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A jam submission

Chronicles of the Azure Sky: Ballad of the White DragonView project page

Submission for OST Composing Jam: Crunchtime 03
Submitted by redderplanet — 16 minutes, 51 seconds before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Correlation to theme#213.8753.875
Overall#783.1253.125
Composition#813.0003.000
Impression#842.9382.938
Quality#922.9382.938
Creativity#972.8752.875

Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
I used MuseScore and Logic Pro (using the Spitfire Audio LABS and Rare Flutes plugins) in composing this piece.

My personal background greatly influenced how I approached this theme. As a flute player who grew up in Hong Kong, both my musical and cultural background play a significant role in how I envisioned the music to sound for a game with this theme. Due to my primary instrument being the flute, I find that I frequently like to incorporate the flute in some form (appropriate to the tone and theme of the piece) in many of my compositions, and given my Chinese heritage, dragons definitely have a strong association with East Asian culture for me. I have also recently played a lot of the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom, which also feature dragons prominently in their storylines and feature East Asian-influenced music and instrumentation. This led me to lean heavily on the pentatonic scale when composing this piece, as well as incorporating instruments such as the Chinese dizi flute, ocarina and mandolin.

Message from the artist
I can be contacted at +1 (347) 206-6484 or by email at meliadms@gmail.com. Thank you!

Theme

Chronicles of the Azure Sky: The White Dragon's Melody

How does it fit the theme?
(Listed above in description)

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/marsadams/chronicle-of-the-azure-sky-ballad-of-the-white-dragon

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

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Comments

Submitted

Very fitting of the theme! Love the instrumentation. That and the pentatonic melody really connect this to the theme.

Submitted

I can really see the theme connection in here! Can totally picture a temple and whatnot while walking around with the flute playing

Submitted

Really nice composition! Nice job capturing the eastern sound!

Submitted(+1)

I really appreciate that you gave some background to your composition choices! It made the track feel a lot more personal and I enjoyed it more for that reason!

Developer

thank you - I'm glad to hear that! :)

Submitted(+1)

the flute in this is so pretty!! awesome that you were able to use your flute and cultural background to tap into the eastern composition

Developer

thanks! glad you enjoyed it! :)

Submitted(+1)

Very nice! Woodwinds are a little loud imo, but the composition and melody sounds very peaceful and relaxing

Developer

thank you!! I totally agree lol that's on me for not leaving enough time to tweak levels and master properly

Submitted(+1)

If it makes you feel better, I also forgot to check my mixing until after the submitting them and I've never felt so aaaaagh. No wonder the jam is called "Crunchtime"

(+1)

This is so good!

Submitted(+1)

I think it definitely fits the white dragon melody theme good work.

Developer

thank you! :)