Stratus

This is my entry for the OST Composing Jam: Crunchtime 03! 

SOUNDCLOUD RELEASE:

https://on.soundcloud.com/iDMzs

STORY

TLDR: Marle (the main character) finds a dragon friend who turns out to be Stratus, the White Dragon, who was wrongly imprisoned for life because everyone thinks it killed a bunch of people (spoilers it didn't). So Marle breaks Stratus out of its cell and then they both fly away and escape from everyone else.

Based on the theme, I imagined a game situated in islands floating in the sky, with lots of dragons around. Most dragons are pretty chill and friendly towards people, to the point where it is normal for humans to have a dragon as a pet, or even as a method of aerial transportation, OR both. However, there's one in particular that is seen as very dangerous and threatening, they call it Stratus, the White Dragon. Stratus was involved in an incident several years ago, resulting in the death of around 25 people, and despite there not being decisive proof of its guilt, everyone is convinced that it was Stratus who did it, because "who else could have?". They keep Stratus locked up in a hidden cell to prevent it from doing any further harm, they believe it's too dangerous to be left unconfined.

One day Marle, the main character, was walking around forest in her sky island, humming the melody to her favorite song , and then she heard someone (or something) singing along, but she didn't see anyone. The next day she came back to the same place and chanted the same melody again, and then the next day too, and then again, and again... This person was always somewhere around, and they always sang along with her every single time she came back, but who where they, and where were they? After a lot of searching throughout multiple days, Marle found the hidden cell, with a white dragon inside. "Stratus" was written in the outside of the cell, it was Stratus who had been singing with her all this time! Marle, however, did not know who Stratus was or why it was locked up in a hidden cell, so she went back to seek help to let Stratus free. She spoke around with a lot of people, she told them about how Stratus had been singing with her all this time, but nobody believed her. Then people told her about the people Stratus supposedly had killed, but she didn't believe them.

Marle did not give up though, she was determined to free Stratus...

THE SONGS, ORDERED:

1. Stratus The White Dragon: This song plays during most of the interactions you have with Stratus during the game.

2. Fly Away: After having freed Stratus from the hidden cell it was locked in, this song plays as Stratus flies away with you (Marle) on its back, escaping from the people in the village, who are trying to stop you by throwing various lethal projectiles at Stratus and you. Think of this as somewhat of a bullet-hell section where you're escaping from a lot of people.