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RT6: Revenge of the Remix Tournament

Ken Hisuag

Ken Hisuag

Moriya Music Man
It has been the standard approximated two-and-a-half months: the time has come for another remix tournament!


As usual, submissions will be open for the next sevenish days. Each participant shall submit three remixes via Messages. The tournament itself shall consist of rounds of three remixes each, with each participant reviewing entries in their preferred manner of numbering system and commentary; rating of participant's own submissions is not discouraged, but will not affect the final score. Once all submissions have been featured and reviewed, the ratings shall be tallied to determine the "winner." Anyone and everyone is invited!

If there are any questions, feel free to inquire! Also, referencing previous tournaments is advised, though not required.

[Current] Participants:
@Crusader Jerome
@buskerdog
@Dana Iclucia
@jssf1992
@Drunken_Flower
 
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Dana Iclucia said:
however i wouldn't mind if someone would DM me on discord when it happens because i can miss it when it's announced only on site and i 100% won't miss it on discord (my profile should be on my userpage iirc)
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As I do not have Discord, would someone else please ensure this request is fulfilled?

 
Nice to see this back.  Sorry I've been busy and putting it off, but cool to see it up again.  (and the Star Wars references returning)

I'll pick out some pieces and get back to you!

 
Everybody got their submissions in?

(In two weeks, I'm dropping off the face of the internet for nine months, so I'd like to vote in at least one round.)

 
Last call for enrollment; the tournament is due to begin at some point tomorrow. I'm still waiting on one person's submissions.

 
Let it begin.

Round 1:

1: kaoruko - Jester of the Star Spangled Banner
A medieval folk arrangement.


2: Strange Days - Septet for the Dead Princess
Solo for the pipe organ.


3: Liz Triangle - Blue Moon
Vocal rock/metal, lyrics provided.
 
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ohno i just realized
ken is the host
now we have no one that gives indepth review...
wait there's one more guy, we rooting on you busker!

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kaoruko - Jester of the Star Spangled Banner

uh... I have complaints
this theme is simply too intense for bard arrangement
the opening for example, I dunno harp(?) can do such sound

00:27-00:53 is nice, this how I like my folk to be.
1:20 I hear a bit of clipping, I doubt those crackle noises are intentional since it doesn't make sense in medieval style.
1:45 this nice, seems to improve overtime

this sound like a carbon copy, but I hear some improved supporting melodies so that kinda helps.
actually, Im more interested in the supporting melodies instead of the main one.

also I just realized they use roman number instead of latin
V/X

who previously posted medieval touhou?
Strange Days - Septet for the Dead Princess

oh? we having independent(?)novice(?)obscure(?) uh... SMALL arranger round?

sadly I cant say much about this one
another carbon copy
doesn't work well in a remix tourney
well yes it's an organ, fitting for a vampire, but still

4/10

no i won't say anything about the title
Liz Triangle - Blue Moon

this a sudden change
surf rock? quite an unusual genre for touhou
though I cant say that after the medieval bardstyle touhou

I uh... outta comment... must think!
the guitar is lit!
and there's translation, but for some reason I fail to comprehend the meaning of this song.. so yeah

8/10

this reminds me noe eno hasnt said anything since end of 2019



 
All right, let's get cracking!

Star-Spangled Jester

I'm a big sucker for bardcore instrumentation, even if it sometimes swings toward modern use of percussion to mimic the feel of certain songs. I think that's what's going on here. It does have a vanilla sound to it, since it's mostly a direct adaptation of the midi with different soundfonts, but there is a significant difference in which parts are highlighted, due to the lack of electric guitar for the melody. The main melody is more subdued, allowing the harmonic counterpoint to come out, which is an effect you don't get in the original song.

7/10 since this is a remix contest, would rate higher but as Drunken_Flower said, it's fairly vanilla.
Pipe Organ Septet

This is basically the arrangement of this song which I play on piano, except that the "left hand" harmony is moved up an octave in traditional organ style. I've noticed that organ arrangements don't use the lower notes for alternating patterns very often, only for the extended single notes that make your gut vibrate.

