#Yay! So fun! money!

[rickety-house]

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this didn’t fit in the hashtags but donr rb or comment I’m just screaming to myself atm I’ll probably delete this shit tomorrow goodnigjt fuck everything live vs kill

[disastress-i-guess]

Sooo excited I get to spend all of today painting.

[carcarrot]

"i cant keep doing this anymore" says guy who will continue to do this some more

[tunapesto]

cosplaying is healing me personally (killing my wallet, also)

[seagullcharmer]

so many project ideas not enough ability..........

[girl-bateman]

I know I just spent 20€ on noodles and 80€ on primark but should I spend even more money going to the cinema and spoiling myself with takeout food?

[quantomeno]

The Gilded 7 Casino

This song is clearly influenced by Take 5. Or at least I want to think it is. I discussed time signatures in my previous song analysis, but like I said then the most common time signature is 4 4 (it's even called common time). It's 4 crotchet beats per bar. If you can dance the Macarena to it, it's 4 4 time. If you can dance a waltz to it, it's 3 4 time. Take 5 uses a very unusual time signature: 5 4 (5 beats per bar). Take 5 also always makes me think of casinos, even before I played this game.

Now, the Gilded 7 Casino also has a relatively uncommon time signature, but it sadly hasn't got the number 7 in it. This felt like a massive missed opportunity but it would have also been quite odd to write so I can accept it.

Anyway, to the actual analysis: the song is written in 6 8 time. Note that both numbers are different from usual. The unit beat is different: instead of a crotchet (quarter note) it's a quaver (eighth note). This is known as compound time. It's the time signature used for songs such as Greensleeves or INXS' Never Tear Us Apart.

It is my favourite time signature.

A waltz has the accent repeating every three beats (1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 for an example see this video at 1:22), and so does 6 8 (but it's more like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). You have to imagine it like two beats played per bar, and those two beats are split into thirds.

The easiest way is to say 'coventry' two times a bar.

Take a listen. Note that the tempo is quite slow relative to each 'coventry' (it's almost one coventry a second, I think it's 48 a minute), but because it's three little beats per each two big ones, it feels quite fast.

(Note that I've seen people write sheet music for it using 3 4 time. I think this wrong, but if you change the tempo the two time signatures are virtually indistinguishable, so who knows.)

So, why 6 8 (or 3 4 even)? What does this bring?

Let's take a step back and look at the rest of the song first.

It's rich. The piano feels weighty, with nice, heavy chords punctuated by deep, low notes which anchor us to the beat. You have that warm, arco violin paired with that husky-voiced saxophone. We have that constant heartbeat of the piano along with a walking bass in the back that fills out the sound nicely. It is a thick texture that is veritably thrumming with life, yet... there is still something not quite wholesome about it, isn't there?

My sources tell me it is written in D minor. This accounts for part of the discomfort it engenders. The minor key brings a sinister atmosphere to the piece; you feel like something bad is happening, if not evil than at least something dodgy. Exactly how it feels to be in a casino, surrounded by all the money being thrown around and the shady dealings going on. The casino is a Family-run business after all.

(D minor to me is also an elegant and rich key, that evokes deep purples with touches of crimson. It's because of the D being the tonic. It just is OK.)

The dynamics are decidedly loud, again creating a bustling atmosphere. I feel it is pertinent to note here that the first time we hear this song (correct me if I'm wrong but I distinctly noticed this last time I played) is during the slot machine gun scene. Unless you voluntarily choose to go back to the casino afterwards, this cutscene is the only time you'll hear the song. This piece is designed to evoke a sense of chaos and thrill.

And now, we reach the rhythm.

6 8 time. It evokes a waltz or a ballroom dance, which aids in building that elegant, luxurious vibe, but, being 6 8, it is notably quicker than a normal waltz would be. It gives the piece a briskness, but since each fundamental beat (the 1 and the 4 I pointed out earlier) is quite slow, it doesn't lose that languid, almost bloated feeling.

