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Sunken - OST Composing Jam 7's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Correlation to theme | #162 | 3.785 | 4.125 |
Quality | #323 | 3.441 | 3.750 |
Impression | #352 | 3.269 | 3.563 |
Overall | #355 | 3.338 | 3.638 |
Composition | #400 | 3.212 | 3.500 |
Creativity | #542 | 2.982 | 3.250 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
FL Studio was used for both of these songs. The songs were made by fiddling around with some samples, some midi work, and a small amount of recording of my own voice (mostly to use as a sample).
Tidal Drift:
This song was meant to be a sort of area theme type of song. I used a lot of bubble sounds to imitate the feeling of water, and went for an almost whale call type thing for the lead. This song also includes quite a lot of reverb/delay, which is meant to depict the vastness of the ocean.
Siren's Garden
As the name suggests, this is meant to be a theme for a garden cultivated by a siren (the mythical creature). For this song, I used several arpeggiated synths to imitate the rising of bubbles, as well as a few samples of my own voice as the "siren's call". Some of the instrumentation for this song was actually inspired by "Uwa!! So Temperate♫" from the Undertale soundtrack.
Message from the artist
I would have liked to make more than only 2 songs, however this jam fell on a week when I was quite busy. Regardless, I still wanted to participate, so that's that.
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
For there songs, I wanted to go with somewhat of a "watery" sound. I used things like rising arpeggios imitating rising bubbles, as well as samples of bubbles and things to achieve this.
For both of these songs, I wanted to have some sort of means of having them be connected, but I didn't feel like going with leitmotifs, so instead I gave the songs very similar chord progressions. Both progressions revolve around starting with a major 7th chord, then playing that same major 7th chord a semitone down, creating an almost tide-like back and forth that I think really sells the ocean vibe.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00LQBjDeQ2yaNG0mW_3aJ2y3zzxNbbAk&si=huLQ-pAx8qLpAieG
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Comments
Really good submission! The soundtrack perfectly conveys that the game is water/ocean-themed. The melodies are also really ethereal in a way. I can envision it being for area exploration which is great. I personally liked Siren's Garden the most. The melodies were just heavenly.
Overall, really good submission. Keep it up!
The siren like vocals in the second track reminded me of the Terraria Calamity Mod boss fight with the leviathan.
You nailed the sinking feeling of being underwater with that first song with the chord progressions. the utilization of those simple instruments makes it stand out without being too repetitive. those arps are carrying the ambient tone, great job!
Super interesting vibe, eerie and melancholic but still beautiful with ominous half tone steps. Great Job!
Amazing tracks that are interesting to listen! Really loved the melodies!
These sound like I'm underwater alright. Using a similar chord progression to tie the 2 tracks together works surprisingly well and even with that property, the track still evolved throughout and wasn't repetitive.
Great underwater tracks, that eq work well to get the underwater effect^^
Siren garden was really cool with thoses little synth voices ;)
Great chordal choices for underwater stuff, that progression is a classic! I would have loved to have heard a sub-bass in the first track to really fill out the low end.
I like the effects you went with for the arp in the second track, contributed to the overall sound perfectly.
Ooh that's a good idea actually. I'll try that out.
The arpeggios at 0:10 in "Siren's garden" are 🤩
You've done a very enjoyable OST! Keep it up!!
Is it cute? Yes. Is it atmospheric? Yes!
Tidal Drift - it feels like I'm drowning, but at the same time... Am I happy?
Siren's Garden - oh... CRABS. I LOVE CRABS! Heh...)
Good job, man. It was very vibe!
The leitmotif for your 2 songs is simple yet it works well for your theme. I loved the first track since it has this ascending and descending feeling with the use of a simple key change
Pretty solid sequencing job on Tidal Drift. I'm quite happy.
Thanks!