OCR00961 - *YES* Phantasy Star 4 'Wounds of the Past' *FT*

[analoq]

Game: Phantasy Star IV
Remixer: aka The Coop
Original Track: Pain
Title: "Wounds of the Past"
System: Genesis
Copyright: SEGA 1994
Original Composer: IPPO
(was an e-mail attatchment)

[Protricity]

The song is rather simple, but it has a great feel to it.

I'll give this a YES unless the original is the same or whatever, (YA KNOW, all the usual.)

[analoq]

I was thinking 'no' when I first listened to this, because the instrumentation is a bit lacking, no percussion except for that bell thing for instance, and the mastering is ungood, it's too quiet, even for an orchestral piece and could use some more energy in the higher frequencies. But after listening to the original, it's clear a lot of work was put into this arrangement. I feel it is passable.

yes

[Digital Coma]

I like what was done here. The original's abrasive upper-register synth-organs have been replaced with much more aurally pleasing, serene instrumentation. I agree that the mastering leaves much to be desired, but otherwise the product clearly reflects labor in the arrangement department. The haunting flute sometimes sounds out of key when it hits the high notes, but the sum of the means is pleasingly acceptable.

YES

[DarkCecil13]

Wow. This arrangement is excellent. Like the others have said thus far, the mastering job isn't the best that it could be. Other than that, this is definitely OCR material.

YES