Can someone tell me? I'm going to arrange another song for the band next year and I want to arrange a new song I did Brawl but what other ones should I do preferebly the Popular games that's soundtrack sounds good ::) SO! what are some suggestions!
well, i know mario party songs are pretty good for band, but they dont neccesarily have enough parts for a large band
Zelda music in general i think would work pretty well... the main theme or either of the hyrule field themes would be good if you ask me...
Super Mario Galaxy!
Good Egg Galaxy!
:D
i think a good song would be death mt from zelda
a mario song woould be nice and recognizable
or a Zelda song if you want more of a epic or classical tune
Hey Thanks for the comments ;D and when the band is going to play it I'll record it! so that everyone can see how it is!
yea everyone recognizes mario.. and legend of zelda sounds epic.. but foutain of dreams is a good song...
I didn't even think of Fountain of Dreams. :O
Fountain of Dreams, or Good Egg Galaxy. Its gotta be one of those two.
im gonna agree with hugo and say GOOD EGG GALAXY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqZb7hY1S0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf52-MZaXSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5FFDj7vH6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvRkyu0KPI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnF_KzkpZJc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqFbScj1mkM
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSgKzZor7k0
basically ANYTHING from Chrono Trigger would sound amazing for band.
What what kind of band marching band or a rock band? What genre?
F Zero-Big Blue is a good one.
I think I'll agree with the people who said Fountain of Dreams. That would sound awesome on band.
i wish our band director would let us play video game music...
(oh, and fountain of dreams would sound pretty cool)
FIRE EMBLEM THEME!!!!!! FIRE EMBLEM THEME!!!!!!!! That would sound REALLY cool played by a concert band!
daaaaa-daa-da-daaaaaa-da....daaaaa-da-da-da-daaaaaaa-daaaaa!
Quote from: Link on May 17, 2008, 08:08:26 PMF Zero-Big Blue is a good one.
yes
Quote from: HugoMeister on May 16, 2008, 03:10:52 PMI didn't even think of Fountain of Dreams. :O
Fountain of Dreams, or Good Egg Galaxy. Its gotta be one of those two.
definitely
Quote from: The-Real-Link on May 29, 2008, 07:12:01 AMFIRE EMBLEM THEME!!!!!! FIRE EMBLEM THEME!!!!!!!! That would sound REALLY cool played by a concert band!
daaaaa-daa-da-daaaaaa-da....daaaaa-da-da-da-daaaaaaa-daaaaa!
HELL YEA!
the bob-omb battlefield song would be a cool jazzy song for a band...
for fountain of dreams, here's an arrangement- http://ichigos.com/sheets/s
(keep scrolling-its at the bottom)
What about the Super Smash Brothers theme (SSB64 credits)?
all of you should expand your game music knowledge, there are 10,000+ songs that are better then fountain of dreams and fire emblem from ssbm.
how about a castlevania medley.
Quote from: Shadoninja on June 03, 2008, 09:30:52 PMall of you should expand your game music knowledge, there are 10,000+ songs that are better then fountain of dreams and fire emblem from ssbm.
how about a castlevania medley.
I'm not talking about the Fire Emblem theme from Melee. (heard on the Hyrule Temple Stage.) I'm talking about THE Fire Emblem theme.
Here's an excerpt of the Brawl version. - http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/music/music13.html
The Brawl version has choir with it. The original is just full instrumental. (You can find an MIDI of it in the SNES section on VGMusic. Under Fire Emblem 3)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=J_k1rPDRv6M arrange this for band.
or maybe u can do a main theme medly? like the super mario theme, then the legend of zelda theme, then the fire emblem theme, then fountain of dreams.. and then one of your choice.. that would sounds cool.
You should pick something that's great to listen to while keeping the audience's attention. Try to use Casltevania (I suggest Circle of the Moon music), Final Fantasy, or something from SSBB.
i got the perfect idea- do a medley
Medley is definately the perfect direction to go w/ for Band. Most of the songs are far too short to play in band and enjoy. Make the Ultimate Nintendo Medley. Start with The original Overground Theme from the Original Super Mario Bros., Then perform the Luigi's Mansion theme, fade into Fountain of Dreams, Then Brawl Theme, Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and so on from there. If we could Orchestrate that Modern Marvel, well, we would have quite the Trophy on our Hands. We can take a poll, see what everyone wants in this bad boy!
OMG! :o That will take forever to orchestrate AND perform!
yeah starpikachus right
that would be awesome but way long
but medleys are probably the best
since most single video game songs are too short or repeat forever
i didn't say put in the whole song, Medleys don't always involve the whole piece, just the most bestest and famous part. It would be about 5 or 6 minutes. It could be like a marching band thing or something, lol.
