prophetik music Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) I went through a spell of arranging and remixing VGM as an exercise in new production techniques and experimenting with new sounds. I was really into sounds from the Juno-60 which I felt meshed well with this song. The track is equal parts whimsical and sort of dystopian which fits well with the sci-fi sounds of the Juno. This song understandably gets a lot of love and the arrangement itself is pretty faithful to the original. My goal was to retain the vibe with more "modern" (but distinctly 80s) instrumentation. Artist: breadbarn Games & Sources Super Mario RPG: The Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES, 1996) Composer: Yoko Shimomura Original song: Edited March 4 by Emunator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 track has >5db of headroom and little dynamic contrast at first glance. would need a new name if it passes as well. at first glance, this appears to be a palette swap. the notes appear to be pretty close to 1:1 outside of no drums. the synthesis concepts are interesting, but i'll note that the choices actually are a net negative overall for the work - the lead's quieter than the arpeggiating synth since the arp is so much brighter than the lead, as opposed to the opposite in the original, and the long release pads mean that there's some overlap on faster chord progressions. it also has no ending - it starts to fade out, but doesn't quite before it just stops. this is not enough arrangement for our site, unfortunately. i think there's a real place for something with interesting juno-type synthesis here, but per 4.2 of our standards we need transformative arrangement. this is a cover and we don't take those unfortunately. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindWanderer Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Brad's right on all counts, of course. This just isn't the type of creation we're looking for. I have nothing to add. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Cosigning the above gentlemen - nothing more to add here, I absolutely agree that deconstructing an original song and recreating it is a great tool for learning and understanding what makes an original piece work, but it's not what we're looking for here. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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