Fun fact: Nintendo had initially intended to use Bolero as the music during the exposition-text at the beginning of The Legend of Zelda but they couldn't get the rights and so used a re-arranged version of the overworld theme instead.
I'm no expert on copyright law (yet) but this was written well over 50 years ago. I'm pretty sure it's in the public domain now. Maybe they tried to use a particular version of the song played by a particular director/orchestra, otherwise I don't think this makes sense.
EGM: This is an open-ended question, but do you have any stories or funny anecdotes that you remember from the early days, maybe the early Famicom days, about your music or the games?
KK: Yes, as I recall, in the very first Legend of Zelda, in the very opening title screen, we used to use the classical music of "Bolero," because that tempo was perfectly matched with the speed of the opening screen rolling. But I remember it was just before, when we really had to complete the final ROM for reproduction, they told me that unfortunately the copyright of that music hadn't expired yet, so I had to compose a completely new piece of music tthat night. I recall that I did it within one day. You know, "da-da-da-da" -- that was done in just one day.
I know all of you tend to go off topic every now and then, but try to keep on topic. I've decided to let you all talk about any funny stuff that happened to anywhere. It doesn't just have to be school. It can be anywhere and anytime.Post away.:)
I wasn't going off-topic. Now since you're changing the topic, this thread may sink into the depths of spam-a-holic-ism. (Not that I haven't caused that before, but that was three years ago.)
Once, my cousins and I were playing Pictochat. I was trying to draw the shadow of a rabbit, while my younger cousin was drawing stick people who were "killing" the rabbit. Then I drew the rabbit firing laser beams. My younger cousin then stopped posting stick people and the words "YOU", "ARE", "GOING", "TO", and "DIE", one at a time, in that order. At the same time, my older cousin drew another rabbit. It looked really fluffy and she called it "Princess Bunny". Also, she gave it a bow for some reason.
When my cousins visited the next time, we did Pictochat once more, and I drew a cat. Meanwhile, I mentioned the Dark Rabbit again, and then my older cousin drew Princess Bunny again. So then I drew the cat making a joke about Princess Bunny. My cousin laughed, but decided to draw the bunny firing a few arrows at the cat. Feeling a need to incorporate Warriors, I said (out loud), "I have nine lives".
During this same visit, my younger cousin was doing his "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE" thing. So then I typed in, "I'm a cat. I have nine lives!" My older cousin then typed in, "Uh… I NEVER die!".
In addition, my younger cousin had been following me into Pokémon fandom, and named himself Chimchar. So I started commenting about that, and then my older cousin drew a picture of a monkey looking down in fright.
Lastly, my brother was in a good mood because he hated the Chicago Cubs (as stated above), and they were losing at the time. My older cousin and I started putting stuff up like, "Support the Cubs! Whoo!" to mess with my brother, but he just said, "You do realize they're losing, right?" There was no counter-comment to that.
This was a long time ago. Now my brother is all depressed (not really) because the Cardinals are losing.
I'm no expert on copyright law (yet) but this was written well over 50 years ago. I'm pretty sure it's in the public domain now. Maybe they tried to use a particular version of the song played by a particular director/orchestra, otherwise I don't think this makes sense.
According to international copyright law, Ravel's works are public domain since January 1, 2008 in most countries. In France, due to anomalous copyright law extensions to account for the two world wars, they will not enter the public domain until 2015
I wasn't going off-topic. Now since you're changing the topic, this thread may sink into the depths of spam-a-holic-ism. (Not that I haven't caused that before, but that was three years ago.)
Once, my cousins and I were playing Pictochat. I was trying to draw the shadow of a rabbit, while my younger cousin was drawing stick people who were "killing" the rabbit. Then I drew the rabbit firing laser beams. My younger cousin then stopped posting stick people and the words "YOU", "ARE", "GOING", "TO", and "DIE", one at a time, in that order. At the same time, my older cousin drew another rabbit. It looked really fluffy and she called it "Princess Bunny". Also, she gave it a bow for some reason.
