| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #18 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Overall | #28 | 3.992 | 3.992 |
| Correlation to theme | #29 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Impression | #30 | 3.960 | 3.960 |
| Quality | #40 | 3.960 | 3.960 |
| Creativity | #57 | 3.840 | 3.840 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
An amnesic young boy finds himself fleeing in a dense and strange forest with a small child in his arms. He journeys towards the distant "Northern Light" and progressively unravels the truth about the mysterious prophecy of great power surrounding the child he is carrying, and this distant beacon of light (see project page for a more in depth summary).
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Tracks:
Innocence: The young boy wakes up in a strange forest, with no memory of his past or who he is. At his side, a sleeping child that he carries with him on his back. The young boy goes on to exploring the marvellous and vibrant with life forest . In the distance, he sees a strange yet familiar beacon of light, and decides to journey towards its source.
Unexpected: What first seemed like a welcoming environment soon transpires to be more dangerous than expected. Along with the glooming danger of the forest, the young boy recalls fragment of his past. He progressively understands why he fled his hometown, that feared an ancient prophecy involving the child he is now carrying.
Slumber: Lost in his dreams the young boy recalls the prophecy he was told at a younger age. He begins to grasp the tremendous power the child possesses and his connection with the Northern light.
Northern Light: After his long journey, our hero finally arrives at the source of the Northern beacon of light. There, he discovers the origin of the child's powers and the truth about the ancient prophecy.
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You'll notice that there isn't really any main theme or leitmotif in this soundtrack, but almost all of the tracks use woodwinds as the central instruments. I wanted them to represent the innocence of youth facing a mysterious, sometimes frightening but ultimately beautiful world. More generally I mostly used orchestra instruments to convey that organic feel of journeying through a forest, while also including some faint electronic elements here an there (mostly in the last track "Northern Light"). These electronic elements, and especially in "Slumber", represent the past and the memories of the young boy that are slowly coming back to him.
My main inspiration for this soundtrack and game was the story and the music of the animated series "Made in Abyss".
I used Logic Pro to compose my tracks with Albion One as my main orchestral library, complemented by Spitfire LABS. The synth sounds and percussions where created using Logic's stock synthesizer.
Message from the artist:
This was the second OST Jam I participated in and it was again an absolute blast! I'm looking forward to the next one!
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
Running away from his past, a young boy journeys across a dense forest to understand the mystery around the child he is carrying and the light he sees in the distance.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMS7LFMUnM4eYg4raqPR690cKjyUvlJrH
https://soundcloud.com/gornemant_music/sets/northern-light-ost-composing?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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