prophetik music ⚖️ Posted November 18, 2024 Posted November 18, 2024 This is a bit of a reimagining of Fei Long's theme from SSFIIT in the more sleek style of the Street Fighter Alpha 2 soundtrack. I rewrote the tune to fit more clearly into the mid-90s Casiopea-influence of the SFA2 soundtrack, and I produced the whole track using sounds/samples similar to those used in the CPS-2 arcade board. This is not a 100% faithful emulation of that sound (there are modern production techniques involved), but I wanted to try and capture the general vibe of that era of Capcom games. This is more or less what I think Fei Long's theme would sound like if he had been added to Alpha 2. Cheers! Games & Sources Super Street Fighter II Turbo - Fei Long's theme
prophetik music ⚖️ Posted November 18, 2024 Author Posted November 18, 2024 opens with EPs and a funk bass feel. the melody comes in at 0:30. this section feels a bit thinner after the more lush EPs to start it, but it lets you focus a bit on some of the countermelodic material going on. there's a time signature shift at 0:49 to 7/8, which is an interesting idea given the original's surprising drop beats that it has throughout occasionally. there is a copypasta section from 0:30 at 1:04 (to my ears this is exact until about 1:21). i like the shift in chords at 1:21 to mix it up. we get a break at 1:52 to lighten up the shuffle - essentially the first time in two minutes without it - and i like the chord choices here. there's a bit more personalization of the melodic line after this and some more shuffling with phrase length, which is nice. 2:46 is a short recap of the B section of the theme, and this functions as an outro. the ending is a bit sudden given that it feels like it's just a repeated pattern and not really moving towards an ending. overall i think this is a fun take on a well-known theme. i like the genre shift and the added arrangement elements, and the track sounds good even despite the adaptation attempt towards original sound concepts. nice work. YES
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted January 1 Posted January 1 An arrangement premise I can get behind for sure, Super Turbo in the style of Alpha 2! :-) Nice lil' time sig change at :49, then a cool gong shot at 1:02. I'm liking the basic change in the supporting writing to really add some fresh character to this treatment of Fei Long's theme. At 1:52, there was an effective dropoff before coming back with the beat at 2:06 and getting funkier with the interpretation. Haha at the "ATTA!" at 2:44. ;-P There could be more dynamics in terms of the overall groove, but what's here is definitely quality and deceptively well-developed. Nice work, BT! :-) YES
Hemophiliac ⚖️ Posted March 7 Posted March 7 On casual listen this will feel melodically conservative. The devil's in the subtle details though. There's a lot of structural changes in this and some fun playing with time signatures. 2:06-2:44 brought the melodic interpretation, and it's a fun change-up. As far as sound quality, yeah this does kinda feel like an upgrade to Alpha 2. However, I don't know if I would have got that had I not read it from your description. That's fine, it doesn't need to be exactly sounding like a CPS2, it's your own thing. I do wish there was more dynamic changes throughout the piece as it's relatively flat dynamically. With all that said, what's here is clever and interesting as I keep catching new and different things on each listen. From time signature changes, to extending out phrase/section lengths, and playing with the overall structure the highlight is the arrangement here. Fun concept, very cool arrangement. YES
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