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This is a beautiful one. I've only been able to rate today and I apologize for that, but this is a banger. With one word, I call this beautiful. The layers, the way it's composed, the quality, especially how the textures are done, its all magical. I hope you crack the top with this one! Cheers.

magically unique submission, i really like how you used more than one flavour of piano! i usually go for this rhodes preset thats always easy to set up, so hearing this was really nice!

That piano first song is amazing, almost made me cry! I also like the other songs, how the strings and brass hold themselves back, and the control of the dynamics. I see the vision with this one, what a great album.

Story wise, that one reflects the "isekai world" not wanting to let you go, and the antagonist wanting to keep you in the world. 

On all the chaos, my mind is a multithreaded chaotic machine that always has at least three things on it simultaneously. I guess it reflects in my music, where I revel in the chaos. I am working on it thoe, as my peers (I'm a composer in a gamedev grp.) also agree that I can be chaotic. Cheers!

For the first song, I wasn't able to lock that in with good composition, it was a few hours before the deadline and I did NOT want to edge that. Thanks for the feedback and I wish I would have done better.

In the coming weeks I might be able to flesh that out, hoping for the best for my schedule...

Yeah I do admit the harmonies were quite dissonant, for this jam wanted to try my hand at some tritone subs and some backdoor subs. The leads had to follow the underlying chords, and thats how I fell into it. Was doing the stank face every 4 bars making my favourites here lol.

INSANE textures. I really like how you took the theme for a spin, and how its all works together. The electronic textures like the bass plucks and the cuts to the leads are nice. I hope you win!

This has great quality, I really like the guitar/plucked solo in the first song. The string all throughout, the organ and the other classical textures. The bell motif is also amazing. Cheers!

That is great mixing, I like how the melody is subtle and how it flows together. Great submission

This is a really nice track, and the piano sections are really nice. I like the guitar part at the very end, although I feel like it needs a bit more bite, personally it's too dark for me with that intensity. Overall great job!

This has an enormous amount of soul behind it, and the polish is also great. I think this is a winner submission, and I hope you do. The vocals at the start however feel too buried at least for me, and would have done great if pushed up. Thanks for making this!

My favourite by far, I really like the setting, the instrumentation and effects, and how it all ties together. Also the mini solos and fills by each instrument, and how it was done with care. Hope ya win this jam!

Thanks for rating! Me joining was really to test my limits and sharpen my skills instead of trying something new, and also to deliver something which I felt was different. Thanks for the reviews, I see how I can improve especially on some of the modal interchange parts and the "wrong notes" that I like sprinkling in. 

I wish to be a jazz musician myself, but evidently im still learning the ropes and have yet to get an instrument for myself (guitar isnt really for me). Thanks for the cool feedback!

I really like the entire feel and the story, especially ocean with its mystique and the last one with the cool drone over it. I also like the panning and the mixing overall, nice work!

I really like how you composed this, and the melodies. The story can somewhat be felt, but mostly I like the compostion, especially the first song. 

Not related to the album but to the lore, subway lines would make horrible aqueducts and would be hard to retrofit, given all the rustable iron in the rails, high voltage wires, and uneven elevation, not to mention the way it would be exposed to the world at the stations; for both water transportation and water infrastructure the idea wouldnt hold water (pun intended)

Just had to let the ol' engineer out, anyways this track is really good. Have fun making more music!

well, its not really about the winner, the love of the game and playing it is the drive for me

Texture is really nice, but ambience feels too loud for the first one

I hear the vision for this one, I really like the flow of the story. Levels are somewhat mismatched and theres a roughness to the samples sometimes. 

The ambience is really nice, I like how the texture builds up and how the evolution of the pieces are driven by texture. A little fade out would be nice however. 

I've done this before on other jams; not the creator but presumably its fine. The screenshot's purpose is to audit that its yours, so it serves its purpose well.

Personally, that 4th chord was held out for a bit too long. While the dissonance feels very intentional maybe it could have evolved into another chord with the same dissonance but still different.

The intro leading to the tune is quite nice! Altho the 8 bit, while it does fit, I wish was more layered. Cheers!

The slide at the very start is nice, haven't seen that a lot elsewhere.

Edit: I meant at the very end, oops!

The ambient feel is quite nice! 

I like this one, it's quite musical while still providing the sound effect vibe ish.

This one is nice too! Less musical but also quite melodic.

Really clean! While it isn't quite music as it is more a sound effect, it is really nice and polished.

The sound design is great! For ambient music good sound design really puts it together, and here it really delivers!

The lore is a bit text heavy, but it's really expressed through the music.

I'm a bit biased because I adore this style, but I enjoyed these track really nicely! The production is really nice and the sound design is well made aswell! 

Thanks, I tried to fit it with the entirety of the story and the time I had left.

Thanks for rating!

These are such nice tracks, everything feels in place and has its role in the music. I especially like the glockenspiel, how its almost desynced and feels pretty wide. I wish you get high placement in this contest because you will have deserved it.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was quite rushed and the direction on the first part of the week was really hazy, so I'm glad I was able to make something anyone enjoyed within 2 days.

On the duck part, quack.

This is another one that I would wish would get top!

The instruments, ambience, composition are all well done, and the story could also be felt in the composition. 

I hope to see this in a pretty cool spot!

Probably one of the best stories in the jam so far!

The album itself is also really well made, I like the drums and the payday-ish style music, but I can still hear how you composed it! I wish you win or at least get the top spot in this because this is really well made all in 9 days!

These two are nice songs, and the ambience is nice. Althou I don't click with it, it has all the bells and whistles of a nice track

Yeah the ambience is really nice! For being ambient music it's still an enjoyable experience while listening to it sitting down. 

This is a nice one! I like the atmospheres you have forged, the weird waviness of it all, and personally the ambiences add a nice touch. Althou, I can't seem to pick up one specific thing that makes it unique and stand out. 

This one is quite fun too

The sounds put forth were nice and I enjoyed it!

This is a really nice album!

I can't really point out things I hope would be better, well done! I hope you the best in the album, rooting for ya to be at the top!

It is a nice album and great overall, but i feel like some minor issues I can point out

Intro's bass sections feel too fat for me, overpowering the piece

Lack of legato also irks me, but it is understandable and may be part of the style.

Also, looking at the way it was made it seems you used an engraver. This is pretty cool, as I use one too, so its nice that this was made with that restriction in place. I am curious, what samples did you use? And how did you master the entire thing?