Gamingforce Composing Competition

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Initially suggested by Sepharite, the first Gamingforce Composing Competition was started by Face in December 2003 in The Concert Hall. Participants were to compose and submit a piece of music which reflected a chosen theme, usually a picture. Judging was initially done by a panel of judges, but later incarnations utilize three criteria: popular vote, critical judging, and peer review.

Table of contents

1 First Gamingforce Composing Competition 2 Second Gamingforce Composing Competition 3 Third Gamingforce Composition Competition 4 Related links

First Gamingforce Composing Competition

Held during the winter of 2003, the first competition challenged participants to craft a piece of music which reflected the mood of Lake Bled during the winter. A total of 17 submissions were received, and OmNiMog717, now known as Magatsu, took top honors with his composition, "Snow in the City". Killer Pineapple, and Russell Cox, rounded up the winners with "Winter Soaring" and "Celebration of Trials and Tribulations", respectively.

Second Gamingforce Composing Competition

The 2005 incarnation of the Gamingforce Composing Competition received a more modest 12 entries:

• Abysmal Flames (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Abysmal%20Flames.mp3)
• Affordable Wisdom (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Affordable%20Wisdom.mp3)
• Blisters (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Blisters.mp3)
• Fate of the Forest (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Fate%20of%20the%20Forest.mp3)
• Forest Fire: A Brief Tone Poem for Orchestra (http://sarslol.condign.org/MID/Forest%20Fire%20-%20A%20Brief%20Tone%20Poem%20for%20Orchestra.mid)
• Inferno (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Inferno.mp3)
• Music for Trumpet and Strings (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Music%20for%20Trumpet%20and%20Strings.mp3)
• Of Death, Desperation, and Hope (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Of%20Desperation,%20Death,%20and%20Hope.mp3)
• Prelude for Solo Piano (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Prelude%20for%20Solo%20Piano.mp3)
• Tell Me About the Forest (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/Tell%20Me%20About%20The%20Forest.mp3)
• The Dance of the Clumsy Bear (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/The%20Dance%20of%20the%20Clumsy%20Bear.mp3)
• The Wildfire Suite (http://sarslol.condign.org/MP3/The%20Wildfire%20Suite.mp3)

After a voting round by both peers and judges, the results (http://sarslol.condign.org/results.html) are as follows:

• 1st Place: "Blisters" by Loempia
• 2nd Place: "Forest Fire: A Brief Tone Poem for Orchestra" by Conqueso
• 3rd Place: "Of Desperation, Death, and Hope" by Top Dollar

More detailed information can be found on the Official Site (http://sarslol.condign.org), currently hosted by Bigblah.

Third Gamingforce Composition Competition

The 2007 competition is hosted by Traumatized Rat and is currently ongoing. The submission deadline is March 10, 2007. Unlike the previous two competitions, there is no visual theme. Instead, the stipulation is that the composition should be a chamber work (that is between 2 to 8 performers, within reason). However, there is a "theme" of Dreams to help inspire our competitors that is up to them whether or not to follow.

Related links

• The 1st Gamingforce Composing Competition (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23900)
• Composing Competition Results (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29405)
• The 2nd Gamingforce Composing Competition - Discussion (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77422)
• Composing Competition Entries (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80361)
• The 3rd Gamingforce Composing Competition (http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/concert-hall/16785-gff-composition-competition-2007-signup-thread-syllabus.html)