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Spitfire Westworld - Winner Announced!

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Eptesicus said:
This is a very bad analogy. Donald won because 40% of America need their heads examining and are terrible, terrible judges of character.

It says the opposite of what you are trying to say :P
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I think that you people should respect this competition and the people involved more than this. By changing it to political kindergarten smackdown guarantees that everyone will be on the losing side. And personally I think it is a bad decision to tell people to get their heads examined for their views - no matter who is supporting who. Even if joking.

We can be better than this.

My two cents. Have a great Sunday everyone.
 
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Diego G said:
I get the message that it's important to stand out and to be bold, but I can't shake the feeling that if I had done this on a real world project, I would have been fired XD
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You would have only attempted something like this on a real gig if you had been briefed by the director that they wanted something really outlandish and an obvious play against the scene.

Personally, I get the ‘being different’ angle standing out in the winners composition,
I just don’t think it was executed particularly well. The chip tune element was a pretty basic attempt at that genre (both in its sound design and underscoring) and likewise for the Orchestral elements.

The two felt very separate for me, and the way the composition moved between them seemed inelegant. Production was average.

So whilst I respect the judges wanted to go for something ‘different’, it seemed this entry won simply because it was quite jarring, not because it was executed particularly well.

(Didn’t enter myself btw, so this is not sour grapes)
 
Too be honest, I've been a little bit sad and dissapointed in the completely undeserved shitstorm Dave and the people at Spitfire are getting. I'm glad that at least a bigger proportion of the people are seeming to give more respectful and appreciative comments here at VI-C. I mean, you don't have to agree.. but keep it civil man.

People claiming that it would never have been picked by a director when the final judgement came from the showrunners is just beyond me. I do hope for them that they see the light when their dissapointment has faded, if they have any ambitions to survive in the industry.

That being said, I'm just gonna go ahead and congratulate David. I loved his entry. And thank you Spitfire for an amazing competition. Don't let it get to you too much guys. Honestly!
 
Imagine somebody else did the mario score! but the other won? That wld be the ultimate butt hurt! 😂🤣😂 I wld pay to see a thread stand off of 8-bit composers arguing whose was better.
 
FinGael said:
I think that you people should respect this competition and the people involved more than this. By changing it to political kindergarten smackdown guarantees that everyone will be on the losing side. And personally I think it is a bad decision to tell people to get their heads examined for their views - no matter who is supporting who. Even if joking.

We can be better than this.

My two cents. Have a great Sunday everyone.
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I wasn't the one to compare it to politics.
 
Sjoerd Visser said:
Too be honest, I've been a little bit sad and dissapointed in the completely undeserved shitstorm Dave and the people at Spitfire are getting. I'm glad that at least a bigger proportion of the people are seeming to give more respectful and appreciative comments here at VI-C. I mean, you don't have to agree.. but keep it civil man.

People claiming that it would never have been picked by a director when the final judgement came from the showrunners is just beyond me. I do hope for them that they see the light when their dissapointment has faded, if they have any ambitions to survive in the industry.

That being said, I'm just gonna go ahead and congratulate David. I loved his entry. And thank you Spitfire for an amazing competition. Don't let it get to you too much guys. Honestly!
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Pls don’t feel sad, if it’s getting to you, don’t feel you can’t pick the phone up and call. Just pm’d me.
 
SamC said:
David was smart in recognising what would stand out in a competition of 11,000 and not an actual score requested by a director.
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I disagree.

David made it clear in one of his other posts that he did not listen to any of the other entries, so how would he have known "what would stand out?"
 
actually im offering a help line for anyone who has a stinging forte pain around the crack..don’t despair, message me we can talk it through.
 
Eptesicus said:
I wasn't the one to compare it to politics.
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I was speaking generally to everyone (except the getting heads checked - part). There is a good reason the political sub forum exists; I think we all know where it leads if the Pandora's Box o' Chocolada is being opened elsewhere.

And all good. I haven't taken anything personally. Cheers.
 
FinGael said:
I was speaking generally to everyone (except the getting heads checked - part). There is a good reason the political sub forum exist; we all know where it lead if the Pandora's box is being opened elsewhere.

And all good. I haven't taken anything personally. Cheers.
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No I agree. I was just pointimg out how i thought it was a bad analogy.

The last thing we really need is for politics to be brought into it :P
 
synkrotron said:
I disagree.

David made it clear in one of his other posts that he did not listen to any of the other entries, so how would he have known "what would stand out?"
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So what are you suggesting? You don’t have to listen to the entries. One watch of the scene and you can guess which way the general consensus will swing - String ostinatos and big percussion. It’s a chase scene. That was a huge percentage of entries.

I’m sure intuitively he at least knew that not a lot of people were going to do a hybrid chiptune score! You know when you’re taking risks and when you’re playing it safe, I’m sure David knew he was taking a creative risk and he was rewarded for it.
 
I’m surprised so many people went for the generic action movie tropes. It’s obvious that’s kind of a waste of time in a competition scenario. And to compare this to a real world gig is also a mistake.

I’m still absolutely fuming my rusty gate competition entry did not win top prize...it’s an absolute travesty I tells ya! 😉
 
Zedcars said:
I’m surprised so many people went for the generic action movie tropes. It’s obvious that’s kind of a waste of time in a competition scenario. And to compare this to a real world gig is also a mistake.

I’m still absolutely fuming my rusty gate competition entry did not win top prize...it’s an absolute travesty I tells ya! 😉
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Maybe your braaams were outdated? It is easily fixed by buying some more recent libraries :2thumbs:
 
Marketing experience gone terribly wrong. Rather than attracting thousands of potential customers it pissed them off. Will need some new clever marketing to straighten that out. I’m sure they will figure it out.
 
When I first heard the winning entry, it definitely caught me off guard. While I personally wouldn't have picked it myself, it doesn't take away from it's value as a piece of music and I think as a composition it does a unique and great job at making itself a cohesive piece of music. Loved how the main theme was used and developed throughout the score and how it was transformed as the scene went on. Sure, some parts were a little much for me, but that's more personal taste. As someone who has never watched Westworld, I did some research and based off what I understood about the premise of the episode this scene came from, it certainly played well in the direction in what I believe the director/producer might be looking for. They used the Love Story theme for crying out loud haha! Brilliant. Those YouTube comments though . . . Yikes. Anyways, as someone watching from the sidelines, it was fun to watch and congrats to all the winners!
 
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