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#1

There isn't an official soundtrack release of this game yet, but both gamerips on khinsider use a filename like Dark Forest, so that's probably the closest to an official title that we're gonna get for the time being. Other names I've seen used are Mushroom Forest or Fungi Mines Theme.
#2
On a second thought, I'm going to archive this one for now and submit something else that should be a bit less daunting (as both of my current subs are atm :p). I'll resubmit later!
#3
Nice work on this! I remember playing this one or two times for Ethan on the performance events, haha. I mostly have some suggestions regarding playability/performance and adding of voices:

-m1: There's a G between the R.H. D's in beat 1
-m3: You could include the horn F and G on beat 1 and 3 (F with the R.H. and G with the L.H.)
-m6: I hear a Bb and F in the piano on beat 3 (so stacking two more fifths on the current Ab-Eb). You can add the Bb in the L.H. and the F in the R.H.
-m16: You could include some of the thirds below the R.H. here too, or alternatively, you could have the L.H. help playing all the missing notes (the jump up is still pretty doable at this speed for me, but it's definitely harder than keeping it in the R.H.).
-m17: Either continuing from m16 or just in general, you could have the L.H. help with the piano part in this bar, as it's a bit easier to play the piano and piccolo part separately, and it's possible for the L.H. to keep the F-Bb held down.
-m19: I think the pianist ties over the F in beat 2.875 (never had to think about beat counts with 32nd notes yet lol), instead of restriking? It sounds more legato and less jumpy
-m20: An alternative way of distributing the piano and woodwind voices is putting the C-C-F in a second layer in the R.H., and the An-En in the L.H. I don't really have an argument for or against either (except maybe keeping the voices in separate hands), but it feels satisfying to play that way haha. Also, maybe you could write the first C in the triplet as a staccato 8th instead of 16th + 16h rest?
-m21: I feel like the piano + bassoon part take up more of the forefront melody rather than the high piccolos/flutes, maybe you could use those as the melody instead? (bassoon an octave higher than the original)
-m23: The Eb-Bb-F fifth stack is a bit stretchy for me to play with the L.H., maybe you could put the F in the R.H. instead? Also, I think you could add a tenuto or short pedal mark on this first chord, as well as a staccato on the L.H. chord on beat 3, as they're of a considerably different length.
-m24-26: Like in m23 you could add some tenutos/pedal marks on the stacked-fifth-chords.
-m25: For the R.H. beat 1, maybe you could put the A from the trumpet in a separate voice from the piano, so the piano can play tenuto and the A staccato? For the piano part you could add in the G below the C too (the G-An is not much wider than other chords here), but for the F there's a similar stretch for either the L.H. or the R.H.: for hand-span consistency you could then put the F in brackets.
Lastly for this measure, you could add the legato in the R.H. from beat 2 to beat 3 like in m23
-m26-27: Maybe you could put the En and D at the end of the R.H. in m26 and the bottom En in m27 in the L.H., for easier playability?
#4
Quote from: TheZeldaPianist275 on March 20, 2024, 06:21:35 AMLove these boss themes Bloop. For this one I'm curious why you wrote m. 36-47 in 3/4+7/8 as opposed to just 13/8. It seems like the latter would be more elegant, since the rhythm stays consistent across those measures.
Glad you're enjoying them! I think either would've worked technically, but these two measures feel more like two separate measures to me rather than one long measure. Also, I usually think breaking up longer time signatures into smaller sections makes it a bit easier to keep track of how the beats are subdivided rather than something like 2+2+2+2+2+3
#5
Title info from here. The OST titles aren't uploaded on youtube (this is the only channel that has uploaded the soundtrack), but I have the OST myself and found that this is the correct title.
#6

The official soundtrack name of the Twilight Princess boss battles are "Boss Battle #[number] ([number]th half)", but I use the boss names instead to be more recognizable (and to stay consistent with my other arrangements already on site)
#7
Alrighty, then I'll accept!
#8
Quote from: Kricketune54 on March 18, 2024, 11:00:39 AMWould you mind attaching a screenshot for this? I'm not sure I understand how this would be done
Like this:
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It nicely finishes up the flute line but still makes the E hearable

Everything else looks good tho!
#9
Quote from: Latios212 on March 18, 2024, 09:43:51 AM- Wikipedia lists Marcin Przybyłowicz and Mikołaj Stroiński as composers. Is Percival an alias for the latter?
I went with the credits from this soundtrack (2.08), which credited the two composers I credited. Apparently Percival is a separate person from Marcin and Mikołaj?

