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Such a cool track! It does in fact remind me of some N64 tracks (like Koopa Troopa Beach, Mario Kart 64), you really achieved everything you went for, great job! 

And of course I loved bubble synth as well :) Perhaps, if I were you I'd probably shifted the whole bubble track a few ms earlier to compensate for its slower attack. Especially at the solo, it seems to water-down the groove (pun absolutely intended).

And "playing steel drums in middle school"?! Now I'm absolutely jealous! Such a wonderful instrument, yet so unobtainable in most of Europe (at least at the time, nowadays you can probably get one for $100 from thomann or something).

That was a very interesting submission, definitely one of my favourites!

There's a lot happening, but every transition and addition is very smooth and thought over, nothing really "jumps" in your face. Everything makes sense, so to speak. Super enjoyable piece :)

If I were to nitpick, I'd probably move those vocals at the end (2:50+) a little bit back in the mix (i.e. a few dB down plus some reverb), as they seem a little bit too strong for my taste. And maybe some more release time on piano (sounds a bit choppy at times, like this lower layer at around 1:20+?). But those are just some minor production things. 

Great job there!

Thanks!

I thought that some simple acoustic guitar would be a nice change of pace, as most stuff on jams is often electronic or full symphony.

I agree that Anxiety could use a bit of build-up before going full dissonant - if it was a song on an album. I was thinking much more utilitarian, just turn it on the really intense moment. Inspired quite a bit with Zawazawa Suru from Spice and Wolf (which is OST I absolutely adore), just a lot worse xD

I am indeed using Kontakt samples here. I composed the thing on the actual guitar, but because of technical issues I wasn't able to record in time, so I went with VSTi. And as I know how it would be played IRL it was much easier to program and make it sound less robotic. Not perfect, but oh well.

Anyways, glad you liked it and thanks again for the feedback :)

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!

Thanks!

Great to hear that it works :)

Thanks, it's great that I've passed the vibe check :D

Anxiety was mostly composed on a guitar by ear, after which I went back to write it down.

When the reverse chord finder told me that those are maj7sus4add#11 chords (most probably in this context), I was already sure that some people are gonna find it the best xD

Thank you!

I tried to focus especially on telling the story. Invoking proper emotions is probably the most important job music can make in media :)

Glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks! 

I tried to have something for every taste/ear, while telling the story :)

That was a wonderful submission, definitely one of my favourites in the whole jam. 

Composition and arrangement is on point, and the vibe is great.

If I had to nitpick, I'd say that probably mix could be a little clearer - the whole thing sounds a little bit muddy.

Other than that, fantastic job!

That was so cool! Really took me on a journey :)

Really sweet piano piece in the beginning, then all of those sounds you've explored throughout the pieces, especially with Taken by Spirits. Working with ethnic sounds always makes things so much more interesting.

And then A Curious Spirit... that's so Shantae that I don't even... I'm sold xD

Fantastic job!

Thanks, great to know that my music worked as I wanted it to :)

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks, glad you liked it! 

Thanks!

That's definitely some of my more developed works, and it makes me double as happy that it strikes peoples emotions in the way I intended :) 

I always dig some synthwave vibes :D

But your work is much darker than normal synthwave, which goes very well with story you're trying to tell, with hacking and whatnot. Very nice choice.

The mix sounds a little bit bottom-heavy for my taste, but it might just be me :)

That was a nice listen. You have really squeezed everything that you could out of those soundfonts - Especially with the trumpet in ONE, neat sound :)

One thing that bugs me however is the mix/ballance. Some things are louder than they should be,overshadowing others. Also, TWELVE is (at least to my ears) a fair bit louder than the others as a whole.

Good job overall tho!

Great stuff, solid SEGA chiptune sound (at least to my ears, as that's what I've played back in the day). 

You managed to keep it crisp and clear while getting to pretty interesting places composition-wise (maybe Emerald Planet was a little bit muddy, but that's all I can pick at)

That's probably one of my favourite chiptune compositions in a long, long time.

