Runaway, but from whom ?

Runaway, but from whom ?

This is the name of a fictionnal video game. It features 2D cinematic platform mechanics, with an emphasis on environmental storytelling.

Follow the story of a being, forced to flee its home town. They discover a forest, imbued with mysticism and magical creatures, and decide to take cover in it. 

The overall narrative structure is a tragedy.

Track #1 - Main menu and intro cutscene

This track accompagnies the intro cutscene by showing the main protagonist and what they're running from. It also shows their entrance in the forest.

Track # 2 - The Call

This track contains all music layers for the first level. The protagonist enters the forest and hears voices singing. They look for their source, and discover what the deep forest has to offer.

But as soon as the protagonist meets the mythical creature within the forest, they realise that they are threatening for them. And that despite being in need for help, they could also harm. 

Adaptative music 

This is a well known feature in video games where the music adapts itself with the imput of the player or the game state. For example, some instrument layer that softens or that emerges as soon as the player approaches an object in the game. Great examples are Furi or levels in Celeste. 

For this project, the soundtrack could loop each portion and extend the more the player advances in the forest. 

OST composing jam 2022 

This soundtrack was made for the OST composing jam #4 with the theme "Runaway" as inspiration. Screenshots for both tracks can be seen below. 

The DAW used was "Magix music Maker", no loop or sample was used and the voice is mine. The overall OST is a blend of multiple genres.

Credits

Cover image and concept arts of how I imagine the forest are from @walterlicinio

https://twitter.com/walterlicinio

The bush sound effect used in track #2 :

https://freesound.org/people/schademans/sounds/2596/