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Here's the description of my piece "Shakedown Time"

It's pretty lengthy with its 6 minutes, It's my take on the Halo universe, inspired by the original soundtrack, not by its melodies (which are awesome don't get me wrong), but rather by its overall mood generated by the instruments that are being used and style of playing. This is supposed to be like the song which has all the themes of the soundtrack in there, John Williams and Hans Zimmer often uses the kind of technique where they puts all the themes they used troughout the movie in one big epic song, which is often the longest on the soundtrack. (not that my song compares to their compositions, but just to give you guys an idea why it's so long)

What follows is a description of what goes on in there instrumentalwise, and is probably pretty lousy just to read it by itself:D

Go here: http://www.4shared.com/dir/468559/ad248014/sharing.html

Be aware that the volume of the mp3 is quite low, I couldn't quite get it up to the right level. I made it with my keyboard and Cubase.

Although the beginning of the piece has a sort of apocalyptic feel to it, with only a choir and a piano to set the tone, there is overall feeling of revenge (let's face it, the Covenant pretty much thrashed the planet already) as well as hope troughout the song. Gradually the tension is built up as more instruments come and join in. First the horns, followed by the strings who take on the weight of the song as they accompany a duel between horns and choir (with some piano and harp backing up the latter). The volume continues to swell as the lead violins and flutes join the fight, duelling trough contrasting contrasting melodies. They converge in a theme which is the first real "hero tune" of the song. As the piano comes in again the tension is risen to it's utter peak, with a single violin taking the deep breath before the plunge.
Then it's main theme time, the second "hero theme"which has been hintend troughout the piece, played multiple times in stark contrast a piano/choir interlude that is followed by the very final build up to the complete theme, which ends brutally, just like Halo 2, or the trailer of Halo 3 for that matter, (hopefully) leaving you wanting more. Hungry to finish the fight of all fights. Hence Shakedown Time, A Max Payne quote, a part of it anyway.

[Edited on 6/5/2006]

  • 06.05.2006 11:49 AM PDT

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One last reminder. This contest will end tonight at 12 AM pacific time aka Bungie time. Make sure you have all the entries submited before 12 because anything after will not be accepted.

  • 06.05.2006 6:05 PM PDT
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Posted by: ODST1125
One last reminder. This contest will end tonight at 12 AM pacific time aka Bungie time. Make sure you have all the entries submited before 12 because anything after will not be accepted.


I thought it ended this morning (12AM June 5), yes? Hence my dismay when I woke up this morning to my a message from my moronic mail server saying it got my message but failed to deliver it for unknown reasons. :)

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  • 06.05.2006 6:12 PM PDT

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Like I stated above and several other times.....Pacific Time aka Bungie Time is what we're going by.

  • 06.05.2006 6:54 PM PDT
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so wait, this isnt over yet is it?

  • 06.05.2006 7:46 PM PDT
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Posted by: dJbLur
so wait, this isnt over yet is it?

I don't think so. ODST's expiration date and time aren't that clear though.

According to what he says, it's June 5, 2006 at 12 AM Pacific Time... from what I can tell, it's already passed. But I think he got something wrong there if the contest is still supposedly open.

Hell, even I'm confused right now.

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  • 06.05.2006 8:09 PM PDT
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yea i think he meant 12 am pacific june SIX not 5....least i hope so lol

what time is it pacific right now?

  • 06.05.2006 8:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: dJbLur
what time is it pacific right now?


See your post time. 8:41pm now. Eastern time minus 3 hours.

ODST1125 it would make me more comfortable if you'd communicate to your fellow organizers that you meant tonight, because based on the previous page, Prophet thinks it's over.

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  • 06.05.2006 8:42 PM PDT
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Welp, just mailed the email with my soundclick link. Yay.

  • 06.05.2006 9:35 PM PDT

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Chairleg Productions presents: 'Console Wars' and 'Games as Art?' (also on Halo Waypoint).

Ugh, i think i'm right, he's wrong. No matter, it's certainly over now.

  • 06.06.2006 2:48 AM PDT
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when and how will we find out the contest results, and will every entry be viewable at viewers' will?

  • 06.06.2006 10:26 AM PDT

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Heh, sorry for the confusion I guess. I have been really busy recently so posting comments is a hard thing to do for me. The contest is over and i'll submit a news article with the results in the next few days. For your second question, i'll let the judges make that decision.

  • 06.06.2006 11:24 AM PDT
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Damnit, I finished my song forever ago. It's 1:15 long, and it's something that I think I can be pretty proud of with my experience. BUT I never found a way to convert it to the right format. I'm still trying to figure this out, even though the contest is over. I just want people to hear it!

By the way, if you do post all submissions, could I send mine in a few days late to at least be included?

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  • 06.06.2006 4:45 PM PDT
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Damnit, I finished my song forever ago. It's 1:15 long, and it's something that I think I can be pretty proud of with my experience. BUT I never found a way to convert it to the right format. I'm still trying to figure this out, even though the contest is over. I just want people to hear it!

By the way, if you do post all submissions, could I send mine in a few days late to at least be included?

If it's real kickass, then it could get an honorable mention of some sort... but you have no chance of winning any prize since the contest is already over.

  • 06.06.2006 5:47 PM PDT
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Um, I saw the post with the winners, but how can we listen to their music?

  • 06.10.2006 7:36 PM PDT
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Gongratulations to the winner and runner-ups. Too bad I wasn't among them. Better luck next time =).


Not that the honorable mention means nothing to me btw.


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  • 06.11.2006 1:17 AM PDT
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My friend, you would not tell with ſuch high zeſt
To children ardent for ſome deſperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum eſt
Pro patria mori.

Ooh, second place. Nice!

By the way Collective Contest Runners, I can host three or four of the entries if you want. Unlimited bandwidth should hold up. Just gimme a shout.

  • 06.11.2006 5:28 AM PDT
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Congrats to those who won ^-^ And yes, I would like to be able to hear at least the winning songs if it's possible.

  • 06.11.2006 6:45 AM PDT

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Chairleg Productions presents: 'Console Wars' and 'Games as Art?' (also on Halo Waypoint).

Right. You can expect a new thread to be posted up here very soon with more information, links to hosted pieces and everything else you could possibly need. Since i know nothing else at the moment in time, i cannot be more specific.

Oh and I was very limited on the news story and this is why i could not put in everything i wanted to.

Sit tight and check up on HBO and The Septagon for more information and hosted pieces.

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  • 06.11.2006 7:59 AM PDT
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I liked the winning piece, and I know there is still room for improvement on my part (I didnt make 1st, 2nd, or 3rd, or even the recognitions). I'm open to some feedback, so for the organizers who made the contest, I'm open to suggestions on how to make my piece better and more suitable as a "bungie theme".

I'm also curious: How many submissions were there altogether?

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  • 06.11.2006 8:58 AM PDT

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I'm going to make a post reguarding this contest either today or tomorrow. I'll have the top three submissions posted and then some of the honorable mention ones too. Thanks for everyone who entered and also for their patience for this was not an easy contest to run.

  • 06.11.2006 11:18 AM PDT

I must have missed the post...where exactly are all the winners and such posted?

  • 06.15.2006 12:56 PM PDT
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  • 06.15.2006 12:59 PM PDT