Tune contest - Scenery (31.march - 15. april) - Winner announced

bartillier · Sat 31/03/2007 15:03:47

Hey, here's another tune contest, soory it took so much time.

Ayway. The challenge is: You have to make a tune representing some sort of scenery like mighty snow covered mountain peaks, or maybe an autumn sunset, or rain on a sunday morning... Anyway the trick is that with every entry you have to post a PICTURE of the scenery you're doing! It doesn't matter what size the picture is (well not too big) and HAVE FUN!

the one tune that goes best with it's picture will be the winner

example:

nihilyst · Sat 31/03/2007 18:43:02

As always -- a short one:

Click here for the music (ca. 2 MB) done with a guitar and a salt shaker

cheers
nihilyst

Oz · Sat 31/03/2007 19:46:56

http://www.lumaf.se/11048/bynight.ogg

deFineLicht · Sat 31/03/2007 21:21:44

I was inspired by a painting hanging in our house, the painting I'm showing here looks almost the same.

The song

And it seems that the quality of the song went worse when I converted it to mp3, sorry about that...

Hammerite · Sat 31/03/2007 21:35:27

my short entry, made from a birdsong sound font and edited piano playing by yours truly.

here's the entry:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=It__s_Sunday_And_I__m_Tired.mp3

InCreator · Sat 31/03/2007 22:54:42

Though I have no chance against professional pieces already entered this competition, here's my pic & song:

http://www.increator.pri.ee/i/compos/abandoned.ogg
Dedicated to our forgotten friends

nihilyst · Sun 01/04/2007 00:15:57

InCreator, that's great ^^ Reminds me of the opening theme of John Carpenter's "They live".

InCreator · Sun 01/04/2007 03:29:04

Thanks, though it's nowhere near your or Oz's song. Other two are quite cool too...

I simply browsed for a picture to compose for, and this picture started playing a song in my head.
Since it's so minimalistic and somewhat poor track, I hesitated and wouldn't enter at all if it didn't trigger so many emotions in me.
Weird.

Oz · Sun 01/04/2007 08:46:10

Wow. Talk about success. When was the last time a tune contest had this many entries?

Is it okay to contribute more than one entry?

nihilyst · Sun 01/04/2007 12:26:52

I entered because the theme provided has many room open for different styles. I guess that's the reason many have entered (and will enter).

Pling! · Mon 02/04/2007 03:38:36

http://uppit.com/G0L3L

I've been watching these competitions for a long time now and have been afraid of posting because of my weak English (yes, you can call me vain), but finally I brought myself to join one, too.

Sorry for the Download-Link, but I just realized that if you listen to a streamed Midi-File, it loses all of its quality and atmosphere. Anyway the download shouldn't take you longer than 2 seconds + waiting time, for it's a tiny little Midi.

I messed up the end a bit, but this bulky Midi-accordion is so damn hard to play

kaputtnik · Mon 02/04/2007 17:41:17

File: http://www.file-upload.net/download-237795/mokkaido.mid.html

The final duel has just begun! Robot vs. robot, Midi vs. MP3 and OGG! Will outdated technology be able to triumph over the orotund top-notch VST-plugin driven and highly appealing sounds of nowadays? No way, might one want to say...But MIDI is far more vicious than ANYONE would think...

edit: Uhm, the scenery's in the background. That sea or lake or something. I'm not missing the point here, you see.

He-Man · Tue 03/04/2007 22:00:34

I will join this competition after Easter.
I get home from a small tour in Holland, Belgium and Germany monday and I'll join shortly after.
I already have some ideas...
Cheers

zeblin · Wed 04/04/2007 01:54:34

Okay, I'll confess... I found the pic on-line, but the music is all me. I originally wrote this music for a video game version of Magician's Nephew but after Lion Witch & the Wardrobe came out... Well, you understand.

The Music

zeblin · Wed 04/04/2007 02:25:36

Quote from: deFineLicht on Sat 31/03/2007 21:21:44

I was inspired by a painting hanging in our house, the painting I'm showing here looks almost the same.

I love this deFineLicht. I can almost feel the waves and as the music builds, I feel the waves getting fierce. Brilliant work!

deFineLicht · Wed 04/04/2007 11:31:24

Thank you, that was the feeling I wanted to compose. Your tune is nice too.

