Remember Me "This Is My Memory!" 3:49

The abolition of the French monarchy took place on this day in 1792, so let's commemorate the shucking off of political oppression! French arranger Bluelighter takes on French composer Olivier Derivière's music for Capcom's futuristic Neo-Paris-set Remember Me! For Bluelighter, this effort wasn't without its challenges (but he's French and he's game!):

"Here is an orchestral arrangement of "Madame Boss Fight" from Remember Me, composed by Olivier Derivière. I was really impressed by the work of the composer on this game, combining on some tracks a real orchestra (not here) and electro effects.

This track doesn't appear in the official soundtrack. It's played during a boss fight, a key moment of the story. This music really contributed to the intensity of the fight. It was all the more striking for me.

The track was not evident to arrange, because of some passages with only electro rhythm, without melodic marker. I've globally retained the arpeggios of the beginning, two melodic lines, and some more interesting rhythm passages. Some other parts would have been interesting to integrate, but I've preferred concentrating myself on only some points to get something more cohesive.

I wanted with this arrangement something epic and stressful, only by using orchestra sounds. Without the electronic dimension, I could concentrate on orchestration. I enriched some of the originally electro-only parts with orchestra embellishments. Or I used them to imitate certain dissonances created by electro sounds in the original. [...] Enjoy!"

Judge prophetik music remembers Remember Me quite well, making him quick to compliment the game, the composer, AND the arranger:

"i loved this soundtrack when i played the game, and i still listen to it occasionally. it's a fantastic example of electro-orchestral scoring. the glitch effects are particularly impressive. and the game is dope too!

opens with sustains and some glock. [...] the arps at 0:26 are immediately recognizable, and layering in the horns at 0:37 is nice. the chromaticism introduced with the element at 0:50 is a hallmark of the original soundtrack overall, and it's fun how you were able to weave it into some of the other aggressive movement going on.

1:57's a lot more agitato, [...] it's a fun concept. there's a lot of intentional dissonance not only at 2:30 but for several of the following sections as well.

after all that noise, we get a much lighter representation of the chromaticism from before, and a few plucks to end it.

this is a very ambitious arrangement - i admit i've wanted to arrange something from Remember Me for years but find the breadth of the original tracks intimidating. you cram a lot of clever adaptation elements into a very short package. [...] nice work."

Kudos to Bluelighter as well for being undeterred by the judges turning down his first version of this piece; he's never been one to shy away from improvement, and he easily reworked this resubmission to sail right past the judges, though prophetik music had been in his corner from moment one. As an exemplary arranger in his own right, we hold judge prophetik in very high regard 'round these parts, so when he admits that taking on this score had him second-guessing himself, that's all the more respect to Bluelighter for diving right in with this interpretive orchestration of Remember Me! And don't forget... Much like Nilin in the game versus Madame and Memorize, tyranny's something to be battled. :-)