Great job! I really enjoyed the more relaxed tracks, especially Her Wish, although Meteor Shower/Falling Stars and Blackhole did a great job creating a specific tense vibe to contrast it. Well done overall!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #20 | 4.227 | 4.227 |
| Impression | #43 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Overall | #44 | 3.655 | 3.655 |
| Creativity | #48 | 3.636 | 3.636 |
| Composition | #59 | 3.318 | 3.318 |
| Quality | #66 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I used baby’s first DAW (ie Garageband) for all of the tracks, didn’t really modify the instruments much but I used a mix of the instruments provided on desktop vs mobile GB. Apart from that, I mostly improvised the tracks and melodies, but I did try to use instruments that sounded apt and ones with names that were thematically appropriate.
You play as a different star in each level, traveling above some distant horizon. It’s an ambient game about the wonders of the galaxy. Many of the songs use bells to represent the other stars surrounding you in the sky.
Track 1 - Night Sky: You travel across the night sky as centuries pass. As time carries on, you become as vibrant as those around you. Together, you paint the sky in gorgeous hues of purple, pink, green, and blue.
Track 2 - Meteor Shower/Falling Stars: You are part of one of the most spectacular meteor showers the world below has seen in decades. But what they see as beauty is chaos in the midst. Stars are falling all around you, as if some evil force is clawing at you from the heavens. Fire rains down; this must be hell. You try to survive, and as quickly as the storm began, it draws to a harsh close. The rest of sky pretends as though nothing happened, and you find yourself doing the same. But you are grateful. Perhaps even stars can have their prayers answered.
Track 3 - Her Wish: You are a star receiving a girl’s wish. She stands below on the hospital balcony. Her thoughts become yours and you begin to see her mind as if it were your own. Her emotions spring up around you—she wishes she could be a star, as beautiful and carefree as the night sky. But she is bound by the anxiety of her sole living relative, sick in bed in the room behind her. The beeps of the machines pull her away from you, back into reality, and you feel as much loss as she does. People don’t believe in wishes anymore. They don’t believe in you. But that makes you shine brighter. You will bring this girl the joy and freedom she desires, no matter what she thinks she’ll lose.
Track 4 - Blackhole: A blackhole. An eater of worlds. In the radius of its darkness, there is no escape, only the inevitable wait for whatever comes next. Before long, the blackhole swallows you. Inside, it is like a circus. Nothing is right, nothing is wrong: the concepts don’t exist here. Elongated stars stretch past you into the eternal unknown.
Track 5 - Rebirth: You are nearing the end of your centuries-long life. Every end is a new beginning. As the fire that composes you burns out, a new fire is ready to start deep down inside.
Track 6 - Meteor Shower (Extended): The original length of track 2, included as a bonus track that would be unlocked after the end of the game.
Message from the artist:
So…this is my first OST Comp Jam! I’ve been listening to the past ones for a while and had to give it a shot. I tried making a song a day so I am winded but it was all worth it! I love making music and I’ve been making soundtracks privately for the past year or two, so it’s nice to finally put something public. Thank you to Lone Rabbit for hosting this jam, and to everyone who participated in past jams, you all probably inspired me in one way or another!
Theme:
Wish upon a star
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
Each one of my tracks corresponds with a different role that stars play, whether in our stories or the grander scheme of the universe. Track 3 is perhaps the most on-the-nose track in corresponding with this theme; however, tracks 1 and 2 also draw inspiration directly from the picture theme.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/pap3rg4mer/sets/wish-upon-a-star
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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