saw someone mention oliver buckland in the comments and im already excited to listen ...
your opening track, "Forth," is really beautiful! really like the chord progression being built. this track is simple in a way that is thoughtful. the synths here are well composed. i do feel like, without the percussion, the lower synths did present as slightly muddy - but not in a way that was too distracting, your melodic lines still sounded wonderful! the percussion interjecting later on provides a good driving force befitting of the beginning of a story.
"Sine" sounds wonderful so far! your transition was so smooth i hadn't even realized it started yet LMAO.. again, wonderful chord progression! again the only issue is mixing - your composition is really thoughtful and i love the timbre and texture of this track, but some of the melodic lines were lost behind reverb and the volume of other instruments, like i couldn't really hear the piano (i have hearing problems so take this w a grain of salt i may be wayy off base and sound crazy asf</3)
oooo gaia is really gorgeous so far!!! i love the chords being built! really builds that cosmic and surreal theme, while leading into that sense of impending doom with the clouds rolling in. loving the addition of the arpeggiating synths. definitely my favorite track so far!!
scary storm,. ,.,. hey if i heard this in an actual game i would probably crap my pants ! loving the chaos in this track and its really fitting of the chaos of a ocean storm. the ambience of the ocean and rain here is nice. the glitchy panning percussion is really cool!
poor mark ... he shouldve like. not fallen probably. but no yeah i really like the depressive theme of this track! the ostinato from the marimba-like instrument really progresses the idea that the main character must keep going in spite of what's happened. definitely one of my favorite tracks so far.
oo the percussion in Nkumo Atoll is really nice! this one tells a good story, beginning with the quieter and deeper synths, before progressing into the chase sequence. really nice ending to the OST, and i love the percussion here! hello 5/8... this is a really lovely track and, again, this one definitely takes the cake for being my favorite! i love the intention behind this one and i can really visualize the story that runs alongside this track.
overall, very entertaining listen! i feel like the pitfall of a lot of ambient tracks is that they get boring very quick, but that was not the case here. i enjoyed every second! my only general note (and, again, take this with a grain of salt, because there was a LOT of good in your submission that far outnumbered this one nitpicky thing) would be mixing. there was the occasional muddiness from the reverb of synths and general balance between instrumentation that tended to drown out other instruments, but never to a distracting degree. this was a wonderful listen overall!
thanks for much for sharing i lovelovelove this submission! keep it up!!! :DDDDDDDD