Topic: February 2017 Castlevania Dungeon MUSIC Contest

[Shiroi Koumori]

Deadline for submissions: February 28th (11:59 PM PST)
Judgement: by forum poll from March 1st to March 5th at midnight and Winners announced when the votes are all in. + we have a judge: Bloo

Theme: Make a title or menu theme worthy of Castlevania

Rules:
Anything goes! (minus collabs)
Short tracks are OK

Prizes: Award medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.




Guidelines for Participants:
- no deadline extensions
- post your entries as links on this thread
- contestants may update their entries freely before the submission deadline.
- you may withdraw any entry at any time before the judgement begins.
- the winner chooses next month's theme (if he/she declines, the forum members shall decide on the theme)

Entries:
BMC_War Machine's "Dust to Dust - Underground" (Underground from CV1) 3rd place

aensland's My dearest (original work) 1st place

Chernabogue's Abandon Yourself (original work) 3rd place

Dracula9's Iniquity's Raiment v2 (original work)1st place

[Dracula9]

Good lord, about time it got settled on.

[Shiroi Koumori]

A month of deliberation is not that bad.

I'm expecting participants.

[BLOOD MONKEY]

I'll try my hardest to participate.

[BMC_War Machine]

Here's my first entry :

"Dust to Dust - Underground" (Underground from CV1):
http://www.mediafire.com/file/pm5nn3ot94738z0/Dust_to_Dust_-_Underground.mp3

EDIT: I swapped out the original version for this one, it's MUCH cleaner and everything sits better in the mix 

[BLOOD MONKEY]

Would it be acceptable to include a short intro? (As in, the intro before the title screen)
Or do you just want the menu theme?

[Dracula9]

(Underground from CV1):

FUCK

[aensland]

I'm kinda confused now, it's "arrange a theme to make it sound like a menu/screen one" or "compose an original piece that servers for the same purpose"?

[BMC_War Machine]

I was thinking more along the lines of take a theme from a menu or title screen of any CV and do your thing with it

[BMC_War Machine]

FUCK

?? 

[BMC_War Machine]

Would it be acceptable to include a short intro? (As in, the intro before the title screen)
Or do you just want the menu theme?

I would say anything would be open game from any title, menu theme etc.

[Belmontoya]

I understand this as making main title functioning menu music.

All I have is one vote, but here is what I'll be listening for.

*A melody (hook) that sticks with you long after you hear it.

*A song that sets a mood for the hypothetical game.

*People stay in menus. I'll be listening for a nice seamless loop.

*A strong direction, and a straightforward arrangement that introduces the theme melody quickly, but tastefully.

*Original melodies (not a requirement I believe). Just saying that because that's what I want to vote for.

I'm pretty obsessed with themes and little melodies that linger in your head. I'm excited to hear what you guys come up with. I'd be participating if I weren't needing every spare second to finish my work. But it will be fun to listen and vote!

Happy composing friends!

[Chernabogue]

Agreed with Belmontoya.

Also, maybe we should PM our entries to Shiroi instead of posting them here? And maybe limiting to one "main" entry (one people can vote for) and keep other ones as "bonus"?

[Shiroi Koumori]

Since people can edit/delete their entries, just post them all here. I'm just lazy...

As for one main entry or multiple entries, I need to know the consensus of the group.

[aensland]

Here's my submission, an original name entry theme:
My dearest

So, for the concept behind this

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This is a timeline where Louis XVII didn't died at a young age, but instead grew up in exile with a resentful heart for the fate of his family.
The hatred led him to discover the power of chaos, giving up on mortal life and the divine grace after embracing it.

Years after, rumours about a vampire in northern France spreading disease and misfortune in the name of a new king were heard.
Many soldiers and adventurers went missing trying to cleanse the land from the curse.

With no other resources available, the church gives in to the request of the last volunteer willing to defy the vampire, the executioner Henry-Clément Sanson.

The game tittle would be something like 『悪魔城外伝 罪人薔薇の祭典』, I don't know