Arrangement Contest 4 - Brainstorming Topic

[JDMEK5]

How about we sad-ify something? Take something generally not sad and sadify it.

I do it on the piano all the time. It's really fun and is really cool. I sadified the Zelda theme on the spot in front of my friends. They loved it.

[SlowPokemon]

Arrangement contest 4: Sadification

[JDMEK5]

Looks good to me. What does everyone else think?

[Olimar12345]

Meh, idk. It seems like I could "sadify" a tune by simply lowering the tempo and changing a few chord qualities d:

[JDMEK5]

Mind you you'll also have to be judged on instrument choices, modulations, fills, etc. It can be plenty sophisticated if you dig deep enough.

[Olimar12345]

As could any theme, really.

[JDMEK5]

Exactly! So why not?

[Olimar12345]

It just seems too similar to the mood inverse one we did, but now there's less creativity.

What if we arranged a tune to sound like it was in a different game?

[JDMEK5]

What if we arranged a tune to sound like it was in a different game?

Example?

[MaestroUGC]

Sadification is an option, let's get a few more going.

Personally I agree with Olimar that it doesn't take too much to sad-ify a piece. However, it's takes a great deal of talent to make an already sad piece even more depressing...

[Olimar12345]

Example?

idk like make a mario overworld sound like a zelda overworld.

[MaestroUGC]

That seems like it'd be more subjective than we can judge.

[Olimar12345]

possibly, but hey, its just an idea. I'll think of something better eventually

[JDMEK5]

However, it's takes a great deal of talent to make an already sad piece even more depressing...

That would be hard. But possible. I like the sound of that actually. (Pardon the pun!)

idk like make a mario overworld sound like a zelda overworld.

I think Maestro's right here. The style difference would have to be big. For example, you can't make a Mario overworld into a Pokémon route theme. There's too much variety in the Pokémon routes. I think Mario/Zelda is really the only contrast big enough without going into the much smaller games such as Double Dragon and such.

I personally like Maestro's idea better.

possibly, but hey, its just an idea. I'll think of something better eventually

Sounds like a plan.

[Olimar12345]

For example, you can't make a Mario overworld into a Pokémon route theme. There's too much variety in the Pokémon routes.

I bet if you tried hard enough you could. I could hear it!