LGM · Thu 05/04/2007 03:03:41

I felt it necessary to further prove I have no idea how to make music:

Edit: Changed picture. Better, Steel Drummer?

Steel Drummer · Thu 05/04/2007 04:11:58

Nice track lgm, didn't exactly fit the scene, though.

LGM · Thu 05/04/2007 05:14:01

I didn't think anyone would respond with "nice."

Heh, thanks. I had a different pic but it wasn't really scenery. So I trudged about and found another. I think it fits better.

Steel Drummer · Thu 05/04/2007 15:19:14

Well, it was a nice example of someone who can't compose music.

Akatosh · Thu 05/04/2007 15:51:09

I was forced to make a joke entry by my negative equivalent from that lame good-is-evil universe. Y'know, that one from Star Trek.

Tune

zeblin · Thu 05/04/2007 16:36:12

Quote from: [lgm] on Thu 05/04/2007 03:03:41
I felt it necessary to further prove I have no idea how to make music:

Okay lgm... Interesting is the best word I can come up with... I certainly like this though, very different. It reminds me of the experimentation years of the Beatles.

Vel · Fri 06/04/2007 16:11:35

Behold the Phrygian scale!

radiowaves · Sat 07/04/2007 19:00:33

Hi! This thread made me wonder really big, because I have lots of themed tracks.
Here is one:

http://www.zone.ee/inkspot/urbanisatsioon.mp3 - Driving on a highway set in rural area, reaching to the city step-by-step.

I don't know if this suites for the competition though. It is not very gameish and was done long before this thread existed. I don't have any whatsoever musical education or knowledge of notes, so yeah, track may be a bit goofy since it is only based on my 4 years of practical experience.

Oh well, maybe I'll do another, more gameish background track just for this competition for the 15-th.

Hammerite · Sat 07/04/2007 21:28:19

There're SO many entries! :

I'm sure that I've lost with my 30-second thing.

BOYD1981 · Tue 10/04/2007 14:47:17

here is the tune http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~boyd1981/fishes.ogg
and here is the picture. it's from the original flash version of the game flOw (http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/)

i've made the music so that it will loop seamlessly if your player doesn't create a slight delay when repeating.

radiowaves · Tue 10/04/2007 19:07:02

Ooh, what a beautiful track that is, boyd!

Haddas · Tue 10/04/2007 19:31:51

Weird, yet happy.

EDIT: replaced imagehost

Azash · Tue 10/04/2007 20:47:06

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=65899

Plix plox review at Mikseri, too

kaputtnik · Wed 11/04/2007 13:46:17

Hey, Haddas!
I love that tune, but I detest these ugly fractal pictures...Full-fledged dichotomy of artistic perception, don't you think?

He-Man · Sun 15/04/2007 10:23:42

Don't end this competition yet!
My tune is almost done. I just need the bassline. I'll post later today...

Nikolas · Sun 15/04/2007 10:30:35

Pic kindly provided by drummer member over at CGempire.

Inferno!
I am cheating a little bit, as this tune is also for another competition. But why the heck no? $:-\$

He-Man · Sun 15/04/2007 16:43:02

I finally manage to make a some what desent mix out of this song.
I'm not completely happy with the result yet but I decided to enter before it was too late.
Here's the picture:

And here's the song:
http://www.nielshs.dk/game/chillergorilla(master)mp3.mp3

I also thought of the picture below when making this song but I thought it was too offensive to actually use for my entry...
http://www.nielshs.dk/game/LyngeogLeo.JPG
Feel free to pick the picture you find most fitting...

Enjoy!

Hammerite · Sun 15/04/2007 18:54:22

should be over soon.

InCreator · Sun 15/04/2007 20:22:32

Incredible!

Hammerite · Sun 15/04/2007 20:49:58

I am a private investigator in my spare time.

Nick Dangerous · Mon 16/04/2007 16:37:27

No excuses. I know I'm too late but I'm gonna upload anyway.

http://www.rogepost.com/n/0571837444

Hammerite · Mon 16/04/2007 17:58:15

Where is Bartillier!!?

