I’d absolutely love to participate in this competition. It’s just a shame it’s only open to people in the US. Sometimes it really sucks living in England, all the best competitions – or at least the ones I wanna do – are US only. *grumbles*

Great news about the soundtrack though. Can’t wait to get my hands on it. It’s one thing I love about your soundtrack CDs, they’re always crammed full of music.

Left by jonathondezlalour on November 21st, 2009

I’m not a legal US citizen, so good luck to the participants, I’ll listen to all tracks posted here :-).

Left by Wanderlust on November 21st, 2009

Just realised that we can still download the stuff. I might have a go at this anyway, even though we can’t enter from outside the US. Should be a lot of fun. No idea what I’ll do with it though, but I’m gonna have a go.

Left by jonathondezlalour on November 21st, 2009

While I probably won’t have time to enter in time for the deadline(Due to Final Exams), this seems like such a fun project I might just do it anyway!

Left by Duckey on November 21st, 2009

Sweet! I’ll take a look.

BTW any eta on the release of the DV soundtrack?

Left by musicpaladin2007 on November 21st, 2009

Yeah, a bummer about the US residency requirement, but oh well. Maybe I’ll take a look at the assets anyways, should be interesting.

Left by Mika on November 21st, 2009

I’d love to get in on this, but I don’t think I have enough time, but this is pretty frakkin’ cool.

Left by Jonny Boy on November 21st, 2009

I suspect I’ll have little skill at this sort of thing but I’ll try anyway ;)

Should we expect another Dark Delicacies signing?

Left by cory on November 21st, 2009

Sheesh, I’ve been listening to the main theme all day. Its ridiculously good! I’ve got to say…..I think the album will be on par with any Galactica album, if not better.

I can’t frakin wait!

Left by Duckey on November 21st, 2009

That’s cool that it’s still downloadable for us outside the US types. I’ve never messed around with remixing before, but I expect I might loose many hours in a vortex of “What if it sounded like THIS??” :)

Sites have contests all the time, but few contests let you play around with a music composition, and fewer blogs exist where the composer says, he’ll help you out.

I expect lots of musical goodness here!

Left by plainsong on November 22nd, 2009

Hi Bear,

I’m from Europe and so not able to take part in the official contest.

Nevertheless i did a Remix just for you and the blog readers.
(You should have a price for the best Non US entry ;) )

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJUicC_ejc8

Left by Fedragal on November 22nd, 2009

You know, it would be pretty interesting to take a look at a general midi rendition of this track as well.

Left by Mika on November 22nd, 2009

Okay… I’ve been working on this for a few days now and it’s by no means finished.

My 231109 WIP mix.

http://www.4shared.com/file/157917295/6b4d5fd0/Dark_Void__231109_WIP_Mix_.html

Left by jonathondezlalour on November 23rd, 2009

Anyone else playing around with their own version of “Love theme from Dark Void?”

@jonathondezlalour – Awesome!

Also some love for @Fedragal with his brass band intro to Dark Void. :)

What I can’t get out of my head is how this might (or not) match with Assault on the Colony. I keep humming that, and then the melody line from this Hero theme on top of it – which in reality would be ridiculous, but is funny nonetheless.

Left by plainsong on November 24th, 2009

I’m just curious, is there any chance you’ll upload any sheet music? I personally find that easier to work from than audio files…

Left by bwinrich on November 24th, 2009

Hey Guys,

I redid most of the transitions and changed a tiny bit in the middle (harmonies). The track got better.

Check it out:
http://www.4shared.com/file/158975780/d7f61537/DarkVoidRemixNEW.html

@jonathondezlalour Nice work

@Bear With the redone transitions my remix has a better flow now. What do you think?

Left by Fedragal on November 24th, 2009

There’s a reason for that. I loved the groove from Dark Void so much that I lovingly borrowed it for “Assault on the Colony.” They are basically the same idea. :)

Which section was it? For some reason, whenever I hear the DV track I zero in on the percussion and it seemed so familiar. Is that it?

Left by Macker on November 25th, 2009

It’s mainly the string and percussion groove, the triplet pattern that starts as soon as Galactica FTL’s to the colony.

