Beautiful growing melody! Like a dreemly castle!
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A wish through hard times's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Composition | #20 | 4.094 | 4.190 |
| Quality | #26 | 3.908 | 4.000 |
| Impression | #26 | 3.908 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #35 | 3.750 | 3.838 |
| Correlation to theme | #64 | 3.396 | 3.476 |
| Creativity | #73 | 3.443 | 3.524 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
- Genre of soundtrack -
This soundtrack is made of only one piece of music (03:18), and was meant to be played along with a cutscene or an important section of the plot.
As for many of my inspirations, the game could be a RPG with a particular attention accorded to the story, with quite a cinematic vibe. It's not necesseraly a fantasy game, since the theme and the illustration evoke to me rather a dystopian setup. Something with huge political and social themes, rebellions and appealing characters. This particular piece eovke hope, dreams, heroism but also traumas, struggles and hard times (hence the title).
- Process -
Firstly I improvised on the piano, looking for themes and atmosphere. Then I wrote down the score (with MuseScore), figuring essentially the main themes, the structure, the chords, the basses, and some basic orchestral ideas… Finally I orchestrated the score directly on the DAW (Reaper).
Message from the artist
A way darker piece was started to counterbalance this one, but I ran out of time and couldn't finish it. It was my fisrt participation, so I hope I have better time managment next time !
Theme
Freedom
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
The theme and the artwork does not only evoke something positive ; it shows how fragile and difficult freedom can be, and that people sometimes have to stand for it. So I wanted to create a narrative piece, perhaps suitable for a cutscene, that could embrace all of these aspects : delicateness, a sense of hope, but also the reminiscence of hard times and the bravery required to overcome those difficulties.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BfjCUlo9U
https://soundcloud.com/walden_nyhl/a-wish-through-hard-times
Genre
Orchestral
Classical
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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