InCreator · Mon 16/04/2007 18:53:25

QuoteTune contest - Scenery (31.march - 15. april)
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QuoteLast Active: 31-03-2007, 17:06:30

BOYD1981 · Mon 16/04/2007 19:10:01

if he doesn't show up by tomorrow some time we, being those who entered BEFORE the deadline, should perhaps take it to a vote to decide a winner rather than just somebody deciding they think they have a cool idea and starting another competition themselves.

Vel · Mon 16/04/2007 20:22:14

Ditto what BOYD said.

Nikolas · Mon 16/04/2007 20:27:03

What BOYD said...

either way chosing a winner from 3-4 entries is fine. But from 15+ is kinda hard and akward. I don't think that he had in mind that kind of popular contest

The bestest contest ever

He-Man · Mon 16/04/2007 20:59:36

Voting would be a good idea if he doesn't show up soon.
But hey, give the man a little time. It's only been like a day since the contest ended...
Also, I would love to see a small review of every song like there usually is after a tune contest. If we just vote that probably won't happen. Unless of cause some one else does it...
I can't wait to find out who's the winner!

LGM · Tue 17/04/2007 01:51:12

I'm the winner, no contest.

bartillier · Tue 17/04/2007 13:50:35

I have been looking at this topic from it's very begining. No worries that I would forget about it, and I have also listened to all the songs allready, I'll anounce the winner and a review (review=my opinion) of each song, hopefuly sometime today

have phun

Hammerite · Tue 17/04/2007 16:09:16

cool!

Nikolas · Thu 19/04/2007 01:17:16

So?

Hammerite · Thu 19/04/2007 16:27:21

this wasn't as i had hoped

InCreator · Thu 19/04/2007 19:14:27

:'( WHY!

kaputtnik · Thu 19/04/2007 19:43:56

Hey, I expected to be evaluated and categorized! How can I go on? Has it all been in vain? Oh lord, obviate my digital demise!

Nikolas · Sat 21/04/2007 20:33:58

What should we do then? :o

InCreator · Sun 22/04/2007 07:44:01

Shouldn't moderators decide something?

BOYD1981 · Sun 22/04/2007 10:58:10

this is really ridiculous, the guy has been active on the forums lately but seems to just be ignoring the thread and i doubt that based on how he's hosted this one he'll ever be chosen to be the winner of any other competitions.
so i think it's up to us to decide a winner ourselves.

Nikolas · Sun 22/04/2007 11:25:43

Quote from: nihilyst on Sat 31/03/2007 18:43:02
As always -- a short one:

Click here for the music (ca. 2 MB) done with a guitar and a salt shaker

cheers
nihilyst

Quote from: Oz on Sat 31/03/2007 19:46:56

http://www.lumaf.se/11048/bynight.ogg

Quote from: deFineLicht on Sat 31/03/2007 21:21:44

I was inspired by a painting hanging in our house, the painting I'm showing here looks almost the same.

The song

And it seems that the quality of the song went worse when I converted it to mp3, sorry about that...

Quote from: Hammerite on Sat 31/03/2007 21:35:27

my short entry, made from a birdsong sound font and edited piano playing by yours truly.

here's the entry:
http://www.yourfilehost.com/media.php?cat=audio&file=It__s_Sunday_And_I__m_Tired.mp3

Quote from: InCreator on Sat 31/03/2007 22:54:42
Though I have no chance against professional pieces already entered this competition, here's my pic & song:

http://www.increator.pri.ee/i/compos/abandoned.ogg
Dedicated to our forgotten friends

Quote from: Meat on Mon 02/04/2007 03:38:36

http://uppit.com/G0L3L

I've been watching these competitions for a long time now and have been afraid of posting because of my weak English (yes, you can call me vain), but finally I brought myself to join one, too.

Sorry for the Download-Link, but I just realized that if you listen to a streamed Midi-File, it loses all of its quality and atmosphere. Anyway the download shouldn't take you longer than 2 seconds + waiting time, for it's a tiny little Midi.

