Impressions Composing Jam: 

OST Jam #3

Intro

Something new is on the horizon!

Welcome to the Third Impressions Original Soundtrack Jam! This is the premiere jam of the series, focused on creating a soundtrack to an imaginary game. The Impressions jam series is a series of jams where a work of art from history is used to complement the theme.

This jam will run from  Friday, October 24,  5:40 PM Central, to Sunday, November 16, 9 pm Central. Voting Will end on November 21, 2024 at 9 pm  Central. See above for the times in your local time zone.

UPDATE: The Jam has been extended by 1 week due to the fact that I  meant for it to end on Sunday the 16th, not Friday the 14th, which was an error on my part. Additionally, I am planning a slightly longer break, so I want to give everyone the chance to finish this one.

Likewise, I also have set voting to last two weeks.

Details

Compose in any genre you'd like.

The voting period will be one week, unless more time is needed for unforeseen circumstances. There will be no extension on the time you have to compose the music.

Submit a minimum of 3 minutes of music. 

Submit a maximum of 12 minutes of music.

Don't use music from jams that ended before this jam begins. You may use music that you compose for jams that run concurrently with and/or end before this jam.

Submit one or more tracks.

Attach a screenshot of your DAW.

Submit only original content.

***Do not use AI to produce any part your submission.***

Theme: Realms Unseen

Images:

Great Comet of 1843, Charles Piazzi Smyth

SSTC2D J033038.2+303212, ESA Hubble:

Crab Nebula, ESA Hubble:

Write music to the theme and images. You're strongly encouraged to build a world and a story, but don't treat this as a requirement.

Rating Categories

Composing Quality - Is it well composed, despite perhaps being mixed in a mediocre way? Please keep in mind that complexity does not innately make a composition better, and sometimes makes compositions too busy.

Listenability - This is the "sanity check" of music. Music can be intriguing, unique, or interesting, but you just don't want that sound in your ears anymore for some reason you can't quite place, and you know it isn't just that the genre is outside of your taste.

Execution - Is it well mixed? Does everything sound well balanced? How is the stereo imaging, reverb, etc? How well is the music articulated? Are there good dynamics, good balance of rhythm, rubato, crescendo, etc.?

Correlation to Theme - How well does the composer use musical language to create an atmosphere in a way that speaks to the theme? 

Overall Uniqueness - did you feel like what you heard was fairly unlike other things you've heard before?

Submission Checklist

• 3 minutes of music from a chosen project, uploaded to your project page, uploaded as an MP3, WAV, or similar. Submit as many tracks as you'd like.
• Screenshot of DAW.
• Link to your submission uploaded to a streaming service (i.e. Soundcloud, YouTube, etc.)

If you are submitting close to the deadline, just worry about uploading your music to the project page. You can add in the streaming service later.

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