When my cousins visited the next time, we did Pictochat once more, and I drew a cat. Meanwhile, I mentioned the Dark Rabbit again, and then my older cousin drew Princess Bunny again. So then I drew the cat making a joke about Princess Bunny. My cousin laughed, but decided to draw the bunny firing a few arrows at the cat. Feeling a need to incorporate Warriors, I said (out loud), "I have nine lives".
During this same visit, my younger cousin was doing his "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE" thing. So then I typed in, "I'm a cat. I have nine lives!" My older cousin then typed in, "Uh… I NEVER die!".
In addition, my younger cousin had been following me into Pokémon fandom, and named himself Chimchar. So I started commenting about that, and then my older cousin drew a picture of a monkey looking down in fright.
Lastly, my brother was in a good mood because he hated the Chicago Cubs (as stated above), and they were losing at the time. My older cousin and I started putting stuff up like, "Support the Cubs! Whoo!" to mess with my brother, but he just said, "You do realize they're losing, right?" There was no counter-comment to that.
This was a long time ago. Now my brother is all depressed (not really) because the Cardinals are losing.
I remember back in 5th grade that there were two guys in my class who were both class clowns. They did something or said something funny or something funny that was kind of stupid also just about every day.They made a lot of people laugh. Whenever someone would take names( which was where you got a check by your name every time you acted up or talked without permission) both of them never did shut up, so they would have a LOT of checks by thier names. Those two guys both go to a middle school then me. I sort of miss them and so do some of my classmates who went to elementary school with me.(sigh) I miss the good old days.:(
No need to be rude, pickle! It's just that most people here have already graduated high school, so it's a bit odd having someone who's still in middle school. Or elementary school. Or pre-k. Besides, if you are not 13 or older I don't think you're legally allowed to be here.
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I'm no expert on copyright law (yet) but this was written well over 50 years ago. I'm pretty sure it's in the public domain now. Maybe they tried to use a particular version of the song played by a particular director/orchestra, otherwise I don't think this makes sense.
Once, my cousins and I were playing Pictochat. I was trying to draw the shadow of a rabbit, while my younger cousin was drawing stick people who were "killing" the rabbit. Then I drew the rabbit firing laser beams. My younger cousin then stopped posting stick people and the words "YOU", "ARE", "GOING", "TO", and "DIE", one at a time, in that order. At the same time, my older cousin drew another rabbit. It looked really fluffy and she called it "Princess Bunny". Also, she gave it a bow for some reason.
When my cousins visited the next time, we did Pictochat once more, and I drew a cat. Meanwhile, I mentioned the Dark Rabbit again, and then my older cousin drew Princess Bunny again. So then I drew the cat making a joke about Princess Bunny. My cousin laughed, but decided to draw the bunny firing a few arrows at the cat. Feeling a need to incorporate Warriors, I said (out loud), "I have nine lives".
During this same visit, my younger cousin was doing his "YOU ARE GOING TO DIE" thing. So then I typed in, "I'm a cat. I have nine lives!" My older cousin then typed in, "Uh… I NEVER die!".
In addition, my younger cousin had been following me into Pokémon fandom, and named himself Chimchar. So I started commenting about that, and then my older cousin drew a picture of a monkey looking down in fright.
Lastly, my brother was in a good mood because he hated the Chicago Cubs (as stated above), and they were losing at the time. My older cousin and I started putting stuff up like, "Support the Cubs! Whoo!" to mess with my brother, but he just said, "You do realize they're losing, right?" There was no counter-comment to that.
This was a long time ago. Now my brother is all depressed (not really) because the Cardinals are losing.
Okay, so, did that story have a point?
LOL! Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector reference!
EDIT: ha-cha
Not so much OLDER as more MATURE. We have enough people around here willing to chase the kids off the lawn with a shotgun.