Starfisher

Created for Lone Rabbit's OST Composing Jam #5.

Link to streaming service:

https://soundcloud.com/noah-shin-333307189/sets/starfisher/s-s6AkQgfrPao?si=9265...

A mostly electronic soundtrack made in Logic Pro X. I wanted each track to sound kind of like it takes place in outer space, but each track also has a more specific theme based on a specific wish that it represents.

On late nights in July when you have no responsibilities the following day, you like to strap your beat-up kayak to the top of your car and drive down to the lake behind the backroads and the woods. You always seem to catch more fish at night, perhaps because there aren't any other people around. However, the real reason you come to the lake at night is that when you cast your line into it after sunset, you have an ever so slight chance of catching a fallen star. If you hold one up to your ear, you can hear the wishes of the people who saw it fall from the sky.

1 - Weightless

"I keep telling myself that I just need to make it through the week and I'll be fine, but now it feels like every week is like that. I wake up every morning and feel like I'm being crushed by a million pounds of stress. And then I walk into work and I have to deal with these people who act like they're weightless, like they don't care about anything, but in a good way. I wish we could trade places, just for a day, so you could see what it's like."

2 - Library of Lost Dreams

"Don't you hate it when you wake up from a nightmare or some crazy dream and just immediately forget all the details, and you just sit there at the foot of your bed for, like, five whole minutes trying to remember what happened? A lot of my art is inspired by dreams, so it really sucks when I know that the dream I just had would make a great piece but I can't even remember it. I've tried using a dream journal, but it just isn't working for me. I wish I could go to, like, a library of every dream I've had and just flip through each of them looking for good ones."

3 - Echo Chamber

"It just feels like people don't listen to me, you know? Okay, I mean, obviously you listen to me and vice versa, but we've known each other since forever. When I'm at work or with a big group of friends or something and I make a suggestion or tell a joke, it's like nobody even notices, but then it's too awkward for me to repeat whatever I said in case they actually did hear me the first time and they just ignored me. I dunno, maybe it's just because I don't really have a loud voice. I wish my voice was deeper or it echoed more or carried more or something, but I mean, it's not like there's anything I can do about it."

4 - Tunnel City Pop

"I'm telling you, I'm gonna be a star one day. I'm not going to give up. I just wish my parents would move back to the city and out of this nowhere town. No matter how much talent I have, no one will hear me all the way out here."