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Timeless - "OST Composing Jam #6 entry"'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #7 | 4.517 | 4.517 |
| Quality | #13 | 4.448 | 4.448 |
| Impression | #20 | 4.103 | 4.103 |
| Overall | #21 | 4.055 | 4.055 |
| Creativity | #62 | 3.621 | 3.621 |
| Correlation to theme | #63 | 3.586 | 3.586 |
Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I love orchestral soundtracks which is why i decided to go this way.
Mood is lyrical and dark, just as Oliver's destiny in my imaginary game is (more description about imaginary game story is on https://3yy3.itch.io/timeless).
Orchestral composition and orchestration made using Musescore 4.1, mastering done in Reaper DAW.
My inspiration comes from composers like Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gustav Holst, John Williams, Austin Wintory, Ólafur Arnalds, Bruce Broughton and others.
My process started with making an imaginary game theme. When I came to conclusion on the game layout then I took four chapters from the story and made their emotions feel alive through my music.
First track describes the Oliver's dream about the time travel possibility. He saw how to build a functional time traveling machine in the dream.
Second track is about Oliver making his first travel to a different time. He is afraid at first but bravely takes the ride anyway.Third track revolves around his dissilusion about the life itself. Things he had seen left him reall dissilusioned. Fourth track is the final track from the game - Oliver becoming at peace with himself as well as the reality that he cannot die or change anything. But he finds his peace nonetheless.
Enjoy! :)
Message from the artist:
Note:
Track "Jan Vanek - 04 - Conciliation" was meant to have solo women voice. Unfortunatelly my singer got sick just before the recording. In pdf file you can see the original voice line with latin text. I had to improvize so i replaced the voice with piano, clarinet and cor anglais in Reaper DAW.
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
Music is about the time traveler. Rhytmic elements of time are also often incorporated into the composition itself.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/25jXf
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
Such a tragic and poetic soundtrack and story! This was really beautifully and masterfully executed, I really enjoyed immersing in the story while listening to the music! Excellent arrangement and composition skills, the melodies and harmonies were very well though about and complexe yet fused together very naturally and satisfyingly. Amazing entry!!
Thank you! All this support really means a lot to me! 🙂
I’m an absolute sucker for a solid orchestral score, and this is one. The melodic content, the textures and colors you play with, the mixing, and the emotional weight of each track is so so strong. Given your description, it seems like there’s a lot of complex emotional subtext going on and it’s so well portrayed in the music.
Also, oboes/english horns are often used to symbolize death. I have no idea if you did this on purpose, but I love the use of it at the end. Not because someone has died, but because he will never die, and that is in fact the true tragedy. Amazing work!
Thank you so much for such a nice comment! Regarding the oboe and clarinet... It was originally meant to be my girlfriend singing but she got sick just before recording. I even wrote lyrics in Latin 😂. Then I choose clarinet, oboe and cor anglais because I love how lyric they are ...
Latin lyrics would also have hit the same, haha! Hope your girlfriend feels better soon!!
Timeless Dream: Very well done orchestral. Love the sidestick, gives a clock tick vibe to me.
First Travel: Cool ostinato. Love the second half with the Dorian use, use of a brighter scale than the first half really gives the "different time" feel to me.
Curse Of Time: Love this slightly dark theme, simple track but sets the mood you described perfectly.
Conciliation: Very deep and emotional. Love the harp. Great composition. Gives me Hollow Knight vibes.
Great work!
Thank you very much! Happy to hear you like it! 😊
this is some amazing work. so glad i was able to experience this. the first track was so beautiful. those strings are amazing. great composition overall. i feel like the mix was a bit too muddy for my liking but thats prob just me.
again, outstanding job. thanks for sharing!
Thanks! Glad you like it! :)
Yes, the mix is certainly not the best - it was my first larger project with the Musescore. Originally I thought that I will process the whole thing in Reaper with Cinematic Studio libraries and mix it properly at the end but there remained simply no time for that :D
i feel that. i wish i had more time with my project too. literally submitted it with like 20 seconds left on the due date lol
Haha, yeah... But I kinda like the pressure. It makes me present :D
This is a very beautiful OST that suits the intended game (and track) descriptions really well, but furthermore give me as a listener a journey of my own. Well orchestrated and a lush soundscape, especially the first track which is my top pick of the tracks.
Really well done, and while I think the replacement for the missing vocal works, it would be awesome to hear that track with the vocals at some point!
Hi, thanks for the comment! :)
Vocal version is indeed planned. I plan it for October - November (I will have an option to record it better then, right now I am working abroad and I have only limited recording equipment with me). Stay tuned! :)