Chimpazilla Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Remixer name: worldsbestgrandpaChristian name: n/aEmail address: Website: facebook.com/folkyallUser id: 49865 Game: Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of TimeArrangement: "Soggy Carousel"Original Source: "Windmill Hut"Instruments: button-box accordion, autoharp, toy-piano, pokemon card on bicycle spokes, creaky door ... Step right upgo around and arounda mechanical melodylifts your feet from the ground the smile is a snarethe song is a spelltop hats and coat tailshide the sin well what's wholesome or wickedyou cannot tell beware the carousel -worldsbestgrandpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpazilla Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 My main reason for paneling this instead of DPing it is that the arrangement gets repetitive because the instrumentation stays the same throughout. The song feels much longer than it is because of this. I have only one other crit, at 0:58 the toy piano takes the lead and it is much too quiet while the accordion stays loud as a backing element. So 0:58-1:27 I feel isn't mixed right. And yeah, SoS melody over and over again, although there are nice little variations, speedups, time signature change, etc. I'm a sucker for anything Zelda but especially THIS source, and the accordion and toy piano combo is such a unique way to tackle it. Despite the repetition and some minor mixing issues, the creativity here carries it for me. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 The piece was 3:32-long, so I needed at least 106 seconds of overt source usage for the VGM to be dominant in the arrangement. I didn't suspect anything was close here, but the original writing additions merely sounded Zelda-y and seamlessly combined with the Windmill Hunt/Song of Storms theme, thus I wanted to trust but verify. :29.5-:44, :58-1:10, 1:27.75-1:59.75, 2:12.75-2:37.5, 2:50.5-3:30 = 122.75 seconds or 57.9% Arrangement-wise, I agreed with Chimpa on the personalization being strong enough to outdo any concerns on sameyness with the instrumentation. Nice work per grandpa's usual! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Instinct was telling me this was a DP when it started, but as it went on... yeah I can see why it was panelled, since it does have some repetitive moments. Production checks out fine for me, the only issue is that the toy piano is too quiet like Chimpy mentioned. Generally though, this is a well personalised, unique and fitting take on a popular source tune. I dig it. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexstyle Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 This is fantastic. I definitely see all the crits raised in earlier votes, but I also agree that there's too much going right to pass up here. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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