I messed up the end a bit, but this bulky Midi-accordion is so damn hard to play

Quote from: kaputtnik on Mon 02/04/2007 17:41:17

File: http://www.file-upload.net/download-237795/mokkaido.mid.html

The final duel has just begun! Robot vs. robot, Midi vs. MP3 and OGG! Will outdated technology be able to triumph over the orotund top-notch VST-plugin driven and highly appealing sounds of nowadays? No way, might one want to say...But MIDI is far more vicious than ANYONE would think...

edit: Uhm, the scenery's in the background. That sea or lake or something. I'm not missing the point here, you see.

Quote from: zeblin on Wed 04/04/2007 01:54:34
Okay, I'll confess... I found the pic on-line, but the music is all me. I originally wrote this music for a video game version of Magician's Nephew but after Lion Witch & the Wardrobe came out... Well, you understand.

The Music

Quote from: [lgm] on Thu 05/04/2007 03:03:41
I felt it necessary to further prove I have no idea how to make music:

Edit: Changed picture. Better, Steel Drummer?

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 05/04/2007 15:51:09
I was forced to make a joke entry by my negative equivalent from that lame good-is-evil universe. Y'know, that one from Star Trek.

Tune

Quote from: Vel on Fri 06/04/2007 16:11:35

Behold the Phrygian scale!

Quote from: radiowaves on Sat 07/04/2007 19:00:33
Hi! This thread made me wonder really big, because I have lots of themed tracks.
Here is one:

http://www.zone.ee/inkspot/urbanisatsioon.mp3 - Driving on a highway set in rural area, reaching to the city step-by-step.

I don't know if this suites for the competition though. It is not very gameish and was done long before this thread existed. I don't have any whatsoever musical education or knowledge of notes, so yeah, track may be a bit goofy since it is only based on my 4 years of practical experience.

Oh well, maybe I'll do another, more gameish background track just for this competition for the 15-th.

Quote from: BOYD1981 on Tue 10/04/2007 14:47:17
here is the tune http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/~boyd1981/fishes.ogg
and here is the picture. it's from the original flash version of the game flOw (http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/)

i've made the music so that it will loop seamlessly if your player doesn't create a slight delay when repeating.

Quote from: Haddas on Tue 10/04/2007 19:31:51
Weird, yet happy.

EDIT: replaced imagehost

Quote from: Azash on Tue 10/04/2007 20:47:06
http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=65899

Plix plox review at Mikseri, too

Quote from: Nikolas on Sun 15/04/2007 10:30:35

Pic kindly provided by drummer member over at CGempire.

Inferno!
I am cheating a little bit, as this tune is also for another competition. But why the heck no? $:-\$

Quote from: He-Man on Sun 15/04/2007 16:43:02
I finally manage to make a some what desent mix out of this song.
I'm not completely happy with the result yet but I decided to enter before it was too late.
Here's the picture:

And here's the song:
http://www.nielshs.dk/game/chillergorilla(master)mp3.mp3

I also thought of the picture below when making this song but I thought it was too offensive to actually use for my entry...
http://www.nielshs.dk/game/LyngeogLeo.JPG
Feel free to pick the picture you find most fitting...

Enjoy!

Quote from: Nick Dangerous on Mon 16/04/2007 16:37:27
No excuses. I know I'm too late but I'm gonna upload anyway.

http://www.rogepost.com/n/0571837444

This is the biggest post ever, but probably necessary from what I feel.

The above are the entries, with the images.

go ahead and vote.

My vote goes to: BOYD1981!

PS. If needed, let me know and I'll remove all the pics to links. Just thought it would be best for now, so that someone can see them all at once. Could be misguided by my fast internet connection thought...

Vel · Sun 22/04/2007 11:31:44

I vote for Oz.

nihilyst · Sun 22/04/2007 11:48:51

I vote for InCreator.

InCreator · Sun 22/04/2007 11:55:17

I vote for BOYD1981.
He did something kinda like I did, but !alot! better.
Really deep.

Er... nikolas... how long will the vote be open? We can't vote forever you know.

BOYD1981 · Sun 22/04/2007 12:06:26

i really love Oz's track (especially the bassline) and it goes brilliantly with the picture.
so my vote goes to Oz.

deFineLicht · Sun 22/04/2007 12:08:14

He-man

I think he made the most suitable song for his picture

kaputtnik · Sun 22/04/2007 16:23:35

My vote goes to Meat because his tune is the one I would like to hear in a good adventure game. And because he chose his picture nicely, I got really lost while listening to his tune and looking at the picture, pondering where this could be or what the occasion of this could be.

