This Is Halloween

[YdocNameloc]

hey guys, this is it. The project was absolutely huge and the most difficult thing I've ever mixed. As a result there are some portions of the song that aren't that great, but for the complexity of the project...I'm happy with how things turned out. The ghosts were the last part I mixed and I just sorta was ready to be done, so if you can understand "in our town of Halloween"...umm...sorry?

W-Casting Productions: This is Halloween (http://www.groupnetwork.com/~Wcasting/ThisIsHalloween.mp3)
2.73mb : 3 minutes long : MP3 format


Cast (no particular order)t:

Shadow: Thomas
Creature Under the Bed: Cassie
Siamese Shadow: Nikki
Man Under the Stairs: Thomas
Harlequin Demon: Akerin
Werewolf: Edwyn
Melting Man: YdocNameloc
Spooky Tree: Matt Cruea
Clown: YdocNameloc
The Wind: Nanuri
Oogie Boogie: Matt Cruea
Pumpkin Patch Chorus: YdocNameloc, Nikki, Regan Cerato
Ghosts: Regan Cerato, YdocNameloc
Corpse Chorus: YdocNameloc, Sadsiren, Pretty Little Me, Nanuri, Thomas
Vampires : Toko, YdocNameloc, Matt Cruea
Witches : Cassie, Regan Cerato
Child Corpse Trio: Cassie, Toko, Akerin
Mayor: Ben



W-Casting Productions (http://www.groupnetwork.com/~Wcasting)

[Amakasu Toko]

wow, this turned out great :D
im glad my voice didnt stand out too much in the song, as i was worried that it didnt match x.x;;; anyhoo~ ydoc, this is really good mixing for such precise timing and whatnot (since i cant mix for beans...) and I look forward to seeing more projects from ya :D :D :D!

[Chinomi]

This is the most original thing EVER XD!!!
I bet the Nightmare Before Christmas fans are drooling right now, I know I sure am =D

[Edwyn]

Very well done! Ensemble songs are terribly difficult to pull off without having the entire cast together in a single room, but you mixed this admirably with the wide range of voices you got. Some of the timing and pitch felt a little off to me, but I guess there's little you can do when everyone's working with their most comfortable voice, which will most likely be a different pitch to someone else.

Anyway, good job everyone. And yeah, I'm also glad my voice disappeared under everyone elses. XD

[Broken Angel Tima]

I would have thought that a karaoke/ripped mp3 would be nicer..

Also, I think it would have been nicer if -everyone- sang in character, because those who did sounded brilliant, while those who didn't just sounded.. Odd. I mean, it sounded like some people could have added a bit of effort and at the beginning there's no character xX Also, a lot of people don't fit their character.

But, that aside.. I thought that the mixing, considering how hard this would be - was absolutely fantastic. It got a little sketchy near-ish to the end, but that's understandable and really I thought that it was a brilliant job well-done.

Ignoring my earlier comments - I enjoyed it.

[danyata]

I always find that listening to other people sing like this a tad embarrassing for some reason ^^;; So I don't normally, but I listened to this and feel compelled to review.

The MIDI wasn't very nice to listen to, but given the circumstances (I can imagine there is NO karaoke for that song EVER ANYWHERE XD) I can understand the choice, but it was a tad offputting.

I also agree with Tima about the whole character deal. Everyone was pretty good singing-wise, but what stood out were the people that were trying to sound evil and Halloweeny, especially Cassie. The others that sort of sang in normal voices weren't as spectacular.

The timing was a little off in places, but on the whole was mixed amazingly well to the MIDI ^.^

A hard piece to do, to be sure, but nonetheless an interesting and alltogether well-pulled off song.

[YdocNameloc]

well, we had to use a midi because there just wasn't another option. I tried vocal ripping from any and all mp3's I could find or make, and the vocals just didn't want to remove, and there isn't a karaoke. Serena and I looked long and hard for one but had no success.

