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Refkinson - Moonlight Sonata


Date Submitted

07/20/2004 | 03:57AM EDT

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Classical Song | 2.7 MB | 3 min 1 sec

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3.24 / 5.00

Score Rank: #37,161
Popularity Rank: #2,191

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Remake of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata - with bass and violin accompanying.

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Average Score: 7.6 / 10

Score: 1
WisconsinKnight

"how can you screw up moonlight sonata?"

date: October 11, 2006

but you, evedently found a way. By adding the rest of the orcustra, you also murder the song. The true song is in the piano! Not anything else, just the paino. I suggest you redo it if you want to make anything good

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Score: 10
Ai-Aura

"ASS KICKIN"

date: April 29, 2006

I'm Just learning how to play the piece but I heard it and man you made me happy ^_^

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Score: 6
Endos

"Okay you used Reason, so I'll go a little hard..."

by: Endos
date: March 28, 2005

Your performance was fine, as it should be with Reason. I'm not sure if you played it on the keyboard, which is the most likely case, or plotted it out on a midi map, which is much less likely, but it's good either way. My critique is in the area of the mix. It's hard to put it into words so here is my attempt; it sounds muddy; the high end and/or the trebble is up too much, and all the instruments share too much of the same frequencies. They don't seem to be that diverse. Try mixing your instruments differently so they are optimized in the frequencies that they are supposed to fill, without warping it too far from its original sound. Just get it smooth and play with the volume levels. Try duplicating a track or trippling it so it sounds stronger, without being louder. Also, I believe you have a cello playing in the song, not a bass.

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Score: 8
sesenkodude

"Good Remake"

date: March 25, 2005

This is a very good remake of the Moonlight Sonata, though it's actually quite easy to play it yourself (given you have at least 2 years of piano down and good). Maybe you should get a high quality recording of the song and see where the dynamics change so that you make it much more dramatic. If you listen to it enough times, you can use some program like Screenblast Acid or something along those lines to dim parts and accentuate others.

The song itself is supposed to be very, VERY solemn, and I know that it's extremely difficult to portray this by playing it (let alone using a computer program).

Anyways, the song could be a bit clearer (the strings sound waay too tinny compared to what good violins produce), and there are spots that I can pick on forever. But since only n00bs do that, I won't.

Good job, and if you someday feel ambitious... try the third movement... *evil laugh* (you'd need over 8 years of training to even touch that).

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Score: 7
TBlade87

"Great Remix"

date: March 14, 2005

Its sounded really crisp. It's one of my favorite Classics and you did a good job with the remix. I like the Added Instramentals. I could see this in the higher class movies. Keep the music flowing.

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