*NO* Ys 8 "Overcome the Rocky Path -Seiren MEGA MIX-"

[Liontamer]

Artist Name: Yorgishmorgi VGM

Title is work in progress, by the way.

I was inspired by the Yukihiro Jindo (and outsourced composer for Falcom, who does arrangement albums) arrangements of other Ys tracks and wanted to sort of apply that to Overcome the Rocky Path as it is one of my favorites. The overall DNA of my arrangement is about the same to the original, except I included a prog-influenced extended solo section, and a second extended "chorus." I tried to give the track a proggier edge to it, even using "Alex Lifeson" chord on the rhythm guitar right before the second chorus kicks in. 

Anyway, hope you enjoy it and I'll happily be awaiting a response!

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Games & Sources

The original piece is a field exploration theme from Ys VIII, an Action RPG developed by Nihon Falcom. It was composed by Takahiro Unisuga of the Nihon Falcom Sound Team.

Edited Monday at 06:31 PM by Liontamer
closed decision

[prophetik music]

original's pretty upbeat in its own right.

opening is very similar to the original, right down to the drum beat, tempo, and lead performance. this goes on for quite a while - i A/B'd the entire length of the original on this track and indeed it's the same across the board. so this already isn't something that we'd really have a place for given the lack of original arrangement over the first half of the track.

right at 2:00 we get a new section, which is clearly inspired by but isn't really arranging the original. it's a sick synth solo though! i'd like to hear more verb on it, it's pretty dry right now. guitar has a note or two that's funky in the chord that it's over, and then hits a fun chord at 2:47 before a hard cut break to the piano playing the melodic material (in a non-idiomatic way, you really should find ways to break up the left hand's block chords and velocitize the entire thing). there's another run-through the original's last section and opening, and it's done. ending is solid.

i think this is a fun listen! i'd be happy to find this on youtube somewhere, but it doesn't meet the standards for arrangement that we require here. this is more of a cover with a little new section in the middle, which is hip in and of itself, but we'd expect more adaptation of the original's melody, chords, or other elements. i don't think this track would fit here without extensive modifications, but maybe future arrangements would fit more! take a look at the submissions standards i linked above (section 4 is the big one for you, the rest aren't as applicable for this) and hopefully we'll hear from you again.

 

 

NO

[Chimpazilla]

Agreed with Brad that this remix is more of a cover right from the jump, even down to the identical snare tone.  The genre, instrumentation, tempo, arrangement, structure, modulations etc. are all the same as the source song.  It's a very competent cover!  But a cover for sure, all the way until 2:00, right after the original's loop point.  

The synth solo that follows at 2:04 is sick beyond belief, I love this so much.  At 2:22, we are back to the source's chord structure but with another awesome solo (guitar) on top of it.  This arrangement really takes off after the 2:00 mark!  The soft piano breakdown is excellent, although the piano sounds very stiff and sequenced.  After the piano, at 3:10, we are back to the verbatim source cover as in the first half of the piece.  As Brad said, ending is solid.

Brad is right, this is a super fun listen, and a very good cover, but it is too conservative too much of the time for OCR.  If the part from 0:00-2:00 included some variations away from the source song, this remix would be a no-brainer YES vote.  I'd love to hear it again with those variations made so it can be posted on OCR!

NO

[Liontamer]

Just going to close this out with the same sentiments.

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4. Arrangement

2. Your arrangement must be substantial and original.

• Submissions must be different enough from the source material to clearly illustrate the contributions, modifications, and enhancements you have made. Acceptable arrangement often involves more than one of the following techniques:

• Modifying the genre, chord progression, instrumentation, rhythms, dynamics, tempo, or overall composition of the source material
• Adding original solos, transitions, harmonies, counter-melodies, lyrics, or vocals to the source material

Everything until 2:02's a superstraightforward cover with little interpretation beyond the adoption of this instrumentation, which itself is close to the source tune. Reconstruction/recreation's not a bad goal in a vacuum, it's just outside of our interpretive arrangement standards. I linked several melodically conservative arrangements in the writeup for this piece that still manage to still stand apart as distinct from the original music: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04414

Piano tone from 2:52-3:09 was too thin yet bright, which exposed that particular sample moreso than any of the other stuff like the bowed strings. That said, the energy of the track's strong and uses the samples well overall; very much a doujin scene-style track. If you're willing to rework the first half, this definitely could have a place here. We hope to hear from you again with another submission, even if it isn't a rework on this specific one. :-)

NO (resubmit)