Bubble Girl (バブル がる)

Bubble Girl ( Baburu Garu (バブル がる) ) is a Japanese-inspired OST about a girl who is an underwater princess of bubbles. The OST Jam #7 theme photo inspired this idea. I wanted to capture the wonder, discovery, and mystery of the sea in these songs. These are some songs I wrote, and I look forward to writing more music in the future.

Sparkle and Sink - Exploration / Overworld Theme

Nemutai - Mystery about the Siren's Call -- Siren's Theme

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/apocalypse-garden/sets/bubble-girl?si=26eedfb5aeab43a9aaf...

Genre and themes: Nostalgic, melancholy, mysterious, mellow

Sparkle and Sink is a track for exploring the underwater world. It is a longer track featuring a familiar melody throughout the song. The song was made with arpeggio synths. One main synth throughout the song, and then occasionally other synths to change around the sound.

Nemutai is a song featuring a vocaloid voice, acting as the creatures and sirens of the sea. They call out, almost sounding like words, but are barely recognizable. The voices of the sirens blend with the ocean's ambience and calm to create a more chilling effect. Nemutai means "I'm sleepy" in Japanese or an expression for being annoyed about being tired. Weary sailors at sea were more likely to be victim to the mermaid sirens, as the folktales say. The lyrics are in reference to Japanese phrases and what the siren's victims may have been thinking or saying during the attacks.

This track proved to give the most challenging, since I had never used a vocaloid plug-in before. I had some mixing and mastering issues as well in the final track on my side, since I am still learning how to make finished tracks sound decent.

I used Reason 11 and Alter/Ego ALYS Base vocaloid plug-in. I used numerous instruments and plug-ins in Reason 11's library.

I hope you enjoy the songs! I look forward to look at everyone's submissions as well!

Music, Lyrics, and Cover Art by MidnightaSky / Apocalypse Garden

The Alter/Ego ALYS Vocaloid VST was used in Nemutai.

A lot of the translations for Japanese phrases came from this source: https://ghostflowerdreams.tumblr.com/post/3111249625. Japanese is not my native language, so there are likely to be some grammatical and pronunciation mistakes. My apologies for that. I did some changes to the translation from the Alter/Ego screenshot.

Nemutai Lyrics:

Japanese ( 日本語訳 ) :

Hanasanai de. 話さない で
Wakarimasu. わかります
Anata no koto o itsu made mo wasurenai. あなた の 事 お いつ まで も 忘れない
Zutto itai yo akiramenai. ずっと 遺体 夜 諦めない
Shinjireba, nanigoto mo kanou de aru. 信じれば、 何言 も 可能 で ある。
Wasurenaide. 忘れないで.
Watashi wa tsukarete iru yōdesu. 私 和 疲れて いるよう です。
Nemutai.  眠たい。
Watashi wa tsuneni mamoru. 私 和 常に 守る。
Anata no koto o itsu made mo wasurenai. あなた の 事 お いつ まで も 忘れない

English:

Don't let go.
I understand you.
I'll never forget you.
I want to live forever.
Never give up.
If you believe, anything is possible.
Don't forget.
I feel tired.
I'm sleepy.
I'll protect you always.
I'll never forget you.