thomas_kresge Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Here I have an orchestral rendition of the Mystic Cave BGM from Sonic 2. The first version of this I did years ago as part of a big project of mine where I orchestrated and arranged every piece of music from the original Sonic trilogy (including Sonic & Knuckles). As those were just MIDIs, I've finally begun to go through and stick these arrangements into my newer sound library. This is one of those songs that I feel I've redone about eighteen times as everytime I get a new program or sound library I end up redoing the whole project from the beginning. Anyways, here's what I got. The song is short, but I meant it to be that way in the context of the entire project I have. http://www.mediafire.com/?yr1mkngymxj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spakku Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The instruments' volumes throughout tend to be biased toward the higher notes, which doesn't work for me with such a bass-focused source tune. The brass section sounds off-key at a few spots. Your :20 - :40 section needs more work than the rest. That being said, I never thought that this song would lend itself to an orchestral arrangement and I think this could be great with some more work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_kresge Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 The instruments' volumes throughout tend to be biased toward the higher notes, which doesn't work for me with such a bass-focused source tune. The brass section sounds off-key at a few spots. Your :20 - :40 section needs more work than the rest.That being said, I never thought that this song would lend itself to an orchestral arrangement and I think this could be great with some more work. Thanks for the comments, Spakku. Could you be a little more specific on some of them, though? The comments seem a little to general, i.e. ":20-:40 needs more work." And what spots could you points out that sound off-key? Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yera Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Quick disclaimer: I've never made a remix of any kind and have no idea how difficult it is. That said... Your samples are great, as far as I can tell. Perhaps a little variation of articulation in brass at sections like 0:21-0:40 would help. As far as shortness, that would be easily resolved once original material is added (not sure if that's a requirement, but it would help avoid repetition). Perhaps a subtler introduction instead of immediate fortissimo would serve your purposes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaredsim Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I never thought that this song would lend itself to an orchestral arrangement I agree with that. I find this arrangement pretty great. Nice woark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Yeah, really cool arrangement ! Your samples are great. But a little more variation added would be better. Nice job however ! Could you upload other Sonic arrangements like this one, since you said you were working on an arrangement project ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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