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Nyu001,

I think the marks represent notes that the author wrote on the screenplay by hand.  I'm afraid I didn't construct that lovely graphic myself; that was done by loominous (reproduced by permission ); so I don't know what the font is.  You can probably find a similar one by browsing 1001 Fonts or some similar site.

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For this month's contest, I thought we'd do something a little different!

Topic

The aim is to compose background music for the screenplay from the current Background Blitz, which is reproduced here:

Rules

• Your entry must be at least two minutes long.
• Your entry must loop -- in other words, the end must lead back into the beginning.  The piece may come to an end and restart, just so long as it is not jarringly different at the front and back ends.
• Your entry must attempt to capture the mood of the screenplay above as accurately as possible.
• You must anonymously upload your entry to box.net or some other public file sharing site.
• You must send your AGS username and a link to your entry to egalluzzo at gmail dot com, or PM me with a link to your entry, by 11:59pm Eastern Time, June 8.
• As the entries are submitted, I will update this post with links to each one.
• Anyone may vote.  Each person should vote for at most one favorite in each category; the votes may be the same or different in each category.
• Voting will finish at 11:59pm Eastern Time, June 13 June 14, after which I will announce the winners.

Categories

Categories in which to vote:

• Best Theme - Which piece has the best theme, motif, or melody?
• Best Mood - Which piece best captures the mood of the screenplay?
• Best Loop - Which piece will be least likely to make the player of the game throw his/her computer out the window after listening to the music loop over and over for twenty minutes?

Prizes

The winners will receive the following exquisite, hand-crafted trophies, made from nothing but the highest-quality pixels.

Best Theme
Best Mood
Best Loop
Best Overall (most total votes)

Entries

Here are the entries that have already been submitted:

• #1: Rurbuncle - Soft Piano and Strings
• #2: Rurbuncle Melancholy
• #3: Flower in the Swamp
• #4: Disharmony
• #5: Rurbuncle - Pastoral Melody
• #6: Rurbuncle Forest

Now, go forth and compose!

Hey, thanks, you guys!  This was great fun, and there were some really wonderful entries.  I particularly liked the orchestration of #2 (particularly the bassoons and celesta) and the scariness factor of #4.  #6 was really nice too.

I'll be starting a new competition shortly -- I have a (hopefully) interesting idea, and I agree that doing it anonymously is best.  I need to send a PM or two to ensure that my idea is OK before starting the next contest, though.