Realizing and Re-Arranging/Remixing your Sibelius Arrangement in Logic
In this project you will- realize or “perform” your Sibelius arrangement in Logic, taking advantage of Logic’s instrument library and editing tools to create a more realistic and expressive, but still mock-acoustic, realization of your arrangement.
- create a “re-imagined/remix” version. This can depart profoundly from the original and can cross or mix styles.
- write a short reflection on the whole project.
Here are detailed step-by-step instructions.
The “re-imagined/remix” version is your opportunity to be really creative and re-creative. You do not need to follow the original note for note or even measure for measure. Feel free to take just the basic ideas (such as the melodic or rhythmic motives or a characteristic distinctive harmonic progression) and use them as the basis for a truly new version.
Your piece must, however, be readily recognizable as a take-off on the original piece, however much it veers off into its own thing.
The pieces below can be taken as examples.
Examples of pop re-imaginings of classics
Petzold, Minuet in G major (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach)
reimagined as...
The Toys, “A Lover’s Concerto”
L. v. Beethoven, Symphony no. 5, 1st movement
reimagined as...
Walter Murphy, “A Fifth of Beethoven”
Rossini, Overture to William Tell
reimagined as...
Spike Jones, “William Tell Overture”
J.S. Bach, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
reimagined as...
Apollo 11, “Joy”
Bach, Bourée in E minor
As interpreted by Ian Anderson:
Mozart, “Ladrimosa” from the Requiem
reimagined as...
Evanescence, “Lacrimosa”
Introdution to “Autumn Leaves” (arr. Enoch Light)
reimagined as...
RJD2, “A Beautiful Mine”
(This example is compositionally simpler: it simply layers and loops different samples, making pitch and tempo adjustments to get them to mesh. This can definitely be the easy way out, involving less compositional re-working. But when it is done this well, the results are impressive.)