OCR01737 - Wild Arms 'A Symphonic Tale'

[djpretzel]

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

[CHz]

:FURAT:

Hey, awesome to see this finally get posted. Making me like the Wild Arms opening theme, pretty fantastic, this is why I listen to remixes. I seriously can't get enough of this arrangement of the theme.

[Dhsu]

People who don't like the Wild ARMS theme don't qualify as human beings. >:[

This is very nice, far above what I was expecting from the fruits of an introductory college orchestration course. Just wish it was longer...

Hope to hear more in the future.

[Kaleb.G]

In addition to persuading Paul to submit it here (and doing the actual submission work myself), I also came up with the title for the arrangement.

Of course, Paul retains full credit for the music. I think it's an excellent arrangement and a great performance. I only wish the recording was a bit better, though it's still good. I love Naruke's work, and Paul made a wonderful homage.

I submitted this in April of 2007. It's been a while, but I'm glad it's finally here! =}

[CHz]

Oh, almost forgot. There's a video of the performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2-LBeYLOrg
At 0:10, far right, that's Paul with the glasses and cello looking at the camera.

[John Revoredo]

I was about to ask
"Hey, what software did you use?" LOL

Luckily i read up to the

"...who with the assistance of the University of Manitoba (http://umanitoba.ca/) Symphony Orchestra has provided OC ReMix with our first LIVE orchestral ReMix! "

Awesome arrangement.
It makes me feel like a n00b.

[anosou]

Very expressive arrangement and performance. An OCR-milestone :)

[Sixto]

Fantastic! I love it, it's such a moving piece. Instant favorite.

[DarkeSword]

We are living history. <3

Simply brilliant.

[Thrull]

Really amazing performance. I reflexively wanted to clap at the end of the video, but nobody's going to hear that, so: /standing ovation.

[Blake]

WOW. This is beautifully arranged. 5 stars

[MaCe]

Wow impressive, nice job :-o

[Sil]

Amazing stuff. Good counterpoint and good doublings all around. I'm jealous that you got such a great sound out of your orchestra.

[artemisjaeger]

I must say, I'm very impressed. I was expecting the average piece of junk cheese that gets posted for orchestral pieces, but the orchestration and arrangement were actually very good. I had no intention of ever posting on OCR again, but this was just too good to not compliment. The violins fudged a couple of spots and the tone changes a bit too abruptly for me right after the climax, but all in all, I'd say this may be the best orchestral arrangement ever posted here.

[Keiseth]

It coerced me to actually log in and post; that speaks highly of its quality! The Wild Arms theme of all songs... a fantastic choice. It appeals to my love of the violin, too.

Awesome work!

[BM_Gecko]

Fantastic. Worthy of my first post ever here.

[Moguta]

Congratulations OCR on your first live orchestral mix ever! May it be a sign of things to come.

And very nice work Mr. Levasseur! This truly is a quality arrangement, quite more reworked than the orchestral covers we tend to hear performed in concert these days. :-)

[Palpable]

Amazing stuff, performance and arrangement. A treat for this site.

[big giant circles]

Score! (anyone catch that pun?) :nicework:

This is really beautiful. Great contribution to the site, Paul!

(what's with the kid at 3:19?) :-o

[Kaleb.G]

(what's with the kid at 3:19?) :-o
Audience noise. But at least that's better than what happened with another orchestral piece Paul composed. During the performance, some bitch kept coughing and you could totally hear it throughout the recording. That's the problem with having a small room for performing.

[pixlz]

heh, i haven't been to this site in a while. its nice to see my favorite musical theme get a most excellent live arrangement.

loved the violin. kudos. ^_______^

[MegaTroopX]

That was beautiful! I hope he takes on more games, and achieves his ambition to compose for them. He could be Canada's Uematsu.

[Thrull]

Score! (anyone catch that pun?) :nicework:

This is really beautiful. Great contribution to the site, Paul!

(what's with the kid at 3:19?) :-o

If you try hard enough, it can sound like a crow going "caw." Kinda adds to the solemn atmosphere that way.

