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A Day In The Life's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #5 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Creativity | #5 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Overall | #6 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Impression | #6 | 4.043 | 4.043 |
| Sound quality | #10 | 3.957 | 3.957 |
| Credibility | #19 | 3.870 | 3.870 |
Ranked from 23 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Streaming link
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Track description | Creative process
I started by listening to the original soundtrack a bunch of times, and taking a few notes. First, what's the instrumentation of the piece? Then what's the arrangement like, where does the part A finishes, where does the main theme come in, how is it modulated later on, where are the calls and answers ? And so on. Finally, I tried to make a mind-map of the kind of emotions, ideas, colours, places, memories, etc... this soundtrack evoked in my head.
Then I jumped on my piano and quickly decided on a key and a chord progression, to start writing down a "Part A". I first built the whole song on piano (as you can hear, since it's the main element entering at the begining and finishing the piece), my part A and its variants, my brides and my part B. And once I was done with that, I started working on the arrangement and adding instruments in and out.
I tried to keep it light and happy-sunny-dubidy-moody, but it quickly became a challenge for me ; it's definitely not the kind of creation I usually make. So I went out of the path I was following a tad, and added some sound design elements, glitchy things, a bit of dissonance here and there that resolves home on a happy-major feeling.
I think that's pretty much it, the rest is just adding and taking out, experimenting and not feeling happy with things so changing them again and again until I felt satisfied with what I had.
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I really like this piece! It fits the theme very well and has lots of subtlety that gives it personality! The pianos are soft while remaining bright...a great fit! Very well done!
I will rather not rate this song, because the maker praised my song and I just can not praise his song. It was too silent and uncreative - boring.
Very CUTE. gives me the welcoming vibe to the whole AC universe.
You capture a good slice of life feel with this one. This track is super cute and lighthearted, I love the melodies written and found myself bopping my head to this track. Amazing work!!
A good feeling track, with an original choice of instruments and effects, that gives it more depth than I was expecting, giving a different take on the soundtrack. Good job!
I liked the moments where there was panning, created a nice spatial feeling. Good work! (I did experience some clicking but I'm not sure if that was at my end or the audio)
Thanks ! The clipping is probably on your end ;-)
I like it a lot, from time to time I feel it lacks a bit of "brightness" maybe caused by the encounter of some bass or melody notes with the harmony, or maybe its just the chords choice overall.
Well crafted. Attention to detail. Fits nicely!
This is very original, i really like it ! I especially liked the pizz part ! Feels a bit busy at times though, but still great work :)
Taking a second to appreciate that intro synth moment, wow. This is a great score that I feel is a refreshing difference from the original. A lot of elements that I didn't know the animal crossing pallete needed, background synths 1:00, flickering effect at 0:52 (wow), I love how it ends too. Very nice harmonic moment at 1:18, along with that progression 1:40. Also the denser approach than the original score, so great work getting the mix to hold up imo. All that, and I feel it really fits the theme, very soothing/tropical. You mentioned upbeat being a challenge, but I think you pull it off. Awesome work!!
Chill piece with very distinct and varied sections. I like it.
This really reminds me of something from a JRPG in the best way, I really liked the atmosphere of it, well done!
Such beautiful synths, ear candys, details. Just great!
Slick pitch bends about 2/3 into it. Nice and vibrant feel to this composition, really creative. If there is only one slight downside is maybe the sustain bleeds the tones into each other, not sure how that would be dialed back just slightly. Sounded beautiful though, superb work!
Slick pitch bends about 2/3 into it. Nice and vibrant feel to this composition, really creative. If there is only one slight downside is maybe the sustain bleeds the tones into each other, not sure how that would be dialed back just slightly. Sounded beautiful though, superb work!
You have given a very particular and attractive approach to your submission. I like it a lot. Great job!
Yeah the dissonance can be a bit jarring sometimes due to the theme, but I think you kept it light enough that it just sounds like a little bit of jazzy fun, and not turning it into a drama. Good job overall, liked the writing and chord progressions!