David Wise I think is the master of composing emotionally moving video game music. The first Donkey Kong Country was one of the first games I can remember playing. I can remember the music being so calming and chilling, I really felt like I had been transported into the game. As for the second game, I certainly don't have the same nostalgia that I do for the first game, but I think the music in it is incredible. The thing that truly blows me away is the diversity of sounds that David could create with the limitations of the Snes.
So a couple things have have happened since my last upload. First is I had my birthday and I got an 8 string guitar. Playing an 8 string wasn't as hard I expected at least physically, really the hardest thing was figuring out how to implement it into an arrangement and not having it clash with the bass guitar, seeming as it does share most of it's range. To combat this problem I first started by transposing the song into the key of B. Not only is that key easy to play in on guitar and bass, but it's also the lowest note on my 5 string bass. Giving it a clear destination in range from the 8 string. I also EQ the two parts differently. On the 8 string I cut out most of the bass and turned up the mids and treble. As for the 5 string bass I boasted the bass and presences and cut out the mids and treble. This helps each part two stand out from each other.
The second thing is, I figured how to force my camera to a high shutter speed. I use a cheap camcorder, that controls a lot of the settings automatically, even when it's in manual mode. But a found a setting called \"Anti TV flicker\" which made to get rid of TV flicker by making it match it's shutter to the TV's refresh rate. I really liked the look of a higher shutter speed, as it got rid of motion blur giving the video a crisper look. This inspired me to go all out with the visuals for the video. With my friend Callum, we tried our best to give the video a profession look with the limited times and resources we had. I don't think it's perfect, we rushed a lot while film so a lot of footage is under-exposed so I had to try fix it in post. However overall I think it a huge improvement, from the usual quality of my videos.
Well, I think that's enough of my rumblings for one description. Hope you enjoy this video, and I look forward to reading your comments.
Original composed by David Wise
Arranged, performed and produced by Dylan Leggett (Myself)