Quote from: Latios212 on March 18, 2024, 09:43:51 AM- Some of the RH middle layer small notes in m. 30-35 make it look a bit messy when the stems and beams are so close to the lower notes of the octaves. Maybe consider writing them in the same layer (still with small noteheads, just sttached to the stem of the octaves)? Though the lone dotted quarter+eighth rhythm on beat 2 complicates that slightly.
I moved some notes and beams around instead, this should be a bit easier to read!

Quote from: Latios212 on March 18, 2024, 09:43:51 AM- The half rest in m. 33 is offset a bit
Now that I look at it I prefer the rest hidden and the beams flipped, like in m35

Fixed everything else though!
#10
Alrighty, then I'll accept!
#11
Looking good!

-m4: You could add the B in beat 2 in the R.H. (or in the L.H.): it sounds like it's also part of the high piano/glockenspiel like voice.
-m5: I think you can add the little countermelody in beat 4-6 too (F#-G-A, an octave higher than the original so it fits in between the B octaves)
-m16: If you leave out the R.H. A on beat 2.5 (the 16th note), it's possible for the R.H. to hold the D while playing the flute line.
-m17: As for the flute line, I think you can end it on the staccato F#-A dyad on beat 1, the attention will be drawn to the E once you can't hear the F#-A anymore.
-m25: I'm not 100% sure, but I think I don't hear the L.H. G (but an A instead), and hear a voice going A-G#-A in beat 1-3 which you could put in the R.H.
#12
Quote from: Static on March 16, 2024, 08:35:26 AMm28 I already wrote like that, but I adjusted m24.
Oops, I meant m32 instead of m28!

Quote from: Static on March 16, 2024, 08:35:26 AMUsually I don't if it's at the start of a new system, where the key signature is right next to it, but I could add it if you think it would be more helpful.
Ah that's true yeah, it is a bit superfluous in that case. In my first sight-read-through the higher Db in m61 tripped me up a bit more than the chord in m57 haha, but I think that's just me

I'm alright with everything else, so after m32 is fixed I'm ready to accept ^^
#13
Quote from: Yug_Guy on March 16, 2024, 10:55:27 AMLet me know if that's any better
It still looks kinda far apart: maybe compare with some of the screenshots in the formatting guidelines. I won't hold up my approval over it though :p

Quote from: Yug_Guy on March 16, 2024, 10:55:27 AMI thought about it, but I don't think I'm going to do this. I had thought about putting in a con pedale to match the reverb on the melody and alleviate some of the same issues you're getting at, but it didn't sound good when I tried it.
That's alright! Tbh I don't mind the pedal either haha, but I'll approve either way ^^
#14
Looking pretty good! Some little things I noticed:

-m8: There's a percussion hit on beat 3 too, instead of just 2.5 and 2.75. Maybe you could remove the ties and add an accent?
-m24 and 28: I don't think I hear the accent on beat 3.75, just 3.5.
-m40: I hear something like a restruck Ab on beat 2.5 in the organ
-m41 (and every similar measure afterwards): I hear a Bb in beat 2.5 instead of a C, making it a Bb7/D chord.
-m57: If you want, you could add a courtesy accidental to the Db in this bar (after having so many Dn's before)
-m71: aw you left out the piano run in beat 3-4 haha, I think it should be possible to put it in or some flourish with both hands that sounds like it? It sounds like two quick downwards arpeggio's of a Db6 chord, both starting on Db on beat 3 and 4, but ending on an F and a Db (about two octaves below).
#15
This looks very nice, notes all look good! Just two things I wanted to mention:

-The game title and arranger text look like they're a bit far from the song title and composer text, maybe you could raise them a bit?
-Optionally, you could try imitating the drums with the bass pattern into something like this:
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So pretty much using the bass notes an octave lower than the original for bass drums, and fill the empty spaces where the snare hits are with a C an octave above. If you prefer keeping it true to the original square and triangle waves parts that's alright too though ^^