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A jam submission

This Shit So AssView project page

I want to be game ended
Submitted by Tony Dank — 4 hours, 20 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#74.0194.019
Creativity#84.0774.077
Quality#104.1544.154
Impression#144.0004.000
Composition#203.8463.846

Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Message from the artist
I want to be game ended. (in a video game)

This Shit So Ass is a study of the failing human psychic when under the pressure of composing musical palindrome for OST Composing Jam [Sandbox edition], with "hard" difficulty limiting the piece to have the same musical notes both forwards and backwards.

Music is all about timing in a forwarding timeline. Many lessons are learned today. One is that traditional and contemporary western music theory need to be re-looked at when musical passages are played in reverse (mirrored in palindrome), and complex musical syncopation and rhythms get demolished without proper timing. The fast syncopated music when played in reverse also exposed that musical rhythm are felt, and human ears are incredibly sensitive to foreign rhythmic elements, thus slower musical passages may fair better when played in musical palindrome. In the end, modern computer music style is probably preferred unless one is to create a mostly textural music piece or fucking Bach's crab canon.

Music is about timing in a forwarding timeline. Many lessons are learned today. One is that traditional and contemporary western music theory need to be re-looked at when musical passages are played in reverse (mirrored in palindrome), and complex musical syncopation and rhythms get demolished without proper timing. The fast syncopated music when played in reverse also exposed that musical rhythm are felt, and human ears are incredibly sensitive to foreign rhythmic elements, thus slower musical passages may fair better when played in musical palindrome. In the end, modern computer music style is probably preferred unless one is to create a mostly textural music piece or fucking Bach's crab canon.

Difficulty

B (Hard)

Make a piece that has the same musical notes both forwards and backwards but doesn’t have to be an identical recording.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/dh2QgyveHGKJqaYe7

Number of tracks
1

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Comments

Submitted

This shit so fire

This is some really cool orchestral electronic mix. Very chaotic in a good way. Great work!

Submitted

Fantastic piece of work.

Submitted

Love the instrumentation

Submitted

I believe you may have cooked with this

Submitted

That's a very unique sound you managed to capture, the composition feels like a rollercoaster that just never slows down

Overall a very fun and interesting song!

Submitted

In my opinion...

Music is about timing in a forwarding timeline. Many lessons are learned today. One is that traditional...

only joking! I thought it was funny how that paragraph was there twice (kinda like a palindrome)

This piece of music was actually fantastic! It was so varied and exciting and orchestral and just a blast to listen to! It really felt like it was made to go along with an animation that had actions correspond to the music!

Genuinely one of my favorites in the jam!

Submitted

Fairly loud, lol. Got jumpscared right out of the gate. 

Ths mix of really loud orchestral hits and Retro inspired synths and arps is a really nice touch, but it could have been mixed a little tigher.

Submitted

Not what I was expecting. I could feel the mind giving way to insanity. I could almost hear the moment you said "This is ass." Great work.

Submitted

Enjoyed the orchestral vibe!

Submitted

Very quirky, I LIKE IT!!

Submitted

bro cooked and delivered 🔥

Submitted

This shit so gas 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Submitted

This sounds like a whole tom and jerry episode and I mean that in the best way possible 🔥🔥🔥

Submitted

IN an age of short attention spans, its nice to see a more drawn out piece. I am impressed you were able to pull off something so intricate within the allotted time.  Masterful work.

Submitted

This shit so good