Palpable Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Remixer name - OA game: Donkey Kong Country 2 remix name: Party's Over Here song: Cranky's Conga (and a little bit of cranky's cabin) original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcFSr4eMSo Comments: The last track available on the DKC2 project, it's really cheerful and peppy, so it was time to do a party song. Acoustic and electric guitars, lot of synths and keyboards, and some layered percussion. In addition to DKC2, it uses the melody from cranky's theme from DKC as well. I wanted it to sound like a pop song you'd hear on the radio, so it has a fadeout guitar solo, and is 3 minutes long. Disa did the intro vocals because she heard me trying to record monkey noises, and thought it sounded terrible. I threatened to leave them in unless she did a cutesy vocal intro, and she caved! VICTORY! Lyrics: Hey! It's the party song! Party's over here! Come on! <3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Would have liked to make this my first DP candidate, but this skirts the line unless you count the chords. I caught direct melody use at 0:02-0:06, 0:18-0:50, 1:53-2:14, and 2:24-2:56 out of 174 seconds of non-silence. This puts you at a safe 50.6% in my book, though I guess sticklers (read: Larry) may not give you the gaps in your melody, putting you below the line. Fun song. I listened to the intro several times in a row to see if it matched the source melody and that vocal started to sound hyp-mo-tizing. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 J-hosted subRemixer name - OA game: Donkey Kong Country 2 remix name: Party's Over Here song: Cranky's Conga (and a little bit of cranky's cabin) original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slcFSr4eMSo remix: http://oceansend.com/5502/ocr/rock/Party%27s%20over%20here-OA.mp3 Comments: The last track available on the DKC2 project, it's really cheerful and peppy, so it was time to do a party song. Acoustic and electric guitars, lot of synths and keyboards, and some layered percussion. In addition to DKC2, it uses the melody from cranky's theme from DKC as well. I wanted it to sound like a pop song you'd hear on the radio, so it has a fadeout guitar solo, and is 3 minutes long. Disa did the intro vocals because she heard me trying to record monkey noises, and thought it sounded terrible. I threatened to leave them in unless she did a cutesy vocal intro, and she caved! VICTORY! Lyrics: Hey! It's the party song! Party's over here! Come on! <3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Would have liked to make this my first DP candidate, but this skirts the line unless you count the chords. I caught direct melody use at 0:02-0:06, 0:18-0:50, 1:53-2:14, and 2:24-2:56 out of 174 seconds of non-silence. This puts you at a safe 50.6% in my book, though I guess sticklers (read: Larry) may not give you the gaps in your melody, putting you below the line. Fun song. I listened to the intro several times in a row to see if it matched the source melody and that vocal started to sound hyp-mo-tizing. YES Party's over here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Jokes aside, this is a solid remix. The production is mostly clean and crisp. It gets a bit crowded at times with many instruments fighting for the same (often higher) frequencies. The instruments all sound good most of the time. The guitar can be a bit on the noisy side imo and there was a synth early on that was a little too detuned but nothing that brings it down. Arrangement is sweet. Like Vinnie said, would've been DP if there was a bit more melody and a little bit less reliance on the chords but I'm a believer, this is sweet. Great stuff as usual mate! I really like your MIDI-chops style sequencing :3 Anyway, overall reall solid mix. I salute you fellow shtyjdgfgt. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Lacks a little in the mid-range, but overall a pretty solid arrangement. The way it starts reminds me of a song from some PBS kids show from the mid-90s; take that however you will. Nice guitar work halfway through, and the synth that follows it is just great. Oh hey, there's a key change. Nice. I like it. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Haha, awesome. PBS song, lol. Definitely. Man, sounds very happy and fun and now I want to go run around the mall hugging strangers and jumping around like a general idiot A couple minor production gripes, but they've been mentioned and nothing worth repeating or dealbreaking in that area. I cringed at :43 because you've got a direct note conflict there where the melody is in a minor key but your strummed guitar plays a major key--I don't see how that could have been intentional because it's not a good sound. Heh, don't worry, though no one else has mentioned it, 1:40-1:41 was not lost on me. All in all, this song is a really good example of a jamout to the progression of the source, but weaves seamlessly in and out of referencing the melody and free-styling over top the chords so that the reference remains wholly intact. And it also does a great job of taking a very short melodic riff and expanding it most effectively for a really enjoyable 3 minute track. I nominate this track for the "Happiest ReMix of 2009" award. I do wish you could fix that part at :43, but considering it lasts like a second, I can live with it. OA-OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 http://oceansend.com/5502/ocr/rock/BGC%20version%20party.mp3 i live to please you fools. <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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