| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Coherence to the Theme | #3 | 4.167 | 4.167 |
| Enjoyability | #3 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #3 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
| Quality | #4 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Creativity | #6 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
Ranked from6 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Link to Streaming Service
https://soundcloud.com/cloudydaymusic/dig-your-way-out
Description
My idea for this entry was to make 90s style "mines" level music the way that I remember it, and with a modern instrumentation and style rather than the way it was. Given the games I played in childhood the biggest influences in this area were unquestionably Donkey Kong Country 1 and 2, and David Wise's pieces "Life in the Mines" and "Mining Melancholy", but also mining adjacent cave levels like Sonic 2's Mystic Cave Zone, and the music for that level by Masato Nakamura. (NOTE: I did not listen to any of these pieces until I was completely done mixing, and I'd suggest you listen to this first and then those--it's really funny how our memories can polish and warp things like our favourite tracks.)
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I like the mix of instruments you used, very satisfying mine tune! and I hear the influences from the donkey kong country tracks! I've forgotten how much I've used to enjoy the soundtracks of the DK games in the past, so thank you for this!
it DOES have that mining melancholy energy! also i do like the percussion you chose here and its mixing. i'm curious what sounds you used specifically, there's that one almost clinky (very short) sound that i enjoy how it sits (especially as you have add more instruments) for the overall texture. and i dig that bass sound too
Glad you like it! The pickaxe sound is a sample of a pickaxe hitting a rock with an orchestra anvil (from Spitfire's BBC Orchestra) laid overtop of it to give it the definition. Pixabay and Freesound.org are excellent places to get ambient sounds--the latter is where I found the minecart rolling. The actual sound was pretty rough so it benefits a lot from the panning and backgrounding/foregrounding.
This is sooo good, very David Wise esque! Awesome percussion and great cave sounds! Sick integration of samples!
Man this is so good!! I too am a big fan and draw inspiration from David Wise. Totally resonate with the memory thing, one time I wrote a song and I was like wait? This is just like Aquatic Ambience 🤔
