Liontamer

I'm new to this one, so I'm coming in fresh. Something about this mixing feels lossy-sounding, and the groove at :13 feels static, despite the energy of the other writing. The bassline's that opened the track is decent, but over time feels like a boring loop that could use further variations well before 1:49 (writing and/or sonic) to not sound so static. Around 1:13-1:15, 1:33-1:35, I feel like the timing of the groove is slightly warping somehow (like :05 of this Blanka theme), so it subtly feels like it's slowing down, then speeding up to catch up; it could just be the timing playing tricks on me. Groove changed at 1:49 and the core drums that are on the beat sound tepid. The clap groove at 2:31 was underwhelming and undermining the energy, so I was glad that went away at 2:58. Ending will have to be fixed, since the track just cuts out abruptly. It'll come off like I hated the track and think it's hopeless; there's many positives with the overall treatment, Sekky, as it definitely stands apart from the original, and the effort's there to have the textures evolve, even if they still feel too vanilla to me. Something about the percussion at the foundation of this feels flat and plodding, that's the main hangup. If this passes as is, it's a case where there's some drawbacks but it's solid enough. To me, it feels like it's 65% of the way there; many of the sounds are fine, but the ones I pointed out could use more sophistication. Though I haven't listened to the previous versions, from reading the judges past votes, it seems like you're moving things along well and have made meaningful strides, so I hope you'll remain dedicated to improving this if it doesn't pass as is. NO (resubmit)

It becomes more of a moot point at :28 when more elements come in, but there's obvious hiss on headphones when listening to this new version compared to the old one. I hear it as well around 2:14 when things are quieter. One of those issues where it doesn't matter much in the big picture, but you should be aware of it in case it can be addressed.

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Yeah, it’s a perfectly fine cover-style mashup but it’s underdeveloped for our arrangement standards. The groove just coasts, and like proph said, there’s not much here that’s not just covered from the original themes. It needs to be further personalized/arranged in some varied ways to better stand apart from the original themes, so further melodic variations, rhythm or tempo changes, or other dynamic contrast would help. Not a bad base, just would need to do more for the arrangement standards here. NO

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Definitely started with samples that were too exposed, e.g. blocky piano and then the bowed strings, so I was thinking this wouldn't be solid enough and mentally had my NO vote on standby. At :25 though, things took a more energetic turn and continued to shift from there, sometimes going more diminuitive like with the pizz strings, then a goofy feel with the organ and mallet percussion. Good textural changes to maintain the freshness of the presentation. Sonically, it could be refined, so while I'm not quite borderline, I can understand coming out of it. For me, the solid instrumentation coupled with the dynamic variations carries it! YES

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Original Decision Artist: Sekky Nothing special to add. I took the feedback from the previous submission and used it to improve the arrangement. Games & Sources Sonic Adventure Theme Of Tikal

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