He-Man · Sun 22/04/2007 19:51:09

I vote [lgm]
I love the mute of the song and the guitar/bass or whatever scratchings are very cool.

bartillier · Sun 22/04/2007 22:40:15

sorry guys, I just couldn't find the time to do it :'( i can do it now though, I have two days off

EDIT: I have everything written, i can just paste it here if you want

(took me an hour and a half sheesh)

Haddas · Sun 22/04/2007 23:22:16

Quote from: bartillier on Sun 22/04/2007 22:40:15
sorry guys, I just couldn't find the time to do it :'( i can do it now though, I have two days off

EDIT: I have everything written, i can just paste it here if you want (took me an hour and a half sheesh)

Yes. Please do.

Nikolas · Mon 23/04/2007 00:03:23

Quote from: bartillier on Sun 22/04/2007 22:40:15
EDIT: I have everything written, i can just paste it here if you want (took me an hour and a half sheesh)

Yes, we would appreciate it, indeed!

bartillier · Mon 23/04/2007 00:53:13

Okay so here's a "review" (personal opinion) of each song and at the bottom are the winners

I was grading:

Most important: Song and Picture corelation;
Little less attention: Song composition;
Still kinda important: Song instrument sound and overall sound;

nihilyst - forest

Nice piece! Like the guitar line, very diablo like! The salt shaker adds some atmosphere but its mainly really distracting becose it's mainly out of sync (no rythm) with the guitars. Overall the song could have been recorded a little better, add some sints maybe an effect or two, and it could easily have been in a diablo styled game... nice. Adding some synt strings, and some wind perhaps, and a bit reverb, you would get great atmosphere. The style of the song goes well with the pic, Maybe you should have made it a little bit more MYSTerious. You get a great foresty feeling but not a very misty one. Great piece again!

Oz - bynight

GREAT! This really knocked me of my chair (metaphoracly speaking). The city feeling is amazing. It really reminds me of a Sim City song or something, I can just see in my head the birds eye view and traffic and everything. The way you put the bass line out front at the begining is really nice, the snare is also very apropriate, natural yet still very electro like. Nice piece. The only thing wrong in my opinion is that it's not a very dynamic piece. But hey - It's not like Much happens when you're looking at a city at night birdseye, just time passing by. Very nice busy city feeling! grats

deFineLicht - Sail On The Big Blue

Now this song I didn't like at first. AT FIRST... I was expecting kind of a piraty song with skippy ryhthm and a cheery melody. But after listening a few times I realised it's not supposed to be piratey, it has a very nice sort of dutch victorian trade ship feeling. I like the way you used the cymbals to emulate the smashing of waves. And the begining of the song really coinsides with the blue-orangy sky on the picture. Very nice. Only thing is; I'm a sucker for realistic sound. You could have made it a little bit more orchestra-realistic whatever sounding. I don't like the plasticnes. A little reverb on the accordion maybe would have cured that. Alltogether VERY nice song! Goes with the picture great.

Hammerite - It's Sunday and I'm Tired

After listening to this a few times i really get the sunrise theme (although the picture is supposed to be a sunset i guess:) I like the way you put the birds in it, but it gets rather annoying after the first few times. Maybe if you would have used it less it would have been smashing! Overall its a great piece, and i can really hear it in a game as an even piece. You know when there's a piece of music for a specific event such as a sunrise... Anyway really like the "delay" effect on the main melody. Very nice! I like it alot. And the fact that it's short does it a favor as sunsets and sunrises last for not a very long time it really captures that moment when the view is absolutely stunning. Great job

InCreator - Abandoned

Really nice piece. I like the high hat drum line. It really paints an urban feeling in to your mind. And a shroud of stillnes yet motion. Also I like the bass line. I don't know why the song ends some time after the drums go out and never come back

It would have been really nice to continue the song, as it sounds like a really great intro to a great piece. I liked the song, It's one of those that make your head sway a little... I don't get the pic though. Despite the utter coolness of the song I don't think the pic goes well with the song which is really edgy and urban-like, with a very synthetic feel. I know the dog is supposed to be abandoned but i don't quite get the corelation with the abandoned dog on a highway and your urban shadowy night-life song. Every song composer has a clear picture in his mind but I really dont get it, maybe I'm just dumb, and maybe it's even more important, to make the finished product clear to the audience... Really great song by itself though!