Well medleys arn't realy my specialty X\ and I think all these answers were great help ;D
Quote from: Shadoninja on June 03, 2008, 09:30:52 PMall of you should expand your game music knowledge, there are 10,000+ songs that are better then fountain of dreams and fire emblem from ssbm.
how about a castlevania medley.
but remember... it depends if you're aiming for people to recognize it or not... no offense to castlevania music, which is good music, but it simply isn't that recognizable compared to other themes...
if you want just a good piece of video game music then by all means use castlevania or fountain of dreams or fire emblem w/e you like... but if you're aiming for people to recognize the theme, you're probably better off sticking to the more recognizable mario, zelda etc.
It is true that a lot of video game songs would be short, but you can arrange them to fit. You just change it around in different parts. You could try arranging some Uematsu. A lot of his stuff is really long, like Aerith's(Aeris') Theme, Final Fantasy VII Main Theme, or.....yea....DANCING MAD!!!....although you would kind of need an organ....
The important thing is to aim for the audience's attention. Songs that are short can be put into a greater medley but avoid songs that are repetitive, combined with a long run time, and songs that take to long to get to the point.
Dancing Mad would have this problem because the first two parts could cause the audience to zone out before the third part.
Believe what I say because I tried this and still trying to make the "perfect" arrangement.
P.S.: Who has a Final Fantasy: VII ISO?
medleys are a bit harder to perform especially if you dont know the music and how it goes
the time, tempo and key make it harder so it might be easier to master if you have a song that you really know how it goes/sounds , not necessarily how you play it (incorrect grammar :P)
and as composer said avoid repetitive songs like Mario 3 Overworld and songs that repeat forever
and unless you find a song with a perfect ending you might have to make up a ending in a medley
Doesn't this sound like we're lecturing him and not giving him any sheets? :-\
lol
i think so too :P
isnt he arranging them though?
You should arrange "Cloud Cuckooland" from "Banjo-Tooie". That would be so cool to hear performed! It's such a strange and odd song! You should tell your teacher to to something more serious before playing it though- it would be odd like the song XD
If you wanna do something more orchestra-like (even if it's for band), do the StarFox Assault version of the Starwolf Theme. That songs nice :)
Death Mt. from TP would be super awsome.
BK: I already have an arrangement somebody made a long time ago of it. I think we already have one on the site.
And so this is a band, like with trumpets and everything but no strings right? If it has strings that changes my opinion.
for band? i wanna hear!
I tried to do some but they'll just be ridiculously hard.
...Well I'm working on a Dancing Mad arrangement (thanks to Parker2334 for the sheet layout) but that's going to take a long while. (The song is HUGE, the 20+ instruments don't help!)
P.S. who knows the range for a Bassoon, Bass Trombone, and Organ pedals.
Quote from: Composer #40 on June 14, 2008, 06:11:32 PMI tried to do some but they'll just be ridiculously hard.
...Well I'm working on a Dancing Mad arrangement (thanks to Parker2334 for the sheet layout) but that's going to take a long while. (The song is HUGE, the 20+ instruments don't help!)
P.S. who knows the range for a Bassoon, Bass Trombone, and Organ pedals.
I can get you the ranges, but not until I get home from vacation and have access to my scanner and stuff. I'll just scan the ranges out of my orchestration handbook. (It's really hard to describe.)
The range on a bassoon really depends on the bassoonist. An average high school bassonist might get two and a half octaves from low Bb to maybe an F like, 20 notes away. a good bassoonist can get 3 octaves and maybe more. You can do some crazy stuff with a bassoon. Like make a tromboon.
Thanks for all the great comments and ideas..(Even though some I may have no idea about like some Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts etc...) let's see if I can arrange any of these XD
K.K. Song
no.. seriously
Hey, what about a pokémon song? The main theme to pokemon is a very iconic video game theme, and most young people in the audience will recognize it.
I always wanted to do the Ruby Sapphire Emerald Trainer battle....but that would be hard to do.
http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/coleco/colecovision/GoblinRm.mid
Do "Battle! Frontier Brain!" from Pokemon Emerald. The GSC Surf theme would be cool too, and the GSC Credits are epic.
Quote from: acropol on July 01, 2008, 03:09:10 AMK.K. Song
no.. seriously
OMG YES! XD
Totaka's Song FTW
Grastest song for a band EVER is Big Blue from F-Zero. Dreamland is probably better for a band than Fountain of Dreams. As for Zelda Gerudo Valley, Song of Storms, and Zelda's Lullaby Brawl Remix would sound awsome as well as Song of Time.
hehe- you should totally play this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=v6Puc1jHS9o) song. Just replace the lyrics with low pitched instruments (Tuba, Bari Sax, etc.) and no one will ever know ::)