August 2, 201213 yr Legal Disclaimer: The use of any material in this competition is for educational use ONLY. Pieces used for this competition must not be used outside of the competition unless copyright permission is obtained. Fair use determines the eligibility to manipulate copyright works for educational forums. YC does not deal in any monetary exchange. There is no prize for this competition other than guaranteed criticism from the judges on the successful nature of manipulating pop culture works. In honor of YC choice month being so successful, we are going to use the SECOND most voted for category. THE VIDEO GAME (Theme and Variations) COMPETITION The Premise: you will take ANY video game EVER made. You will take the music from said video game. You will create a theme and variations for ANY orchestration you wish. The idea? Take a pop culture piece of music and treat it in a "classical" or formal musical setting. Dates? Competition from August 5th - SEPTEMBER 30st Judging from October 1st - October 9th. Results posted - October 10th. Judging? Quality of theme: /10 (is your theme something that can have variations? Is there contour to the melody you chose? Or... is it just one note being syncopated?) Number of variations and originality/difference in variations: /20 (this is a chance to think outside of the box. YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM FOR THIS COMPETITION, SINCE IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL THEME) Instrumentation and Orchestration: /20 (is the orchestration conducive to the theme? Are the instruments used effectively?) SCORE: /15 (please have a score and have it cleaned up) Structure: /15 (does the piece begin by stating the theme? Does it go into variations thus? Does the piece FLOW? Even in variations, there should be flow.) Creativity: /20 (this competition, since it is an arrangement competition, is going to have some grey area. Judges are allowed to put points here based on well-placed "wow" moments, or extremely good uses of any of the categories above.) /100 Guidelines for choosing a theme: 1. You should pick something that has a GOOD, strong melody to it. A "one note" piece won't do you much good. 2. It should be something not so "obscure" that nobody knows it. Baten Kaitos would be a bad choice, while Legend of Zelda is better. THOUGH, who I am to say what games are popular. Just keep this in mind and don't PURPOSEFULLY choose something obscure. You don't get extra points for that. 3. PLEASE POST THE YOUTUBE LINK OR THE MP3 FILE OF THE ORIGINAL THEME SO WE CAN HEAR THE ORIGINAL PIECE. 4. There will be NO PENALTY for choosing the same "theme" as another player. I will answer any and all questions and maybe add to the list above. :) Thanks! and Enjoy! Judges: 1. Aniolel 2. ad hoc 3. theviolinist7 Participants: 1. Morivou. 2. muhmuhmuhmusic 3. Bachian 4. Ian 5. NathanHathawayAdams 6. Tokkemon 7. Maniacal Lemon 8. dostoprimo 9. Chopstix 10. Robbie Parker 11. Matai Mo 12. treehugger1995 13. Ink 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
August 2, 201213 yr Author GO FOR IT! OMG. :D I'm doing a zelda theme. Maybe one of the older games, or a tune from Ocarina of Time.
August 2, 201213 yr Ok. I am not a video game nerd, so composing will be hard for me. Can anyone be a judge, though? If so, can I be a judge? I'll have to find the original video game music, so put the title of the theme when submitting.
August 2, 201213 yr Should there be a set number of variations, or can I do 30 variations, like Bach did on the Goldberg aria?
August 2, 201213 yr Bachian: Number of variations and originality/difference in variations: /20 (this is a chance to think outside of the box. YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES MAXIMUM FOR THIS COMPETITION, SINCE IT IS NOT AN ORIGINAL THEME) I guess you can do as many variations as you want - the more, the better - as long as they fit into the 10 min. limit. BTW, I'm most likely sitting out of this one. I've been through four consecutive competitions, so I feel like resting a bit and focusing in another project for this month without the pressure ;) .
August 2, 201213 yr I feel like resting a bit and focusing in another project for this month without the pressure ;) . So we expect something even better than usual. ;)
August 2, 201213 yr btw, for the competitors, this site seems to be quite helpful, at least for the nintendo games. http://www.ninsheetm.us/index.php
August 3, 201213 yr I guess you can do as many variations as you want - the more, the better - as long as they fit into the 10 min. limit. I guess reading the rules before asking would have helped me. Lol...
August 3, 201213 yr Author lol. The number of variations doesn't matter. But, you know what they say about showing off in competitions: DO IT.
August 3, 201213 yr I'm afraid I have to sit this one out :-( I would have loved this one. But no time this month.
August 4, 201213 yr Unfortunately I do not have any time to compose this month....... may I be a judge?
August 4, 201213 yr Clarification: We're just taking *one* theme and then going to town on that, or can we use multiple ones? I will participate.
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