prophetik music ⚖️ Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) Hey guys, This is my version of Sakura's theme from SFA2, which is a bit of a fan favorite track if I am not mistaken. The point of departure here was, like my previous submission, using sounds similar to (or inspired by) the og CPS-2 board, but I took a song in a very different direction than the original: it's slower and a bit more wistful. In retrospect, I think it sounds a bit like City Pop ballads? Games & Sources Stage Sakura - Street Fighter Alpha 2 Edited Thursday at 08:37 PM by Rexy
prophetik music ⚖️ Posted March 18 Author Posted March 18 opens with a much slower and relaxed vibe than the original, for sure. melody comes in at 0:19 and there's some fun altered/extended chords in there that i don't remember from the original. this is definitely a city pop feel, i agree there. i appreciate the tight tone of the drums as well. there's a recap of 0:19 at 0:57 (it does sound exactly the same for maybe 20s), and some altered chords for the second half of the A section in the vibes. there's a bit of a break, and then we're into the B section at 1:35. there's some wooble on the leads here that's a neat idea - i didn't notice it in the earlier section. this section kind of just trucks through the material before getting back to the A side as fast as possible, at 1:54. it's a little noodly there, but the track finds where it's going when it gets back to the A material. around here i started wanting a bit of a break, and while we get a bit of one with yet another copypasta of the second half of the A section from earlier at 2:32. and then more copypasta - 3:00 is 1:35 again, with some changes on the second half of that section. 3:29's a recap of the opening, and this is also copypasta. this block repeats for a while and then fades out. so most of the second half of the track is repeated exactly =( i think this is a nice idea, and i like the execution of it in terms of synth choices and instrumentation. it's a real nice vibe. but the repeated material is excessive. one or two sections repeated is one thing, but this is half the piece. i think it's fine to repeat concepts as long as you're mixing up the next time it comes around - however that's not what's happening here. get me some variety! and then i'll be very happy to pass this. NO
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted March 23 Posted March 23 One could argue the arrangement's transformational enough to bear the wholesale repetition, but I wouldn't here. I definitely dig the slowed down approach, the groove, and the overall instrumentation. Cool stuff, just see what you can do to differentiate the second half from the copy-pasta layout! Strong base here, so please don't drop it. NO (resubmit)
Rexy ⚖️ Posted Thursday at 08:36 PM Posted Thursday at 08:36 PM Brad had already hit things nail on the head, so I may as well also make this brief. I approve of the sound design decisions, the transformational slow-groove citypop direction, and the complete jazz-like chord sequence - no qualms with any of those - but all of the copy-pasta hurts it so much right now. I would suggest you take a look at these timestamps and see what else can be done to give them as much extra spice as some of the other variations. Do resub, please - we can never have too much Street Fighter rep, let alone Sakura. :-) NO
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