Left by musicpaladin2007 on November 26th, 2009

By the way, Bear, I hope you have a fantastic Thanksgiving with lots of yummy food :-)

Left by musicpaladin2007 on November 26th, 2009

Huhu!
This is a very cool contest, so i have to come up with at last something.
(But keep in mind i´m 21 years old and from Germany so… can´t enter too grrrr)

But it looks fun :3

Here are my 30 first seconds!
http://www.4shared.com/file/162141765/3771fb71/Dark_Void_Remix_Contest_First_.html

Made a lot by myselfe… strings, cymbal, vibraphone, brass etc. Unfortunally i haven´t one of those big “Orchester Libraries”, just Halion Symphonic Orchestra and a bit of Kirk Hunter but i hope i till work.

:) Thank you for this awesome pice of musik!

-Simon

Left by MA-Simon on November 29th, 2009

Wow, I got to say this is one *awesome* contest. A real shame it’s US only. Still, I’m up for the challenge, though, just for fun’s sake.

So far, this is a very unpolished mashup. The overall buildup and transitions are different, and I’ve also added choirs. I also redid most of the strings to get the passages I wanted. One exception is the passage between 1′00” – 1′30”, where I used Bear’s strings and doubled with custom brass samples.

http://arildtvergrov.no/darkvoid.wma

I hope you guys enjoy it. :) Any ideas on how to improve the piece?

Left by ArildWT on November 30th, 2009

Curses be to the code magicians.

Left by Mika on December 1st, 2009

Here is my version, sorry it contains the original since I was letting a friend of mind compare the original to my mix. So here it is, enjoy it guys.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EN5UEAOO

Left by RuthlessGravity on December 2nd, 2009

Sorry Bear, apparently Megaupload is acting wierd today, and the links should be up again but I will send a new link through rapidshare.

http://rapidshare.com/files/315474599/Into_The_Void.rar.html

Left by RuthlessGravity on December 2nd, 2009

Thanks Bear, yeah I didn’t want to stress too much on the electronics, I had a fear that it was going to ruin the orchestration so I put the electronics in the background and made them a bit quiet.

Left by RuthlessGravity on December 2nd, 2009

Unfortunately I don’t have time for this contest, but have you considered doing a similar BSG contest? I know there was some talk about using BSG material in a contest context earlier – this could be an awesome type of thing to do. Something like ‘do a remix / rearrangement of any BSG theme’ or something, either sampled or from scratch. There wouldn’t even have to be prizes, as far as I’m concerned. Anyway, could be cool to consider.

Left by Boreez on December 6th, 2009

Dear Bear,

Playing around with BSG music would be, for me a dream come true. I have always wanted to mix it up as to make a track that can be used to skate to, but that’s difficult if you only have your final mixes. So yes please, give us something to play with from BSG.

I would love to get my hands on something containing ‘The Shape of things to come’ in it, or ‘Prelude to War’.

Skating_Lientje

Left by Skating_Lientje on December 6th, 2009

Hi Bear!
I am a web developer by trade, and a musician by heart, so this is a very cool thing you’ve done to participate in the contest in this way. Thank you so much for your time, man. You are so cool.

And I am very excited.

So I tried working with the drums and strings. At first I was playing along with the music to learn the song and get acquainted with the parts that stood out as it’s “essence”. Something you wrote in the responses and I agreed with was “Yeh the point here is not to redo the orchestral track – it’s a remix” … So I used just the strings track, some drum loops and sidechaining, and voila.

As such a fan of your music, whatever you have to say about it will be taken straight to the music, so don’t hesitate to say whatever comes to mind. Just – I don’t want you to worry that you need to worry about hurting my feelings – I just want wisdom straight from the mind of the Bear!

Just … thanks so much Bear!!

As far as how your work has inspired countless hearts and minds, I have also put a track on after the remix that your percussion style definitely influenced.

So cheers man, hope you are doing great!
- Ken

MUSIC @ http://www.myspace.com/kennethcaple

Left by califken on December 6th, 2009

I should clarify “some drum loops”, “My drum loops” – I build and sell loops, so I have hundreds and hundreds that I’ve made “lying around”. Thus – “some” drum loops. :D

Cheers.

Left by califken on December 6th, 2009

Sure thing man! msg me @ califken at gmail and i will throw it on over. thx! and I will actually try the triplet-meter on the drums and see how it feels. Thanks again Bear!

