OceansAndrew Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 Remixer name: Kate Lorimer Real name: Kate Lorimer website: http://www.buntyandtheboffin.co.uk id: 47249 Name of Game: Runes of Virtue II Name of arrangement: Data of Synthetic Virtue Name of individual song: Title Screen Original composer Martin Galway - which is what brought me to the piece in the first place, Galway is famed for his Commodore 64 work, and his quality writing comes across even on the gameboy, though the sounds can be a little flat. The piece was brought to my attention a while back by retroscener Kenz through one of his podcasts. I suddenly remembered the music whilst talking about Ghouls'n'Ghost's C64 music by Tim Follin, and it reminded me of the "forgotten" Galway tune. After finding it again, I felt compelled to produce my own take on it Original can be found here: http://www.buntyandtheboffin.co.uk/music/Martin-Galway_Runes_of_Virtue-GB.mp3
OceansAndrew Posted November 7, 2011 Author Posted November 7, 2011 There is some pretty nice sound expansion going on here, with a wide and open feel, and a good buildup. The production is pretty clear and has a good ambiance, and I think the sounds chosen really work well together. As for arrangement, there isn't a ton of new stuff going on besides different instrumentation; even the solo at the end is the same. The structure is also pretty much a copy, except for the somewhat extended intro. Overall I really like this, but it feels more like a sonic upgrade rather than a reinterpretation. If you would be interested in adding some additional melodic or harmonic content, This could easily get onto OCR, but even as-is, it's a great piece of music that just is too similar to the original for the site. I definitely enjoyed this. No
DragonAvenger Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Really, not much to add to what Andrew has said. Really nice upgrade, and a pleasure to listen to, but it's still too much of a cover. NO
Emunator Posted November 15, 2011 Posted November 15, 2011 Some really beautiful sounds working in here, but I'll go ahead and close this out as it's not really got enough arrangement/melodic interpretation. If you take this existing soundscape that you've created but work it into a more expansive arrangement, it should be good to go. NO (resub!)
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