What would have made these tracks Finalists?

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[@silverfireVRgaming]

Thanks for commenting on my track. This was my very first time attempting something like this, so the comments are very helpful. Glad you both appreciated the textural elements; I was imagining ice cracking around you as you're racing through the course. ;)

[@uffevonlauterbach]

This one came off as more experimental sounding. The ice cracking textures were an interesting choice, but I feel like there could've been a melody that would be recognizable to the listeners. :)

[@Crimzan4]

"Stuck" (or "flat" / "static") seems to be the big takeaway of this video! Actually feeling really happy to hear it was close to becoming a finalist Ryan, haha! This was my first ever competition and a very different and very fun experience. Hearing yours and Chris' thoughts on it was very motivating and I really appreciate the feedback on it! I can definitely see where you are coming from and will try to improve on that in the future :) Thanks again for hosting this competition and making these feedback videos! There's so much to take away from these :)

[@limonscore]

I really like your version of the january competition, great work

[@Crimzan4]

@@limonscore Heyyy thank you very much :)

[@thomasbarnhart4550]

Of all the videos you make (and they're all fantastic), I love these the most. The respectful critique and analysis of these details are so tremendously helpful and informative.

[@RyanLeach]

Thanks I appreciate hearing that since these are not usually the more widely popular types of video

[@feraste]

Yes I agree

[@williamscolaro1159]

This is great that you guys were willing to offer feedback for more folks. Nice job all. I really loved Glacial Thrill!

[@TannerCh]

This additional feedback is INCREDIBLY informative, and what a fantastic opportunity for these composers to get critique from a third party source that's unattached, and yet has the expertise (which is rare to find). Thank you for these!

[@twostep919]

That was the quickest 18 minutes of my life. Love the back and forth, really helps me understand what's important.

[@FilmScoreandMore]

I'm sure it was really difficult to leave some of these tracks out of the finalists. But I appreciate that you kept it down to a tight number and still chose to give feedback on these.

[@feraste]

The vidéo is great, thank you !

[@liordavidov]

Great analysis, do you have any other similar competitions planned?

[@RyanLeach]

This was the fourth and we do them every three months!

[@jonasm.8128]

​​@@RyanLeach so is this April another competition?

[@RyanLeach]

@@jonasm.8128 Yup, announcement on the channel in two weeks

[@uffevonlauterbach]

Yo! Ryan Leach mentioning Metroid Prime Remastered! Really good video. I really hope to see more videos like this. Also, definitely look into the NES Metroid soundtrack with Christopher Siu in the future, please! I'm curious as to what you two would have to say about it.

[@RyanLeach]

I've made it to the final boss (or at least, I assume it's the final boss. I actually thought I was already at the final boss and turned out to be wrong..)

[@uffevonlauterbach]

@@RyanLeach Are you talking about the (redacted) in (redacted)? Anyway, hope you're having fun with that game. It's quite challenging. :)

[@RyanLeach]

@@uffevonlauterbach ha no quite beyond that but I don't want to leave spoilers for anyone

[@ChristopherSiu]

If Ryan's up for it...

[@uffevonlauterbach]

@@ChristopherSiu Man, it would be so cool!