Liontamer Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Hi! Here comes my first Oc'Remix Contact Info: Remixer Name: SpaceVision Real Name: Topi Porkka Email: topi.porkka@gmail.com website: http://www.mikseri.net/spacevision Userid: t.porkka ReMix info: Game: Gradius 1 ----------------------------------------------------- http://www.zophar.net/nsf/gradius1.zip - Track 3 Hey, another Mikseri user, like Mark Vera; coo. Some standard spacesynth beats enter at :14. Arrangement seems pretty straightforward. Production is a little murky, but nothing negatively impactful. Gradius source kicks in at :44 with some simplified, verbatim coverage. Definitely not out to reinvent the wheel here. Verses repeat a couple of times before we get to some original writing from 1:28-1:58, then go right back into the previous arrangement ideas from 1:58-2:42 for the rinse-and-repeat. 2:42 retreads the original writing again. 3:11 drops out most of the elements for a decent, airy close. Underdeveloped and repetitive. Not much interpretation done beyond the genre adaptation, not much complexity in the writing, and once you had a minute of ideas, you simply cut/paste those ideas for another minute rather than doing anything new. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 There are some clashing notes here at varying points. Take another look at the harmony patterns and melody and make sure they fit with the chords you have in the background. :22 for example has a minor chord with a major arpeggio going on. :57 sounds off, as does 1:01, and so forth. Just go over everything again. Liontamer basically hit the nail on the head... this is a relatively simple genre adaptation that is pretty repetitive. Go for more variation in the melody and harmony. Don't feel pressured to approach things EXACTLY as they were in the source tune, and feel free to add more of your own material as necessary to spice things up (I appreciate that middle section where you did that, though again there were some clashing notes there). I also recommend writing more of a real ending or outtro. Production is pretty solid, but it suffers from the same reptition problems as the arrangement. Change up the percussive pattern at some point (or add more layers), change the lead synth, add additional instruments to the texture as the song progresses - anything to keep things fresh. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted October 23, 2006 Share Posted October 23, 2006 Yeah there are some really weird composition choices here. The arpeggio in the background doesn't fit into the song at all harmonically. It's a repetitive mix with some blah synths. Could be better. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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