Originally Posted by MI7
It's a rearrangement  . Not a remix. Despite the bassline and melody being in there, it *isn't* the original theme 'with bits'. The bassline actually fades out after the bassline intro and isn't present for the rest of the theme, whereas the hisses and flows from the original theme aren't present at all.
Murray added so much of his own such as the snares, string arrangements, brass and sound effects. I know you don't want this to be an argument, but I would always contend that the Gold theme is a totally new arrangement and not a "remix" at all. |
How can it be totally new when he's had to incorporate someone else's work? I understand what you're both saying about the quantity of new material in Gold's mix making it more than a remix — I agree. I used his theme as an example because due to the project's requirements, he had to
incorporate someone else's work, whereas with David Arnold, he didn't.
In any case, what I really wanted to know was this:
Originally Posted by The Moonlit Door
Has anyone here attempted a totally original arrangement of the theme? Did it work out, or did earlier themes influence the sound too much?
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