TAoTR MIDI

[felineki]

Hi everyone.

I've been a fan of Teddy Ruxpin for my whole life. I was born in 1985, and Teddy was one of my first childhood toys. Some of my earliest memories are of listening to the talker, watching the cartoon, and, I'm somewhat embarrassed to say, breaking the propellor on my toy airship just like the Gutangs did in "Escape from the Treacherous Mountains" (my mom says that I did a dead-on Gutang "FIIIIIIIIRE THE ROOOOOOCKKKK!!!").

Since Teddy's been a part of my life for so long, the music has become rather ingrained in my mind. The cartoon had some rather distinctive background music that I've become quite fond of. Recently, I've started sequencing MIDI files by ear (mostly music from another one of my favorite shows, Cat Ninden Teyandee), something that I actually have become somewhat good at despite not having any kind of musical background (I never played an instrument, can't read sheet music or anything). Receiving the first two volumes of TAoTR on DVD for Christmas gave me a good opportunity to record snippets of audio to use for reference, and I've completed a MIDI of one of my favorite pieces of background music from the show:

home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/trbgm1.mid

It's not perfect (since there's dialogue and sound effects and such in the way in-show, making it somewhat difficult to hear), but I think it's pretty close. I'm planning on doing some more pieces of background music as well as some of the vocal numbers (specifically "Take a Good Look" and Tweeg's "To Be Rich" song), and of course the opening theme "Come Dream With Me Tonight". If anyone has any suggestions for songs they'd like to hear, feel free to post (preferrably something from the first two TAoTR DVDs... my VHS's are packed away, and I don't have the equipment needed for ripping audio from them set up anyway).

[Legendbournageddon]

I'm glad to see someone else doing something new for TR as well.

At some point, I was wondering whether you could do some midis for my project as I'm looking for someone who can write music.

Hope you have a great new year, Felineki!

-Ben

[Deleted]

Hey, great job! I was wondering if you could get me a certain piece of TR music. There's a lot I'd love to hear, but what about the piece that's played during the opening of "The Treasure of Grundo"? It's also used as the music for the DVD menus, so that should be easy to hear.
Again, excellent job on that first midi file! I'm looking forward to more!

[felineki]

Thanks for the responses. ;D

At some point, I was wondering whether you could do some midis for my project as I'm looking for someone who can write music.

I can only "write music" in the sense of recreating already existing tunes, I've never actually composed anything of my own. But if the former is the sort of thing you want, I might be able to help.

I was wondering if you could get me a certain piece of TR music. There's a lot I'd love to hear,

There's a lot I'd love to sequence too, so I'm sure I'll end up doing several songs eventually (I had been wanting to do them for a while, the recent DVD acquisition just gave me the opportunity (to be eaten by a giant Fob)).

but what about the piece that's played during the opening of "The Treasure of Grundo" It's also used as the music for the DVD menus, so that should be easy to hear.

Sure, that's a good one. I'll start on it next.

[felineki99]

Sorry I haven't been around here for so long. I got sidetracked by other things. I decided to skip to the theme song instead of the one piece of BGM that was requested (sorry!) But my skills have really been improving, and I have to say I'm pretty proud with how this turned out.

home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/trop1.mid

The only thing that's missing is the guitar strumming because it's too hard for my ears to try and make sense of. Hope you enjoy!

[TRO Admin]

Bump.

The artist here did a great job. I wish they'd stop back by and share some more of these!

[kaylathehedgehog]

I love the theme MIDI. I've been wanting an instrumental version of the theme for a long time now.

Awesome!

[retrobear]

That is so cool. Did the guy that created this actually say that he doesn't play any instrument? That's really, really awesome. You've got a good ear, man.

[kathyfraggle]

I do believe this is the first time I've actually listened to these, though not the first time I've seen this thread. Actually I wasn't sure if they'd still work, and I was happy to see they did. Brilliant! Yes, it's a shame we never got to hear more.