Chimpazilla Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Contact information ReMixer name - Bubuliboo Real name - David Paterson Email - Website - davidpaterson.net Submission Information Name of arrangement: The Legend of Nintendo (for String Quartet) Name of games arranged: Metroid - title theme Double Dragon - title theme Dr. Mario - fever theme Legend of Zelda - title theme Tetris - Korobeiniki Mario Kart Double Dash - Baby Park Super Mario Bros. 1 - overworld and underground theme Super Mario Bros. 2 - overworld theme Super Mario Galaxy - Gusty Garden YouTube link: My comments: This is a tribute to the Nintendo composers that provided the soundtrack to my childhood. Given how many "tributes" of this kind there are in the world, I decided it was time to do a decent and musically accurate one! Should you require any more information, please let me know. Sincerely yours, Edited March 21, 2016 by Liontamer closed decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpazilla Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 This is fascinating to watch and so well performed, but ultimately it's a one-after-another medley, and really quite long. Not really a fit for OCR. Impressive though! NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I definitely hope this video gains more attention for Ensemble Urbane, this was a fun listen and well made! The Zelda portion has the best application of weaving themes together by adding in the Dungeon theme at 3:58 and using the arranged main theme alongside it. There was a lot more substance put into the Zelda to Tetris transition with some original writing, and if the whole arrangement had flowed like that, with less of the abrupt theme changes for a composition that sounded like one song rather than a mega-medley, we'd definitely post this. Submission Standards and Instructions said: 3. Acceptable Source Material 2. Submissions incorporating more than one source are allowed, but are not given special consideration or leniency with regard to the submission standards. Your submission must have a strong focus and direction. Medleys must sound like a single song, not multiple songs pasted together. It's not to sell the effort short, because there's beautiful performance dynamics in play here from the live performance and adaptation to quartet. However, arrangement-wise, much of the structure was play Theme A a bit, then go to Theme B a bit, then Theme C a bit, etc. I love the piece, it unfortunately just falls outside of our wheelhouse with medleys needing to flow like one fully developed composition rather than having brief pieces of multiple themes assembled together. I wish the recording's had some more clarity, but the room ambiance works without a doubt, and the performances and video are impeccable. We aren't inherently against medleys, and have a lot of them posted, but the glue and flow between the themes is usually a lot smoother that simply stopping one theme and going to the next, which is ingrained into our guidelines. It definitely doesn't mean anything's wrong with this great performance, it's just doesn't line up with those specific guidelines enough. If you guys had any other performances where the composition was less of a "A, then B, then C" burst of theme with more substantial transitions and flow or just an arrangement with fewer themes that allowed more extended arrangements of those themes, y'all would be a shoo-in. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMonz Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 First of all, this is definitely super awesome! I loved listening to this, it's beautiful. I also agree with Larry that the Zelda portion, with the dungeon track being incorporated seamlessly, and the smooth transition to Tetris, were a good example of what could make a medley acceptable to the site's Submission Standards. Although, all the other transitions are not appropriate for the OCR Submission Standards (as quoted by Larry), since they're very distinct and feel like a sequence of separate song segments. Not much more needs to be said, sadly. Although, like we all said, this is excellent, and I sincerely hope the video will get the attention it definitely deserves! NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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