Palpable Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 ReMixer name: ProtoDome Real name: Blake Troise Userid: 25246 Name of game arranged: Pokémon Red Name of song arranged: Route 1, Guidepost Original Composer: Junichi Masuda Original Sound Track: Route 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnkiDGKrUrs&feature=PlayList&p=8096BB678CB42D2D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=48 Guidepost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFA7CY2A_M&feature=PlayList&p=518C9899CDA99242&index=38 Okay, yet again another Pokémon track (I‘m not gunna make this habit or anything)! This time I thought I’d go for the whole ‘new age’ jazz scene, however I guess I just can’t escape merging it with a little chiptune/electronica. I’ll put a source breakdown, just so you know where the bits are. :22-:36 Modified Route 1, A Section :36-:48 Route 1, B Section :50-:53 Guidepost A Section :56-1:10 Modified Route 1, A Section 1:10-1:22 Guidepost B Section 1:58-2:03 Route 10 B Section 2:05-2:39 Guidepost A Section That makes about 1:38 seconds of source material in total, I hope that’s enough (it‘s over 50% anyway)! The source is a lil’ limited so I’ve been battling to keep this within OCR standards, yet liberal enough to make it fresh and original. Urm, what else do I need to point out? Oh yeah, the distortion and ‘clipping’ sound at 1:17-1:24 is intentional. I also need to say that I do include more than the first three notes in the Route 1 modification only there’s an extra note run before the chord change. Most people didn’t seem to get that, that’s all. I think that’s probably enough, I tried to keep that ‘fun’ feel the Pokémon games have but lose the immaturity of the source. Oh and the title is the Japanese equivalent of the Pokémon move “Rain Dance”. あまごい (or amagoi) means “Rain Prayer”, which just seemed a fitting title really with all the rain sounding analogue noise. (If the Japanese characters aren't allowed, this is just called 'Rain Prayer'.) No fade out this time, a piano solo as previously suggested ;D ---------------------------------------------------------- Route 1, Guidepost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Man, I gotta say, Blake knows how to butter me up. Providing the source breakdown and everything. Pretty short track, my vote will be the same. Breakdown definitely seems to check out. Really nice catchy little piece! I feel like it might have been able to use just a bit more punch in the mastering, but what's in here otherwise is really interpretive, fun, with a really fantastic flow. Lots of smooth chords and textures, and some fun, improv-sounding expansions of the respective source melodies. I feel like this track would be right at home in a Mario Kart game. Pretty easy call here, folks. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Easy call indeed, thanks for the breakdown, very helpful. Nice arrangement, a great and cheerful collection of sources, and the ending is good too! Production I'm fine with- it could push a bit harder, but for a light and breezy track, that's not as crucial as it would be for a punishing rokk track. Nice work, Blake, I dig. yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big giant circles Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 yes[/y] lol, J00 F4iLz I do it all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 i'm so embarrassed ;_____; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 There should be a YES tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 [yes] Very nice, groovy arrangement. Making those short sources work, great job with that! Production is cool but could've been a bit more punchier, nothing holding it back though. I dunno, I think this is quite an easy pass so I won't go into anymore detail! Great stuff man, looking forward to hear more from you! [/yes] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 Yeah, I might have liked to see more heft to this, but it's a sweet little arrangement that doesn't hurt from sounding light. Smooth new chords transform the melodies of the original into something less sugary but still playful. Very imaginative approach, Blake. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Swooping in way after the fact, but just happened to be listening and loving the crazy Katamari Damacy-style composition here. Would love to roll up some Katamaris to this awesome piece of work. Great arrangement, instrumentation, dynamics and tradeoff between the two sources, Blake, this is a huge favorite of mine. Short, sweet and awesome. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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