Don't take my opinion seriously or feel left out, okay? <3 My categories are:
- Arrangement
- Style
- Production
- Uniqueness
- Love/Magic
ARRANGEMENT: TIE
I-Pie's "Wily Invades Equestria"
This questionably delicious baked good right here gives a clear example of how to make a song with wildly hyperlayered melodies. Chiptunes may sound simple at face value but they can be the most complex pieces you've ever heard in your life. Interrobang Pie pulled practically every trick he had at the time, and it shows. There was even a key change, hot cripes.
Dr. Dissonance's "The Night That Never Ended"
FUCK this was a scary song. Like, I'm running out of steam typing out these paragraphs about how awesome everyone's music is, so forgive me, I'm gonna take a break and come back to this, but I loved your song, man. Also, thanks for helping out with DiffEqs homework hahaha (you too, Fooz~).
STYLE: TIE
PONY SWAG MEGAMIX
OKAY, YEAH, I KNOW, SUPER BIAS, BUT WHATEVER, THIS SHIT WAS LEGIT, MMK? There's even a personal story behind MicTheMicrophoneZero, who is a really awesome man.
SupaSpeedStrut's The Wonderbolts Show
Synth rock to the FUCKING MAXIMUM. This is what I'm talkin' about. I so love this song, man, it's just too hardcore.
PRODUCTION:
Apple Skytree (Aussie Remix)
There is personal bias to this one since I did help advise him in making it. Aussie is not at all the most popular musician on the remix war, by far, but for how hard he works on songs, just watching him slave away at his music for days and days and days, taking each piece of our advice in stride, Aussie holds the production value of his music in very high priority, and for that, he deserves so much more attention than what scrawny bones keep being thrown at him, for real. I cannot compare to Aussie at the all-important production value. Aussie just has that groove like that. Now, about the song, there are many transitions and sections, the chorus is very catchy, it's easily distinguishable from the original, the synths and basses are very unified, and the mixdown (CONFIRMED BY SCI) is 100% maxed out. He went all out. THAT is production.
UNIQUENESS:
Supersaw Hoover's gPrOeWaEtRaFnUdL
The very name strikes fear and joy into many hearts, the anticipation of what is known as the most audacious and awe-inspiring Trixie dedication to the Remix War. It stands out in its own right, amazing in its wild melodic clipping, thrashing in its blazing splendor. When we came and witnessed this event, we weren't neighsayers in the least, because the sheer volume and wildness of the ear rape rocked every boat in the synchtube. It is undoubtedly one of the wildest brony songs we have, and there's nothing... NOTHING... quite like it.
LOVE/MAGIC:
CatMilly's "Trixie Has the Great and Powerful, Anyway"
On top of sci's brilliant implementation of instruments and ChainAlgorithm's uncanny knack for catchy melodies, Cats Billionaire gives a remarkably emotional interpretation of Trixie's internal feelings of inadequacy. Furthermore, she samples a voiceover reading of one of the most personal and emotional stories I ever came across on Ponychan. Apparently, TwilightSpark1e was one of Chain's friends, too, and the sheer coincidence, the simple intentional accident amplified the intrinsic meaning behind the song. I can tell you that I've had my own low feelings of inadequacy, whether that be in my college days or comparing my music to the other amazing and talented musicians in the remix war, from getting sources of inspiration and composition to silly things like subscriber numbers (pfft, what matters is that the ones I have *love* me, ANYWAY). Her song moved me in ways people have never moved me, before, and for that, I can thank her for being so talented, and being one of my best buds. <3 Magic!
If that sounds really biased to y'all (she *did* do a collab with me), then I'm afraid you'll have to deal with it. This is my personal selection. But to satisfy y'all, I *do* have another winner that stands out.
Dethonator + BigMacPony's "Sonic Fireboom"
This was certainly a creative way to collab. It was a mutually competitive composition and the two musicians, each in an ear to the listener, rocked out to the best of their ability, occasionally intertwining in the chorus. It was a brilliant concept, and the application was a very clear display of tenacity.
I'M OUT OF STEAM RIGHT NOW, I'M GONNA EDIT THIS SHIT LATER.