I like the upright bass and organ synths at the beginning. It’s a little hard to follow the progression, though - there are a lot of disparate ideas thrown in here in close succession with little in the way of a smooth transition, at least harmonically. Some drums, or just some more gradual pacing, might help you signal to the listener more that the harmonies are about to change substantially. That said, the production quality is strong here, and I really like the instrument selection and harmonies. The arrangement of this piece just sounds very disjointed. There’s a lot of repetition after a while too, so the piece doesn’t really sound like it’s going anywhere as part of an overarching narrative. There are a lot of great individual ideas, of course - like the bass line at 3:22. The last minute or so has some really creative rhythmic content and a cute and upbeat mood, but it sounds like a completely different track from the 4 minutes before it. I would challenge you to analyze the structure of your favorite song - as in, assign each distinct section a letter and then track the order of the letters - and make a piece that has the exact same structure. I think this exercise will help you prioritize cohesion a bit more in your composition. Until then, there are a lot of catchy and fun individual riffs here, and I also really like the sound design and mixing. It’s just very jarring to listen to as a full-length track with so many different distinct sections and abrupt transitions. If you end up doing the “copy the structure” exercise, please PM me and I’ll give you another review on that track. Keep at it, BigBlueBazooka! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.75/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.25/1
Composite score
6.5/10

Crazy that you made this with the JV-1080. One of my favorite synths -- as it was used for many of my favorite soundtracks coincidentally. It definitely has its limitations though, when it comes to realistic instruments in particular. The extra hard attacks of the double bass no matter what, the attacks of the strings and brass -- for an orchestral score, I would almost never use something like it.

Where it shines ofc, is perc and synth sounds as we see in your outro. I wish I would have heard more of that (and I would love if I could reach out to you for samples sometime, but that's besides the point!)

As a composer, you're fantastic. This song took me on a walk, a run, and a flip on the trampoline. Great voice leading, walking bass lines, and resolutions. I think if you had better sample banks at your disposal with more articulation/realism, this would smack!