MXJ4909: Critical Hit: Volume One

[Argentis]

http://criticalhitband.com/shop/critical-hit-cd/

Jason Hayes will be signing pre-ordered items made before the release date

[GermanSeabass]

Added a bit of info.

It's also being released digitally on the same day -- separate distributor, different price. What information goes where?

[Lashiec]

Just mention the price and availability of digital formats on the notes section, link up the distributor and done. If more distributors are involved, you can skip the price part, although you can mention the prices for each distributor in the notes, if you wish. Plus if it's released on Amazon and iTunes, prices are going to differ between regions, so why bother.

[dissident93]

is it just me or are the composers currently listed incorrect? (Ari Pulkkinen, Jason Hayes, Koji Kondo, Martin O'Donnell, Tamara Loeffler, John Siegler, Nobuo Uematsu, Utada Hikaru, Brian Theodore Tyler, Jeremy Soule, Harry Gregson-Williams)

[Efendija]

I guess I would also include a composer breakdown in the notes just in case; no matter if it's obvious to most people, I always assume what would happen if a person who really isn't familiar with vg music sees all those people in the comp field - is each and every track composed by these dudes or does it mean Ari Pulkkinen wrote Tetris theme

So something like
Traditional (01)
Ari Pulkkinen (02)
etc.

There are maybe two things that stand out at first glance (speaking for myself of course): I cant say I've seen Brian Tyler credited as Brian Theodore Tyler and aren't O'Donnell and Salvatori usually credited together for their work on Halo games?

[Don]

Also, should anime be added to type? I was always under the impression that the Pokemon opening for the anime was unique to said anime. I don't remember hearing it in any of the games, but I also don't listen to those soundtracks really often either.

[dissident93]

Tetris "Main Theme" - Hirokazu Tanaka?
Angry Birds: "Main Theme" - Ari Pulkkinen
World of Warcraft: "Legends of Azeroth" - Jason Hayes?
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time: "Zelda's Lullaby" - Koji Kondo
Halo 2: "Main Theme" - Martin O'Donnell, Michael Salvatori
Pokemon: "Main Theme" (is this the anime or game version?)
Super Mario World: "Bowser's Castle" - Koji Kondo
Final Fantasy X: "To Zanarkand" - Nobuo Uematsu
Kingdom Hearts: "Hikari" - Hikaru Utada
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3: "Battle for New York" - Brian Tyler
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: "Streets of Whiterun" - Jeremy Soule
Metal Gear Solid 2: "Main Theme" - Harry Gregson-Williams

[Efendija]

Isn't Tetris theme based on Korobeiniki (Russian traditional) so Tanaka can't be really put there?

[Foxhack]

Originally Posted by Don

Also, should anime be added to type? I was always under the impression that the Pokemon opening for the anime was unique to said anime. I don't remember hearing it in any of the games, but I also don't listen to those soundtracks really often either.

Yeah, the Pokemon theme is anime only.

[GermanSeabass]

Here's a list of the composers we have on file for the compositions:

korobeiniki: (Traditional)
Angry Birds Theme: Ari Pulkkinen
Legends of Azeroth: Jason Hayes
Zelda's Lullaby: Koji Kondo
Halo Main Theme: Martin O'Donnell
Pokémon Theme: Tamara Loeffler, John Siegler
Sub-Castle: Koji Kondo
To Zanarkand: Nobuo Uematsu
Hikari: Utada Hikaru
Battle for New York: Brian Theodore Tyler
The Streets of Whiterun: Jeremy Soule
Sons of Liberty Theme: Harry Gregson-Williams

And yep, the Pokémon song is from the original anime opening.

[dissident93]

Originally Posted by Efendija

Isn't Tetris theme based on Korobeiniki (Russian traditional) so Tanaka can't be really put there?

If the arrangement is based on Tanaka's arrangement, does that qualify for him to be credited?

[Efendija]

Well I hear Korobeiniki in that Loudr preview alright and even if this arrangement is based on Tanaka's arrangement (which I really don't know), he would be the "featured" arranger at best imo, certainly not the composer.

[Myrkul]

That Tetris song have been either uncredited or credited to Tanaka in the database, we have been inconsistent about it.
Personally, i'd agree to credit Tanaka, because he's the one behind the famous arrangement, and all the tracks are based on the Tetris song, not the original traditionnal song.

[_if]

But he isn't really the composer, so it seems wrong to call him that just because all the versions we know are derivative of his. I mean, you wouldn't want someone to think he wrote the tune and the Russians are all singing words someone set to a Hirokazu Tanaka melody. Perhaps a note saying something like "Traditional (Tetris version by Hirokazu Tanaka)" would be best. Don't know if I'd put him in the composer field at the top for that or not, but it wouldn't be unreasonable.

[Efendija]

Didn't really think so much talk will be needed about Korobeiniki.
Poem Коробушка is the original material, the author is known. Shortly after a song Коробейники was written by unknown author(s) aka the melody and that's it. Much later comes the Nintendo version of Tetris and Tanaka's arrangement becomes Theme A. He isn't the composer. The composer is unknown. Tanaka is an arranger of an existing song.

[dissident93]

Originally Posted by Efendija

Didn't really think so much talk will be needed about Korobeiniki.
Poem Коробушка is the original material, the author is known. Shortly after a song Коробейники was written by unknown author(s) aka the melody and that's it. Much later comes the Nintendo version of Tetris and Tanaka's arrangement becomes Theme A. He isn't the composer. The composer is unknown. Tanaka is an arranger of an existing song.

But didn't the Game Boy version have it's own unique arrangement? Especially since it loops and leaves out other parts of the traditional song. I was just wondering if that warranted a Tanaka credit or not. Sure, it's not the best idea to credit Tanaka as a "composer" for that, but this site has a whole bunch of quirks like that haha.

[emuxer]

NNTK...NWTK

[GermanSeabass]

Originally Posted by emuxer

Does this release have a paid license like the Joypad ones or if a self published fan-arrange release has a price, that turns it automatically in a commercial/official release?

Yes, everything is licensed.

Originally Posted by emuxer

Fan arranges with a price, then commercial/official. Official original soundtracks as doujin/self-published, then fan arranges. American localization of a game, then name of the soundtrack release. Unrelated live-action movie with the same name as a game or animation series, then VGMdb entry.

This is beautiful. Can we use this as a categorization litmus test?

[emuxer]

NNTK...NWTK

[Phonograph]

Originally Posted by Foxhack

Yeah, the Pokemon theme is anime only.

which album? which track? which series?
I find curious there is only one anime track (if vgm, could be pokémon ruby/sapphire)

[Lashiec]

Hm, so where do the performer notes come from?

[GermanSeabass]

Originally Posted by Lashiec

Hm, so where do the performer notes come from?

It's up on their website: http://criticalhitband.com/musicians/

[Lashiec]

Yup, saw that earlier, but not all the musicians listed there are included here, so I wanted to know if it's because not all the live musicians participate in the album, or it's just that we simply don't have all of them on the notes.

Plus, it would be cool to have track by track performing credits. Unless this band is so hardcore that it has its three drummers playing all at once

[GermanSeabass]

Originally Posted by Lashiec

three drummers playing all at once

They're pretty hardcore, but that would be fun

I'd love to be able to add track credits (semantically, rather than the notes section). For Critical Hit, let me ask around.

[Kapik]

Originally Posted by GermanSeabass

Sons of Liberty Theme: Harry Gregson-Williams

Technically, it was originally composed by Georgy Sviridov, then arranged by Tappi Iwase, and only then arranged by Harry Gregson-Williams.