prophetik music ⚖️ Posted September 5 Posted September 5 (edited) This started as an idea in my head for the DoD Brevity Month before the theme was announced and then i saw my idea was not eligible. When Koji Kondo month was announced i knew i might try to do this, but the whole thing got fast tracked when Matt mentioned wanting to sing more in portuguese. That was my cue to get the ball rolling. / So, what is this? This is the Zelda overworld theme, in brazilian bossa style, and the lyrics are translated from the classic "Rabbit Joint" cover from way back in the day. The lyrics were translated by me and its a localization not a literal translation, however, if you throw then in google translate its wasy to see the origin. During the arrangement process Matt mentioned how much he loves Tom Jobim's Águas de Março, and that it wasn't that different from the Zelda theme. So we got to work and managed to sneak a bit of Águas there, this time, the lyrics are completely original and created by me, as a hyrule-parody of the Jobim original. Sprinkle some solos here and there, and this is the result: Águas de Link. a cover of a cover that is not really a straight cover. Hope you like it aswell. Credits: tibonev: arrangement, guitars, bass, drum programming, lyrics Mattmatatt: arrangement, guitars, vocals, mixing. Lyrics: Link, ele vem para a cidade ele vem salvar a Princesa Zelda Ganon a raptou a alegria roubou mas volta quando Link salva o dia Link, encha seu coração para usar a espada do poder e quando estiver mal uma fada virá ajudar então seja corajoso e não seja um covarde É pote, é gema, é um belo rupee é uma galinha assassina, um link sozinho é um arbustro cortado, é o link olha só é a zelda, é o leever, é lynel e armos é o dungeon de água e a fada maneira ganon chefão, vai acabar com a zueira. É pote, é gema, é um belo rupee é uma galinha assassina, um link sozinho é um arbustro cortado, é o link olha só é a zelda, é o leever, é lynel e armos é o dungeon de água e a fada maneira ganon chefão, vai acabar com a zueira. Link salvou o dia Ganon está morto A Zelda está livre e o nosso herói é o Link! e o seu nome entrará para a história! Source breakdown: 0:00 - 0:10 - Intro Chords (Source) 0:10 - 0:17 - Intro Melody (Source) 0:17 - 0:59 - Main Melody (Source w/ re-harmonization on the first verse) 1:00 - 1:17 - Original Transition Part 1:17 - 2:05 - Águas Part (Jobim Parody) 2:06 - 2:22 - Solo 1 - tibonev 2:22 - 2:39 - Main Melody (Source) 2:40 - End - Solo 2 - Mattmatatt Games & Sources The Legend of Zelda - Overworld - Koji Kondo prophetik note: found this version of the song mentioned above: Edited 8 hours ago by paradiddlesjosh
prophetik music ⚖️ Posted September 5 Author Posted September 5 opens with light instrumentation. the bass is notably boomy, almost to the point of being distorted, and it's heavily in the left ear so it feels unbalanced. guitars and voice feel suuuuper organic - like they're right there next to you, and the intentionally not-perfect vocal approach is so good, right out of a cafe. drums are probably too complex throughout this entire opening section for the style. 1:17's section is a significant transition, and IMO it isn't prepped as well as it could have been - it feels very sudden, and it stays in this lighter, simpler feel for a while so it's surprising. the vocal work here is way more involved than i anticipated as well - 1:41's got a zillion parts, i'd love to know just how many recordings that is! - and although i don't understand a thing that's being sung, i still got a smile on my face during it. there's a short solo, a recap with some source and an interesting reharmonization in the end of it, and one more solo to cap it off. there's a neat riff at the end of it. so the song itself is overall pretty cool, and feels very real and present to me (outside the panned bass being so heavy in the left ear). but my issue is source content and non-VGM content. for the source element, if i'm not mistaken, there's 59s of source to start, 17s at 2:22, and that's it. the chord progression at 2:06 is imo too generic to count, but the last chord progression has some more of the characteristics of the source and so i'd count that, which would be 25s more. that does get over the 50% guideline, barely. for the non-vgm content, almost a third of the song is directly from a non-vgm track. we rejected a nine-minute track for having a minute of non-vgm content in the past. based on that example, i think this breaks the rule stated in 3.3. in the submission standards. which is a bummer because this is a neat idea! if this was the main theme from Zelda arranged in a style reminiscent to waters of march, then i'd be fine with it. but as it is, i don't hear any of the main theme in that 50ish-second section at all, so it's just a cameo which unfortunately we specifically try to avoid. bummer! but a fun track. thank you for sharing. NO
Chimpazilla ⚖️ Posted September 6 Posted September 6 I think proph nailed his vote and I'm in full agreement with him on all points. Agreed about the boomy/wide bass, I put an imager on the track to be sure, and the bass is indeed wide. Narrowing the bass below 150Hz makes a huge difference to how the low end comes across. I always strive to make sure that the lowest range is mono on my basses and low drums, and I hit my masters with a monomaker below 125Hz as well, to be sure, so this doesn't happen. I love these vocals! Same as proph, I don't understand a single word other than "Link" (Linkie? hehe) "rupee" and "lynel" etc. but I am smiling listening to this!!! I also agree with proph's timestamping, unfortunately. It's not enough VGM source, and too much of the other Aguas track. That's a bummer indeed, because this is a very cool track! I agree that the chord sequence at 2:06 is not enough to tie that section to the source song, it's just too subtle on its own without any melody over it. Mixing-wise, the track sounds fine to me other than the left-panned-too-wide bass (which is an easy fix), and the master is a tad loud (especially for the style) but that's not a big deal, but the lack of VGM source and the overuse of the non-VGM source breaks the deal. I really enjoyed listening to this! NO
paradiddlesjosh ⚖️ Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago This entry for DoD's Koji Kondo Month was so much fun! I really enjoyed the lyrical nod to the Rabbit Joint Cover during the LP and once again in revisiting the track for a vote. While I don't necessarily agree with the advice that you should mono and center your sub-150 Hz elements (we don't live in the heyday of vinyl record pressings for music distribution, where that was a technological necessity), I agree that the bass and drums can both pull back about 2 dB and the mix balance would be better for it. Ultimately though, I've got to side with my other Js. The "Águas de Março" quote is too long a span of non-VGM material for OCR, especially without a strong tie-in of the VGM source material during that segment. It's simply not in the letter nor the spirit of the Submission Standards. That doesn't change the fact that you've made a fun send-up of an OCR classic. NO
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