PeterthePapercomPoser Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Starting January, 28th, 2023 and running until March, 26th, 2023 (EDIT: the competition has been extended until April 2nd, 2023) Young Composers Forum invites you to participate in another new and unique music composition competition hosted by @Tónskáld, @PeterthePapercomPoser, @Thatguy v2.0, @Omicronrg9, @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, and @chopin, all of whom will also judge the competition. In this competition you are given a choice of orchestrating, arranging, re-harmonizing, quoting or writing variations on one of 5 given 8-bit music tracks from old video games which you must listen to in order to extract the musical material relevant to you. The entries will be judged on a scale of 0 - 8 in 8 relevant categories: Pick your favorite 8-bit track and transform it in as many ways as you see fit! Make it into a fully fledged composition according to your skills and strengths! Please note that the judges will give you more points the more elements of your composition are original and not simply copied from the relevant 8-bit track. However, the judges should be able to recognize at some point that your composition is derived in some way from the relevant 8-bit track. Feel free to highlight for the listener where in your score you used the relevant 8-bit tracks' theme by showing them in the pdf, mentioning measure numbers, or giving them timestamps from your mp3. Also, there will be a cash prize of $100 given to the winner of this competition! Given enough participants (at least 10), there will also be a cash prize for 2nd and 3rd place ($60 and $40 respectively). In order to compete: Your composition must not exceed 10 minutes of music Your composition must include an element of the one relevant 8-bit track of your choosing Any instrumentation or choice of ensemble is allowed No age limit One submission per participant Mp3 submission and score/sheet music pdf required $100 1st prize, $60 2nd prize, and $40 3rd prize Deadline: March, 26th, 2023 Submissions are to be sent to @PeterthePapercomPoser through direct message with the title of the composition as the subject line. He will post the submissions anonymously in a special contest thread for everyone to listen to and consider. Besides attaching a pdf score (without your name in it) and mp3 rendition of your music consider also including a description of your piece for the judges, fellow competitors and young composers at large to better understand your music. Which 8-bit track did you choose to transform "From Bits to Bangers"? Current Entrants: (reply to this thread in order to enter) @sswave @Left Unexplained @WowBroThatWasReallyEdgy @Ferrum @Setthavat @Nico Fantasy @ComposaBoi @Grey Ross @skvlkin @AlexeySavelyev @DanielCComposer @EthaTrue @MrMule96 @Eickso @bkho @luderart @QRose @telliur Choose which of these tracks you would like to transform "From Bits to Bangers" using any means available at your disposal: (for best results please listen on your computer rather than a phone) If the mp3 player below doesn't work for some reason you can find the 5 8-bit tracks here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eVpdbmW5CXAJ73XRO9IugDFY5oJYGhDn?usp=sharing MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume < previous > next menu 1.Dragon's Lair 2.Treasure Master W2 (The Moon) 3.Harvest Moon - T8; Mountains 4.Kirby's Adventure; Grape garden 5.Castlevania II; The silence of daylight (Town theme) < previous > next 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sswave Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 I'm interested in entering this competition! This seems like a great opportunity to help others learn and pick up a thing or two along the way. Some things that would be useful here - What is the game these tracks are from? Some say, some don't. This is important for us to conduct research and find the composition details, MIDI/sheet, discovery where - what - how it is used in game for additional context to spark creativity and create something that really embodies the original work while having our own original twist on it. This would help people complete #2 if you don't provide the answer! Where can I find a MIDI version of this so I can evaluate the track to remix? For example, #5 actually says it is from Castlevania 2, so I can find the Castlevania 2 MIDI soundtrack here: http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/ and, specifically I can find the selected track The Silence of Daylight here: http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/nes/c2town.mid Great! Now I can easily import this into a DAW and start arranging my own piece! This is great, but #3 would be even better! Can you just provide the MIDI and maybe the sheet music for each of these tracks? This will allow us to prevent error in finding the wrong MIDI or sheet, or for those composers that might not know to do #2 at all, try to wing it and figure out what the scale, chords, notes, etc etc. BONUS: if you do all #1, #2, and #3 (you are my hero)! Separate from the above, should we say which track we are entering for on this thread? You mentioned anonym but didn't mention this part. I'm assuming the answer is "yes, state the track you are entering for", so... my entry will be for "Harvest Moon - T8; Mountain" as it shown in the mp3 player above. Excited to hear more and looking forward to participating + seeing the other participants works! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 2 hours ago, sswave said: What is the game these tracks are from? Some say, some don't. This is important for us to conduct research and find the composition details, MIDI/sheet, discovery where - what - how it is used in game for additional context to spark creativity and create something that really embodies the original work while having our own original twist on it. All the tracks are labeled. Track #1 is from Dragon's Lair for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). 2 hours ago, sswave said: Where can I find a MIDI version of this so I can evaluate the track to remix? How you extract the musical material from the tracks in question is up to you: On 1/13/2023 at 8:23 PM, PeterthePapercomPoser said: In this competition you are given a choice of orchestrating, arranging, re-harmonizing, quoting or writing variations on one of 5 given 8-bit music tracks from old video games which you must listen to in order to extract the musical material relevant to you. 2 hours ago, sswave said: Can you just provide the MIDI and maybe the sheet music for each of these tracks? No - it is up to each composer/entrant to extract the musical material relevant to them in their own way and according to their skills/strengths. 2 hours ago, sswave said: Separate from the above, should we say which track we are entering for on this thread? You mentioned anonym but didn't mention this part. I'm assuming the answer is "yes, state the track you are entering for", so... my entry will be for "Harvest Moon - T8; Mountain" as it shown in the mp3 player above. Yes - please read this: On 1/13/2023 at 8:23 PM, PeterthePapercomPoser said: He will post the submissions anonymously in a special contest thread for everyone to listen to and consider. Besides attaching a pdf score (without your name in it) and mp3 rendition of your music consider also including a description of your piece for the judges, fellow competitors and young composers at large to better understand your music. Which 8-bit track did you choose to transform "From Bits to Bangers"? Thank you for entering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Track 1 can be found on this YT video at 3:48 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 I would like to point out that the Castlevania 2 track is just a different arrangement of "Vampire Killer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Unexplained Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I declare entrance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WowBroThatWasReallyEdgy Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I ENTER 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrum Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 ENTER I SHALL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setthavat Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 the force is definitely strong in this one, but I’ll take the challenge(am participating) When are we suppose to submit our scores and audios? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 2 hours ago, Setthavat said: When are we suppose to submit our scores and audios? Send them to me before the deadline - Sunday, March 26th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Fantasy Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 This sounds fun! And I immediately was inspired by one of the tracks when I checked them out, so I'm in for sure! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComposaBoi Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 (edited) Looks like fun. I’m interested to see what I can come up with. I’m in Edited February 6 by ComposaBoi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Ross Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 You can count me in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skvlkin Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 yeah yeah I want in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexeySavelyev Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Just registered to participate :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielCComposer Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Yep, I'll go in on this one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthaTrue Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I Enter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMule96 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Enter, I must 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eickso Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Even though I sent mine, I am entering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkho Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Darn, I wish I'd seen this sooner, but I'll give it a try! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderart Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I intend to participate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WowBroThatWasReallyEdgy Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Unfortunately, I won't be able to finish in time for the competition. School's been kicking my butt. Good luck to all the other participants! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QRose Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I'd love to enter this. Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telliur Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Hi everyone! Debuting in the forum to participate :D I'm in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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