Seii - Virbank City [ Pokémon B2/W2 Jazz Noir Arrangement ]
Channel: Seiinity
Date: 2020-07-06

Hiya! As you might have noticed, the channel got a new icon (and, soon, a new banner art)! This is one more step to turn the channel into something more personal, unique and recognizable. As such, I'm bringing you a theme I have never covered before, but always meant to.

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❖ What The Heck Is This ❖

Virbank City is the third town visited in Pokémon B2/W2, being exclusive to the sequels. It's a very nightly, jazzy city, with canals and nightclubs (even the Gym is a nightclub!). As such, I figured this arrangement would finally be the perfect opportunity to use my favorite music genre: Jazz Noir, or Dark Jazz.

This genre's most prominent features are the slower pacing, darker melodies and, generally, that 1900s-detective-movie feeling. The original theme already used a lot of the instruments you'd find in a regular Jazz Noir track: the vibraphone, the piano and the jazz drums. However, it was missing a key-part: the sax. And so, I decided to give the sax a bigger focus, including a nice solo with reactions from an imaginary crowd. Finally, I was able to compose a cohesive piano solo, something I've been meaning to do for a while, now. I think it came out pretty good!

Speaking of the piano solo, that's also where my favorite part lies, due to the chords (shocker!); that descent at 1:49 is EVERYTHING to me: Cm-EbAug-EbMaj-F7, SUCH a classic in Jazz and I was able to integrate it with quite the unique rhythm, too. The section is just fluid and works. As always, hope you enjoy!


❖ Legal Stuff (Don't Delete Me) ❖

Title: Virbank City
Game: Pokémon Black 2 & White 2
Composers: Hitomi Sato
Platform(s): Nintendo DS


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