Spiral Knights Music Remixes?
Tue, 02/11/2014 - 13:57
Hi!
I'm Takendown, the lone knight who created the free album Spiral Knights: Remixed! for you all to enjoy back in 2012. I'd like to thank everyone who downloaded and commented on the album and Tevokkia for providing the awesome art. I'd also like to thank Harry Mack for creating the wonderful original pieces, the admin of the Spiral Knights Facebook page for featuring my album, and my good friends for encouraging the release.
Unfortunately I no longer play Spiral Knights. Fear not for I'm thinking of creating another album, something different for you all to experience.
Since the release of Spiral Knights: Remixed! my composition style has changed. I've gone orchestral! This would mean that with your help and support you could see a Spiral Knights: Orchestrated! -- I just need your assistance in determining what tracks you'd like to hear featured on the album.
I may also require one of you awesome artists to design the album art (Tevokkia already did a great job with SK:R! - It would be wrong to ask her of such a great task again) should I go through with it.
What do you guys think? Should I go through with creating another album? Would you like to hear SK's incredible tracks orchestrated?
Check out some of my work here on my YouTube Channel, just as a little taster as to what may come.
Thanks,
Taken.
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Wed, 02/12/2014 - 09:23
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@Takendown
Greetings Takendown!
I'd like to commend you on a lot of your recent work. You have a great ear and great composing style for the orchestral remixes you do, and I love to listen to them as you put them out on Youtube.
Spiral Knights definitely caters to an orchestral style, and I'd think the Slime theme, Freeze theme, Undead theme and Main theme would sound particularly interesting in an orchestrated remix.
I'm actually a host of the Arsenal Podcast, which is a weekly radio talk show on Spiral Knights, and I'm curious if you'd be interested in us interviewing you for the show? Probably either by text or preferably audio, but whatever you'd like.
In any case, I absolutely support the idea for a second album! We'll send our listeners to this thread when we record next week. ;)
Good luck and god speed sir!
Lat
Fri, 03/07/2014 - 16:12
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@Sir-Greenlink: Hello! Thanks for the comment!
I'm glad you're excited. I am too as I'd love to reproduce these tracks in orchestral form! Gremlin theme is one of my favourite themes in-game as well as OCH's theme. I'll definitely add your suggestions to the list of what I'm to cover. As for artists and the album art I'd have to leave it completely up to the artist. With Tevokkia she did a great job on representing the album itself with the cute knight listening to music in its headphones. With the art maybe there could be a full orchestra of knights in a great hall setting with all their instruments playing soundly, similar to this picture? At least that's what I picture. I'm open to ideas, though.
@Latisan-Sklay: Hi there!
Wow, that's some serious high praise there - thank you! After the success of SK:R! I had announced that I was working on Spiral Knights: Remixed! Vol. 2 featuring more in-game music. I considered the (not so) new Slime theme for it but then cancelled the album after life and its stress got on top of me. I'll be including the tracks you suggested in my list too as I'm sure others would love to hear it.
I've heard of the Arsenal Podcast! What an honour! I'm afraid I'm going to be heavily booked now that I'm working on the album as well as with someone who is developing an iOS game. Are you able to postpone the interview until after the album is released? I'll be free then. If that's okay with you that would be great!
Wed, 02/12/2014 - 14:52
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@Takendown
Hey Taken,
Concerning your music, your plans sound solid! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
And for the interview and such, absolutely! We're happy to conduct it whenever works for you (assuming our schedule also matches, of course). In the meantime, we'll send the artists and forum users who listen to the podcast your way. Hopefully you'll get a bit more feedback from them also.
Have a good one!
Lat
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 14:20
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I'd love to hear the following:
- The Freeze Theme
- The Boss/Boss 2 Themes
- Just for the lulz of seeing an orchestra do this, the Royal Jelly theme.
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 18:49
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Yes....All my yes!
Orchestral is my favorite type of music and you do a fantastic job of making it, this would be glorious!
I've loved your remakes for a while, and they actually inspired me to start working on my own SK remix project, but I'll save that for another day(or month, or year, whenever I actually finish it). =P
Fri, 02/14/2014 - 19:34
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Orchestrate them all. Score
Orchestrate them all. Score it out. I'll play it all myself. On all instruments... except strings. At least not yet.
Sun, 02/16/2014 - 16:40
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@Latisan-Sklay: Thanks a lot Lat! I really appreciate it.
@Sandwich-Potato: Thanks for the post on my other post as well as this one. I appreciate them both. I've added your suggestions to my list. As for the Royal Jelly theme... That'd be somewhat extremely fun to orchestrate. I can already imagine the bass marimbas and strings working in conjunction... *hint hint* As for the boss themes I'd have to figure something out.
@Magnum-Frost: Thanks for the complement! I do try my best. I loved my remixes for a while too. As I became better acquainted with the software I'm using I started to love them less and less because I know now that I can do better. These are one of the reasons I decided to pick up from where I left off and bring something new to the Spiral community.
@Sleepy-Hollows: Hah! I'll give it a shot although it'd require heaps of work I may or may not have time to complete. I'm looking to more cover what people would like to hear first. Who knows? I might split it into two different albums, each with amazing art (hopefully!).
Guys, give this ol' piece of work a listen. I created it not too long after the release of SK:R!. It's the Fiend theme orchestrated using horrible and unrealistic samples I had back then. I created it as I was just starting to get into orchestrations. I reckon it sounds pretty good. I wonder what it would sound like now... With what I have here...