Meat - foolish

WOW, really great mellody at the begining, Really gets my sad glands going. I can just feel when something shitty happens and your walking home and it's raining and stuff. Then comes the pizzicato sort of cheery part! Really nice turnaround. As if the guy that's sad came to a realisation in his life that it's perhaps not so bad as it seems AND then falls to sadness again. Anyway i like the way you used the pizzicato to make it a bit more happy song. The overall sound reminds me of something you would hear in a Sims game or something. Midi overall dosen't have a great sound, but hey; The time is limited and why not make a midi - it's faster. Overall I would have to say that the feeling of the song and picture go really well together and the accordion solo at the end is kinda goofy.
Your English is better than mine i would say;)

kaputtnik - mokkaido

Great, just great idea. Funny pic too, remindes me of the beastie boys - intergalactic video. Funny shit. The percussion of the song could have been better placed. I don't like the fact that it's arythmic. A nice 3/4 beat would have been nicer for a full on boogie robot battle. The moog is great, robotic. And it goes great with the picture. I am a rocket man.

zeblin - paradise

Listening to this a couple of times I have found out that: This piece would have been a lot better if you would have used just a little bit more time and not made this a midi thing. You could have used soundfonts or something perhaps. On the other hand It really fits the old styled video game adventure scene such as made by you guys on the AGS. The pic is too serene and soft for your song which is hard and almost 8bit-ish. Great idea anyway!

[Igm]

wow, kinda freaky, Something is in the pipes and its OUT TO GET YOU! Anyway, nice thing with the banging and the scratching. The cellfone and the gramophone skid - really dont fit in. Reverb can be good sometimes. Anyway nice piece as far as the corelation between the pic and the song!

Akatosh - Tune

LOL

Vel - phrygian

Nice intro. Makes me think of an electronic meka. You've also done it cool with the drums and the pice is not to long. The main melody instrument is kinda annoying i think. The phrygian scale rocks and you've managed to make a strangely cool piece, i can't stop listening to it... grats

radiowaves

I'm digging the driving scene. And it fits nice. What's the laughter for? I think it would have been better without the high note piano. Anyway quite nice stuff. I really like the end though, it sounds as like: Here - You've reached the city! I like the way you've scaled the thing very subtly. In a way you don't even notice. Nice stuff!

BOYD1981 - fishes

wooooooow *saliva* Nice feeling. It makes me wanna be a cyber micro-organism. Everything is really nicely proportioned, Synth string background is very subtle yet strong, and the wave-watter motion thingy, the bass drumm has a very nice thump to it too, the snare is perfectly plastic. And the main wasp/moog (don't know what it is) makes for a nice atmosphere. The right amount of reverb and a really nice corelation between the pic and the music, I can just see them wrigglin about! coooooool!

Haddas - Plain weird

Nice computer/space tunnel vortex feeling. I like the beeps and the bloops. Makes you think you're spinning into another dimention. The spungy percussion thingy in the background is genius haha. The "chorus" sounds so distant and the ending is nice - really cool stuff. Goes great with the pic!

Azash - the current cityspace

It's a nice piece, i like the techno feel of it, and the way you programmed the riffs. The drumms have a nice sound although they could be a little more diverse or maybe have some greater meaning in the song. What's with the car horns, is it ment to be annoying? I can't see any cars on the picture. If you would have removed the car horns and made the drummline a little more dynamic it would have made a great song. That way it's only a good song. (not ranting, I'm just giving my opinion).

Nikolas - Inferno

You're my idol. Really nice feeling. I just expect zombies to start tearing at everything and milla jovovich to come and start shooting and jumping around. I like this piece very very very very very much. The begining couldn't be more perfect with the reverse percussion. The guitar up and down melody isn't as cool but the song really picks up when the main moog gets more intensive. The thrashing at the end is also really descriptive. Goes nice with the picture. If i would be redoing the song, i would get rid of the guitar up and down melody. The orchestra hits before the main event make really nice atmosphere. I can't
think of anything else. This is really good. GREAT job!