As for the character thing, I wasn't too picky about it just because had you not heard the song before no one would know what character exactly was singing, and I also had to do some massive scouting in a very short period of time. The audition process only got me like 4 people to choose from. So I had to quickly fill an enormous number of parts in a very short period of time. Many of whome had never seen the movie, hadn't seen it in a long time, or just were very uncomfortable in their abilities. I am very lucky I have so many wonderful and talented friends here to bail me out. So I didn't decided to let them sing however they felt the most comfortable. I think for the most part it came out pretty good.

I understand the song isn't great, but with somewhere around 20 productions under my belt, this is by far the most complicated thing I've ever done. That's one reason it'll be a while before I work on another ensemble song.

[Clintykins]

I love the song. ^_^ 'nuff said. But I'll say more anyway.

I do feel that a lot of the voices are more theatrical than monstrous (as I said at FLAVA). It doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing. A nice blend of monster voices and actual singing voices made it very enjoyable to listen to. Cassie did do an excellent job in all of her roles, especially the Creature under the Bed. My -favorite- voice was Ben as the Mayor. He didn't sound much like the original mayor, but it was still very nicely done. I also really liked the Corpse Parents. The Witches sounded a lot like the original ones, which was good, because there's not much else you can do with witches anyway. I liked Oogie Boogie's voice, it wasn't so stereotypically black but it had that scary voice to it. The corpse kids were nicely mixed together, and it was a good idea to have two high pitched ones and one not-so-high pitched, because they blend well together. And in the movie, there was the high pitched devil kiddy, and the not-so-high fat zombie kiddy.

The mixing was very nicely done. Some parts were off, but that was moreso on the singers' side, not the mixer's. I enjoyed it muchly and you should do more!

*coughMakingChristmascough*

[Amakasu Toko]

I also agree with Tima about the whole character deal. Everyone was pretty good singing-wise, but what stood out were the people that were trying to sound evil and Halloweeny, especially Cassie. The others that sort of sang in normal voices weren't as spectacular.

yea *ndos nods* <3 cassie XD she was one of my favorite voices out of the song XD

[davidnagel]

Speaking of karaoke...

you closest you'll get to a karaoke track of Danny Elfman's "This is Halloween" song from "Nightmare Before Christmas" is off the official soundtrack cd. Its a musical-suite as a bonus track, which cuts together most of the songs.

You could try and use that... if you have it... if not... I have it somewhere...

[Clintykins]

I have it, and it only has a snippit of the song anyway. Cody wanted to do the whole song, not just a 40-second clip of it. n.n

[fairuza]

Whoo-Hoo. One of my All-time favorite movies!!!

[ig.]

I concur with a HAYELL-YEAUH. Excellent bump, fairuza.

And an AWESOME clip. :D

[Ben]

Tis the season to be scuuury!~



:O

Welll, since it will take me forever and a day to download the full-version of Cody's It's The Big F'ing Pumpkin, TamTu Bui! (http://www.voiceacting.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=9143) (I'm quite intent on listening to it all at once), AND because I've yet expressed my LOVE for this (so sry, Cody <3), I thought I'd bump an equally deserving Halloween special.

Enjoy! er, um - BOO dammit.

[samrin]

OH GOD I MISS THIS MOVIE SO MUCH xD

nice job on the song~! =D i personally liked it a whole bunch~! =D i'm no pro at reviews so i can't really say much, but i know for sure that i liked listening to this~ =D~

[Windy*]

YEARLY BUMP GO!

This remains my favorite VAA group song ever. It deserves more attention. :]

Hope you don't mind, Cody. :D

*runs off laughing maniacally~*

[KitsuneSqueak]

I love this song~!

Waaaaah...link down. T__T

[Sirius]

Noo~ Don't tease me like this with the link down! And it sound like it would have been so much fun to hear.

I don't suppose anyone has it saved and wants to post a new link?