This is the combined Voting and Discussion thread.
Thanks to all that entered the competition.
Please use this thread to cast your votes for your favourite entries to Fretboard Challenge #25
VOTING AND DATES
Voting System - voters can pick their top 3 favourite entries.
First choice gets 5 points - Second choice gets 3 points - Third choice gets 1 point
Entry with the most points wins.
Simply post in this thread your top three choices for winner in order, 1st choice first etc etc.
(Note for Entrants of the competition: Self Voting is NOT Allowed)
Voting ends midnight 14th April 2019, and the top three will be announced shortly after.
REMINDER OF GUIDELINES
The theme for this one is: "Music for a superhero movie".
PLAYLIST
Below is the playlist of entries:
It's not a competition.
Comments
I had originally planned a dramatic classical meets rock piece inspired by what might be the Endgame battle for Avengers Infinity War part 2... Dark classical for Thanos with more uplifting heavy rock for the good guys. But I discovered Bezzer had already recorded something awesome in that genre while I was still composing and there was no need for a poor imitation.
So I decided instead to write something for a parody movie with a retro vibe. The type of thing Trey Parker and Matt Stone might do if it hadn't already been done in Deadpool so it had to be about yet another generic superhero . The 70s kitsch main riff wrote itself quickly along with the Destiny's Child meets Shaft intro and silly lyrics. The attempted husky soul vocals were recorded with no vocal warm up at 10pm on a Friday night for maximum natural distortion.
It was originally mastered to authentic ear bleedingly deafening cinema superhero movie sound levels™ but decided it would be kinder to tone it down so it would just be fairly loud within the playlist.
Can't wait to listen to the playlist on the way home and see what you've all come up with.
Listened a couple of times through and love all of them... votes wise.
5pts @stratman3142 - deffo the cinematic opening sequence...
3pts @flying_pie - love it... southparksuperhero all day long...
1pt @Bezzer - can picture the end credits rolling over this!...
a tough choice to be to be honest as all are really good!.
Ok then... Spose I can try to give a splanation!!!!
Superhero theme? Gotsta have strings really. Found a sample I liked (kicks in at around 42seconds) and worked out the chords sequence to give me the guitar part (that’s repeated through most of the track).
The string sample set the tempo for the track. So I enlisted “Jessie” on drums and that gave me the groove... (007 gave me the opening guitar riff)
I used a sample for the slap bass loop and then played a similar line for the other parts...
Added a bit of clav for that 70’s cop show vibe... found a disco strings midi sample that was close enough to be happy with and set about editing it to fit...
Then widdled over the top in a min pentatonic for the putto lead part... finally called the police on my neighbour and recorded the sirens...
And yes, that is me in the picture...
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
5 points @Fretwired : The most like superhero music to me. Dramatic and lots of dynamics.
3 points @Bezzer : A powerful orchestral piece building to a rocking ending.
1 point @Flying_pie : A catchy clever witty piece. Perhaps more suited to a spoof cop movie
5 points @Bezzer as superhero music should have metal guitars and drums as well as great composition
3 points @stratman3142 as it was a great composition but lacked metal. Could easily have been 5 points if it was more metal
1 point@Fretwired for another great composition but again lacking in metal or would have scored higher