OCR01625 - Syberia 'To the Land of the Great Mammoths'

[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Really nice. Orchestra is very well executed.

[psycosulu]

Really captures the feeling of the game, beautiful and easy to listen to.

[MisterBiggler]

i watched my friend play a lot of this back when we were in the dorms. cool song; reminds me of the trains in the snow and such. makes me wanna snag a copy and play it on the 360 (hurray for ports).

[Prasa_U.]

A controversial judge decision! Is there any better kind?

Thanks for the kind words guys! Here's a long ramble as my gratitude:

In the months after I originally submitted I was constantly learning more and so I can understand the criticisms of the judges, especially zircon comment about cymbals. Chalk it up to newbie-ness :P It all kind of makes me wish for some kind of upgrade to the whole WIP idea, though, since although it was nice recieving compliments in the WIP thread, there is a huge gap between satisfying the WIP board and satisfying the panel (though on second glance at my thread someone did mention the cymbals). I had tried to contact one judge through PM to get a pre-submission opinion and got a "need more info" reply, and no reply when I provided that (coincidentally that was one of the judges who voted "NO" rather starkly to this mix on the panel). So I thought that the judges didn't like being "presubmitted" so I refrained from contacting the others, thinking I might come off as pestering. But no going back now =P I just wish there was some way to really verify that you're mix is as panel worthy as possible before submitting and waiting. But I understand, people are busy, have lives, etc, etc.

I did realize I was entering shaky territory by creating an orchestral mix to an orchestral soundtrack, so I can see why some people would think it's not "different" enough to qualify. But, my main goal was to interpret and build the melody in the way I wanted, and in a cinematic sort of tone. But it was still a fantastical, orchestral arrangement of a fantastical, orchestral original source. I knew I was kind of toeing the line, and I would have completely understood if it had been rejected because of that fact, but I'm happy it worked out in the end.

And thank you, djpretzel, for emphasizing the initials of my name being "PU", as I feel that I just haven't gotten enough flak for that so far in life. =P

[Hy Bound]

I don't really review very much, but i felt compelled to on this one.

All I have to say is that i really found this to be one of the best orchestral arrangements I've heard on OCRemix. I know there are going to be others who disagree with me, possibly strongly, but I felt more of an attachment and emotion with this arrangement than many of the other orchestral arrangements on this site.
Yes, it feels a little too drenched in reverb, and the cymbals sound shitty, but on the arrangment side and for the rest of the more technical side, it is quite outstanding.

BTW, did anyone else get the feeling of Halo on the first few notes of the song? I was reading the Halo 3 review while listening to the song and thought the video review had somehow popped up. I guess thats quite the compliment i can give, considering Marty O'Donnell is a badass.

[Nicholas Varley]

A very interesting interpretation of what we tried to achieve...
All the best,
Nicholas Varley, composer, Syberia.

[Chickenwarlord]

A very interesting interpretation of what we tried to achieve...
All the best,
Nicholas Varley, composer, Syberia.

So awesome!
I loved this mix as a WIP and still love it as a completed work. The cheesy cello solo is alright by me, but you never really reworked that harp.

[Prasa_U.]

A very interesting interpretation of what we tried to achieve...
All the best,
Nicholas Varley, composer, Syberia.

Thanks for dropping by!

[Skrypnyk]

Nice to see another Scarbronite on here.

WE'RE TAKING OVER YO!!!

Nice mix too. It sounds expensive =o

[Prasa_U.]

Nice mix too. It sounds expensive =o

It is. But my school has a digital music program with some great equipment and software so I pay nothing!

[Skrypnyk]

srsly? I wanna go to expensive digital music program school too!!

[Prasa_U.]

Yes , I'm sure you do.

[Kebochu]

It is. But my school has a digital music program with some great equipment and software so I pay nothing!

Really? are our MACs really that expensive? O_O

(yes, i registered just to ask you that question =] )

[Shadow Wolf]

I actually have to disagree with Pixie for once on this one... I really like the solo cello in the intro. In light of the rest of the mix, I'm fairly certain it was supposed to sound alone and out in the cold. The patches used for this mix really grabbed me too, they were very realistic, and it added a lot, so props for patch selection and production. Hope to hear from you again!

[Martin Penwald]

I usually prefer my orchestral arrangements powerful and energized, but I like this one nevertheless. The mood it sets up is just wonderful. Nice work.

[OA]

Very sweeping sound to this one; the strings sound very nice. I do think the transitions were a bit weak overall in terms of lines, and the stucatto brass section near the end I don't think worked at all, but otherwise I thought it was beautifully done, specifically your legato strings.

I recently received this game (though I can't play it on my mac), so I am unable to compare it to the source, but if it's similar to this mix, I definitely want to check it out.