Hmm...
Sun, 02/16/2014 - 21:24
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Woah! Awesome!
I need to give your new music a listen soon. Your music is great! (My favorite is the one of the theme songs...) There was one I didn't quite like, but that's because I didn't like the original song that much, either. I can't remember its name atm, though. :(
Speaking of fan games, I wish I had your ability to focus on with projects like these. My attention keeps getting grabbed, either by another project of mine or something else entirely. I still haven't gotten to the point of my fan game to include any music. (Problems keep cropping up, and though they aren't all on my side, who can I blame?)
Hmm...could you do the 2nd Boss song? (The one that plays in Danger Missions) Next to the Theme Song, it's my favorite! I'll be paying close attention to your work, Taken-Down! (Gives TM09 from the first gen.)
Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:01
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Epic Bomb!
Epic Bump*....
Yes, this thread is epic enough to get a bomb *ahem* BUMP from me even when it isn't my thread.
Thu, 02/20/2014 - 04:47
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Hmm, in addition to remixing existing tracks, would you still include some of your own stuff (like the twist you put on the bonus room music with "Unlucky Night")?
But anyways, here are my suggestions:
- Mettle of a Gremlin (again)
- Crimson
- Whitespace Ambient
- Blast Network (possibly with the <20 second time music included?)
The music that plays when you first encounter the Ghostmane Stalkers in OCH would be cool too, though I have no idea of that track's name...
Good luck with the project anyway!
Thu, 02/27/2014 - 01:01
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Greetings, Takendown.
I much
Greetings, Takendown.
I much enjoyed your previous work when it first came out and I look forward to an orchestrated remix.
As much as I've been fond of Around the Clock Workshop, I'm not sure how well it would sound orchestrated. Seems like it might be more challenging to pull off. Anyways, Nothing We Can't Handle, Krogmo's Got A Short Fuse, and Point of Contention among others would surely sound splendid.
-Windsickle
Thu, 03/06/2014 - 18:44
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@Autofire: Thanks for the post (and the epic bomb... I mean bump*****) - I've added your suggestions to the list! The second boss one might actually give me problems (as it has done previously) but I'll try my absolute best to get it out. I, too, am interested in what I can do with it. As for focusing on projects... There's nothing to it but pure dedication and seeing the end product. That's what got Spiral Knights: Remixed! completed. I couldn't wait for people to hear my work and that motivated me to continue on. I'm applying that same method now with Spiral Knights: Orchestrated! Just so you know the TM obtain music from Pokémon played in my head as you gave me Takedown.
@Atlas-Snowcap: Hey! Thanks for the post. That's a very good question. It really depends on my time. If I happen to get all of the obligatory and highly requested tracks out of the way and have more time on my hands... I might mix a few tracks together and throw in some of my own. Unlucky Knight isn't a very good example as it's just a remix of Lucky Knight. A better example would be Peace in Haven as that's my original work based off of the Haven theme! Your suggestions has been added to the list. Trivia about Whitespace Ambient: Did you notice that Whitespace Ambient is the main theme slowed down a lot? If you speed it up with YouTube's HTML5 player you'll see what I mean. Also... Mettle of a Gremlin will be present also... All orchestrated and lovely! (it's the next track I'm going to work on actually).
@Windsickle: Hey Windsickle! Thanks for the post. I agree about Around the Clock Workshop. The reason why it may be difficult to pull off is because the track is heavily synthesized and I can't think, off the top of my noggin, what instruments would be able to match the ones within the original. However, I do have some sort of idea on what I can do with it and will give it a shot. It's one of my favourite tracks! Your suggestions have been added!
GUYS! NEW RELEASE:
I've got one track in the bag: Take a good listen! Please let me know if you enjoy it and don't hesitate to thumb the video up and comment. I always appreciate the feedback. This will be the first track on the album!
Sat, 03/08/2014 - 19:10
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Takendown, if that track is a sample of the work you'll do in the future, it's sufficient to say that I'm more than impressed with your skills.
Your old tracks and style was fantastic, but this certainly feels like a massive step up. It feels like something that'd be used in a movie soundtrack, and it certainly captures the atmosphere of Haven - a more dramatic sense that wasn't really present before. I wish you all the best in the future of this project.
Sat, 08/02/2014 - 14:32
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I just listened to your new release. I love it as much as the rest. It's great.
I don't know if you're still watching this thread, but I'm asking again, if I can use your music in my fan game. I shall be posting a new thread tomorrow and stuff...
Anyway, I do need to know. I am not allowed to use any music and sound that comes directly from Spiral Knights. Because of that, I have to resort to my own music (yuck!) or other fan songs. Your latest release seems to fit perfectly, for example.
Hello Takendown.
As someone who has enjoyed listening to Spiral Knights: Remixed!, I'm pretty excited to hear that you're considering making a second album. Orchestral is probably one of my favourite types of remix and you'd definitely have my support if you went through with it. The orchestral remixes that I've heard from you recently sound pretty good.
In my opinion, Haven, Poison level theme and Gremlin theme would be rather interesting in orchestral format.
Now I'm no artist by any stretch of the imagination but what would you be looking for in album art? Anything in particular?
I wish you the best of luck luck in your projects.
Have fun,
~Green