DragonAvenger Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I would like to submit a song to OCR. Some submission infos: ReMixer name: hoha Real name: Moha Haekal Email: haekal67@gmail.com OCR id: 29148 Song title: Birmingham Beatdown Game arranged: Super Dodge Ball Song arranged: Team England's Theme Original song link: Some notes: This song was arranged for the "Super Dodge Ball: Around The World" album project (directors: Murmeli Walan, KyleJCrb) Own comments: Well, this is my 1st submission to OCR. To arrange a Team England song, obviously i need to get some references from the country. When i think about British, the things that immediately came to my mind were Hammond organ. Deep Purple. Tower Bells. And so, i incorporated some of these elements into the original Team England song and this is the end result. -------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think this arrangement is pretty awesome, and overall I enjoyed listening to it quite a bit. You've taken the original theme into an obvious and needed direction; all the style variations are great, and instrumentation is chosen well. Drums work to compliment everything nicely. I had a couple nitpicks, namely that overall the track runs a little long, and probably could lose a couple of the weaker variations. Along with that some of the transitions aren't the strongest, though none of them stood out as absolutely needing a fix. The bass feels a little muddy overall as well. No problem giving this a YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Yeah, runs a little long, but overall this has a lot of great variations, and stays interesting. Big Ben bells at the end was cute. Performance was nice with some good drums, and the sounds were pretty clear. No issue with me passing this. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halc Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 nice arrangement! It's pure awesome when the lead guitar kicks in. I love all the sonic variation and transitions; the instrumentation is always flowing and changing. the drums are excellent, and the mix overall is nice and crunchy. piano sample was a bit fake sounding when exposed (1:15 for example), but the sequencing is tight. I'm all for this. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Like SDB's Japan BGM, this song is based off an existing song (The Beatles' "Get Back"), but here the connection is much looser and more of an homage. I don't think it runs into any site restriction conflict the way that song did. The arrangement is kind of all over the place, but in a good way. It's a lot of fun and arranges the melodies in really creative ways. Even hearing the same melody a dozen times or so over the course of the song, it doesn't start to wear. Playing and sequencing are great too. However, I thought it got pretty liberal at times, so I timestamped it: 0:35-0:56 1:08-1:50 2:03-2:30 (chord progression only for part of this) 3:22-3:29 3:34-3:45 108/267=40.4% You've got a few more sections that flow into the chord progression really well, but aren't really countable IMO. Call me a stickler (heck, call me Larry), but I think this one is too liberal. Let's hope he swoops in and shows me the source I'm missing. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 I think the source usage is fine; I don't see this piece as a vehicle for original writing; stylistically and harmonically things stay with it. Fantastic arrangement; great percussion too, some of those fills are really awesome. Love the guitars and the performance throughout. I like it! Tally ho! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 - Vs. Team England - "Get Back" - "A Hard Day's Night"Like SDB's Japan BGM, this song is based off an existing song (The Beatles' "Get Back"), but here the connection is much looser and more of an homage. I don't think it runs into any site restriction conflict the way that song did. I don't agree. I also hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this source is based off music not originally written for a game, not just one song, but two, and would be ineligible as a source for an OC ReMix. The source tune didn't just take from "Get Back" (:07-:16 of the source uses arranges the verse from :31-:45 of "Get Back" with some minor variation, but not enough to not sound like a pretty close take, IMO), it also took the chorus from "A Hard Day's Night" (:16-:28 of the source, arranging :44-:59 of "A Hard Day's Night"). The Team England theme does some minor variations on those Beatles songs, but it's practically (rough approx.) 3/4ths Beatles. It's literally the "Get Back" verses paired with the "Hard Day's Night" chorus. For the end of each usage of those songs, there's some brief original writing so that it doesn't quite end the same way as the mainstream songs, but the changes are fleeting. The source tune is basically a chiptune of two Beatles tracks. As much as I hate to deny Hoha, we need to be overriding this YES vote since this Beatles-based source material is ineligible. I need another J or djp to weigh in in order to confirm an override. NO Override Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 I'd like Dave to make the call on this (or a judges' majority) because I didn't think the similarity was enough to call it a straight up Beatles arrangement. I mentioned the "Hard Day's Night" similarity to everyone at some point (probably on IRC) but thought that was an even looser connection than "Get Back". EDIT: Haha just noticed djp's write-up for Sixto's track. Guess he made his call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 I might have been able to overlook one Beatles song, but I'm going to have to agree with Larry on this now that I've seen the proof. Sorry dude, gotta be a no-go, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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