Description
Genres: Mostly orchestral with rock elements in one song.

Father Time is a 9 to 10-hour 2D adventure RPG game set in a decaying fantasy world where the protagonist "Father" must become a villain to save his daughter from a world that wants her dead because of an old prophecy.

-A Little Part of Us:
This plays in the first cutscene of the game, where it is explained that Father has been living with his daughter for some years, hidden in a little cabin in the woods.
Although he hates himself for it, there is always a part of him that thinks it's his daughter's fault that his wife died and that maybe the prophecy is true, after all his kid has only brought him pain and suffering, but it still is his kid.

-Do The Right Thing:
A strange man knocks on the door, he explains to Father that the prophecy is accurate, and it's only a matter of days before his daughter births an unimaginable horror into the land, he offers a swift and painless execution, but Father doesn't accept, the man explains that everyone knows who they are and that they have no chance of surviving together, soldiers, bounty hunters, civilians, nobles, everyone will be on the hunt for their head. The father ignores him and kills him using his bare hands.

This song is used a second time when the demon of time proposes a pact with the Father, in exchange for something mysterious.

-The Mountain:
Approaching the end of the game.
Caught between wanting to save his daughter while also trying to stop this prophecy from happening, Father decides to climb the forbidden mountain to find an answer. While he made many enemies he also made some allies and friends, this is also the moment he says goodbye as it is too dangerous for them to go with him.

-Fight Like a Demon:
This plays in the hardest segment of the game, in the top of the mountain he finds an ancient temple where he has to fight hordes of enemies, bosses, etc, all while using everything he has.

-Resolve and Sacrifice:
He finds the answer, it was inside him all this time, the demon of time, he must use him to his full potential to stop the prophecy from even happening, but it will come at a cost, his existence, he accepts it, as long as his daughter lives.

-A Part of Me:
The Epilogue.
Father succeeded and created this new reality where his daughter can be happy.
Some years passed and she sometimes has these moments of deja vu, moments where she cries but never understands why. There is someone she can't remember, there is someone she needs to remember.


I tried to limit myself a lot on this project, from using the constant sound of a clock in most songs, to doing everything in a single file. For the clock idea, I was very inspired by the entoner songs in Drakengard 3, more specifically the tempo changes and transitions used. Besides that, it's a style that I've been developing for some time, a motto I have is "Less is better" and I put that in every song I make nowadays.

DAW: FL Studio 20

Track order:
1- A Little Part of Us
2-Do The Right Thing
3-The Mountain
4-Fight Like a Demon
5-Resolve and Sacrifice
6-A Part of Me

Message from the artist:
It was very fun participating in this project, I'm not worried if I'm going to win or lose cause I learned a lot by participating in this great experience, and interacting with other artists was cool, thanks.

Theme:

Runaway

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Runaway: The father is constantly running trying to save his daughter in time, while also running from the people that want to kill her.
Picture Theme: He has an infant kid and the setting is fantasy.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/lavndry/sets/father-time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJJ6gfxNpvA&ab_channel=lavndry