I’m sorry you didn’t like it. Let me try to defend myself a little bit.
Instruments
There’s not much I can do about whether someone likes virtual instruments so I’ll focus on the other parts. The dynamics. First and foremost, I made this OST because it will likely be used in a game soundtrack in the future. Keeping the dynamics at least somewhat more consistent is so the soundtrack would be more consistent. I had the volume of instruments rise to come in and stay pretty high all the way up until they left for that reason. That articulation is a bit harder because of the virtual instruments. I had some parts with the clarinet try to be more legato, but I wanted the clarinet to also be rough, hence the things like the flutter on it and the slight growl on the trumpet.
composition
The chord progression stays consistent throughout each song because I wanted the lounge feel. Something soothing and yeah a little safe because it’s supposed to be a “safe” space. Instruments jumping in and out as the chords, bass, and rhythm continue whilst people eat their free desserts. Even then, there were parts that had off key notes but I kept it to a minimum since I was more focused on the rhythm of the notes than the notes played. I played in a jazz band and I can say that having fun timings is super important in solos and that playing on key notes makes that a much easier task.
Solo sections
This critique confuses me. It’s a SOLO section it’s kind of supposed to only be backed by the bass, chords, and rhythm. Even so, most of the time there were 2 different instruments playing at the same time o make it interesting. Also, I literally did have a brass section backing up the chords several times. I didn’t have it there all the time because it would have made it too muddy. I did research how chords progressed in jazz but I didn’t want every song to have the same chord progression in a different key, so I made my own chord progressions that I liked.
Again, I’m sorry you didn’t like the ost, but I appreciate you editing it to explain why more. The first time I read it it just felt really antagonistic.