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Haste_2 11/02/20 11:59:22 PM #435:	56) Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth https://youtu.be/wqAYMZSOQao Composer: Jake Kaufman Score: 8.8/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 9 (Lost R5 to Dark Legacy) Favorite Part: The intro WOW this is like Mega Man music on steroids. I first heard of Jake Kaufman through one of my favorite vgremixes: The Impresario, an FFVI remix. https://youtu.be/Ln9Sq7IOP3o Its cool to hear him compose chiptune music Theres so much great STYLE in all the details of this music in the intro alone, I DIG (excuse the PUN) the super low bass notes, the dissonant chord at 0:01, the little duet at 0:03-04, the arpeggio flourish (reverb?) at 0:09-0:11 , the fall at 0:10-0:11.MY GOODNESS, the cool stuff never ends. I DIG (excuse the PUN again) the fact that it highlights so much of that Dorian note, too. Along with the main theme we got the offbeat drums that are SO VERY MEGA MAN! And the theme itself is RIDICULOUSLY catchy. Gotta love the slurred 7ths/octaves near the ends of the phrases, and the COOL accidentals at 0:41 - 0:43, and the vibrato on the long notes. Fun rhythms in general, too the endings of all the bits almost all end on three consecutive eighth notes, the last one on the offbeat! Also, those little 16th note computer bits moving all around, AW, YEAH (MM3 Shadow Man, anybody?!) ! As for the following section, I DIG (excuse the pun a THIRD time) the stylish call-and-response at 1:18! The drum moves out of the way for a neat two little two-note insertion at 1:20. The low countermelody is cool, but more especially near the end of the section at 1:32 love how it double-strikes each note and never resolves the fourth of the dominant (among other things)! Sorry this write-up is terrible (like many others), but if any theory-literate users are reading this they might enjoy it. Which one next...this one or that one....? 55) Sonic Generations [3DS] - Boss Battle: Big Arm Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/MVQjrIcwyEg Composer: Michael Jackson (just kidding!!!!....I think) , Arranged by Cash Cash Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: Favorite Part: 0:00 - 1:06 Not sure who the original composer is, but The Sonic 3 version isnt bad (https://youtu.be/kY47bNAryPk), but the improvement with this version is massive!! Holy banger! A lot of the dissonance has been taken away, though (some of it for better, some for worse). You got this big tam-tam-like crescendo (heh, just like Solaris Phase) , then this BIG grindy mix with LOTS of bottom presenting the primary material, a simple three-note chromatic descent.. I just LOVE the grindy contrast of sound between the 3rd on top and the root below there (and how it keeps going!) A synth flourish gets put on top with LOTS of vibrato. The sound mixing is just...WHOA. Synth flourish comes again! Then you got an extra beat, then two pick-up beats (with percussive hits) to get you into the next part GREAT transition. Oh, wow, were only 20 seconds in. And then the synth plays around with the previous chromatic idea in such a FUN way, the way it leaps around. Great stuff at 0:41 it takes the material before and plays around with it.. the many repetitions are SO TASTEFUL (thats hard to do!), especially the way the way they dont neatly fit in the meter (plus the percussive hits there are great)!! 1:02 has ANOTHER awesome transition, the way it cuts out and lands on a couple of notes as if time has stopped. 1:36 does more of that stuff, but it adds some impromptu stuff. More tastefulness! The CONSTANT changes in patterns and orchestration keep things fresh the whole time, even when material gets repeated later It switches to pure guitar mode for a while at 2:09. From here on out the guitar does more rhythmic stuff and the orchestration has more treble, it seems. Love that little joke at 2:34. What was meant to just be support at 2:34 ends up taking the lead in the final section for a bit, but this also gives a chance for that one melody to get played around in the final seconds. Nice. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think." <cite>Haste_2 posted [p:946642915] in Haste2 ran... [t:78392394]...