Morivou Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhmuhmuhmusic Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Sounds like a lot of fun. Count me in. I'm thinking tetris A or B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 GO FOR IT! OMG. :D I'm doing a zelda theme. Maybe one of the older games, or a tune from Ocarina of Time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theviolinist7 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 You can certainly be a judge if you'd like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachian Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Sign me up. I'm thinking Castlevania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theviolinist7 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Ok. I'll judge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad hoc Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'll be a judge. I LOVE video game music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachian Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Should there be a set number of variations, or can I do 30 variations, like Bach did on the Goldberg aria? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austenite Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 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 ;) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhmuhmuhmusic Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 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. ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muhmuhmuhmusic Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 btw, for the competitors, this site seems to be quite helpful, at least for the nintendo games. http://www.ninsheetm.us/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Thanks for the resource! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachian Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 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... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 lol. The number of variations doesn't matter. But, you know what they say about showing off in competitions: DO IT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrsbit Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I'll write something maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshm222 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 I'm afraid I have to sit this one out :-( I would have loved this one. But no time this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImperialFlute Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Unfortunately I do not have any time to compose this month....... may I be a judge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanHathawayAdams Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Clarification: We're just taking *one* theme and then going to town on that, or can we use multiple ones? I will participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bachian Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Scratch my name from the list... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniacal Lemon Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I think I'll participate in this. First competition :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvothe Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Do I hear that you need a judge for this? Count me in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dostoprimo Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I'd like to get in on this, if I still can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopstix Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I would like to join in. I'm pretty new here, but I'll give it my best shot. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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