One Hour Compo - Round 258 (OHC258)

Outline

TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL COMPO EVENT!

High above the clouds, there is a peaceful world of meadows, forests and beautiful scenery with a lot of ancient treasures to be discovered, and adventures to be had. Tonight's theme is "City in the Clouds".

This round is dedicated to the release of Usa's new album, and the Top 3 winners of this round will each get a copy of the album on CD. Votes for yourself will NOT be counted! Only people who actually vote for others will be eligible for the prize!

1st place is also eligible to submit their compo entry or another track fitting the theme for a special edition of the album that will be released later.

Below are 2 inspirational pictures from the album art.

You will have 1 hour to complete your song and 10 minutes to finish it up. You will then have an additional 10 minutes to upload your song. At 6 PST/9 EST you may begin your mixing, please have your files uploaded by 7:20 PST/10:20 EST. Join us for discussion in #thasauce on irc.esper.net.

Link to the album: http://city-in-the-clouds.net/Music.html

VGMDB Link: http://vgmdb.net/album/41272

Resources

Rules

You will have 1 hour to complete your song and 10 minutes to finish it up. You will then have an additional 10 minutes to upload your song. At 6 PST/9 EST you may begin your mixing, please have your files uploaded by 7:20 PST/10:20 EST. Join us for discussion on Discord!

Start: on 9/19/13

Deadline: on 9/19/13

Voting: on 9/26/13

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Entries (21)

Score: 15

Dandelion

by Forty-Two on Sep 19, 2013

Had to reupload again very late because the mp3 was silent somehow.

Score: 11

Never Down

by Trancient on Sep 19, 2013

Woke up about 30 minutes after this compo started.. so sorry for the late entry.
Really tried to stick to the theme on this one..
Didn't use the bass for once... O_O

Let me know what you think of the change in style

Score: 10

Chiptopia

by DDRKirby(ISQ) on Sep 19, 2013

There's a place in the clouds

where there's lots of square waves

it's awesome.

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Me and Acuity collabed today.

Worktime on this song was:
6:00-6:15 - DDRKirby(ISQ)
6:15-6:30 - Acuity
6:30-6:45 - DDRKirby(ISQ)
6:45-7:00 - Acuity
7:00-Submission - DDRKirby(ISQ) for final tweaks and mastering

Score: 9

tears remember, remember tears

by sci on Sep 19, 2013

something something city, sky, surreal, blah blah blah

rushed 5ever :(

Score: 8

Over Soaring Greens

by blastron on Sep 19, 2013

I have been listening to a lot of chillstep lately. This isn't chillstep, though, I just thought you might want to know.

Score: 7

Cumulus Cityscape ft. DDRKirby(ISQ)

by Acuity on Sep 19, 2013

Swapped files with DDRKirby(ISQ) every 15 minutes for this one!

Acuity: uhhh
Acuity: do I put ft. DDRKirby(ISQ)?
Acuity: or something?
DDRKirby(ISQ): surew hataertne

Score: 7