</cite> <quote>56) Shovel Knight - Strike the Earth https://youtu.be/wqAYMZSOQao Composer: Jake Kaufman Score: 8.8/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: VGMC 9 (Lost R5 to Dark Legacy) Favorite Part: The intro WOW this is like Mega Man music on steroids. I first heard of Jake Kaufman through one of my favorite vgremixes: The Impresario, an FFVI remix. https://youtu.be/Ln9Sq7IOP3o Its cool to hear him compose chiptune music Theres so much great STYLE in all the details of this music in the intro alone, I DIG (excuse the PUN) the super low bass notes, the dissonant chord at 0:01, the little duet at 0:03-04, the arpeggio flourish (reverb?) at 0:09-0:11 , the fall at 0:10-0:11.MY GOODNESS, the cool stuff never ends. I DIG (excuse the PUN again) the fact that it highlights so much of that Dorian note, too. Along with the main theme we got the offbeat drums that are SO VERY MEGA MAN! And the theme itself is RIDICULOUSLY catchy. Gotta love the slurred 7ths/octaves near the ends of the phrases, and the COOL accidentals at 0:41 - 0:43, and the vibrato on the long notes. Fun rhythms in general, too the endings of all the bits almost all end on three consecutive eighth notes, the last one on the offbeat! Also, those little 16th note computer bits moving all around, AW, YEAH (MM3 Shadow Man, anybody?!) ! As for the following section, I DIG (excuse the pun a THIRD time) the stylish call-and-response at 1:18! The drum moves out of the way for a neat two little two-note insertion at 1:20. The low countermelody is cool, but more especially near the end of the section at 1:32 love how it double-strikes each note and never resolves the fourth of the dominant (among other things)! Sorry this write-up is terrible (like many others), but if any theory-literate users are reading this they might enjoy it. Which one next...this one or that one....? 55) Sonic Generations [3DS] - Boss Battle: Big Arm Series ranking: 1 of 4 https://youtu.be/MVQjrIcwyEg Composer: Michael Jackson (just kidding!!!!....I think) , Arranged by Cash Cash Score: 8.9/10 (Excellent) VGMC History: Favorite Part: 0:00 - 1:06 Not sure who the original composer is, but The Sonic 3 version isnt bad (https://youtu.be/kY47bNAryPk), but the improvement with this version is massive!! Holy banger! A lot of the dissonance has been taken away, though (some of it for better, some for worse). You got this big tam-tam-like crescendo (heh, just like Solaris Phase) , then this BIG grindy mix with LOTS of bottom presenting the primary material, a simple three-note chromatic descent.. I just LOVE the grindy contrast of sound between the 3rd on top and the root below there (and how it keeps going!) A synth flourish gets put on top with LOTS of vibrato. The sound mixing is just...WHOA. Synth flourish comes again! Then you got an extra beat, then two pick-up beats (with percussive hits) to get you into the next part GREAT transition. Oh, wow, were only 20 seconds in. And then the synth plays around with the previous chromatic idea in such a FUN way, the way it leaps around. Great stuff at 0:41 it takes the material before and plays around with it.. the many repetitions are SO TASTEFUL (thats hard to do!), especially the way the way they dont neatly fit in the meter (plus the percussive hits there are great)!! 1:02 has ANOTHER awesome transition, the way it cuts out and lands on a couple of notes as if time has stopped. 1:36 does more of that stuff, but it adds some impromptu stuff. More tastefulness! The CONSTANT changes in patterns and orchestration keep things fresh the whole time, even when material gets repeated later It switches to pure guitar mode for a while at 2:09. From here on out the guitar does more rhythmic stuff and the orchestration has more treble, it seems. Love that little joke at 2:34. What was meant to just be support at 2:34 ends up taking the lead in the final section for a bit, but this also gives a chance for that one melody to get played around in the final seconds. Nice. --- "Ah, a party! We haven't had one of those. It could be fun! So... what is a party?" "You drink punch and eat CAKE! ...I think."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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