OCR01319 - Xenogears 'Xenosphere' [Archive]

NewTypeOne

02-25-2005, 04:19 AM

Wow, this has to be just... I mean wow, ya know for those of us that are anime fans it sounds something like outta Noir (for those of you who dont know thats definetly a good thing). I loved it. This is indeed a magnificent remix.

PriZm

02-25-2005, 04:39 AM

holy shit. I'm just listening to it for the second time now and.... ouch. My ass is definitely and meticulously being kicked.

Of course I'm biased since this is Xenogears :?

Less Ashamed Of Self

02-25-2005, 04:43 AM

Tasty, it's a keeper.

Will analyze for closeness to the original later.

SynthesizedStampede

02-25-2005, 04:59 AM

Damn, this is one good remix. I haven't played Xenogears, but this song MUST mean the original is good.

Txai

02-25-2005, 07:09 AM

Hmmmm...short mix.

However, I enjoyed the instruments, really good. I love the orchestral percussion and the harp. Beautiful strings. Pretty women voice. In 00:50, it's a trumpet or a tuba (or other instrument)? Hey, work of high quality and great power. Nice mix!

Isk

02-25-2005, 09:10 AM

really glad you posted another remix.

Fieari

02-25-2005, 09:25 PM

Wow... the repeating patterns here work so well! And that singing voice! Wow! That totally kicked my ass when I heard it come in. This rocks. You rock. Honestly, what else can I say? It is a little short, and I wish it were longer, but that which is here rocks so hard it doesn't matter. I'm in awe. Totally sweet.

Catharsis

02-26-2005, 12:33 AM

In order to state my appreciation of this song, let me just say I just registered a few minutes ago to say how awesome it is.

Never have I heard a remix capture a song from a game, make it new, and STILL completely maintain the theme and the mood. And a voice is even added! Maybe I'm wrong, but it sounds like a real voice.

To put it another way, this song should have been in the original game.

Simply amazing. My hat's off to you, Oceanfire. I will be looking out for your stuff in the future.

Artificial_AI

02-26-2005, 01:34 AM

Reminds me of the ocean, in a very very good way.

Mini Mog

02-26-2005, 01:57 AM

WOW....

I'm floored...this is so beautiful and professional...I really don't know what to say! :)

I could leave this on for hours and be happy!!!

EXCELLENT REMIX!!! I'd like to hear more like this!

Ventrex

02-26-2005, 04:51 AM

Xenogears mixes tend to be legendarily beautiful. Though both mixes are completely different in style and execution, Star Salzman's 'Pillar of Salt' mix also produced a feeling of...wonder. 'Xenosphere' has also produced that sense of wonder within me, due largely to the vocals, but in a different sort of way. Beautiful, beautiful, BEAUTIFUL vocals. Gorgeous vocals. I do not use this word often, as I reserve it for things that truly deserve it, but these are very haunting vocals. Which isn't to shadow the music itself! The opening minute or so is filled with haunting music as well, due to the recognition of the original song, reworked in a different style. I always did love the 'Omen' song to begin with, and really dig the Millennial Fair XG songs. But this is completely different in style to any XG song/mix, I think. It's more focused on producing a sense of wonder and beauty, in a slower, more relaxed, introspective way.

But I too am a bit biased, since Xenogears is also one of my favorite games. It also sparked my interest in Mitsuda and Mitusda mixes. Maybe I'll write more on this song, but I've been long winded enough. Very good job, Oceanfire. A truly beautiful mix.

Being

02-26-2005, 03:27 PM

An overall great remix. I love the music in Xenogears, but the vocals in this remind me too much of one stage in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2:56-ish). It's a brilliant mix and I wish Oceanfire all the best towards his next.

Vero

02-26-2005, 10:53 PM

"Omen" and "Ocean Palace" are two of my favorite pieces of Mr. Mitsuda's work, and Oceanfire brought them together very nicely. I love how well the french horn of "Ocean Palace" blends in with the strings of "Omen", and when the female humming comes in, it makes it even better.

I also enjoy how Oceanfire changed the pitch on the strings at the beginning from a normal pitch, to a more deep pitch. This is easily one of my favorites. 10/10

Ventrex

02-27-2005, 01:59 AM

One more thing: 'Omen' has always been one of my favorite Mitsuda songs. It was very haunting to begin with. Hearing it with (beautiful) vocals seems more like what it should have been, but couldn't be in-game due to technological limitations of the time.

Sorry to obsess so much over the vocals, but good golly by George they rock me. :)

Duncan

03-01-2005, 01:19 AM

This is great, very hunting like the organial.
I like what you did with it, and looking forward to more of the same...

DarkOmenDKA

03-03-2005, 06:43 AM

This is my first time posting about a specific song. This song is just beautiful. I have been playing it on repeat for about 3:45 and I'm still not tired of it. This is one of those songs that just relaxes you, and makes you think, and man I love it. I love this type of music because it helps me write.

The vocals, they are small, but so powerful. Does anyone else think they sound A LOT like the ones from a song on the movei Donnie Darko? Thats a good thing though.

ANyways, I'm not a music major or anything like that, but I know what I like. This is beauitiful.

Asterin

03-18-2005, 02:18 AM

It's been said, but I figure repetition can't hurt... this is incredible. I wish it were longer.

