So light-hearted yet so rich in color with many interesting textures. great live performances also. Love this soundtrack!
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Composition | #148 | 3.787 | 3.787 |
Impression | #166 | 3.660 | 3.660 |
Overall | #167 | 3.702 | 3.702 |
Correlation to theme | #192 | 3.723 | 3.723 |
Quality | #196 | 3.681 | 3.681 |
Creativity | #213 | 3.660 | 3.660 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
My album includes three acoustic/orchestral tracks for an imaginary narrative adventure game called "Picnic at Maple Pier." The anxious main character seeks connection by inviting a friend to a picnic on the pier. Along the way they discover the richness of the everyday world.
Track 1: "Morning Light Through The Bedroom Window"
In this track, the main character wakes up and takes in the morning (the world of the new day coming into the bedroom). It's going to be a great day! This track features live recordings of guitar and percussion, sampled piano and flute, a couple instruments from BBCSO Core, LABS Gaelic Voices, and an excerpt from a Carlos Drummond de Andrade poem! The poem focuses on the line: "Tinha uma pedra no meio do caminho," which translates to "there was a stone in the middle of the path. It's repeated over and over in the poem, making it a meditation on mundane details.
Track 2: "Under The Umbrella"
In this track, the main character experiences a summer rainstorm (the world 'under the umbrella'). It uses a woodwinds, brass, and percussion from the BBCSO Core library and the LABS Soft Piano.
Track 3: "On The Pier Under The Stars"
In this track, the main character reflects about their experiences from the day (the world under the canopy of stars). Not everything went according to plan, but that's okay. It was a day they will not forget anytime soon. This track uses a sampled piano and flute and mixed percussion from BBCSO Core.
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Message from the artist
Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoy it!
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
"Picnic at Maple Pier" is a meditation on the little "worlds" we inhabit in the course of our everyday lives--a sunlit bedroom, an umbrella in a rainstorm, a pier under the stars--all full of beauty and meaning, if only we'd pause to see it.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/michael_l_wood/sets/picnic-at-maple-pier
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgmfNiNAGnmn6erxhuHSyHpYqJQeWJuPn
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Any non-commercial project
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