Sail To The Moon

Using the image and phrase provided, I thought of my OST as part of an indie adventure game like GRIS, exploring the natural process of grief and loss.

The protagonist sails with no particular direction across the ocean in his little boat, looking for the soul of a recently lost loved one. After enduring some obstacles, he watches the moon realizing it was their loved one watching over them. During this realization, the moon slowly starts to fade away, leaving the protagonist alone and ready to accept the loss of his loved one.

The first track (Main Theme) is the main theme, describing the place where the main character is at.

The second track (High Tide) is about the tides rising, being an obstacle for the character and learning to control the boat without drowning

The third track (Meteor Shower) describes a meteor shower. The character thinks they are threat, but they’re just specks of shiny dust.

The final track (Moon’s Gone) serves as an epilogue as the moon the disappears and the character has had his catharsis.

I used Studio One 5 for composing. The genre is ambient, and the main instruments are a piano and a cello. The piano represents the ocean; the cello represents the sky; the pluck instruments represent the stars; the pad represents the meteors and the percussion represents the moon. Runtime is at 2:52 minutes.

https://soundcloud.com/ivnmay/irmt-main-theme/s-KuYfI27ZsvI?si=94843122e35f48ca8...

https://soundcloud.com/ivnmay/irmt-high-tide/s-YNpXjnxP6bY?si=807f97032f054c629a...

https://soundcloud.com/ivnmay/irmt-meteor-shower/s-3M9k5TVmimI?si=9486c962b2b543...

https://soundcloud.com/ivnmay/irmt-moons-gone/s-5no7ZSC53Jm?si=a97fd3ec1550481aa...