my own stream of consciousness incoming:
what a hefty submission! getting a full 30 minutes of music completed within a week is truly aspirational for a slow-moving composer such as myself!
i love your use of recurring melodies and motifs, it really helps the project feel cohesive throughout its variety of styles.
trapwater beach is SUCH a vibe! the disco-esque strings with the groovy rhythm guitar was such a groove!
grotto is also such a strong composition - it feels so intricate but not too busy, and the gritty drums are, yet again, a vibe!
calypso the great caught me SO off guard, it's so wonderfully heavy and cool... so fun!
dalma commando has such a sick boss fight vibe... sorry to describe everything as a vibe, but it's truly ALL such a vibe! the chiptune work in this track is absolutely sickening (complimentary)
what an intro for enemy infiltration... i felt myself in that pre-boss fight scramble of trying to find potions and prepare for the upcoming battle...
a moment of hope is such a perfect placement of that original melody and a break from the tension of the previous tracks, and really highlighted that beautiful melody so well!
i love the guitar treatment in the lighthouse! and the return of those punchy strings was very welcome - always vibing to those! plus some sick modulations throughout?? a sucker for a sudden key change...
the beefy return of the calypso the great theme in lord of darkness, i love!
the grand finale! what a fantastic culmination of the previous tensions! the weaving of the melodies and motifs is so well executed to fit the higher energy and peak of the action. theres an almost contrapuntal feeling towards the end of the track, the way your melodies fit around each other and complement each other so well!
another welcome breather in not forgotten... good to get my heart rate back down after the grand finale...
photo finish is the perfect credits song to cap off this project, it's so good!
overall, this was such a wonderful submission... i had seen the runtime of it and planned to put in on in the background while i worked, but it immediately captivated me and held my attention for the entire duration, so instead, you get all my unfiltered thoughts! i genuinely do not have a single piece of criticism - i loved every second of this project!