Liontamer Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Remixer name: -InSomnis- Website: www.thesixtyone.com/mattpanay or www.flickr.com/mattpanay Name of game arranged: Mass Effect Name of song arranged: Vigil Remix Title: Vigil Impromptu Comments: This is a 5 minute or so improvisation on the core melody of the title theme to Mass Effect. The game took story-telling and character development to a height that very few other franchises can even hope to achieve, so I will always have a special place in my heart for the crew of the Normandy. The title screen gives me goosebumps, even to this day, so I felt the need to learn the melody on piano. I hit record and played around on the theme for around 20 minutes, choosing this 5 minute excerpt to represent the arrangement as a whole. It drifts away from the melody quite often, but not in a way that is unpleasant. (I hope.) Thanks! -Matt ----------------------------------------------------------------- - "Vigil""It drifts away from the melody quite often, but not in a way that is unpleasant." Some info on where the source melody was in play would have been helpful. But either way, there wasn't much I could overtly connect to the original besides some mood similarities. IMO, the production/stereo choices did not benefit this; the whole thing sounded aimless and directionless. As much as one can get wrapped up in "Vigil", that track did have a melody and direction. As long as you enjoyed making this piece, that's great, but it's not for us; the ties to the original aren't there enough, if at all, and there's no cohesive direction. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I agree with Larry here, that there are very few points that I could discern the melody in this. I will have to say, though, that I really enjoyed listening to this track, and it had a sort of hypnotic effect on me at times. Pretty cool listen, but not connected enough to Vigil for me. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I've done some similar composition stuff for classes back in the day, so I can dig on the style, but damn, besides the tonic, I am not hearing any dominant connection here at all. Maybe i'm insane, but No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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