Thank you for the feedback! The drums seem to be the thing that is getting the most criticism so I’ll definitely work on that for the future!
Also I had a lot of fun making the song have different sections.
You already know I’m a big fan of your work. I really like this a lot, I don’t know what katamari is, so I cannot give you my opinion on how much it inspired the song but it sounds like a cool OST.
This has nothing to do with the composition, but I liked a lot the editing of the video showing the leitmotif. Cool stuff.
5/5 ⭐
It is a little repetitive, but overall a great job! Maybe the drums should’ve come a little earlier on the song but that is just my opinion. One thing I do want to praise are the instruments, they sound so unique together. Also, I’m not a mixing expert, but I feel like the drums sometimes saturate the audio.
I’ve said this countless times in these jams, but I always have a bias torwards chiptune music. I loved it even with only the first notes!
I like how as the track goes it becomes more… epic (?), reimnds me of the true lab from undertale in a way.
I also like the idea behind the name, very creative. 10/10
Here is a little insight of what my process was:
First of all this is my second attempt at using the leitmotif for the jam, my first attempt was more of a EDM type of song that I didn’t like that much, then when I thought of Komorebi so I tried with that and I liked it a lot more.
Most of the instruments didn’t have a lot of thought behind them, I just added what “felt right” in the context of the song.
An example of what fell right are the pianos, I didn’t know what to put, but I knew I wanted some chords to transition into the final part of the song and since I know that this specific piano goes well with triangle waves, so I did that.
The little koto sections where originally guitars (there was actually a version with me playing that part in guitar), but because of the japanese theme I decided to switch to a koto which in my opinion sounds better anyways. (I am very proud of the ending of this song)
The flute is kind of the same story as a koto, originally it was a sine wave before turning into a flute to fit the theme.
I liked adding the little 8-bit chirp noises, they are supposed to be little birds in a way. (You know because of trees and nature).
Also while making the song I had a very specific shade of green in my head for some reason, I guess it is because I draw a lot.
I like the drums, it makes the song a little more upbeat which is what I was going for, something you would listen to relieve stress or something and I think it works (I have turned it now into my drawing BG music), but I understand if they seem out of place. (Yes they are indeed rock inspired)
I like combining wierd instruments, especially chiptune instruments with literally anything else.
I hope you liked it and I’m excited to listen to all the other songs when I get the time to do it. (‾◡◝)
I liked it a lot, really simple but fun, my only criticism are 2 things:
Aside those points it is a really solid game!