendation, if it weren't for the fact that it just doesn't seem to capture the spirit of what the jam was going for.
I'm glad you liked it.
About the mode thing, the constraint was avoiding the use of Ionian, aeolian, dorian or pentatonic. That's why I chose lydian and I tried to explore it at its fullest. The piece modulates between different lydian tonics. There's also some other modes used in the track but for specific passages, so they're not explored, is just a one chord thing to create some tensión, like melodic minor at 1:09, mixolydian b6 at 1:41 and altered scale at 2:28.
While it's true lydian is very similar to plain major because there's just a one note difference, the feeling it's brighter and the mood is different.I think it meets the requirements but maybe I should have gone with a spicier mode like a mode from the melodic minor scale as a main mode. But I felt lydian al lake go really well together.
So I took a second listen to the piece, and I do hear lydian, but your use of it was so subtle it could be easily mistaken for one of the other modes. Like it's like you were trying to hide it in the harmony/bass and not really bring it forward, that's why I was having a hard time really convincing myself that you were using lydian upon the first listen. It may be a good idea to be less subtle about it so it's clear what mode you're in.
Excellent work. Very tasteful composition giving me anime soundtrack vibes for some reason (might be the "forg"!). Loving the variations in the 1 minute and 1:50 minute mark. Lovely entry very calm and gentle.
Ratings:
Execution: 4
Vibe: 4
Composition: 5
Listenability: 3
Correlation to Theme: 3
Ratings criteria: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LEz4pyyHR7iQ75W2IFjA22odaeDNmdm-/view?usp=drive...
really enjoyed this, glad you submitted.
What a beautiful track! I loved the little chromatic stumble at 1m45, I already knew I really liked this track but that made me love it. Excellent job
Beautiful chords, I really like the gentle vibe, sounds very asian-like so theme is pretty much nailed if you were going exactly for the picture. I really enjoy listening to this one I could put it on repeat for hours. It was already mentionned but its very quiet in the mix, you have at leat +12db headroom that you can bump very easily and it will sound fantastic.
Very Peaceful & Simplistic. I really like this! It sounds almost like a Lullaby of sorts. Great job on the Song!
What a delightful listen! I absolutely loved it. It's super rich in nuances, soft and evocative. Without being harsh at all, it transports you immediately to a serene, almost magical world. It's a beautiful piece of work. Thank you so much!
It's kind of difficult to hear unfortunately, I had to put my volume up to about 60% to hear it clearly.
Otherwise it's nice, the melody is lovely and it fits the themes and challenges quite strongly.
Good work.
Oh, I'm sorry about the volume thing.
It sounds just fine in my pc, I'll keep that in mind for next time.
Do you mix with headphones or monitors?
Something I like to do (as someone who mixes exclusively with headphones) is connect my PC to my Alexa and use her as a mono speaker to test volume, lmao.
I try to keep my PC (windows) volume between like 18% - 26% and the Alexa volume around 5 or 6.
Only headphones, but that's a good tip, thanks.