Palpable Posted September 18, 2009 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
anosou Posted September 28, 2009 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!
anosou Posted September 28, 2009 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
DarkeSword Posted September 28, 2009 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
big giant circles Posted October 11, 2009 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
OceansAndrew Posted October 13, 2009 Posted October 13, 2009 http://oceansend.com/5502/ocr/rock/BGC%20version%20party.mp3 i live to please you fools. <3
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