Noteflight is pleased to announce a new composition contest for video game music. With three eminent video game composers on the judging panel, this contest will offer the Noteflight community the challenge of setting a scene from a video game to original music. The winning compositions will be professionally performed and streamed live on the web.
The contest judging will be led by Shota Nakama, the creator and producer of Video Game Orchestra and founder of SoundtRec Boston. Shota is an active user of Noteflight, and an arranger/orchestrator for some of the biggest video game titles such as Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. Shota will be joined by fellow judges Gerard K. Marino (God of War, Spider Man) and Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts, Super Mario RPG, Parasite Eve, etc.).
The Challenge:
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We would like you to compose original music for the following imaginary scene in a video game:
- The main character, the hero, arrives in his village which has been destroyed by monsters.
- He spots the monsters in the process of capturing the villagers. A fierce battle begins.
- Finally, he overcomes the monsters’ evil force and saves his village.
The Details:
- Contest is for Noteflight Crescendo users only. All music must be original.
- Each user can submit up to three scores.
- The music should be no more than 3.5 minutes long.
- Your score should be written for a string ensemble with one staff each for the following five sections: violin I, violin II, viola, cello and contrabass (five staves, except that for extensive divisi additional staves are ok). The total size of the ensemble will be 30-40 players.
- Show us your creativity!
- To enter, share the score with the Noteflight user: “VideoGameContest”.
What’s in it for you:
The top three winning compositions will be performed by a professional ensemble of musicians brought together and conducted by Shota Nakama at the WGBH studios in Boston. The performance will be streamed live on the web!
Grand prize winner will receive their choice of either a Play Station 4 or Xbox 360 console!
Contest ends: January 5, 2015
Best of Luck! We are looking forward to seeing your incredible music. Winners and performance date will be announced mid January – stay tuned!