Nice combination of chiptune and experimental layers here, especially in the track Grief. Don’t be afraid to ad a bit more depth to your the orchestral moments, with a bit more dynamic shape to really support the more epic moments. Great work overall :)
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Floating Through Life's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Correlation to theme | #72 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
Overall | #300 | 3.421 | 3.421 |
Creativity | #301 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
Composition | #385 | 3.263 | 3.263 |
Impression | #401 | 3.158 | 3.158 |
Quality | #416 | 3.211 | 3.211 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This soundtrack does not have a relative genre, the music is tied together more with motifs. The game that this soundtrack represents is a game where the main character is on their deathbed, and the gameplay is the player playing through the main character's memories as they remember them. Each song in the soundtrack other than the main theme correlate to each "memory" played through and play during the cutscene in each. I composed each track with VST's and FL Studio.
Composition: All of the “Emotion” tracks start similarly to signify going into the memory.
Main Theme - I wanted this theme to feel “floaty” and “melancholic” to represent the fact that main character is at the end of their life and reliving their memories.
Glee - I wanted this theme to sound happy and triumphant, almost with some adventurous notes.
Grief - This theme is the opposite of “Glee”. It represents the sadness and anger of grief, like losing a loved one, being betrayed, etc.
Loneliness - This track is exactly what the title is. It embodies the loneliness of the main character at a point in their life. The instrumentation is very simple, open, and non-convoluted to further the message.
Love - This is the opposite of the “Loneliness” track. The instrumentation is meant to sound happy with bits of dissonance to show how love is not always happy, but also comes with its challenges. The instrumentation of the second half of the song is supposed to represent that “Euphoric” feeling when you fall in love.
Message from the artist
Thank you for listening to my work!
Theme
![](https://img.itch.zone/aW1nLzE2ODk1NDA1LmpwZw==/original/cjEPnq.jpg)
How does it fit the theme?
The main theme is going for that "floating/melancholic" feeling in the picture theme while the rest of the songs represent the "In My World" theme by representing different emotions in the main character's world.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/luke-gerguis-shotgun192/sets/floating-through-life-soundtrack
Number of tracks5
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Any non-commercial project
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