I also wanted to preserve some things from the original, which is why I didn't change the melody in the first half (and also the reason for those weird harp parts that I think I'll take out), but I'll see what I can do about matching it to the new tempo. If you want to listen to how it sounded before, here's the link: Molgera (untitled) WIP v1.5.mp3 I agree, though, that slowing the mix down as much as I did really unhinged my work from the source. My idea to use Daft Punk was tailored to this song - I didn't try to drop the source onto Aerodynamic. Well it's one of my favorites, too, which is why I took a stab at this. Just put the finishing touches on it and then move on to the next one. The overall development is fine more variety in some of the parts would be good, especially the drums, but the track never stagnates.ДЄs far as the Daft Punk usage goes, considering how integral it is to this, I'd say not to submit this unless you're comfortable with a complete overhaul. Work on trying to make it fit in with the whole track instead of sounding tacked on. There isn't a whole ton of interpretation on the melody, even down to the instrument being the same for a good portion of it, and actually I thought that the parts where the melody was verbatim didn't work as well as when it was changed up. Pretty interesting take on Molgera, I thought. There's a lot of space for some dynamic contrast if you want to build up to something or have a break somewhere, since this stays pretty much at the same level throughout. The volume is pretty low on this, so I'd bump it up a few notches. By the end, the drums so drowned out by other stuff that you can barely hear it, so the track loses a bit of groove. The kick feels like it has too much punch, too, so it's kind of distracting. It feels pretty bad in the first minute or so when it's exposed while layers are still being added to the song. You're going to vary up the drumbeat? Fantastic. Same with the harp shots in a couple of places like 3:00 just seemed like a weird choice. 2:01 with the woodwind, however, is perfect, although the instrument itself is a bit of a weird match with the rest of the sounds in the mix. The interpretation of the melody in the chimes starting at 1:10 is a lot better fit for the track, but that little quote in the woodwind at 1:14-1:20 is again mismatched. Altering it to fit the rest of the track would also be good from an arrangement standpoint, because it's played identically to the original and on the same instrument. The dancing phrases don't really fit with the slow groove and it sounds quite like you made the backing track and just slapped Molgera on top of it. The original Molgera melody is wonderful and dancelike, and even though it's slowed down in your mix, it's still too, um, 'hoppy' at 0:19-1:00. In the beginning, I wasn't really feeling how the Molgera melody fit in with the rest of the track. Given that just about the whole mix is based on the Daft Punk source, I'd call that pretty significant usage.Д«ut given that Molgera is one of my favorite boss themes of all time, we will press on! It may be four measures from the source, but those four measures are the backbone of the entire mix when it isn't being directly played by an instrument, the chord progression is still there. Good luck with it, tho.ДЄs for the non-game music issue, I'll have to look into what's considered 'minor.' I only used four measures. It's decent music, sure (the piano might need to be looked at), but it's caught between styles.

Sure, he wants beef, the other judges are a little less concerned with that, but you should decide earlier on if you're going the mellow way or the beefy way, and not make it as ambiguous as it currently is. I dunno what to say about it, on one hand it's artistic choice, on the other hand, Liontamer NOed Fru's long mix because it never left 'build-up mode'. The electronica the listener is introduced to in the very beginning is reminiscent of 90's pop electronica, but then it just becomes this weird blend of light electronica and various orchestral sounds, sometimes rising to what could be an awesome drum-heavy section, but fading back to status quo before anything really happened. It has source, and it has original content, I'd say it's ok as far as source vs interpretation is concerned.

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