M2 Cover Redux
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thomaslivingston
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It was suggested to me that I should do some more Marathon music covers so I decided to have another go at the Durandal theme tune. It's only a minute long and needs a lot of work but I'm feeling a bit uninspired so critique would be helpful. I may make another "Coming of the Juice" as well.
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Packard20
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Nice! Definitely puts a new twist to it, I like it at least.
Edited to remove stupidity.
Edited to remove stupidity.
Last edited by Packard20 on Jul 31st '08, 23:31, edited 1 time in total.
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chinkeeyong
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Meh, I don't really like it. It sounds too fake, and the grating melody instrument gets irritating.
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Not too shabby. I like it, but I do agree with chinkeeyong. The grating sound isn't too pleasant. Good job though!
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Sorry, can't say that I like it. Here is why:
-Its a very low quality recording made worse by over distortion of the instruments. Sure you can make the song all hardcore grunge and industrial (not my taste, -that's just me though), but you've taken it way to far. Ease off the pedal man!
-Notice how the original theme song is ridiculously complex. There are awesome phaser and advanced reverb effects throughout. In comparison your song is flat. There are very few effects to keep the listener drawn in.
-Your song also becomes monotonous early on. There is, in my opinion, little change in the melody throughout. I didn't find myself 'surprised' (in other words: drawn in). Add some variation there.
...just long's humble constructive criticism...
-Its a very low quality recording made worse by over distortion of the instruments. Sure you can make the song all hardcore grunge and industrial (not my taste, -that's just me though), but you've taken it way to far. Ease off the pedal man!
-Notice how the original theme song is ridiculously complex. There are awesome phaser and advanced reverb effects throughout. In comparison your song is flat. There are very few effects to keep the listener drawn in.
-Your song also becomes monotonous early on. There is, in my opinion, little change in the melody throughout. I didn't find myself 'surprised' (in other words: drawn in). Add some variation there.
...just long's humble constructive criticism...
Last edited by Longinus on Jul 31st '08, 17:13, edited 1 time in total.
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DeepThought
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Don't like it that much, but maybe thats just me...
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I think at the beginning the sound isn't deep enough and smooth. By smooth I mean that that you seem to have three notes, where there should more notes that smooth the short remix transitions. By Deep, I mean adding the extra notes that are lower pitched in between the high pitched ones, that little dive, that give the original that extra umpth. I can understand you getting rid of the smoothness, because it is a redux/remix, but atleast add one more note.
The end gets better, and seems to follow the traditional marathon 2 theme, and I like that.
The end gets better, and seems to follow the traditional marathon 2 theme, and I like that.
It's definitely a good start, but I agree with many of the criticisms here.
Keep trying, though! I'd love to see this finished.
Keep trying, though! I'd love to see this finished.
Last edited by Paul on Aug 6th '08, 16:24, edited 1 time in total.
