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Mega Man 3: Gemini Man - Shnabubula

[Gemini Man]

So in honor of it being the anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, the folks over at SiIvagunner did a full re-arrange of the song in different soundfonts. 

EDIT:

DAY 870) Americana Dawn - Deep Within the Woods

Composer: Samuel Ascher-Weiss (Shnabubula)

So...this game is unreleased, I posted a track from while it was in progress 2 years ago (http://vgm-in-irregular-time-of-the-day.tumblr.com/post/134011820932/day-142-americana-dawn-an-offering-composer), but now it’s pretty much confirmed that none of the original SNES-esque music is going to be in the game anymore...so this makes for a HUGE chunk of “unused music” in odd time from this game...but that’s okay!! I’ve done unused music from other games anyways. Still a lot of odd time music from this game left to go actually.

Anyways Shnabubula’s a good friend of mine and one of my favorite musicians of all time and he’s a HUGE odd timesig guy so definitely felt it was worth sharing his cool music regardless on here.

I’m a huge fan of this specific track, possibly my favorite from this game. Awesome chords and the 23-beat pattern and everything else going on is just really cool to me

(0:00 - 1:37) [6/4, 6/4, 6/4, 5/4]x12

(1:37 - 2:02) 14 bars of 5/4

(2:02 - 2:14) 12 bars of 3/4

[loop]

There’s lots of pseudo-polymeter in that long 5/4 section which makes it very natural feeling of a lead up to the 3/4 at 2:02. The transition between the two sections is so smooth and fluid that I actually almost think you could even write it something like “16 bars of 5/4, 1 bar of 2/4, 8 bars of 3/4″ instead because of how the melody seems almost 5/4 aligned at the start of the 3/4 there (even if the bass and everything else is all 3/4 there).

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5EDQe-4mds)

Super Rite of Spring • Shnabubula

Favorite Track: Battle Against an Ancestral Opponent

Thoughts: While the focus isn’t really on Mario with this album, I thought Super Rite of Spring would be a fitting album to listen to on Mar 10, AKA MAR10 Day. This is a passion project by Shnabubula, reimagining the classic Stravinsky ballet score using the soundscapes of Super Nintendo soundtracks. While the arrangements faithfully recontextualize the original orchestral work, what’s more impressive to me is how this project showcases just how iconic those SNES soundtracks are. Shnabubula is very clever with weaving in plenty of recognizable motifs and smaller sound bites from the games he draws inspiration from, but even without any integrated game melodies, you can tell what SNES title was used for every track within seconds of hearing what MIDI instruments were used. Being able to recognize the sonic differences between the futuristic sci-fi evoking synths used for Super Metroid compared to Star Fox compared to F Zero is wild, and then you realize that it’s all being used to perform Stravinsky. It’s an absurd premise for a crossover musical project, but it is executed phenomenally and the end result is nothing short of exhilarating for those who appreciate both pieces of source material.