He-Man

I'm not even gonna get started. You seem to nail it each and every time:) The song is tha bomb. I chose the other pic with the giant blunt for the song. I can't really write anything about it, becose there is nothing i don't like on it. It's just an excelent piece. It's dynamic, it has it's verse, chorus, begining, end and meaning. I give you the cyber hand shake for this one *hand-shake*

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Ok so that was that, time to announce the winner

4. BOYD1981

3. Nikolas

2. He-Man

1. Oz

Oz and He-Man have really great songs and it was really hard to decide. After listening to the songs quite a few times i think that as a whole Oz' song goes best with his pic alltogether. Both the song and the pic go so well together you think the cars are moving and the lights are flashing. He-man had a really great song really professional and has the best structure imo, it also goes really well with the 2nd picture which is supposed to be offencive. Nikolas' Inferno is just the shit, i can't get enough of it, it's drawback are some "annoying parts" and unconsistency, but overall a great piece. So that's that and, sorry for the delay. No hard feelings eigh? *pat on the back*

Bartillier

Pling! · Mon 23/04/2007 04:08:03

Ah, finally! Congrats to the winners, great stuff!

And I think the detailed review makes up for the delay. Overall a great contest, hope to see you again at the next one.

BOYD1981 · Mon 23/04/2007 07:22:55

nothing makes up for the delay, Batillier has been active on the forums and the last thing he said before when somebody pointed out he was late judging was that he was going to work on reviewing the entries and if it was the detailed review that caused it i would rather of not had it. a new tune contest should have been started and ended by now.

bartillier · Mon 23/04/2007 07:30:03

don't be such a grouch boyd :

$:-\$

Nikolas · Mon 23/04/2007 07:35:56

Thank you for going through what is the most entries in the recent history of AGS tune contests! :o

Your idea of a theme was great and the entries proved it. Also thanks for the review, it took a while, but after seeing your review it was worth it adn difficult to write...

He-Man · Mon 23/04/2007 10:30:41

Yeah, thanks for the review. It must have taken forever to listen to and review all those songs. I think it was worth the wait!
Too bad I didn't win. I was so close to being a Grand Slam Champ...
Btw it was very nice to see/hear so many entries this time. Great contest.

Vel · Mon 23/04/2007 11:32:57

Congratulations Oz, your tune rocked on a higher level!

deFineLicht · Mon 23/04/2007 16:04:31

This was great

I really hope that the tune contests will countinue in this way...

Hammerite · Mon 23/04/2007 16:12:46

has this been the biggest tune contest so far?

Oz · Mon 23/04/2007 17:34:57

Thanks all!

And yes, this has to be (by far) the most successful tune contest ever (or at least in a very long time), and it made me think... Is this type of contest better than the ones we usually have with fairly strict rules? There must be a reason why usually so few people enter these contests and why so many entered this particular one. I feel like doing a re-run on this theme!

What do you think? Is it worth considering reforming the music contest to make it more attractive?

Vel · Mon 23/04/2007 17:52:46

I think the rules should be as strict as the one who sets them wants them to be. It's also harder to judge completely different tunes in style and mood. Moreover, the winner in my opinion should have the freedom to set whatever rules he wishes, and to hear the entries in the respective genre.

Nikolas · Mon 23/04/2007 18:20:26

I don't think that this could be easily repeated...

somehow this seems to me as an one of thing... Plus the extra time also helped. That said, I personally, just happened to have this tune to me and use it here, other wise I wouldn't have the time to work on a new piece...

Either way, variation is very nice always!

kaputtnik · Mon 23/04/2007 21:20:47

Maybe it was just a lucky coincidence. Or maybe lots of people had tunes floating around and googled themselves some more or less fitting pictures and took part right away. I'll check the next one out, too - expect the worst, folks. Nice contest!

bartillier · Wed 25/04/2007 00:55:24

okay, time for a new tune contest! can't wait!

Nick Dangerous · Fri 27/04/2007 12:51:32

Dum-Di-Dum

He-Man · Sat 28/04/2007 01:53:25

Quote from: Nick Dangerous on Fri 27/04/2007 12:51:32
Dum-Di-Dum

I second that...