Ya know what this song needs? More cowbell. Doesn't have any thematical significance, I just wanted more cowbell. Maybe it's a loose part of a car's undercarriage that keeps bonking off something. Woosh!

My Bonus entry (Don't vote for it).

I busted out my orchestral vsts to work at a military march vibe. I slowed the composition down to aim at an almost pensive, reflective style, more (dare I say it?) cinematic composition. Had imagery of dramatic military scenes from various movies in my head. This turned out long, 5:40 or so, but I kept finding ways to change instrumentation and emphasis as I went, so I believe the experience doesn't stagnate. It was fun to take a really fast piece and explore it at a lower BPM.

Blazing hellbat, he's burning outta time, Burn into hell's cinder, Flap your wings and BURN.

EUROBEEEEEEEEEAT

I wanted to capture the FIRE component of the song, and aimed for a real warm instrumentation using guitars, drum kit, brass, and a little strings. I wanted to balance the original's delicate, elegant vibe with a bit more intense rock composition. I didn't change the song's structure much, but extended a few parts for melodic variation. It sure was a fun song to work with.

This is a REALLY fun source, but took me a while to settle on a direction. I aimed to use african instruments for rhythm and percussion for a tribal vibe, and went for a calmer, serene vibe over all. Around halfway through I decided to mess around with the chord progression, and introduced an acoustic guitar for a little more energy. Then I couldn't resist using my new choral samples to build up the finale. And most of this was done in a single day XD

I wasn't gonna join tonight, then saw the awesome pictures and forced myself to compose. Had only one earbud working tonight, so I really hope it sounds good! Also, doomy dragon lands are really awesome.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww EUROBEAT WILL FIT ALL SOURCES. If you can call this eurobeat. Think I covered all the integral elements of a eurobeat song title.

Felt like something cosmic and epic. And was too tired to make something fast like eurobeat, so went for a nice, big, 80 BPM supah orchestra composition.

There's only one option in schmups: THE SPREAD GUN!!!

I really enjoy this kind of music, but it's different than the kind I normally work with. But I tried my hand at mimicking the chord-focused melody style. To try and spice it up, I introduced a few watery-themed instruments, like tropical metal drums and guitar. And sonar pings. I got some things that I'm pleased with in this piece.

I NEED A SOPRANO TO SING THIS. I dunno on the name, something passionate and energetic for eurobeat bubbles?! I GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT, HECK!

This made me think of the Guardian Legend, and the sea-food platter of schmup enemies the game featured. So I aimed at getting a bullet-storm vibe worthy of an overhead schmup.

Experimenting with some newish sounds for me, a hot mess of synths and stuff with the net result of a chocolate bar left in one's pocket too long.

DONT VOTE FOR BONUS ENTRY.

I busted out a bunch of folksy, organic samples that I haven't used for a while, aimed at getting a real festive, lively interpretation.

To help flesh out the short source, I added a reprisal and variation to the first part where I mixed up the chords and bass parts some, along with melodic variation. I kept bringing in new instruments to keep things fresh as I went along XD. The second half of my composition aimed at getting a bigger, grander feel with wide string chords. And taiko drums!

Took me a while to get traction on this, despite loving the source. I settled on a two part piece, starting with a lively sort of contemporary... thing involving strings, drumkits, and synths. And a little guitar. The last part settles down for a slow, gentle reprisal and finale. And to liven up the composition, I tried making a drum solo!

JUST BARELY IN TIME

Splatter them paints and ideas against the wall and see what sticks!

Was unsure what to do this week, and settled on taking some old melodies from earlier projects and trying something sorta like eurobeat. Took a while to find a groove for sugary cosmic formations XD

Don't vote for the bonus entry!

I defaulted to one of my favored styles, rock orchestral music. I aimed for making a slightly more dry sound to this than the original to bring out the fun baselines. Two runs through the song with variations and extended a few parts some.

Alternate title: Dinorex has the High Ground.

The sunset pic inspired moar lofi style for me this week! Spent like ten minutes trying to get some freaking bicycle sounds to make it authentic. And trying out a new saxophone vst I downloaded!

After spending a work week listening to lofi hiphop, I tried my hand at the genre in pursuit of making something you could soak to for hours. Believe it or not, the hardest part was finding a proper vinyl scratching sample!

I hit the gas for a eurobeat inspired approach! Y'know, if the text adventure included finding a cool cool car to break some speed limits in. I've been in a phase of interest for Eurobeat styles, so Zork is my latest victim. I bumped the whole thing to 165 BPM's in the process, and accidentally worked the whole thing on a 4/4 piano roll, not realizing it was in 3/4 time. Not sure how I missed that XD.

For best results, you'll need stereo sound to hear the panning (symbolic of left and right socks). My attempts to create Eurobeat continues, with feet t0o hot to touch (the gas pedal) and probably drifting. And a violin happens, because I don't do vocals. Or violin, really, it's just a vst.

Named in honor of the artists that picked these fun sources! I covered both sources in a medley. I structured it to treat each song separately (mostly) to be sure that I kept things faithful for both songs to stick to the spirit of the MnP.

