We threw down the gauntlet, challenging you to remix Bear McCreary’s soundtrack masterpiece, Theme from Dark Void. A few brave souls answered our call with their interpretation of the track, but Everett, WA producer Jesse G (aka Main Finger) took home the Grand Prize:
- One (1) Native Instruments TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO system
- One (1) Native Instruments MASCHINE Groove Production Studio
- One (1) Olympus LS-11 Digital Audio Recorder
Check the winner remix :
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THEME FROM DARK VOID (MAIN FINGER REMIX)
But the winner wasn’t selected without scrupulous review. After narrowing down the entries to a choice few finalists, we threw the best over to Bear McCreary for his professional judgment on selecting Jesse G as the Grand Prize winner:
From the desk of Bear McCreary:
Picking a winner in the Dark Void Remix Contest was not an easy task because there were so many remarkable and worthy entries. After carefully listening to the finalists, I think the prize belongs to the Main Finger Remix.
The Main Finger Remix, like the best of the entries, cleverly combined elements of my track with original material to forge a new musical identity. However, it managed to structure these disparate musical puzzle pieces into a form that flows like a good song. This piece never stays the same long enough to get boring and it never changes so radically that it feels like a montage of unrelated ideas. And there are some fantastic ideas here: the shuffle groove cut up from my taiko riff, the simple sine wave synth lines that bring to mind the 8-bit stylings of my own “Dark Void Theme (Mega Version),” the heavy-rock bridge featuring acoustic drums and electric guitar and the re-harmonization of the melody at the end of the piece, among others. I especially appreciate the restraint on display in allowing the melody to rest cleanly atop the driving remix elements, giving the listener the melody to listen to. I know I’m biased because I wrote that melody, but still … its fun to listen to it in such a new context!
While many of the submissions resulted in intense beats, The Main Finger Remix struck the perfect balance between remix originality and good ol’ fashioned musicality. This is a piece of music I want to keep listening to. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m putting this thing on my iPod right now!
An enthusiastic thank you goes out to all our contestants, partners and sponsors. It was obvious that a lot of hard work and sweat went into these remixes. Congratulations again to Jesse G … enjoy your 15 minutes in The Void!
- The Dark Void Team
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