Amazing work!

I always find your stuff very refreshing to listen to. It's like washing your ears from all the sunshine and rainbows with burnt oil and rusty nails - and I mean it in a GOOD way! xD

Great job, I'm glad you didn't back down from this jam.

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

Yea, it could've used some more variety at times. But also, you wrote "balancing/softening" - can you say which parts did you find harsh?

The Princess Bride is great :D

Thanks for listening!

Thanks!

I was experimenting with secondary harmonies here, both dominant and subdominant, which is still partially unexplored terrain for me. And I find those music jams to be the best place for experimentation. I'm glad you liked it, thanks!

Thank you!

Star Wars, more like Star Worse. I'm pretty sure my work would make John Williams cry, and not in a good way xD

I guess that in INTRO reverb tails are clashing in minor 2nds, and that makes it crunchier. It was however a conscious tradeoff between musical clarity and vibe. And, arguably, I find vibe to be more important in OST-ish music.

Thanks for listening!

Thanks!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

That was great, I especially liked how frantic 2nd phase gets at around 3:30.

YouTube messed with your quality at the beginning of 2nd phase with those big sounds, but it was well worth it to download the .wav and listen again :)

Great job!

I really like the arps and general sound design here, very enjoyable piece.

If I were to nitpick, maybe the drums could use a bit more *oomph* :)

Great job nevertheless! 

Sampling and twisting the original motifs is a pretty clever and interesting idea, ngl

I'm not much of an expert when it comes to ambient works, but this was surprisingly easy to listen to :)

Good job!

That was a very enjoyable composition, reminds me a bit of ambiences from Houseki no Kuni OST. 

It could have been nice to hear the piano and bells stand out a bit more, as they seem to be lost in the sea of reverb and pads.

Thanks!

Ah, the panning beat, one I like to call "The Clacking Teeth ™" xD

It's basically a phased and distorted sine with super flat envelope to make it percussive. I experimented a bit with filters to make it sound a bit more organic. When I started to feel it at the base of my skull it was so uncomfortable that I knew it was exactly what I was looking for. And it pans with a 1/3 frequency of the rising distorted synth, so that they interact in a more interesting way.

Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!

Freedom as a "calm vibe" was never something that would come to my mind (even though it does make sense), but I've heard many people interpreting it like that. That's pretty interesting. I wonder what does it say about human psyche? 

Yeah, I'd love to have some more time. Especially the day after "finishing" to go through the whole thing with fresh ears. There's just so much one can hear during Post-Submit Clarity :D

Thanks for listening!

Well, this is definitely one of my favourite submissions so far.

Especially First Encounter - it sounds like from Sonic 3D Blast;  Richard Jacques in late 90s composed in similar vein, with jazzy piano with EDM. Very cool stuff.

You explore quite a few styles here, giving all of them their dues. And it's all very well mixed on top of that, every little detail is perfectly audible.

Great job!

Now that was a nice, interesting set.

It's cool how you go from electronic to jazzy and back, while you keep the general vibe consistent.

Your On-Airs remind me somewhat of Neptunia series music (espesially those falling-off synth lines), just smoother and... less jolly?

District of Bells (Bumper) bass seems a bit too much in your face, but generally the whole thing sounds really good. I really enjoyed it!

Thanks, I'm glad you've enjoyed it :)

Thanks!

Sonic games were my exact inspiration for the Freedom track, nice to see that it wasn't lost on others :D

As for the contrast between tracks, I wanted to make some more music to make it more continous, but 48h time limit completely killed those plans. I had to strip the story to the bare bones: captivity-battle-freedom, and coherency probably suffered - that's a fair point.

Boss battle track's B part was supposed to be more "cool" as in uplifting moment of getting an upper hand (a power up of sorts, super sayian, dunno), while A part being more "heavy", to be more reminiscent of Shackles (more of an Enemy theme). But yea, it is quite a gap to bridge, I would need for that three more tracks or so (which was my intention before I realized how unrealistic it was xD )
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