By far one of my favorite submissions that I've listened to. Very tight composition both musically and thematically, and your vocal layering is on point. The only thing that I felt was missing was maybe some strong stings (swelling tremolo perhaps) at the climax to help add a little power. However, I could see how that could take away from the more folk aesthetic (which is also a really creative angle; I could hear this being an in-game folk song). Great work!
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Song of the White Dragon's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #1 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Creativity | #4 | 4.250 | 4.250 |
| Overall | #5 | 4.140 | 4.140 |
| Quality | #6 | 4.200 | 4.200 |
| Impression | #16 | 3.800 | 3.800 |
| Composition | #23 | 3.850 | 3.850 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The genre is somewhere between folk and orchestral.
This entire track was made entirely with my lyre (which I built myself last year!), a frame drum, and my own voice. I used two types of Mongolian throat singing in this track. The deep one is Kargyraa, which produces a tone that is an octave lower than the one you're singing, and Sygyt to make the high pitched whistle-like sound at the end.
I used a melody I developed improvising on the lyre. I actually strangely developed the melody when I was trying to reimagine ancient Norse music. But, because it's pentatonic, it works really well for an East Asian sound.
The last couple of measures where I repeat the main melody for the last time has a 4 against 3, which I feel really reflects the twisting and turning of a dragon.
Message from the artist
Thank you for listening! I feel like I put a lot of my heart into this one, and it's one of my favorite of my own compositions.
Theme
Chronicles of the Azure Sky: The White Dragon's Melody
How does it fit the theme?
I wanted to take an approach where the dragon is a deity, emanating a supernatural fearsomeness to behold, and yet utterly majestic and benevolent.
The Kargyraa (low throat singing) is mighty like a dragon, and Sygyt (high pitched) fills the air with spirit. Since the theme is a white dragon in a game called "Azure Sky," I imagined this dragon as the dragon aspect of air. The simultaneous presence of both is meant to create this sense of scale, where this deity is this harmony of good things.
I wanted there to be a strong sense of sacredness and otherworldly power made manifest in the physical realm.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/alkan23/kaleoverlord-hymn-of-the-white-dragon
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (Game Jams)
For game jams only
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