Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Here's an orchestral arrangement I've created of Sakuraba's aggressive "Ready for a Challenge" from Golden Sun.
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➤ Analysis:
Another of the Colosso themes, this one plays while you are racing through the puzzles.
It is (surprisingly) one of the most dissonant of Golden Sun's themes, notably between 0:45 - 1:01, with an abundance of semitonal false relations and chromatic movements combined with an unresolved suspended 4th chord in a stabbing syncopated ostinato (horns, trumpets, strings).
However, it does still contain many of Sakuraba's classic techniques; echoing semiquaver passages (oboes and trumpets at 1:07) and the use of the Lydian 4th (again, oboes and trumpets at 1:02).
Generally, the piece appears to be in E Dorian/Aeolian, with the unusual (yet effective!) D-natural starting the melody in the strings at 0:02 before moving to C-sharp, suggesting A major (the subdominant key of E Dorian), but quickly moving back to C-naturals (suggesting E Aeolian).
Also, I'm now uploading in 1440p, so clearer videos - yay!
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The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Golden Sun
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Golden Sun, Golden, Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun The Lost Age, TLA, GS, Golden Sun Orchestra, Golden Sun Cover, Golden Sun Remix, Golden Sun Arrangement, Colosso, Golden Sun Colosso, Ready For A Challenge
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#TheLostAge
🎵 Sheet Music & Parts ➤ [Removed by Nintendo JP]
💗 MIDI / XML / Sibelius ➤ bit.ly/TandABundle
🎹 Commissions ➤ jshaw.co.uk/commissions
🎮 More Arrangements ➤ jshaw.co.uk/TandA
👍 Facebook ➤ bit.ly/TandAFacebook
🐦 Twitter ➤ bit.ly/TandATwitter
🎵 Bandcamp ➤ bit.ly/TandABandcamp
🎵 Spotify ➤ bit.ly/TandASpotify
🎵 Deezer ➤ bit.ly/TandADeezer
🎵 YouTube Music ➤ bit.ly/TandAYouTube
🎵 Apple Music / iTunes ➤ bit.ly/TandAApple
Here's an orchestral arrangement I've created of Sakuraba's aggressive "Ready for a Challenge" from Golden Sun.
--------------------
➤ Analysis:
Another of the Colosso themes, this one plays while you are racing through the puzzles.
It is (surprisingly) one of the most dissonant of Golden Sun's themes, notably between 0:45 - 1:01, with an abundance of semitonal false relations and chromatic movements combined with an unresolved suspended 4th chord in a stabbing syncopated ostinato (horns, trumpets, strings).
However, it does still contain many of Sakuraba's classic techniques; echoing semiquaver passages (oboes and trumpets at 1:07) and the use of the Lydian 4th (again, oboes and trumpets at 1:02).
Generally, the piece appears to be in E Dorian/Aeolian, with the unusual (yet effective!) D-natural starting the melody in the strings at 0:02 before moving to C-sharp, suggesting A major (the subdominant key of E Dorian), but quickly moving back to C-naturals (suggesting E Aeolian).
Also, I'm now uploading in 1440p, so clearer videos - yay!
--------------------
The score was created in Sibelius 7.5, and the audio was created in Cubase using the brilliant EastWest sample libraries.
★Game: Golden Sun
★Developer: Camelot Software Planning
★Publisher: Nintendo
★Composer(s): Motoi Sakuraba
★Software: Sibelius 7.5, Cubase Elements 7, Adobe Premiere Elements 15, EastWest Sample Libraries
★Tags: Golden Sun, Golden, Sun, The Lost Age, Golden Sun The Lost Age, TLA, GS, Golden Sun Orchestra, Golden Sun Cover, Golden Sun Remix, Golden Sun Arrangement, Colosso, Golden Sun Colosso, Ready For A Challenge
#GoldenSun
#Orchestra
#TheLostAge
