More than a year ago, Wolf_ initiated
this forum topic on our active
MSX Forum, discussing whether or not it would be nice to re-arrange classic tunes originally composed by members of the MSX Community. It took a while, but gradually people became more enthusiastic about the concept, and the idea to make a challenge out of it arose. So, due to popular demand here it is: the MRC Scene Music Remake Challenge. Apart from that, anything goes!
What's the deal? Well... between now and February 5th, 2006, you can join this challenge by sending in one or more remakes of MSX Scene tunes composed on any equipment you like. You can use original MSX audio chips (PSG/SCC/MSX-MUSIC etc.), but are also allowed to use every synthesizer, piano, guitar or any other instrument you can get your hands on. Just as long as you re-arrange a song which was originally composed by a member of the MSX Community. This means that remakes of songs originally featured in commercially released MSX games, as well as remixes of scene tunes, can not compete in this challenge. Furthermore, you are not allowed to remake songs you have once written yourself.
Of course, you can win a nice prize by joining this challenge, being an MSX T-shirt or a chiptune CD composed by BeepBoy from Japan. You can send your finished entries in mp3 format (192kbps preferred) to
smr@msx.org. Please do include a small description on the equipment you used and how you created the remake. The challenge is opened until February 5th, 23:59 CET. Happy composing!
