A while ago, MRC held the -then highly anticipated-
Scene Music Remake challenge. With twelve entries, both contenders and audience were satisfied. Recently, people dug up the related
forum thread, and the idea of doing the same challenge again began to linger in our minds.
As you are reading this, this challenge is now officially on again! The objective: recreate a song from a composer from our MSX scene using any equipment you can think of. The latter means that you can recreate a song using all your studio gear, and if you feel like hiring the
London Symphony Orchestra and record them at
Abbey Road, well, don't let us stop you! The challenge is not about remixing songs, e.g. simply running the original version through some effects. In addition, a composer can not remake one of his own songs. The
results of the first edition are the best way to get the idea of this challenge.
Choosing a suitable song to rearrange might prove to be a challenge on its own. Lots of ideas can be found in our
downloads section, in particular in the
demo section and
diskmagazine section. These contain classic songs from many years ago, but modern songs from MRC challenges are also interesting candidates. Additionally, perhaps you'd like to rearrange songs from the popular
MSXdev games, released in the past few years.
The prize for the winning entry will be an
MP3 cartridge, manufactured by
Yobi and
DD. The jury has yet to be announced. You can send in your entries to
smr@msx.org until December 18th, 23:59 CET, preferably as 192Kbps MP3. Happy arranging!
Relevant link:
the original forum thread with all the discussions
