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Hey - this is pretty cool. I like it! It isn't quite ragtime - ragtime is characterized by the oom-pah bass. It's a creative mix of ragtime/swing melodies in some places with these rigid war-drum like chords in the bass. It's funny - I feel like the war - drum parts and the swingy parts have a cool interaction. Some stuff -
 - The thirty-second grace note to an acciaccatura (that's the first grace note option in the grace note panel in musescore - it has the little slash through the stem)
 - For the tempo text - a dotted quarter note doesn't really make sense - a regular quarter note would.
 - Almost all the notes in the bass are staccato, so you can just write staccato as an expression mark instead of having a dot over every note.
 - In bar 20, I'd have four eighth notes, the last one tied to make the rhythm easier to read.
 - You don't often see double-dotted half notes - I really don't know much about them so I can't say either way if they're used well.
 - I love bar 38 through where the coda starts - maybe a crescendo to ramp up the intensity?
 - I'd think some more about bar 31 - it sounds more like a sea-shanty or Irish jig than the rest of the piece.
 - How about a system break before the coda - that would be nice for the formatting.
 - I love the coda/ending so much!
This is your first composition? Sweet!
(Sorry - I don't have any really theory - related composition tips - I just know that this sounds pretty good!)

Here's the video - it's nice for the requester to post a video, though, for ease of the potential arrangers

Alright - I'll definitely give VGMTrans a try - and I won't be using midi files as a base for my arrangements (though I probably won't have a choice with Banjo-Pilot )

Is there anyone out there that has the means to rip GBA midis? If so, I would love it if someone could grab the midi files for Banjo-Pilot - I'm a fan of that soundtrack and would love to get some of the tracks on site. I've heard of tools that can do that type of thing, but I've never had any luck finding a way to get them. I'll be doing some Banjo-Pilot stuff with or without the midis, but I thought I'd check if anyone could get them before I start.

Thanks a bunch
-Jack

Fixed - I must have gotten a little mixed up there with19-26.
Thanks for help with the formatting - Finale Notepad just isn't up to snuff.

You can edit the composer's name or any other text by going into the text tool (A big capital A in the tools) and double-clicking on the box that appears next to each text box.  Not sure what you mean by adding a subtitle later, but all the formatting stuff will appear correct for you if you copy and paste your music into the sample formatting files.

 Good luck
-Jack

Hey - not sure if I'm qualified to answer this, but I had trouble with that too not too long ago.
Here's what to do (I' assuming you mean to upload the arrangements to the main site)-

-Get your .mus, PDF, and Midi ready and make sure you've got the correct formatting and make sure they're the best they can be - NSM has a high standard. (So I found out    )
-Go into the NSM Panel tab at the top of the forum page and go there.
-Right under where it says NinSheetMusic Forums > NSM Panel there's a tab labeled "Submissions"
-Hover over that tab and it should lead to a dropdown. Click "Submit a New Sheet"
-Fill out all the required information and press submit. If you don't see the sheet you just submitted in your NSM Panel, then something went wrong - it might be a bad file, missing file, or unfilled out information
-Go to the Home tab. Click on the Submissions Board and go into the Submissions Child Board. There, you should see your sheet. Click on it and there should be your sheet! Click in and post a reply with a video link for the song you've arranged.
-Now, just wait until somebody gives you feedback on your sheet and you can make changes!

It is recommended by staff, but not required that you keep your own Piano Arrangements topic so you can keep your arrangements in one place so people can find them and make sure your sheets are good before you submit them - it's not required though. (Heck - I don't have one yet.)

Hope this helps,
-Jack

Changed things that were suggested -

- In bars 19-26, I put in the harmony part but moved it up an octave, except where the two lines are an octave apart. I left the octaves.
- I added the scoops (grace notes) in 43, 45, and 47, but not in 49, where I hear no scoop.
- I changed the bass note in bar 58
(Edit: Forgot to change the notes in bar 10 - it's changed now in the .mus file)

I've taken a thorough look at your thorough look and it all looks good except I think measures 7 - 10 were right the first time. It might just be me, but my original harmonies sound right.
Otherwise, things look great - thanks!

Ooh - just found this out by accident and I'm glad I did. This tune and the whole soundtrack was composed by Jamie Hughes instead of Grant Kirkhope, which I listed on the score.
Will you still be using the files I provided? If so, I can change it easy enough.

Is there anything I have to do at the moment?

So then - is it okay if I delete this submission?

Eesh - that's a little embarrassing. I made this for myself a while back and I must've been listening to a different version of the song, and it seems you're certainly right about grouping the songs together for the soundtrack.  For the record, I meant the right hand to be two octaves up, not the right.

It seems I'd have to bite off a little more than I'd like to chew at the moment to make a solid arrangement of all the shop themes in one, so I'd like to shelf this one.
Thanks for taking the time to look at it, though.

-Jack

Video looks fine - thanks a bunch
-Jack

Hi -
I know it's been a while, but I fixed the music up using your comments, but I've been using this time trying to clean up the formatting, but as much as I try, I can't "shmoosh" or "unshmoosh" the bars to make the score look nice in the Notepad Version of Finale.
I hope I haven't left anything out, and sorry for the delay.

- Jack