The RWP

Kowz · #1 30th March 2008, 07:05 AM

Sorry if this is old.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3...3d514c2ns9.jpg

This image was found on a certain someone's myspace recently. Recent, as in, it's only been uploaded within the last month or so, which means that it isn't from Viva Pinata's production.

This doesn't rule out some midi music being in the game, but I'd say it looks to point out that we're in for something nice in the new game.

watkinzez · #2 30th March 2008, 07:38 AM

Devil's advocate- it's from a recording session for Viva Pinata 2. Incidentally, if Grant's working on both that and Banjo, he must have gotten ahold of a time turner or something.

I don't see no one playing the banjo in that picture, anyway.

Shimrod · #3 30th March 2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by watkinzez

Devil's advocate- it's from a recording session for Viva Pinata 2. Incidentally, if Grant's working on both that and Banjo, he must have gotten ahold of a time turner or something.

I don't see no one playing the banjo in that picture, anyway.

Grant this time isn't the only musician working on Banjo. He's sharing the duty with Robin Beanland. Personally, I'm somewhat disappointed about this as I was hoping for as much Kirkhope music as my poor ears can take. Beanland's Banjo Pilot music was not good for a Banjo game I think. Not bad in itself, but it didn't feel anything like the Banjo music we're used to...

As Grant was lamenting about too much work load on his myspace some time ago I can imagine him working on the new Pinata game too. Especially as he seems to be very fond of this music (deservertly so!).

Smouvy · #4 30th March 2008, 10:49 AM

I don't know where, but I believe somewhere was said that Banjo-3 would get orchestrated music... I don't know the truthfactor of that, nor do I know where it was.

watkinzez · #5 30th March 2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Shimrod

Beanland's Banjo Pilot music was not good for a Banjo game I think. Not bad in itself, but it didn't feel anything like the Banjo music we're used to...

Beanland wasn't working on a Banjo game when he composed that music, though. I reckon it'll be seamless when going between songs composed by one and the other, and you probably wouldn't be able to tell unless Rare actually say who did what. Couldn't tell Steve Burke's songs in Viva, either.

And who can forget Barn Boys?

Smouvy · #6 30th March 2008, 01:05 PM

So, now I don't know anymore, did Beanland do the soundtrack to Banjo-Pilot or not? I need to know that to credit him in my gamerip

watkinzez · #7 30th March 2008, 01:15 PM

Both Beanland and Jamie Hughes, going by Moby Games.

ConkerTribe · #8 30th March 2008, 03:53 PM

What I think watkinzez meant was that it was originally Diddy Kong Pilot, and once it switched over to Banjo, the music carried over and pretty much changed the vibe of the game.

Not that I know for sure as I never played it.

Tanjo · #9 30th March 2008, 07:25 PM

Yes. It's basically DKP with banjo characters (Unfortunately)

Shimrod · #10 30th March 2008, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by watkinzez

Beanland wasn't working on a Banjo game when he composed that music, though. I reckon it'll be seamless when going between songs composed by one and the other, and you probably wouldn't be able to tell unless Rare actually say who did what. Couldn't tell Steve Burke's songs in Viva, either.

And who can forget Barn Boys?

Steve Burke isn't credited for any Pinata music as far as I can see. If he did any it's probably one of the mating songs that simply immitate known musical pieces.
I bet that he did *not* compose any of the classical English sounding 'garden music'. They all sound very much like Kirkhope in his strongest Vaughan Williams
mood.

watkinzez · #11 30th March 2008, 09:46 PM

Yeah, the romance dances. The point was to show the unifying theme between musicians, regardless.

Citizen · #12 31st March 2008, 12:44 AM

What exactly is orchestrated music? If its not that then what else is there?

dmoss · #13 31st March 2008, 12:47 AM

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What exactly is orchestrated music? If its not that then what else is there?

Most of the time, music isn't orchestrated [played live, with instruments] for video games, unless it happens to be a very relevant game, with a big budget. Otherwise, there is another type of music-making, which uses MIDI. These can be created by either playing electric look-a-likes of instruments, which are hooked-up to computers, or by inputting every bit of music into a computer by finger, which can be pain-staking.

I think that covers it.

watkinzez · #14 31st March 2008, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Citizen

What exactly is orchestrated music? If its not that then what else is there?

Music written for orchestra. So many people use the term incorrectly when referring to game music..

Citizen · #15 31st March 2008, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dmoss

Most of the time, music isn't orchestrated [played live, with instruments] for video games, unless it happens to be a very relevant game, with a big budget. Otherwise, there is another type of music-making, which uses MIDI. These can be created by either playing electric look-a-likes of instruments, which are hooked-up to computers, or by inputting every bit of music into a computer by finger, which can be pain-staking.

I think that covers it.

I understand now.

I love the music from the games and anything is OK as long as its the same style.