Video Game Music Arranged for String Ensemble

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

Hey guys. I recently arranged a few Pokeman songs for a small string ensemble just for kicks. I finished Cycling Road in just under an hour, and realizing how easy it was to do this, I decided to do a few more. So far I have:

R/B/Y
-Gym Leader

G/S/C
-Kanto Gym Leader
-Champion Battle
-Cycling Road

STAR FOX 64
-Star Wolf Theme

If you have any experience with arranging or know the songs, would you mind checking these out and seeing how I did? I tried to not go too over the top, but still add my own little flair when I could. You can listen to them here.
Thanks.

Also, what should I do next? I want at least 5 of these, and I'm at 4 since I just started Kanto Trainer Battle. Preferably 1/2 gen as those are the only two I've played through fully and they basically represent my childhood. :3

---UPDATE---

I has vidyas!


This has some reeeely sloppy parts, but the lead lines were pretty cool at times.

I think I really effed up the writing at one point toward the end of the section(it repeats).

This one was pretty solid. Especially the ending. I also have a little solo here at :42, I have the higher line. That line is really weird and difficult to get in tune, so only one person was playing each line there, but I think that worked out pretty well as we both pretty much nailed it. Also, I'm playing 2nd on this one (and Gym Leader) in the back, and you can totally hear me because my part is awesome when the pace picks up. I was playing that part because we had these two new kids who are pretty sloppy pitch-wise and so play quite so that their mistakes aren't heard (but you can't really blame them, they're less experienced and it's hard, everyone does this when the first join), so I was sorta trying to both cover up their mistakes while playing crazy loud because the part is so cool and need to be brought out. So yeah, if you wanna hear just me, that's where you'll here it.


Obviously the sound quality is balls, and the performance is pretty lackluster at times, but this is how it turned out.

[R.I.P Worldrave Metallicaholic666]

POKEMON? POKEMON WITH THE POKE AND THE MAN AND THE THING AND HE BUGS THET ASVBASDYHUSABDFUSADFUY


No seriously, I love these.

Also, I should do this with your mids, add some badass metal to it

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

I've heard that one before, it's very good. And I prolly will whence I get my guitars ficksed.

[haru SUSAltd]

I would check them out, but I do not have access to a computer right now. D:

Also, I play cello. :D

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

I play violin and viola. I did the violist a (dis)favor by making it awesome. So I might end up playing that.

Also, cello part is nasty nearly everywhere. I have most of the battle themes doing 5ths at a steady quick pace, basically constant string crossing.

[haru SUSAltd]

Fortunately, the instrument is tuned in fifths.

[Maartah]

I was going to suggest cycling road, still one of my favourite pokemontunes, but I see you already did it, haha. And they all sound excellent, good job! I just ran them through my 8bit program, and they sound even better imo in 8bit

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

Thanks! I'm going to get together with my group next week and hopefully get these recorded live. They should sound amazing if all goes well.

Fortunately, the instrument is tuned in fifths.

Yeah, but that just means that you are going to spend the whole song fanning the audience. Not a lot of finger work, but your right arm is going to die after 30 seconds.

[timfloss, apparently timfoss]

Wait, so are you actually arranging these or just Remastering them?

Arranging would be adding new verses, new instruments/parts and almost remixing it.
Remastering would be just changing the instruments, like replacing the midi sounds with better samples.

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

Did you download them? Or even read the title? ARRANGED FOR STRING ENSEMBLE.

-- Edit: Fri Jul 30, 2010 3:40 am --

Updated the OP.

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

So I got to play them with my group today. I asked my private instructor (runs this little shindig) if we could have an hour to run them really quick and he asked if I had enough for everyone (since the full group turned out to be pretty small anyway) and I had just enough. We ran them, and apparently he liked them enough to add them to the setlist of our concert on Friday.









The concert is at St. Mary's.










St. Mary's is a Retirement home.

[Gah. OzzyOzrock]

OH! SO THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANT!

YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[haru SUSAltd]

By the way, do you have sheet music for these? :D

[Black Moon Broods... aander91]

By the way, do you have sheet music for these? :D

Sure, let me upload the midis.

http://www.mediafire.com/?567l73jy5vvdd4k

[Maartah]

So I got to play them with my group today. I asked my private instructor (runs this little shindig) if we could have an hour to run them really quick and he asked if I had enough for everyone (since the full group turned out to be pretty small anyway) and I had just enough. We ran them, and apparently he liked them enough to add them to the setlist of our concert on Friday.









The concert is at St. Mary's.










St. Mary's is a Retirement home.

I don't like using the word, but man, EPIC! They'll probably enjoy it too, they're pretty short and happy songs, so why not