between me and the moon above

This is my entry into the OST Composing Jam #5. These compositions are inspired by the theme of the jam which is, wish upon a star. It is also inspired by some amazing artwork made by @avyary which I have linked at the bottom of this description along with the Soundcloud link to the music.

Here is a description of the imaginary game I am writing for as well as some information about the soundtrack I made. It is a puzzle game that takes place on a small sailboat at sea as depicted in the artwork provided for the jam. The story of the game is that by some higher force or power the sky has shattered and the stars and constellations have fallen into the ocean, it is now just you and the moon above. The sailor is now lost at sea as they were using the constellations to navigate. However, a single star fell right next to the players boat. Picking up the star the sailor finds they can use the stars power to place the fallen constellations back into the sky. This game will operate on a day/night cycle. During the day you have to travel the sea in search for stars and at night you have to place them back into the sky and put them in the proper spot in order to recreate the constellations and find your way home.

My submitted compositions are the loops for the day and night cycle as well as a short loop for the title screen. The title for the night loop is, and the moon above, and the title for the day loop is, daylight. The title screen loop is just labeled as title screen. The arc of the compositions begin quietly and grows and then fades out at the end. While a seamless loop usually does not fade out and restart, I feel this will contribute to the mood of the game. During the game there will be sounds of ocean waves stirring, and the quiet start to the composition and fade out at the end will make the music sound as if it is rising out of the ocean itself and then resting back within it. With that idea in mind you can almost imagine or hear the ocean waves in the music even though I did not implement the sound effect into the track itself. The exception is the title screen loop which does loop seamlessly and does not have a fadeout in the track.

These compositions are ambient music compositions I made using a soft piano vst that is a part of the Spitfire Audio LABS collection, a snare sound from the BBC Spitfire Orchestra and the Plugin Alliance synth, Knifonium. I also used a variety of plug-ins from the SoundToys collection as well as a reverb made by Valhalla DSP, a few Waves plug-ins, a few AIR plug-ins and iZotope's Ozone 9. I did all the midi in Logic Pro and then exported those midi files as audio and did editing, mixing and mastering in Pro Tools. The files I have attached are zip files which when unpacked will give you a folder with the screenshots of the DAW sessions and a folder with  the  .wav files of the music itself being the title screen music, day time theme and night time theme.

ost soundcloud playlist: https://on.soundcloud.com/BB521

artwork by @avyary: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjijfCXXkAE1MAT?format=jpg&name=large