4729 Mandachord requests fulfilled (rounds on Wednesdays)

[Buff00n]

To request a song, fill in the 'Answer this question' box at the bottom of the page and click 'Submit Reply'.

I'm still trying to do rounds once a week, but for the foreseeable future the actual day is going to vary because of reasons.  Contests will still be on the weekends on my YouTube Channel.
Last update: 2024-07-04

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Ground Rules:

• Rounds are on Wednesdays
  • Everyone gets one, if I can.
  • If I've done a request for you then please wait two weeks before requesting another.
  • If I'm backlogged then I may not get to yours for a few rounds.
  • If you have a list then I'm only going to go through the top 3, so please try to narrow it down.
• No "extended" music links, please, just the original one time through is much easier to work with.
• If you have a particular section of the song in mind then make sure you mention it.
• Please don't PM me with requests.  Just leave it on the thread and I'll get to it when I can. 
• "Can you do anything from ______?"  You're going to have to narrow it down to specific songs for me.  I don't have omniscient knowledge of all music, yet.
• I don't really take Shawzin requests; not enough time and something had to give.

Also check out:

• Mandascore: my Mandachord viewer/editor app

Q : Octavia Prime is vaulted, how do I get the Bombast instrument set?
A: You don't, not until Octavia returns with the Prime Vault.  In the meantime, substitute these:

• Bombast Percussion -> Gamma Percussion
• Bombast Bass -> Beta Bass
• Bombast Melody -> Epsilon for slow melodies, gamma for fast ones

TUNES

The OP was officially too big to update any more, so I have moved the song list into my comments on the first page of this thread. 

I had eight comments on the first page, so I re-purposed them and split up the song list into sections.  These links will take you to the specific comment, but they're all on the same page so you can still search for everything in one place.

• Originals, Full songs, Warframe
• Classic Rock, Hard Rock
• Pop Rock, Pop
• Rap, Dance, Electronic
• Video Games
• Anime
• TV, Cartoons, Movies, Far East (K-Pop, J-Pop, etc.)
• Miscellaneous, Seasonal, Songs I Can't Do

Case study videos, showing my process:

• Octavia Prime Trailer
• Sleeping in the Cold Below
• We All Lift Together
• For Narmer

Thanks, DE!

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Edited 13 hours ago by Buff00n
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[YUREtheFURY]

i'd like to make a request for Black Thunder by Morgan Willis  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FEp70ZQ0Rc

 

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 7:54 AM, loliwarmech said:

Up for some attempts at EDM/Aggrotech? I've tried transcribing these on my own but I've only managed to get as far as picking instruments and the basic percussion, so I'm turning to you for assistance. (vocals on these are not required)

Eisenfunk - Pong ✔

X-RX - Blood on the Dance Floor

Centhron - Roter Stern

Centhron - Cleopatra

ESC - Despise

Phosgore - Red Red Krovvy (X-RX remix)

Pong (Eisenfunk): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 2:31 PM, Boogiepophantom said:

I was kinda interested to see if it fits some of your old edm songs like Feint snake eyes of the mass effect purgatory themes it does sound nice

I mean, yeah, probably.  But I'm not going to go back and revisit hundreds of songs

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 8:08 AM, Perrydotto said:

Your work is lovely, and I'm absolutely impressed with how much you keep going. Thanks a million, seriously.

I'd be happy about whatever you can do with these, if anything:

Steven Universe - Giant Woman ✖

Steven Universe - Sugilite Theme ✖

Eisbrecher - Verrückt (the chorus would be more than enough) ✔

If you can do more than one, is it okay if you just pick whichever you like best and I request the other(s) later on?

Only one of those is even borderline, and it's still not that close.  I hope this is what you meant by "chorus":

Verrückt (Eisbrecher): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 5:50 PM, -QUILL_PETER- said:

Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now ✔, but if that's not possible then ..

Metric: Help, I'm Alive

Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 6:46 PM, guttermouth999 said:

hay man you mind doing this one 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMimeO279YE

around 1.28 mark but if that too mutch 1.13??

1:28 is actually easier, but it's still not that close.

Frozen (Celldweller): Mandachord (Original)

[Sir_Alonne321]

Can you do Kraid's theme from Metroid?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoWd12vUEs&t=6s

 

[Buff00n]

On 3/1/2018 at 7:55 PM, Lugzan said:

can you do any part the first 20 secs of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxrXgtSL2Rk

No, but I did something anyway.

