Beautiful story and music! The warmth and longing in this OST was very touching. I do wonder if you could mix up the instruments a bit more in your tracks, it felt like many of the same sounds and textures were re-used between the pieces. For example, I noticed that you often lead your melodies with the piano, while using the strings in a supporting role. This has a very beautiful, lush effect, but when that expansive string section is present so often, it starts to lose its impact and charm. I think swapping out the supporting instrument from the strings to something else from time to time during pieces, or between tracks, would help make your beautiful music make an even deeper impression on listeners. I really think your melodies and atmosphere did a great job of capturing the feel of a bittersweet visual novel, and this was very enjoyable to listen to, thanks so much for sharing!
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Hello BodoTheSelf, yes yes I agree with your critiques on this! These songs were ones that I originally wanted to design for Piano only, but because I felt like the Piano was lacking some depth that I wanted to achieve with the music, I added strings to help support its sound and to give breaks between the ideas I had in mind with the Piano. I've gotten this critique before from my old composition teacher so it's a habit I still need to work on in making sure I give each sections more time to shine.
The instrumentation itself was meant to be the same across the tracks, however what I failed to do with this project compared to last year was that I failed to create more diversity in sound across each tracks as I decided to lean into the feel of the bittersweet melancholy I created with the first track, but yeah I agree that it can lose the affect when listening to each track back to back. On their own, I think they are all fine, but it was a risk I took to keep consistency between the tracks. Still highly appreciate the feedback, I will be looking to adjust for next year's jam!