Liontamer
06-26-2008, 12:13 PM
Hello all!
ReMixer name: CarnCarby
Real name: Ryan Humphrey
email: Valendia@gmail.com
website: http://www.gpwoodward.net/music/ (not actually my site)
Userid: 5730
Submission
Game: Chrono Trigger, with a hint of Chrono Cross
Songs: "Epilogue ~To Good Friends~", "To Far Away Times," and a tiny bit of "Arni Village~Home World~"
Comments:
Okay. So it's debatable whether the site needs another cheesy Chrono Trigger piano tune, but here it is anyway. I actually started on this by messing around with Earthbound's Sound Stone melody, and then due to the harmonic similarities it sort of bled over into CT's music. I don't really do much in this style, but these games -- and these songs in particular -- bring out the shameless sentimentalist in me, and I wanted to make my own arrangement to pay tribute to that. The piece was conceived as something of a reflection from years down the road; the opening uncertain and tinged with loss, moving into a more mature memory of simpler times, finally closing with satisfied acceptance. It became a fun project of wrapping themes around each other and seeing how they could fit together. I was reasonably pleased with how it came out, and thought I might submit it to the site to see if it can stand alongside some of the great stuff I love by bladiator, dhsu, klutz, and others.
Thanks for listening!
Ryan
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http://snesmusic.org/v2/download.php?spcNow=ct - "Epilogue ~ To Good Friends" (ct-316.spc) & "To Far Away Times" (ct-317.spc)
http://tzone.org/~llin/psf/packs2/Chrono_Cross_psf.rar (http://tzone.org/%7Ellin/psf/packs2/Chrono_Cross_psf.rar) - 103 "Home Village Arni"
Yeah, definitely reminded me strongly of kLuTz's material, i.e. not a radical re-imagining, but it certainly gets the job done on the arrangement side. The ending cut off abruptly at 6:20 during the fadeout, which would have to be fixed.
The sampled piano really could have used some more post-production work to achieve better realism, because the piano just sounds extremely fake despite having a decent tone. Maybe another J can give some tips and we can get an improved version. It's not bad (I could roll with this as is), but it just could never pass for being a real piano, and I think guys like Dhsu (who cheats) and Bladiator (who's a cracker) get better results when they render their stuff.
Might get some differing POVs depending on how far the production bar has gone up, but I think the personalization of the arrangement and decent production was enough to carry this over the line. You weren't out to reinvent the wheel, but you didn't have to. Solid work, Ryan. Fix that ending.
YES
ReMixer name: CarnCarby
Real name: Ryan Humphrey
email: Valendia@gmail.com
website: http://www.gpwoodward.net/music/ (not actually my site)
Userid: 5730
Submission
Game: Chrono Trigger, with a hint of Chrono Cross
Songs: "Epilogue ~To Good Friends~", "To Far Away Times," and a tiny bit of "Arni Village~Home World~"
Comments:
Okay. So it's debatable whether the site needs another cheesy Chrono Trigger piano tune, but here it is anyway. I actually started on this by messing around with Earthbound's Sound Stone melody, and then due to the harmonic similarities it sort of bled over into CT's music. I don't really do much in this style, but these games -- and these songs in particular -- bring out the shameless sentimentalist in me, and I wanted to make my own arrangement to pay tribute to that. The piece was conceived as something of a reflection from years down the road; the opening uncertain and tinged with loss, moving into a more mature memory of simpler times, finally closing with satisfied acceptance. It became a fun project of wrapping themes around each other and seeing how they could fit together. I was reasonably pleased with how it came out, and thought I might submit it to the site to see if it can stand alongside some of the great stuff I love by bladiator, dhsu, klutz, and others.
Thanks for listening!
Ryan
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http://snesmusic.org/v2/download.php?spcNow=ct - "Epilogue ~ To Good Friends" (ct-316.spc) & "To Far Away Times" (ct-317.spc)
http://tzone.org/~llin/psf/packs2/Chrono_Cross_psf.rar (http://tzone.org/%7Ellin/psf/packs2/Chrono_Cross_psf.rar) - 103 "Home Village Arni"
Yeah, definitely reminded me strongly of kLuTz's material, i.e. not a radical re-imagining, but it certainly gets the job done on the arrangement side. The ending cut off abruptly at 6:20 during the fadeout, which would have to be fixed.
The sampled piano really could have used some more post-production work to achieve better realism, because the piano just sounds extremely fake despite having a decent tone. Maybe another J can give some tips and we can get an improved version. It's not bad (I could roll with this as is), but it just could never pass for being a real piano, and I think guys like Dhsu (who cheats) and Bladiator (who's a cracker) get better results when they render their stuff.
Might get some differing POVs depending on how far the production bar has gone up, but I think the personalization of the arrangement and decent production was enough to carry this over the line. You weren't out to reinvent the wheel, but you didn't have to. Solid work, Ryan. Fix that ending.
YES