[SoulinEther]

If you try hard enough, it can sound like a crow going "caw." Kinda adds to the solemn atmosphere that way.
Never thought of it that way, and it makes the piece all the more... profound. :tomatoface:

I'm still listening to it "all nekkid n stuff", btw. Nice work. :nicework:

[Martin Penwald]

Listening to this song on headphones makes the problems with this recording obvious, but to be honest, it doesn't really matter that much. This is a very nicely arranged piece of music, and having it played by a live orchestra is great, despite the minor problems of the recording.

Good job.

[Alsehr]

This piece is one of the most beautiful remixes I've ever heard. I've long been a fan of the original Wild Arms, and thought that Michiko did a fantastic job composing, even with the lame midi-style of the original playstation sounds on WA, but this just blows it out of the water.

The light, easy strings in the beginning has the same nostalgic feeling that most of the songs in wild arms had, they were all slightly similar, at least enough to recognize the theme.

And that horn crescendo at 1:40? I could feel that welling in my stomach. It was so solemn up till that point, so sad and quiet, then all of a sudden, things felt victorious and strong.

I really love the drums added in at 2:50, gives it a war feeling. The horns added in with that just gives it a massive push... I loved it. Then it slides so slowly back into that soft, quiet theme...

I really did cry.
Thank you, sir.

[Nobbynob Littlun]

I was waiting for the day we'd get live orchestra here. My heartfelt thanks to the U of M!

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

I apologize for my tardiness. I've been really bad listening to new posted material from OCR. For a couple of months I've been trying to get back into it and making a playlist with all the tracks I love. Today I heard this track and I shed tears. That is what I call music...

I, too, was touched by the series Wild Arms because of the track, "'To The End of the Wilderness." I've been a hardcore Final Fantasy fan all of my life, ever since I was a little girl. Sometimes those kind of fans miss on other RPGs such as the first Wild Arms. I first played it in 2006 because it was recommend by a friend.

I never finished it because I moved and I didn't have my own TV... just 3 weeks ago (before I found this track), I was showing bLiNd my memory card saves and I forgot where I was at Wild Arms. (When you forget, it's time to delete and restart.) As soon as I heard that overworld theme song, I knew I had to start all over and play it again.

That's what I've been doing recently because bLiNd bought me a TV Tuner for my PC so I can play it again. I'm almost done with the game. I stopped playing it recently because I needed to finish FFIV for the Nintendo DS and I did. Best FF remake there is, in my opinion.

I really wanna thank Paul Levasseur and the symphony for making this track and submitting it to OCR. They did an incredible job and I'm so happy we finally have a real, live orchestral reMix! :] You guys have inspired me to hurry up and play all the Wild Arms games before the year 2009 ends.

[Lucentas]

This...is...inspiring...epic...massive...a magnum opus...

So many terms I could use to describe this piece, but perhaps just "moving" would describe it best. I could listen to this piece at least once a day for the rest of my life and never get tired of it--in fact, it would probably put me in a better state of mind. No lie, I've even heard this piece in my dreams at night. If the sheer power of it wasn't so magnificent, it'd be a little creepy how amazed I am by this...this chunk of raw glory excavated from the mind of a musical genius and the talents of a symphonic orchestra.

I get the chills every time I hear this.

I really hope we get more live symphonic stuff on this site someday, especially if it's as drop-dead gorgeous as this.

[42]

This
is
mind
explodingly
EPIC.
:shock:

It is solemn, moody, grandiose, mellowly serious, quietly contemplative, and indeed the best thing since sliced bread.
Download this now. That is all.

[wovenllikey]

I'm choked up! Paul really did justice to this piece! The story behind the recording absolutely makes me grateful to be able to hear it as it was originally performed in concert!

[Pachi Risu]

Nice dynamics. Good listening. More arrangements like this soon I hope?

[OA]

Nice sequencing. :<

This is a beautiful arrangement, with great development. The orchestra sounds good as well, and even the little kid that chimes in from the audience seemed to be on pitch. Very sophisticated stuff, and I'm very happy you got a recording of this, and that it made it to OCR. :-)