I do notice the rather slow start and gradual acceleration to full speed through the opening bars. It's a stylistic choice, though not a particularly remarkable one.

4/10 too vanilla. It's good listening, though.
Blue Moon

though why does it use Red Hecatia in the picture instead of blue?

Anyway, this one is fun. It's not particularly hgh-energy as vocal performances go, but it's very smooth, and the artist sounds like she's having fun.

Accompaniment is repetitive, no instrumental solo, which could be a missed opportunity, but maybe it wouldn't fit with the tone and pace of the song.

Lyrics are unnecessarily edgy, as is Touhou vocal cover tradition.

7/10 Not the kind of thing I'd listen to often, but it scores high on the "remix" count. I wouldn't mind more from the artist.

(Actually, more on that picture. I gotta say it--this Hecatia has a jacked left bicep. You can't unsee it.)

 
Drunken_Flower said:
ken is the host
now we have no one that gives indepth review...
wait there's one more guy, we rooting on you busker!
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bruh, way to put the pressure on.

I kinda want to go a bit easier on myself for the music commentary this time, so perhaps a bit less depth than usual, but I'll do my best.

Jester of the Star Spangled Banner

Wasn't super sure with how this would go at the beginning but once the flute started I got a lot more into it. There's some nice atmospheric haha space pun mood changes in there which give it some progression, even if the changes feel a little randomly spaced, and I love the bit just before 2 minutes with all those different layering parts. The whole piece stays pretty close to the original, but there's a lot of added flair in there. Good ending too. 

Maybe I'm rating a notch too high given it's the start of the tournament, but damn I like it, 7/10.

Septette for a Dead Princess

I'm correcting the spelling of the title. You can't stop me.

So, we're sticking to ye olde ages, are we? Futo would be proud.

This one started good, but it gets really messy towards the climax of the song. I feel like Septette for the Dead Princess on organ should work on paper, but there's just too much going on here. Also wtf that ending note came out of nowhere???

Sadly, 3/10.

Blue Moon

f a s t  g u i t a r

Now this, has some real funky bass. I'm a fan of the clapping, too. I feel like the vocals are carrying the melody pretty hard in this one, not that there's always anything wrong that, but in this instance I feel like they could have done a bit more with the instrumentation. Overall still a strong arrangement though. 6/10.

Crusader Jerome said:
I gotta say it--this Hecatia has a jacked left bicep. You can't unsee it.
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She's holding the EARTH in that hand, what d' you expect?
Now the real question is, how much does hell weigh?

 
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1. Folk is usually pretty good shoot for me when it comes to calmer music this one is pretty decent too honestly and considering that it's one of two themes from LoLK i can remember clearly so, wouldn't listen to this as daily routine but occasionally, yes

7/10

2. This on other hand, piano was never my thing on itself (difference is when it's works as addition in other songs) especially pipe piano which i probably consider even worse than your usual piano, isn't that bad but could be much better, still not my grounds tho

6.5/10

3. More rock than metal imo, i never was really fan of liz triangle either but ngl it's maybe second or third song i've ever heard from them (but i'm usually not too big fan of pop either but that depends) this one is LoLK again huh, i like the vocal and also 3:06 that solo was actually pretty good reassuming, this one is rather winner of this round for me

7.5/10

 
Star Spangled Jester:

Hmm, fairly good.  There are a few times near the start that the pitch is too high and hits the irritating area, but otherwise a decent piece all around.  A nice set of instruments and used rather well.    7.5/10

The septette in organ

Which is a combination of two wonderful things.  Sadly, it's pretty straightforward, not really any deviation from the original piece, and . . . not the best performance, as on more than a few occasions I can't help but notice the notes running together.     7.5/10 sadly due to the performance.

Blue moon 

This one is curious.  I think I detect a few different styles, or at least some different instrument choices than one would expect for a rock piece.  It still has the nice 'spooky fun' vibe that Pandemonic Planet has, and I think the voice mixed well with it, but I can't say much on it otherwise.     7/10

Dana Iclucia said:
pipe piano
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. . . this choice of words hurts me . . .

 
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