Yakuza 0 English intro: Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

23 hours ago, (Xbox One)DrPill10 said:

Could you be able to do legend of Zelda -lost woods???

Okay, so I've turned this down a number of times over the last year.  However, after seeing this week's Prime Time, apparently nobody but me can tell how the stupid Lost Woods song actually goes.

So here's something, the most accurate possible melody:

Saria's Song (Zelda Ocarina of Time): Mandachord (Original)

For my own satisfaction I have to explain how wrong it is.  Here's how Saria's Song actually goes.  It's basically in C, but I'm using the E Minor pentatonic.  Notes I can do are marked in green, notes I can't do are in red:

I can do 70% of the melody accurately, but that excludes the very first note and its repetitions.  As for the bass, I'm completely screwed; I'm missing the tonic on both chords.  This is usually the kind of analysis that makes me say "No".  But I'm slowly learning that with wrong notes that make me cringe, other people can't hear a difference at all.

[Buff00n]

23 hours ago, SpicyDinosaur said:

RE: Safety Dance, I have that on my madachord if you need it.

It can't be done accurately enough for my standards, but if you have a version that you like then use it!  

23 hours ago, SpicyDinosaur said:

A Devil Makes Three song, maybe Old No. 7 ✔ or The Plank (assuming you don't want to poke around and find something that sounds better? A lot of their stuff has a similarish sound.)

I'd love to sift through your list but don't have all night :)

Old Number 7 (The Devil Makes Three): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

23 hours ago, Altairoze said:

can you make flashback by Miyavi

I can do this: 

Flashback (Miyavi, 刻刻 opening): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

16 hours ago, Boogiepophantom said:

I requested a Koven song last week and ended up with a really sparse melody just really hooked to their music atm would either of these songs work better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=die0ZEGXHJw&t=1m10s

or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ag0dsP5B4&t=1m58s

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The only way to approximate that style of music on a Mandachord is to split the original bass line between the Mandachord's melody and bass.  I can kinda do the first one, but not as well as the one I already did for you and it would be similarly sparse.

[Buff00n]

21 hours ago, Arieys said:

Is any of these possible now that we have a new instrument pack?

FFXIV - Beauty's Wicked Wiles: https://youtu.be/BiUp3DpksQY

FFXIV - Exponential Entropy: https://youtu.be/ULRTwOMwLoA

FFXIV - Oblivion: https://youtu.be/qZyQaoOvzPM

FFXIV - Oblivion (Never Let It Go version): https://youtu.be/t3gVSXVSaxM

Ed Sheeran - Shape of You: https://youtu.be/JGwWNGJdvx8

FFXIV - Equilibrium: https://youtu.be/-T1k-9UvdlU

Besides the fact that the new instrument pack is for EDM and none of those are EDM, adding a new instrument pack doesn't make anything more doable since it's always the same five note pitches.

Shape of You (Ed Sheeran): Mandachord (Original)

[Buff00n]

14 hours ago, Vulhaaltuz said:

Okay, got a few here for you. All are soundtracks. I believe that this exceeds your count, so you can take your pick:

Unity (Assassin's Creed Unity): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTBCrrhnvO8

"I Am War" (For Honor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEWDJQo8Y60

Wolves Among Sheep (For Honor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJKT4TdVw8

Adventure Found Me (Tomb Raider): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrY72X84mnY

A Land of War and Poetry (Elder Scrolls Online(ESO)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-aUGjLBThM

Battlestar Sonatica (Battlestar Galactica): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vcFFf9aa7k

I can't listen to all 40 minutes of that, but after skipping through them all I'm pretty sure there's no overlap between the kind of music you like and the kind of music the Mandachord can do.

[Buff00n]

13 hours ago, TrueMrFOoT said:

Is is possible to do "Coalescence" from "Risk of Rain"

Sorry, it's got the right notes but in the wrong octaves and in a really awkward range.

[Buff00n]

12 hours ago, Pendant said:

Gosh I hope you're still doing these!  I've been trying to convert 'On Parade' from the old game Ristar and.. well, minimal luck.  The song in question's here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eGcIRLdLEY - Ristar 'On Parade' (Sonata/Neuos, Round 4-2)

Honestly to me it sounds really fitting for the Mandachord but, well, total newbie here.

If it helps at all, I found this .. okay online music sequencer entry for it: https://onlinesequencer.net/266820 which might be useful?  Sorry if it's not!  .. Or if the fact I've found this and still can't make the conversion to Mandachord says depressing things about my own skill level.

