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  7^th/_{61   Σ}27.490   Oct 19th 2022 1:34pm

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I haven’t been on BotB very long, but out of all the majors I’ve been in, Match Mayhem was definitely the most fun I’ve had. I think the battles that relate to “constructing a soundtrack for a fictional game” is probably the coolest type of battle I’ve seen. I want more of those! So, here’s an idea: a BotB Battle that prompts you to write racing game music! Specifically, retro racing music, or music inspired by the Mario Kart games. (Or other retro racing games like Outrun, Metropolis Street Racer, Sonic-R, Ridge Racer etc.)

Racing games have some of the coolest music, and some great variety. Really, as long as the song is quick and upbeat, it could fit somewhere in a racing game. This battle could present a really good opportunity for beginners, considering the prompt is pretty easy to work with, but allows experts to really show if they’re skill, not restricted by difficult “bitpacks.”

With a battle like this, you can write in many styles, jazz, funk, fusion, rock, DnB, Techno, really anything you want. All in all a very versatile battle idea in my opinion. I’d love to see collaboration, perhaps some people take on the role of composing menu themes while others do track themes, or just people collaborating on single compositions.

Potential Rules:
Music must loop (potentially make one iteration of the loop faster and in a higher key like in Mario Kart.)
Music must be a certain BPM? (110/120 minimum or something?) just to avoid slow songs that don’t fit the prompt.

Voting Categories:

Speed
Chaos
Burning Rubber
Final Lap (encourages composers to add a repeat of their loop, faster and in a higher key, like in Mario Kart.)
Racing in Pants

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