Left by califken on December 6th, 2009

I don’t live in the US so I can’t enter the competition. But I was still tempted to try to make a remix and this is what I came up with. Although, I’m not sure if I should call it a remix or “heavily inspired” or something in between since I don’t use any of the provided elements and I can’t actually hear what notes I should use. So instead of trying to make it sound like a remixed version of the original song, I went in a completely different direction and tried to keep what I think are they key elements of the original version. I tried to make it so that there’s always something happening and you never really get used to the song. Again, it’s a little bit different but some of you might like it. It starts up soft and then builds up all the way to the end.

http://www.4shared.com/file/168709910/40d9864f/Lobstar_-_Dark_Void_Remix.html

Left by Rspeedy on December 9th, 2009

Here is my piece…still need to edit it (just trying to squeeze in the time) – enjoy!

http://drasticmusic.com/samples/dark.mp3

Left by drasko_v on December 9th, 2009

Hi Bear, thanks for the notes, much appreciated! Definitely agree with you – but the 5 mb upload limit doesn’t give much room for breathing :))) – This was the only way of squeezing all idea pieces into one piece. Might do a longer edit for you with the grooves. Thanks again, D

Left by drasko_v on December 9th, 2009

Yes, my export was 320kbps – maybe you will be treated with longer grooves after all :)

Thanks again, ciao!

D

Left by drasko_v on December 9th, 2009

When I posted my remix, I said that I had spent some time learning the “essence” of the song. So in my case that means playing the keys, arrangements, Reason and Logic. I am not sure if it will be easy to recognize how exactly things were translated over, the one thing is that it mostly revolves around the themes that happen in the original track 0:00-0:15 (the builds) and 0:30 – 0:40 (the main theme?).

It’s essentially just an array of ideas, a scratchpad of musical notes trying to derive a new essence.

it’s DARK VOID Remix …? 3rd item in my playlist http://myspace.com/kennethcaple

Perhaps there’s a good idea in there somewhere. Cheers!!
Ken

Left by califken on December 10th, 2009

drasko_v..

Awesome remix, think you’re gonna rank pretty high with that one! :)

I wasn’t aware of this contest until a couple of days ago. But I live outside the USA, so doesn’t really matter. I did throw together a little something last night though, just for fun. :P

http://www.skinnyt.com/media/dark_void_2.mp3

Left by Tom on December 10th, 2009

Tom – thanks for the kind words! Cool vibes on your remix also , good luck!

D

Left by drasko_v on December 10th, 2009

Thanks A lot Bear! This opportunity is out of this world and thanks for putting out an “extra” effort to make sure we get the best remixes possible out there!

My remix of Hero’s Flight can be found here

http://www.myspace.com/ebbsflows

if you have any feedback it is greatly appreciated. I am also having problems uploading the track to the website. If there is any other way to remedy this then it would be a major help but just being able to work with your music was awesome! Thanks again for the opportunity and I love your work.

Brandon (ebbsflows)

Left by Bmauld48 on December 14th, 2009

Finito!
http://drasticmusic.com/samples/dark.mp3

All the remixes are very creative, great job everyone, good luck!

Drasko

Left by drasko_v on December 14th, 2009

“I’m going to do something like this again next year.”

Good! Sad to say I’ve just had so much going on that I just haven’t had time to jump into this one like I did with the web design competition (I’ve had some other projects that I’ve been working on the last few weeks), but I’ll try my hand at future contests :-)

I will tell you though that I took up a personal dare and I’m attempting to transcribe The Signal (From BSG: Revelations). For now I’m starting with the real orchestral arrangement. I thought the hard part would be the rhythms, but honestly the hard part has been some of the weird chord clusters you have, and the way the chords layer and crescendo in and out. I’ve had to fudge a few of them and I honestly wonder how close I really am.

Left by musicpaladin2007 on December 14th, 2009

I was in the same boat as musicpaladin2007, however the web design contest also fell at a bad time with me. I don’t think I’d have a chance at all with this one though, but I’m glad to know you plan on doing something like it again. Its a really cool competition and another way to show appreciation to your fans. Thanks Bear!

I’m looking forward to hearing the winner’s remix! Good luck to everyone who entered!

Left by MattH on December 15th, 2009

Hi Bear – I don’t think I entered my e mail in the info box when submitting the track – here it is just in case: drasko@drasticmusic.com

Thank you!

D

Left by drasko_v on December 17th, 2009