It works.

On Parade (Ristar The Shooting Star, Round 4-2): Mandachord (Original)

[Descren]

1 hour ago, Buff00n said:

It works.

On Parade (Ristar The Shooting Star, Round 4-2): Mandachord (Original)

Aw yay that's perfect; thank you so much!  Gosh how you managed to pick that percussion out..

(Baah sorry this is Pendant. I accidentally replied with the account I made to replay the tutorial >.>)

Edited March 3, 2018 by Descren
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[Buff00n]

Gotta call it a night after 17 of these.  Everyone came out of the frickin woodwork in the last two days.

Meltdown/炉心融解 (Kagamine Rin/鏡音リン, Project DIVA Dreamy theater): Mandachord (Original)

Always (Erasure): Mandachord (Original)

Spotlight (Marshmello, Lil Peep): Mandachord (Original)

I Want You (Demon Sisters theme, Panty & Stocking): Mandachord (Original)

Karate (Babymetal): Mandachord (Original)

Killer Instinct theme song: Mandachord (Original)

Shadowlord (Nier (Gestalt)): Mandachord (Original)

[LittleRant_BB]

Dunno if you already did it but if you could do like the first 50 seconds or so from Focus - Hocus Pocus / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obdv1jghXAE

If you have already my bad. 

[(PSN)DJPON28]

dude, can u make it, please? 
DDCƠ - Web Pussy
NerdOut! - Dancing On Your Body

Edited March 3, 2018 by (PS4)DJPON28

[Altairoze]

7 hours ago, Buff00n said:

I can do this: 

Flashback (Miyavi, 刻刻 opening): Mandachord (Original)

Thank you very much! you're the best

[(XBOX)DrPill10]

11 hours ago, Buff00n said:

Okay, so I've turned this down a number of times over the last year.  However, after seeing this week's Prime Time, apparently nobody but me can tell how the stupid Lost Woods song actually goes.

So here's something, the most accurate possible melody:

Saria's Song (Zelda Ocarina of Time): Mandachord (Original)

For my own satisfaction I have to explain how wrong it is.  Here's how Saria's Song actually goes.  It's basically in C, but I'm using the E Minor pentatonic.  Notes I can do are marked in green, notes I can't do are in red:

I can do 70% of the melody accurately, but that excludes the very first note and its repetitions.  As for the bass, I'm completely screwed; I'm missing the tonic on both chords.  This is usually the kind of analysis that makes me say "No".  But I'm slowly learning that with wrong notes that make me cringe, other people can't hear a difference at all.

Haha sorry for the headache. Thank you for the great mandchord nonetheless, hopefully this takes guys back to the n64 days when they hear it in game

[Doesntno]

The rap/hiphop list is lacking without some Wu-Tang Clan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRDr-lAmYLM

 

[Perrydotto]

vor 17 Stunden schrieb Buff00n:

Only one of those is even borderline, and it's still not that close.  I hope this is what you meant by "chorus":

Verrückt (Eisbrecher): Mandachord (Original)

I quite dig it, thank you so much! I'll have to think of something that fits your needs better. I tried figuring it out from your OP but I'm admittedly still kinda lost what type of songs tend to give you the best results. Got a few quick tips for a dumbo like me so I can hopefully request more suitable material?

[Buff00n]

15 minutes ago, Perrydotto said:

I quite dig it, thank you so much! I'll have to think of something that fits your needs better. I tried figuring it out from your OP but I'm admittedly still kinda lost what type of songs tend to give you the best results. Got a few quick tips for a dumbo like me so I can hopefully request more suitable material?

Hmm.   Well, your other two requests are good examples of problems I see a lot.

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Steven Universe - Giant Woman ✖

This one has a nice strong melody, and it even sticks to the pentatonic scale for the most part.  Unfortunately, it has a very wide range.  The lowest note is a G in bar 2, and the highest note is a B more than an octave higher in Bar 3.  For it to work on a Mandachord I would need an extra low note and two extra high notes.  The low note I could probably weasel out of, but the high notes are a problem since they're such a distinctive part of the melody.

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Steven Universe - Sugilite Theme ✖

This one does not have a strong melody at all.  It's all bass, percussion, and atmosphere.  The less melody there is to work with the closer you have to make the actual sound match, which almost never works out with the Mandachord's limited instrument sets.