The section with the vocals reminded me of a particular track from Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, which contained a similarly beautiful and floating female vocal segment.

dollerzOC

05-12-2005, 05:44 AM

this song has the 2nd highest playcount on my list (109 plays) it's SO perfect. Very dark sounding, and the vocals are stunning.

10/10, a GORGEOUS remix oceanfire!!!

SynthesizedStampede

05-28-2005, 08:41 PM

My god. This is absolutely one of my favorite remixes ever. The mood is just so great in this song. Everytime I hear it I think of a perilous night sky (though I haven't played Xenogears so I don't really know when this song plays). But when the strings came in at 00:34, I already told myself "God damn. This is gonna be an awesome mix right here". Magnificent (how many times do you see that word?) job Oceanfire, 10/10, I can't find anything I DON'T like.

zircon

05-29-2005, 03:22 AM

I love this mix, as my vote shows.

Just wanted to add, though, that there's a reason you may have heard the vocals before; the multisample is from the most popular choral/vocal library on the planet, "Symphony of Voices". It comes with some very distinctive samples, such as this solo soprano (which I have used myself on a few songs).

Geoffrey Taucer

07-07-2005, 11:52 PM

zircon

07-08-2005, 02:30 AM

wow, this is definitely one of my new favorites. Those vocals are absolutely haunting, and sound absolutely real (except at that one point where they go insanely high -- but though they don't sound real at that point, they still sound very beautiful)

An operatic soprano can hit two octaves above middle C without that much difficulty, and that's the highest the vocals in "Xenosphere" go. But for normal humans, yeah, that's HIGH.

Annoxus

07-08-2005, 05:38 AM

I plead of you, if you're reading this, YOU -MUST- DOWNLOAD THIS MIX. Extremely well-placed, gorgeous vocals, along with an eerie ambience and excellent tune selection... this remix will go down as legendary. Words can't describe its perfection. AMAZING work from Oceanfire. Simply stunning.

YearXero

08-23-2005, 12:01 PM

being one of my three fave Xenogears remixes (the other two being Pillar of Salt and 7 Years Broken) I definitely recommend this one, a definite 11/10 on my scale

DJzeles

11-18-2005, 08:19 AM

The vocals in that song are all done in what is called the Whistle Range. Whoever recorded the original was incredible.

Very very nice mix, somehow reminds me of that silly Chronicals of Riddick movie at one part of the song. Not that that detracts from the song at all.

avaris

10-26-2006, 06:25 PM

This mix is absolutely amazing. I have been listening to it off and on for months and it never gets old.

I wish Oceanfire did some more tunes as his stuff is excellent. To do his style of music well is insanely hard and involves using strong melodies and very high production values. Not many are capable of pulling it off.

Strictly this is friggin epic, I love it.

Audity

10-29-2006, 07:26 PM

Gets kind of repetitive. 0:50-1:07 I'm not fond of, though I'm very familiar with the sound. 1:07-1:24 I like quite a bit. Reminds me of the good cathedral-ish strings from Xenosaga Episode III, and some of Final Fantasy XII, and possibly an area of Star Ocean III. The section after is pretty good. The voice I'm not crazy over. The percussion at 2:33 is reminiscent of a particular track in XS Ep.III within a darkened corporate facility, which has now become a recognizable favorite of mine, so nice touch there. Overall, though, while a slow and smooth constant ambient groove can be a good thing, I really wish the chord progression changed just a tad while still sounding good. I mean it's already a thought-provoking type arrangement/song anyway; might as well have varied it up as opposed to thinking the same thought for 3 minutes or whatever.

I plead of you, if you're reading this, YOU -MUST- DOWNLOAD THIS MIX. Extremely well-placed, gorgeous vocals, along with an eerie ambience and excellent tune selection... this remix will go down as legendary. Words can't describe its perfection. AMAZING work from Oceanfire. Simply stunning.

Holy shit. You're from the same location as I.

Catharsis

09-11-2008, 04:12 AM

Anyone find similarity to Donnie Darko music when it comes to the voice?

11-20-2009, 09:45 PM

Structure and instrumentation are way close to the original, but the voice added was very pretty and added additional sophistication to everything. Nice samples that are well used, with some good articulations, and some new details protect this from lockdown, but overall it sounds like a sound upgrade mostly to me. Doesn't mean I dislike it, but I wish a few additional risks had been taken.

a_d

01-15-2010, 01:37 AM

djpretzel

01-20-2010, 08:04 AM

.................................................. .8O

"Ocean Palace" is listed as a source tune, but I can't find a track by any name like that for the Xenogears OST. Is this track from Chrono Trigger?

Yes >> http://ocremix.org/song/68

Note that you can click on songs to see alternate song names and the game they are assigned to.

a_d

01-20-2010, 08:06 AM

Yes >> http://ocremix.org/song/68

Note that you can click on songs to see alternate song names and the game they are assigned to.
Sweet, thanks

12-05-2010, 12:04 AM

There's just a lingering sense of doom/finality/fate in this mix that is so tasty from an aural sense. I also like the soloist that comes in, almost like she's singing the song that ends the earth.

Ok, yeah, when direct side by side comparing this to Omen, this mix does play it safe and conservatively but it's still a treat. I still like this a lot largely because it's a lot more subtle in its intentions than Omen is. Specifically, there are a few instances where Omen has some orchestral crescendos, but this has much more milder moments. I definitely recommend checking this out.