Bespinben's Arrangements! (020: "The Way Home" [帰り]~ PKMN Super Mystery Dungeon)

[Bespinben]

#leafdadbestdad

"At Just Such a Moment" (ちょっとしたひと時に) is a quaint, contemplative piece that evokes a mood of momentary respite by its steady, easy-going tempo and quartal harmonies. To provide a more intimate listening experience for my arrangement, I decided to include guitar accompaniment for the audio recording, with the piano melody transposed a few octaves. I felt these sounds better captured my interpretation of the piece. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/008-at-just-such-a-moment[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

008:

At Just Such a Moment

ちょっとしたひと時に

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNwGVfP-95o

I personally thought that "Open Pass," besides being just generally quirky and fun to listen to, was a great callback to "Tiny Woods" which in addition to being a different first dungeon was, I felt, composed in a similar manner (and certainly utilized the whole tone scale similarly). Did you get that impression too?

Sync! I sensed a correlation between Tiny Woods and Open Pass as well, for those very reasons. It's so nice being around equally musical PMD fans...

I just noticed that a lot of my favourite music in PMD use i-VII-VI or VI-VII-i, this included. Then again, it's a fairly common chord progression, and I'm probably just being affected by confirmation bias.

Hmm... Run Away, Parting, Primal Dialga, Bittercold Phase II... yeah that list adds up fast!

Are you doing them all in order? Can wait for treasure within your heart.

Indeed I am! At this rate though, I'll be lucky to be done before having a mid-life crisis

[Bespinben]

#newguildmastertheme

"It Is What It Is..." (しかたない......) contends with the likes of Guildmaster Wigglytuff for accompanying scenes of bizarre happenstance.  Frequent chromatic neighboring tones adorn this boisterous melody in much the same fashion as the jaunty tune of everyone's favorite connoisseur of apples. Train hard and stock up on Reviver Seeds to get the left hand accompaniment up to tempo. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/009-it-is-what-it-is[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

009:

At Just Such a Moment

しかたない......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDfFdMSVcNY

[SlowPokemon]

I enjoyed this a lot. Also, this piece was great in that was sort of in the same style as "Guildmaster Wigglytuff" (as you mentioned) as well as "What's Wrong with Everyone?" from Gates to Infinity. All of these are just great little comic relief tracks and really play up the lighter or funnier moments in the games. See for comparison Yoko Shimomura's comedy themes for the Mario & Luigi series, such as "Chaos" from Partners in Time, or especially "Comedic Curtains" from Dream Team and "Funny Goings-On" from Paper Jam. All very cleverly composed to make the listener laugh a little harder.

[Altissimo]

Frequent chromatic neighboring tones adorn this boisterous melody in much the same fashion as the jaunty tune of everyone's favorite connoisseur of apples.

chromatic neighbor tones make things gr8

[Bespinben]

#balaban

"Over the Mountains" (山を越えて) is an atmospheric piece that evokes a quality of transcendentalism through modal mixture and exotic orchestration. The original composition prominently features the balaban, a double-reeded Middle Eastern instrument that is often used to accompany pastoral settings. In order to compensate for the lack of such an instrument in my piano arrangement, I collaborated with NeonRaxorBlade to create a warm, intimate tone in the piano recording that would still preserve the etherealness of the OST. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/010-over-the-mountains[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

010:

Over the Mountains

山を越えて

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juQVJ8DLOuA

[Bespinben]

#shortestsongever

An endearing little jingle, "Title Theme" (タイトルキャッチ) is our first exposure to the soundtrack's main leitmotif. One can't help but take note of the striking imagery in this brief 10 second cutscene, particularly a massive tree overarching the nearby town. It would appear that there seems to be a sort of correlation between what the leitmotif represents and the symbolism of the scenery. Special thanks to NeonRaxorBlade for providing the re-mastered audio for this video. If you noticed a significant improvement in the tone quality of the piano sound itself, that's thanks to him. Go check out his channel! (https://www.youtube.com/user/NeonRaxorBlade) [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/011-title-theme[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

010:

Title Theme

タイトルキャッチ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBrV_YAR_Q

[braix]

A friendly notification that a couple of the links are mixed up on the op. I think you messed some things up when you shortened the links. I didn't check all of them, but I know that Lush Forest leads to the download for Open Pass

[Bespinben]

#leafdadbestdad

Being only 8 measures on repeat, "Nuzleaf's House" (コノハナの家) was begging to be expanded upon. As such, I decided to compose an original descant-like piano countermelody to accompany the piece. You will notice towards the end that I paraphrase a section of Baram Town in the descant. This idea was inspired by a little headcanon of mine..... what if Nuzleaf was formerly a member of Team Shiftry back in PMD1, but later decided to move to the Water Continent and settle down in Serene Village? If so, I felt it befitting that his theme perhaps nod to his Wind Continent heritage. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/012-nuzleafs-house[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

012:

Nuzleaf's House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E64TkY5zy7o

[Sebastian]

Wow, that is an awesome melody, BespinBen. Good job!

[Latios212]

Spoiler

#leafdadbestdad

Not really.... :3

[close]

[Bespinben]

#miltankpuns

"Children of Serene Village" (村の子どもたち) is an uppity, energetic piece arranged with an accompaniment reminiscent of Stride (a genre whose chief characteristic is the motion of the left-hand "striding" up and down the piano). It also uses a wide variety of instrumental palettes to give an air of juvenility, particularly in the case of the whimsical usage of the bagpipe during the last 4 measures of the loop. [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bespinben/013-children-of-serene-village[/soundcloud]

[3DS] Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

013:

Children of Serene Village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDdbzawu1Y

[mikey]

is it just me or is your arrangement slower than the original?

[Bespinben]

is it just me or is your arrangement slower than the original?

My arrangement is actually 1 BPM faster than the original, to counteract against the impression I predicted you would have. Your perception of reduced speed comes from the fact that the original has a shaker playing lightly swung 16ths constantly throughout the piece. For obvious reasons, I could not incorporate that, hence my decision instead to microscopically increase the tempo in hopes of off-setting the perception of reduced motion.

[mikey]

dang bro wp

[Altissimo]

This idea was inspired by a little headcanon of mine..... what if Nuzleaf was formerly a member of Team Shiftry back in PMD1, but later decided to move to the Water Continent and settle down in Serene Village? If so, I felt it befitting that his theme perhaps nod to his Wind Continent heritage.

it's obvious that all the MD games take place in the same verse bc of the nods in psmd but where does the wind continent = rescue team come from?