i might just not be a fan of the genre, but this feels really messy. the mixing isn't great on a lot of these tracks. the hand-played (i'm assuming) keyboard always seems to be the most upfront in every mix, with the other instruments far behind it, making it sound like each song is just a keyboard solo performance. your playing isn't bad by any means, in fact it's really really good, i think this soundtrack just suffers the most from the mixing. love the experimentation with the genre though, if you perfect the mixing you could really be on to something here. the story is also pretty interesting.
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i love the song writing on this ost! joy of past flowers is so fun and charming, and the title track is a really good upbeat tune. my only complaint is that the opening track feels like it doesn't belong in this ost and actually feels really out of place. on it's own it's beautiful, but the tonal whiplash between that song and the next is a bit much.
also i'm a really big fan of the story you've developed here
thanks for the kind words! i do agree that this project as a whole is severely lacking bass elements. if i'm being honest i just haven't reached that stage in music production yet where i can confidently implement bass into my mixes without it sounding muddy, will definitely work on that. thanks again!
straight from the intro i could tell this was gonna be good, and it absolutely was. the guitar work on this project is great, love how it works with the other instruments in the mix, especially in the first track where it's playing with that piano-like synth. the second track is also just such a vibe, wish we could've seen more from this ost!
oh wow, stuck in time is really beautiful, the synth work on the song is great. the guitars are also a nice touch. i like the second track but i think it might've needed more time worked on, especially the mixing of it. still, it's a really cool song and i love how you were ambitious with the length of it. great entry!
i really like how chill this soundtrack is. my only complaint is the seemingly lack of diversity between the first 3 tracks, as they all kinda blended together for me. doesn't mean they're bad, just means they needed more of their own identities (IMO). great job though, still very high quality work.
the musical whiplash between the first two tracks is insane but i love it. overall this soundtrack is really, really funky. such a vibe! bustling brain felt like it was straight out of a persona soundtrack (which means it's extremely groovy). battle against a traumatic opponent was a really cool tone shift that i think works very well in this ost, as without the song this ost would lack diversity throughout it all. let go is also a really good song to use as a sendoff, love it's placement. a suggestion i have is to work on sound selection. there were a lot of parts in these songs where i felt a soundfont or midi you used kinda messed with the vibe. the songwriting is absolutely there, though. great job.
oh my gosh i almost want to give this a perfect score for the story alone, it's so captivating. but instead i'm giving this a perfect score for the music cause holy cow this is amazing. the first track is a beautiful introduction into the realm this story takes place in, and the build up at the end is outstanding. track two is so well done and continues the story perfectly. track three is a gorgeous but tragic tale that captures the god's guilt of the village very well. track four poses an intimidating foe with pieces of the previous track still present, mixed wonderfully into the new sounds present. and then the final track, number five, is so easy to imagine at the end of a long, story driven game. i just imagine our two mindwalkers standing on a horizon, looking out into the distance as everything is purified. truly an amazing soundtrack, this is perfect.
i like the classical feel of the first track, but the tone of the piano falls really flat on it's own. i appreciate the idea of cavern, but i wish the melody was more apparent within the track. i think octoking is a good vibe overall and fits well in the project. thank you for everything is a sweet track, so it's over the first for me but still suffers from the same flat tone the piano carries. that being said, i did enjoy a majority of this project, as i think the ideas are there, they just need to be executed better.
woah this is so pretty. the intro to A Distant Memory had me really hooked and gave me Pink Floyd vibes (Shine On You Crazy Diamond to be specific). this is really cool and the tracks fit the meanings you described for them pretty well. the way the percussion enters the first track is also really neat. A Dream is really encapsulating. i'm a sucker for arpeggios and the ones in that song are lovely. overall there's some great orchestral work on this project and proof of magical songwriting, great job.
this is insane and would not be surprised if this got first place. the levels of creativity in this project are seriously astounding, and the way you two incorporate so many sounds into these tracks is great. the songs perfectly fit what they're intended for, especially /dev/null, as it does give me the edge that most puzzle sections in games give me. serious props to this project. my only only only complaint is that the jump that In My World has feels too loud and it seriously scared me on first listen, although the idea of it was extremely well-written, and the resolution of it was the cherry on top. the game concept is also really intriguing and would love to see it come to life.