Gario Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Thank you for your consideration. Contact Information Username : Eliott Tordo Name : Eliott Tordo Mail : user id : 35146 Submission Information Video game : Golden Sun Cover name : Elemental Stars Erhu (EDIT (07/29): New name: "Essence of the Four Elements") Original song name : Elemental Stars Comment : The Erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument which may also be called a Southern Fiddle, and sometimes known in the Western world as the Chinese violin or a Chinese two-stringed I tried to keep the spiritual idea of the music and add an epic theme. Recorded, mixed and mastered at SunTzu Records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9MfVjlS0-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindWanderer Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 It's short and structurally conservative, but it's beautifully orchestrated and produced. My one big gripe is that it just sort of...ends. The climax ends halfway through, it sounds like it's going to build up to something more, but then there's just a brief verse and it fades out. It feels completely unfinished. It's just barely longer than the source, and that's with a lengthy intro and breakdown. I love, love how this sounds, but I'm on the fence on whether there's enough there to count as a full arrangement. Right now I'm leaning towards passing this, but I feel like it could easily go either way. YES (borderline) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Like MindWaderer said, it's structurally conservative, but you did a very nice job personalizing the instrumentation and changing the textures, energy and dynamics compared to the original source. An understated but very beautifully done touch was the vox accent first used at 1:24, and the wind writing was excellent as well. The track does just end with a fadeout (boo!), but even that section didn't merely cut-and-paste a past section, so the variation & evolution was constant from start to finish. The only thing making it a close call vis-a-vis our Standards was the brevity, but it's meaningfully developed throughout, so I didn't have any reservations. Beautiful stuff, Eliott; welcome aboard! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Beautiful. The conservative nature is cause for concern but I think the track is developed well enough, and beautifully orchestrated. I don't have qualms with the length, 2 minutes is short but what's there is meaningful. Not much else to say, a recommended listen. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted July 3, 2019 Share Posted July 3, 2019 Now, this sounds very lush! There's an effective use of dynamics across all instruments, the realism drew my attention, and the expression on your erhu was fascinating to witness. Even though the structure is just one run-through of the theme, I find it interesting that a lot of the source preservation is more on the background elements rather than your main melody - and that gave your lead plenty of wiggle-room to go back and forth between referencing source and doing its own thing. Of course, the brevity is one issue that is up for concern, but as I said, there's enough personalization within the simple run through, and the fadeout didn't call back to a previous part. It's short, sweet, feels like a complete package, and I can see this on the front page. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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