I really like the consideration for how the soundtrack could be adaptive in the game, I haven't seen that in the Jam much but over half the games I've worked on do a version of that. It could be fun to really lean into this and have a version of the soundtrack that demonstrates fading between different layers, a bit like the hollow knight soundtrack does for area themes. Besides, the music was really well done, I enjoyed it thoroughly. The New world theme reminds me of this really old tune: