Rearranged Pokémon Music

As I am a fan of all things Pokémon, I am automatically a fan of its music as well, as some previous posts on this blog can attest. Pokémon music spans the gamut from the games to the anime, in a variety of moods and genres. However, as much as this is a great deal of variety, I also like that it can be even more varied. One of the ways that it can be made to be so is to rearrange existing Pokémon music with different characteristics like instrumentation and style.

It should be noted that a good deal of Pokémon music has been rearranged and exists on the Internet as remixes. While it is true that the remixes are rearrangements as well, the term "remix" tends to connote the involvement of electronics like computers and devices to make music, which isn't bad. It's a given, considering that Pokémon started life as an electronic video game. The rearrangements I'm considering are those that utilize physical musical instruments rather than electric or electronic ones.

One of the ways that the music can be rearranged is with an orchestra. This has happened at least once in the past with a certain video game concert featuring, as one of the pieces, a Pokémon medley. The medley is well-arranged and representative of Pokémon as a whole. It also exceptionally stands out on its own as a separate piece. It does, however, seem to face stiff competition from other pieces featuring other games. What I would enjoy is a concert featuring all Pokémon music, but separated into specific arrangements for specific pieces. It might seem a bit hard to conceive, but the results might be excellent.

Another way of rearranging Pokémon music is with a marching band. This too has happened at least once with a marching band at a halftime show of a (gridiron) football game - which is exactly what I envision. The only thing is that like the video game concert, it was also as a medley, this time with other music from other games. This situation is conceivably shorter than a full concert, so a medley is almost a necessity. Yet it is here too that the Pokémon element can be increased, even to occupy the full period of the halftime show. It would be something to behold.

Pokémon is undoubtedly also rich in musical content, but like other things that feature a great number of musical pieces, the music may be rearranged in various ways, even outside of an electronic context, for which Pokémon is so inherently connected to. That's a quite exciting prospect for a greater variety of things to listen to, especially if they can be well-crafted like the examples above. I'm personally ready to enjoy and listen to 'em all.

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