OceansAndrew Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Previous thread: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35250 Hello, Here is my resub of the arrangement "Dramatic Dark World" from FF6. Thank you for the constructive and valuable feedback, which I took into account when tweaking this piece. I think the mix and production are improved now, after I fixed the mids in the beginning, toned down the brass in the middle, spaced out the panning more, and adjusted some velocities and removed some instrument doublings. I hope you find this version to be an improvement. Thank you! ReMixer name: LemonLime Name: Christian Floisand userid: 44839 Game: Final Fantasy 6 Song arranged: Dark World Composed by: Nobuo Uematsu Comments: I was inspired to do this arrangement after hearing Jeremy Soule's great orchestration of Terra's Theme from Final Fantasy 6. But in addition, I was also keen on developing my midi orchestration skills in Logic using Vienna Special Edition and this seemed like a good way to do that. After auditioning several tracks from the game, I decided that Dark World presented some good orchestral opportunities that I wanted to explore. Thanks very much for your time! Best regards, Christian Floisand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 I am hearing a nice improvement here. Things overall are feeling a lot more realistic, and I am able to appreciate the expansion you have on the melodies. 1:56 stands out to me as a stellar section that mixes the source with some nice original harmonies and personalization. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 I do think the opening notes are a little heavy-handed, but the strings that come in after are very nuanced and expressive. Arrangementwise, some of the stiffness is coming from the piece being so blocky, but it works in an ominous and oppressive way. Great setting of mood. Overall it's an improvement, though whether or not the other judges agree remains to be seen; I do think some woodwind runs would help it feel a little more flowing, but I do think it is good enough to pass. The combination of light arrangement touches and a dramatic and dark sound work well in concert, and the samples are well used, with a lot of intelligent and interesting articulations. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted November 17, 2011 Share Posted November 17, 2011 As a first-time listener of the track, I do have to say that the intro wasn't instilling very much confidence. It felt very blocky and stiff, and could have benefited a lot from some very low, grumbling sustained notes to get a more massive sound out of those stabs. The blockiness/stiffness of some of the instruments isn't nearly as apparent when you've got a lot more layers going on, though, so keep that in mind when writing with instruments where you can't necessarily pull off perfectly humanized articulations - don't leave them exposed That said, after that point things definitely picked up. The arrangement is a slow burner and I do feel like it took a while for me to really get into it, but fortunately your sample quality is strong and for the most part, the articulations are realistic. There's some really powerful moments to this arrangement and, while I feel like it never climaxes into anything in particular, it's still a pretty good, albeit conservative, take on the Dark World theme. I'm cool with it, even though there's parts that could be tightened up overall. Good work YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I could argue the fact it never quite takes off but never did the original. The intro is incredibly blocky and I can't decide if I like that. The additions and harmonies are all quite nice and the sequencing, whilst not stellar, is alright. It kind of drifts between not-quite-borderline and really quite nice at times. On the whole I'm good with passing this but definitely bear in mind contour and tension in your next submission as they are a bit absent here. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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