Koi no Shirushi (The World God Only Knows ED [Main]) [Music Box ver.]
Kami nomi zo Shiri-tai
arr. shibiosiren
Yay for yet another TWGOK piece
I just can't help it - so many of the TWGOK (I'm getting tired of calling it Kami nomi) songs/pieces are very nice and what's more, remix-able to an almost nauseating extent. Here's one of my more favorite arrangements out of the lot - especially because it made me like a song that I didn't really favor previously.
People think that having music box versions of songs are easy, what with the "fact" that all you have to do in Finale is select the right instrument and then just transpose the piece onto two clefs. However, there's that tiny little problem: it's supposed to be a music box. This means the notes are all separated, loud and heavily distinguished from each other, destroying any semblance of legato. Furthermore, since music boxes unfortunately do not come with a mini-orchestra, they cannot afford to do 6-note chords or running arpeggios over other heaps of harmonic notes. Even while playing basic 3-note chords (triads) music boxes have trouble with coherency. This means that it takes quite some skill to make music box versions both complex (in essence, interesting) and not a musical traffic accident.
This arrangement does it right. The true ending starting from ~4:25 onward is very well done, with a few (two or three) lines making the music box sound like it's playing all the parts in a clean manner. The other parts are also good, and the rest is handled simply by the fact that it's a soothing music box playing.
This is pretty much why I really like music box versions of songs. Anyways, enjoy!
EDIT 10/27/2011: I had this on my playlist but I wasn't sure whether to include it here too. But after I listened to it, I KNEW I had to. Take the time to listen to this 8-bit remix - it's amazing!
Koi no Shirushi (The World God Only Knows ED [Main]) [8-Bit Remix - "Finale Arrange"]
Kami nomi zo Shiri-tai
arr. hagegoriraww
People think that having music box versions of songs are easy, what with the "fact" that all you have to do in Finale is select the right instrument and then just transpose the piece onto two clefs. However, there's that tiny little problem: it's supposed to be a music box. This means the notes are all separated, loud and heavily distinguished from each other, destroying any semblance of legato. Furthermore, since music boxes unfortunately do not come with a mini-orchestra, they cannot afford to do 6-note chords or running arpeggios over other heaps of harmonic notes. Even while playing basic 3-note chords (triads) music boxes have trouble with coherency. This means that it takes quite some skill to make music box versions both complex (in essence, interesting) and not a musical traffic accident.
This arrangement does it right. The true ending starting from ~4:25 onward is very well done, with a few (two or three) lines making the music box sound like it's playing all the parts in a clean manner. The other parts are also good, and the rest is handled simply by the fact that it's a soothing music box playing.
This is pretty much why I really like music box versions of songs. Anyways, enjoy!
EDIT 10/27/2011: I had this on my playlist but I wasn't sure whether to include it here too. But after I listened to it, I KNEW I had to. Take the time to listen to this 8-bit remix - it's amazing!
Kami nomi zo Shiri-tai
arr. hagegoriraww
So GOOD
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