Liontamer Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Remixer Name : Underphil Real Name : Phil Underhill E-Mail : User : 51229 Game Name : Skitchin' Arrangement Name : Skate Lark Name Of Ind. Songs : Title Track, Cheese Grater, Let's Plow, Psycho Deep Fry, Spicy Placenta Additional : Original composer is Jeff Van Dyck. Game was only on Sega Genesis/Megadrive and was released in 1994. Soundtrack : My Comments : I'd always wanted to turn this soundtrack into a full hard rock production from when I first played the game. 19 years later, I've finally got round to it. I felt it would work perfectly as a heavy 'full band track' and the synth lines deserved to be turned into fully fledged solos. The mix was made entirely in the box using a mixture of Guitar Rig & Amplitube for the guitars and bass and Superior Drummer for the drum lines. I experimentsed with other virtual instruments but preferred the raw sound of just guitar, bass & drums. Rather than make it too long and choppy, I decided to pick my five favourite tracks for the 'medley'. Link to MP3 : --------------------------------- http://project2612.org/details.php?id=54 Edited September 16, 2013 by Liontamer closed decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 This is a pretty cool medley cover, but it was a pretty by-the-numbers rock cover of a soundtrack already in this genre. Beyond the sound upgrade, there wasn't enough in place (e.g. creative new part-writing, rhythmic, tempo or instrumentation differences) that personalized this as a unique interpretation of Skitchin' music. Obviously, it was made to hold fast to the feel of the originals, and it's a sweet listen. It's an awesome cover, but I think it falls outside the interpretive scope we're looking for. The original music had energy, but was pretty texturally simple. That's basically what was here, with better sounds; not much else was there to differentiate it from the originals. Some additional writing ideas and personalization could get a solid performance like this through as a more interpretive, personalized arrangement approach. We're actually pretty inviting of cover-ish songs, Phil, but that more interpretive angle also has to be present. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Larry has this down solidly. Really fun listen, and I enjoyed the cover as a whole, but this doesn't have enough interpretation and personalization for OCR. I'd love to hear you fix this one up, but I suspect that you're happy with this one as-is. If you work on something in the future with some more of your own touch in it definitely send it in, though! Also, Spicy Placenta is a track name? Really? :/ NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Yeah, this really is a rockin' (no pun!) cover dude. Excellent production and performances. But, as has been mentioned already, this is too conservative for what we're looking for at OCR. Would LOVE to hear something from you that's more interpretive on the site! NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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