Shards of Memory

Streaming Link : https://foxhyode.bandcamp.com/album/shards-of-memory

Lore/Gameplay mechanics:

You are trapped in "That One Summer Night" , a night you can’t escape and cannot fully remember, repeating over and over. Shards of your memory are scattered throughout the world. Each fragment will help you restore the lot memory, and with it, the world shifts. When enough fragments have been collected the quiet night erupts into its mirrored twin: a neon-soaked, vibrant environment where every sensation feels amplified that will reveal a new core memory. To break free, you must piece together your lost memories and uncover what truly happened that night… and why it never ends.

Musical choice:

Lingering Images:  is the main menu Looping from 0:00 - 0:37. I wanted to express a very chill moment kinda "stuck in time". This can transition to Stillness Moments every 2 bars. It made more sense to include it with Stillness Moments in one track for a smoother transition

Stillness Moments : When with a more ambient approach mixed with some sythwave and big 80's instruments. This will reflect alot more at  2:01 which is what I imagine when switching to the neon-dimension, everything is more vibrant recollecting memories piece by piece.

That other night : This one was a mix of Lofi, synthwave/vaporwave with rather more unique chords at the beginning creating some sort of mystery. Looping mechanics will work between 0:30 - 2:15 assuming we include the reverb tail of course.  Again at 2:16 same effect goes switching to neon-dimension to create a way more lush and vibrant dynamic into the music to fit narrative

Plugins/instruments/DAW:

DAW : Nuendo 13

Plugins: 
95% of my synths and bass are with sampling/granular in phaseplant. Lots of rhodes/reverb tail greating with a bunch of effects creating the diffrent tones I want.

Drums : XO by XLN Audio again using one shot samples. I usually like to seperate all the instance of percussions into individual tracks, giving me more control over what panning and what kind of effects I want, I have lots of small details and automation going on.

Piano ; Free piano samples found in pianobook.

Strings : Cinematic Studio Strings

Shoutout to Grunt for giving me a guitar sample to create of the main synth pads in PhasePlant.

Hope you guys enjoy my submission :)