It's quite catchy, that Russian folk tune, isn't it? So much, in fact, that I'm presently working on another arrangement of it, only this time in the style of a Soviet state orchestra. I mean, it had to happen sometime, right? It is a Russian song, after all.
At the moment, it's mostly strings: violins and cellos. However, there are also tubular bells and a male chorus. Though, I had forgotten just how pathetic the General MIDI chorus sound is, so I'll probably assign a different instrument to that track on release, then reassign the chorus on the Fantom X.
Of course, I am tens of miles away from my synthesiser at the moment, which is rather unfortunate. Still... all these arrangements I'm doing -- Tetris, Mario, Crash Dummies -- I could easily do a game music cover for my next album. Of course, that would mean that my other idea, the piano music for children, would need to get pushed back to album #6.
Anyway, I'll post the MIDI for the newest Korobeiniki arrangement when it's finished.
After that, I may sequence my ragtime cover of the Mario 64 theme and arrange it for orchestra (somewhat un-Joplinian, but I seem to have a plethora of free time lately, so why not, eh?).
