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Ah, good to see it's been released! I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I did

Well, a while ago I asked Kinoko for some help with some Japanese translation, for the purpose of recording a song for Ben Jordan 5, so here, in all it's horribly-pronounced glory, is said song, which you will hear playing over the end credits.

That was very funny, Grundislav   Sounds like one of those typical ending song for a Japanese movie.

I wonder what he's singing about, though... 

What's this 'real life' thing you people keep talking about?

I really enjoyed this album! It has an 80's-film-music-feel^tm to it, which is a good thing in my book. Very nice!

Oh and; happy birthday, Petteri!

Congratulations, Nikolas! 

Danny Elfan is a whistler. He doens't know a lot of music. He whistles the theme and someon else does the orchestrations. This is a fact. Take it from me!

Ah yes, I remember his many concerts (when he was still in Oingo Boingo). When it was time for one of his guitar solo's he just started whisteling. Always got the crowd going  :

[1. The name:]

1. The name: I think, when you're this serious about a career in composing, you'd better not use a nickname (although I think it won't be that much of a problem, but still). You could shorten your first name to 'Nik' to make it easy to remember ('Nik Sideris')?

2. Should I have a picture of me, or not? Should it be colored or B&W? I don't think using your picture will be that much of a problem, but whether it should be black & white or color totally depends on the overall web design. Also, if you're not that good in web design, but do want to look professional hire someone to do it for you! You never get a second chance on a first impression!

3. I'm going to have samples of my works in the site. Should the samples be the whole pieces, or only fragments of the works? I say whole pieces, too. You could, however, convert them into a lower bitrate (128-160 Kbit) so people won't be able to use them that easily without your permission.

4. I think that a newsletter is out of the question, since I'm not yet established and I wouldn't know what to put in. Or should I have one? Better not, at first. Maybe, later on when business is booming, you've got enough interesting things to put into a (say monthly) newsletter. But this is totally up to you, of course.

5. Is it appropriate to have in the News section, news about a finished game from AGS? or it seems a bit lame? I say; use these games in your portfolio. Put them in with your other projects/assignments. Just make sure it has a professional feel when you present them.

6. Should there be a Links section or not? Combine this with the samples in your portfolio (put them in there). That way, people can check out the game/documentary right away when they're curious.

Hope that helps..

[Minimi]

First of all; thanks everyone for entering and let me start by saying that all entries would have made a great theme for the movie, show or game they were created for (if not better than the originals )

The reviews:

Minimi: "Pay It forward" - I thought the accompaniment of the guitar to the singing was quite moving and I liked the fact you've added lyrics. I'm not quite sure whether the single notes in the intro matches the rest, but overall a very nice theme.

dkh: "Celebrity Death Match" - A great upbeat piece of music that probably reflects the on-screen action very well when used. I really liked the 'howling' rock guitar. I had some difficulty understanding the melody at times, but the interesting panning made up for that

Geoffkhan: "Dr. Who" - Great piece of music, very nice intro (building up the tension), the same goes for the interludes. I especially liked the sound of the lead guitar. The only comment I have is that maybe, after the first 95 seconds,  it gets somewhat repetitive; there's not anything really new happening. But, as always, a pleasure to listen to your work.

nikolasideris: "After Life" - Great intro, I also liked the wind that can be heard throughout your composition. I particularly liked the ending where it sounds like chaos takes over . But, like you said yourself, the bass line tends to get rather repetitive. But nevertheless a nice piece of music.

Floskfinger: "Sonic The Hedgehog" - Well, nothing bad to say about this one; it's very melodic, there's a lot of great stuff happening and it is very enjoyable. The only thing that kinda bugged me was that you (judging from your own words) did not have the Sonic game in mind when you composed this and that was what I had in mind when making up the rules for this competition, actually.

Well, time for the final verdict! I never dared to think judging a contest could be this hard/harsh, but here it goes...

The winner is: nikolasideris! Congratulations!

Thanks for you entry, nikolasideris!

On the other hand it's got a really nice bass line (although it is repeating itself a lot...)

Well, then your entry is legitimate Like I said, as long as it has something of a guitar in it.

By the way; what game, movie, etc. did you compose this for?

Okay, tonight at 12 pm the contest will come to an end and I'll start judging the entries

Great entries so far, everyone! Very nice!

I'm willing to extend the deadline for a day for Ishmael & nikolasideris, but only if the other participants agree (since their entries are in within the restricted time limit).

Also, if one of you, Ishmael or nikolasideris,  is not planning on participating please let me know. Thanks.

Sure! All entries are more than welcome!


PS: If there are less than 2 entries tonight I'll extend this contest a few more days.

i think people will enter the compo if you get rid of the guitar restriction

It's just how you define the rules: You can let a guitar (electric, acoustic, banjo, etc.) play a melody, but you can also let a bass guitar play an occasional note alongside another instrument that is taking up a melody (for example). It's all up to you.

[Take a movie, TV-show or (computer)game and provide it with a completely new main theme.There are no restrictions other than that the theme should contain a guitar of some sort.]

Okay, here's the deal:

Take a movie, TV-show or (computer)game and provide it with a completely new main theme.

There are no restrictions other than that the theme should contain a guitar of some sort.

Have fun!

Wow, I'm quite honored! Great entries everyone. I'll start the new contest a.s.a.p.

Well, it took me several days to finish this, but it's finally ready!

Have a listen! (1.7 MB)

It really reflects the emotions I felt when watching the news on TV about the terror Hurricane Katrina had caused. It really struck me with horror

Why let a good song go to waste?

Post it!  

Excellent work by all contenders!

And congratulations, sluggo!

[the song]

And there IS more...

The instrument I chose is the Banjo. (There's another instrument from the list in the song; see if you can find it )

One fine day, two young lovers are taking a walk in the park with nothing on their mind but eachother. Then, things get passionate...


Enjoy!

[Everyone's invited, folks!]

Hm, you've got a point there. It's just that I was somewhat afraid everyone would want a theme & it was suppose to be something 'on the side' 'cause school's busy enough as it is.

But maybe this won't be the case at all, so:

Everyone's invited, folks!


(I'll edit the top-message)

BTW: Loved your work on Fatman, m0ds !