Then we have the violin and sax. The violin tends to jump between playing short, detached, strongly accented notes (e.g. at 0:52) and longer, smooth notes, but never really losing any intensity (e.g. 0:41). The saxophone is much the same (listen from 1:20 to 1:43). Again we have this contrast between the stateliness, the weighty feeling of wealth, and the buzz of the casino. It's a bit like the ostentatiousness of the nouveau-riche compared to old money: the casino has cash and it's showing it off. The elegance here is all bought and as a result it ends up feeling tawdry. It also helps with the action-packed scene that it features in. This is further evoked by the sax's tendency to add ornamentation to its longer notes: little flitterings of notes at the start of the drawn-out ones. It feels like it's trying to impress you.

Also, big shout out to the percussion: that cymbal crash really brings out the bam! and could be a bit of a play on the sound of coins falling. The drum beat enters quite late, at the same time as the sax. It doesn't quite work to keep the beat, however, if anything it seems to land on off beats, opposing the regularity and pacing of the piano. Once again, we have a song that brings out unease but also bewilderment and hustle and bustle. The song feels fun, it just has a dark undercurrent.

Exactly how the casino should feel.

It is not Layton-esque, and it highlights how future London has become a seedy city ruled by criminals. Recall that Layton, a man of simple elegance and refinement, who appreciates the craftmanship of a simple lacquered stool, is now (supposedly) the owner of this den of iniquity.

It evokes all the things Layton patently isn't and in doing so encourages a sense of revulsion that things could become so bad. The whole casino makes me feel sad, because it stands opposed to everything Layton believes in, and the thought he has changed so completely he would forgo those values hurts.

[jessiesjaded]

most interesting popular accounts to me are the ones that just post stuff like gifsets or art or writing but never ever say anything, like no tag rambles, no personal posts, no opinions, no rants. im always like surely.... surely you have something to say....

[transfemzedaph]

Omg I'd so totally buy Hermitcraft patches :3 I have a couple vests and a pair of pants I'm filling with patches rn and having something fun and silly that reflects my interests would be Soo cool - @helsex

!!! hell yeah

[bread--hood]

just...........yeah xD

[sloaaaa]

!?

[shy-sapphic-ace]

I went to my first Pride this weekend!! I had a great time and it was really fun <3

[oysterie]

playing so much eo luminous the last few days i tetris effecting fish swimming in the corners of my vision at all times.

[duskerot]

world's normalest guy spends $100 on nendoroid parts

[kateubanks]

time machine by blood

i miss the bright-eyed sophomore in english class, arms sore from always knowing the answer and cheeks lined with a sugary film.

every morning (because she must), she dresses herself like a primped schnauzer. frills line her bruised wrists, and an obnoxious bun sits atop her crown.

then again, that's never really who she was.

she was staying awake until four a.m. because you needed the hours and the closing manager promised to pay you under the table if you clocked out at eleven.

she was the pitying look from teachers after they give you yet another extension because they know things are hard at home, sweetheart.

she was sex with every boy offering so much as a kind look because fuck, haven't you earned the right to do the wrong thing?

i'd kill who i am now a million times to be her again.

[dayurno]

Oh your kevjeanthea in the pros is so funny because like. Jean will spend the whole night awake wondering what they are to each other and the next morning he opens his phone to see that he was added to Kevin and Thea's dogpark friends gc. Just fully introduced as like "oh this is Kevin and Thea's Jean"

ITS SERIOUSLY LIKE THAT. i think jean would have a very specific idea of what kevin and thea are like especially a few years into playing on a pro team together and he'll be very very very surprised it's not what he expected at all. he's going to realize he was wrong one day when he's sitting in (hand to god) pottery class (POTTERY CLASS, jeremy, do you understand how off in the head these people are) with kevin and thea fighting for his life to get any say in how their matching mugs are going to look like (kevin wins because he exhausts them) (they end up being trojan-red abominations and you can't even drink out of thea's)

just very! you know! sneakily domestic... i think jean would be fully in bed with his head on thea's chest thinking to himself what the fuck is going on here. who are these people. why do i feel so happy. i must be going crazy. I must hate them. i need to get the fuck out of here. like a nervous prey animal. but the sex is amazing. and trying to get moved from the houston sirens is going to be such a pain in the ass. and they have a dinner party with the neighbors in a week and why would jean miss out on free food. so you can understand the stress he's under