For Inner Darkside, I employed samples of authentic japanese instruments to take the lead and used some synthetic bass and pads to add atmosphere. And Taiko drums! I went for capturing the original's atmosphere, a kind of mystical awe of a strange, slightly sinister place. I primarily stuck to the original, but revisited the melody for some variation. The dark parts of the song connected well with the BFH03 Builder bassline.

Speaking of, I tackled the BFH03 Builder with my best attempt to replicate the gritty electronic vibe of the original. I used several FM instruments, and threw down some sfx's I found in my library. I used part of the original drumline, the almost militaristic snare beat. I distorted a piano vst for the thrumming chords of the middle, which made an interesting effect. After a runthrough, I adapted a few parts of Inner Darkside to call back to Shinobi. Right before the end, I got a bit carried away and created something almost dancey by changing the bass progression, and I hope it's not too outta line for MnP cause it was real fun to make.

This was great fun to create, a real eclectic experiment.

I really don't got much knowledge on orchestral arrangements, I should probably do some actual studying on how to make cinematic scoring. But since I didn't, I created my best shot at a dramatic, heroic arrangement for a cinematic space marine soldier fighting for FREEDOM.

Don't mind me, was listening to too much Eurobeat today... And I think this still resonates a bit with the source images.

I normally hate crowded urban scenes, but this turned out so happy and pleasant. Guess I was in a real good mood, walking through this bustling scene. But it ends on a more realistic note of being glad to shut the door on the world at the end of the day.

Went for something faster than the source. Started off using eurobeat for inspiration, found a rhodes piano sample to play with, and next thing I knew, it was THIS. Turned out interesting.

I took some parts from one of my previous space-themed OHCs, and remixed it to sound more dark and intense. And like the original melody, it took me like 20 minutes to get the beginning bass progression!

Took an opportunity to make something slower, calmer, and more pensive, something that'd fit the mood of gazing out at the horizon.

BONUS ENTRY, DON'T VOTE FOR IT.
I interpreted my remix as the result of giving mercy to a little froggit, who then goes on a journey of self discovery with the life you spared him. And he ends up hopping into Secret of Mana for a little bit, because Distant Thunder from SoM kept playing in my mind as I worked with it.

FL Studio crashed on me, but I still got this pseudo eurobeat styled thing in! Also, I am going to start titling all of my entries with the express purpose of hearing Chorus try and pronounce them.

Orchestral rock sounds like fire to me. Hopefully the mixing and levels isn't a HOT mess!!!!

Dunno why, I started thinking about dwarves digging

Tried to take the Lufia 2 source for a dramatic rock-orchestra trip. Didn't get the mixing down as well as I'd like, but some parts made me happy. I tried to find a way to mix Technopera into this, but couldn't quite get it to fit, sorry. 

Abusing eurobeat samples to try and make a wolf song? Only on OHC!

DINOSAUUUURS.

I never played Chrono Cross and know next to nothing about it But my instrumentation choices made the song have a slightly beach-side vibe. And I hear that Chrono from Chrono Trigger can appear in the game So this happened. And against my better judgement, I tried using electric guitar samples.

Was thinking of something discovered on another world: foreign, beautiful, yet almost eerie.

An orchestra inspired remix, inspired by Secret of Mana's Protagonist, who lost all the world he knew to accept a mantle thrust upon him by a desperate world.

The pictures reminded me of ice castles, so I tried to balance a kinda grand and imposing tune against a cold loneliness, like some princess wanting to leave her icy palace. Running outta ideas on how to compose icy themed songs XD

Tried some orchestral elements, shifting between forlorn cold and rushing avalanches. 

The pictures reminded me of my first OHC entry which was a picture of flowers and sprouts. So I took some of the melodies from that composition and remixed them with a frosty mood.

Mainly drew from source one (The space picture.) Tried to capture the cold, drifting shards and the intensity of the big ol planet. Got way too caught up on making arpeggios, haha.

Gandrayda's battle theme from Metroid Prime 3, I always found this song to be creepily elegant and threatening. So I tried for something sorta delicate with twisted synths and driving rhythm to reflect the corruption of the shapeshifter.

"Humpsy Bumpsy plains on the wall,

Humpsy Bumpsy plains had a great fall

And all the King's koopas and all the King's Plumbers

Couldn't make Bowser a better jumper."

. Not the best nursery rhyme parody. So enjoy the song instead! Don't vote for the bonus entry.

I saw koi fish and thought of japanese instruments, so I used some samples of shakahuchi, shamisen, and koto to set something of an oriental mood. Also tried working in time, which is not my usual time signature. Good learning experience. My mental imagery was the flickering colors of koi darting about under the shadows of lilypads.

Wanted to get a sound like something from Jurassic Park or maybe Monster Hunter was after you in a primeval battle to the death. But also wanted to use my new jaw harp samples. My runner up title was Adventursaurus Rex.

For inspiration, I drew on Tetris Attack's Japan version (Panel de Pon) in which this song was used for the final boss. I decided to forgo the original's organ heavy composition and try more orchestral elements instead. It was fun to make.

My first time entering a compoverse. I aimed to make an atmospheric sound filled with danger and apprehension, tiptoeing through a dungeon. And I got a didgeridoo sample, so I threw that in for fun.