Message from the artist
Paul is exploring his own inside world of memories, regrets, achievements, while in the middle of a bridge, and his life, with only the surface of the water mirroring his internal reflection.

This is my submission for the OST Composing Sandbox Jam. I imagine a game where you join Paul on his internal adventures, finding peace in letting the past be the past, but also in being able to find pride in the past.

The theme of reflection is central in the game, and also in the composition. The composition is not only horizontally symmetrical, but also a lot of vertical elements are: the arpeggios (giving voice to the water) are mirrored vertically with the note D (or Ab, depends how you look at it) as the point of vertical symmetry. The lead sound (giving voice to Paul) mostly stays around the note D, indication a sort of indecisiveness, neutrality, and peace. When the melody moves up from D, it will also move down from D, making it a very balanced melody.

The composition was made using Fruity Loops, with Vital. It draws inspiration from: c418, Radiohead, Disasterpeace, Lena Raine, Christopher Larkin, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin.

The composition is 3:07 long, in the genre of Minimal Electronic.

Thank you for reading!

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Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/crimson_raven/david-van-brakel-pauls-daydream

Number of tracks
1