OCR02057 - Xenogears 'Hymn of Aveh'

[djpretzel]

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

[SoulinEther]

shiver my timbers.. shivers, shivers down my spine. beautiful. expected nothing less, though, because kate delivers.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

YES! I loved this mix when I first stumbled accross it on youtube, and I love it now. Absolutely stunning.

[BlackPanther]

Holy crap this is tight. Beautiful voice and great work with the instruments. Overall great piece Kate =).

[Abadoss]

Kate, you are very quickly climbing my list of favorite ReMixers. Congrats on your sophomore OCR release!

[big giant circles]

Meh...












...that's what I would say if I were a total d-bag. ;) In actuality, I think this is a lovely arrangement and a wonderful performance. Kate's a talented gal! Celtic music always hits a soft spot with me--and Kate loves to poke at that spot. Always a treat to hear her work!

[nugzta]

Finally it is added here, I ripped this off youtube long ago. It should have been part of Xenogears: Human + Gear album.

Amazing job, Kate!

PS: Can we have Kate's Cleyra Settlement released already? :-P

[Rhellik]

Very nice! Gave me shivers as well. Starts off very slow but gets this nice celtic feel and rhythm to it. OCR needs more of this!

[Caster13]

Holy crap. You've got quite the amazing talent--scratch that, talentS!

[Liontamer]

Winner winner, chicken dinner. :-)

http://twitter.com/ocremix/status/16990605066
ocremix New ReMix! Xenogears 'Hymn of Aveh' by @katethegreat19! http://bit.ly/a3L5Ll @YasunoriMitsuda, what do you think? :-)
http://twitter.com/YasunoriMitsuda/status/16993469655
YasunoriMitsuda @ocremix Ohh! Fantastic. It very nice arragement.
http://twitter.com/katethegreat19/status/17004060347
katethegreat19 I am seriously about to die...of happiness. One of my heroes, Yasunori Mitsuda, just tweeted to OCremix saying he liked my arrangement!

[avaris]

Heard this on Youtube awhile back and absolutely loved it. Excellent take on an incredible theme. Keep the musical goodness coming! :)

[OA]

Beautiful and immediately accessible. The vocals are obviously incredible, but the rest of the instrumentation was equally good.

Amazing work!

[Calebyte]

Very nice. :)

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Winner winner, chicken dinner. :-)

http://twitter.com/ocremix/status/16990605066

http://twitter.com/YasunoriMitsuda/status/16993469655

http://twitter.com/katethegreat19/status/17004060347

Holy fucking shit.

Uber-jealous.

[Monobrow]

Really great, kate.

I really like the vocal "yayeeeeees" and "yaaaaaahs" ... I love that kind of stuff.

The viola/violin? playing is passionate too. Awesome work.

[katethegreat19]

Gosh thanks guys! ;_;

nice comments from my favorite OCRemixers, a nice comment from Yasunori Mitsuda himself...O.O.... yeah, I think some celebrating is in order!

And perhaps some liquor.....xD

[Level 99]

And perhaps some liquor.....xD

Yup, you definitely deserve it. A fine way to celebrate being on top of the world: mix post + compliment from the composer would make ANY remixer happy! Nice job!

Even if it isn't pristine production, not only does the arrangement shine enough to make that a non-issue, but nearly all the instruments being live recorded really adds passion and a full "human" element to the song. Vocals and performance are both outstanding. The language is stunning.

kate the great indeed.

[chthonic]

one of the rare occasions I love a remix without ever hearing the source

in fact, this remix is so good I don't even WANT to listen to the source for fear of being dissapointed

excellent work kate please keep it up

[Emunator]

Totally brilliant. I've always thought this was your best arrangement out of all the ones you have on Youtube - the instrumentals are fantastic and compliment the vocals perfectly. I don't really know how else to describe it, but it's a joy to see this come up on the front page and get even more attention that it deserves.

[docnano]

Wow. Wow. I'd buy this mp3. Excellent work! Hope you did end up celebrating.

[DrumUltimA]

Woah, Kate, is that you playing violin!? Wow, it wasn't enough that you can sing your face off-- you play like a million bucks too!

Great work, and congrats on the Yasunori Mitsuda kudos. That's really awesome :D

[katethegreat19]

Woah, Kate, is that you playing violin!? Wow, it wasn't enough that you can sing your face off-- you play like a million bucks too!

Great work, and congrats on the Yasunori Mitsuda kudos. That's really awesome :D

Thanks! Yes the violin is actually my first and formost instrument! I only started singing and playing the others instruments as a teen ^_^

[Melbu Frahma]

The violin in this is to die for, and the vocals aren't far behind. Amazing piece, kate, absolutely stunning.

[Nebula]

Really great piece. Instantly reminded me of Mitsuda's Creid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creid) -- one of my favorite collections -- with which this would absolutely fit right in.

[MechaFone]

Fantastic! The quality of our female remixers and their singing is raised once again.

[a_d]

Is Aveh a dragon in the game? I thought Aveh was just a nation. I ask this because the lyrics of Kate's song talk about this.

[LazarCotoron]

Nuh uh, however, it fits with the Xenogears mythos regardless. If you're familiar with ancient cultures, the concept of 'dragons' varies a lot, from things like Tiamat and Bahamat, the Asian Lung, our own western variant which we are more familiar, and even things such as South America's feathered serpents. The consistency is immense creatures with at least some reptillian traits of considerable power and cunning.

The world set of Xenogears showcases that gears were developed further since the crash to contend with immense monsters.

That all said, I feel the mixes Kate has posted up here on OCR, this one especially, showcase Kate's genre mastery. I'd love to see her branch out a little bit, but I definitely will keep coming back for what it is that she "does."

[a_d]

"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9

"For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light." 2 Corinthians 11:14

"Old dragon, old dragon Aveh
No brighter star leads us
Give us light" -Hymn of Aveh

"How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer [Satan], son of the morning!
For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God' "
Isaiah 14:12,13

Interesting...
(I do think the song sounds beautiful)

[halc]

loved it! incredible vocal performance (as expected, of course). i just wish I could play so many cool instruments :nicework:

[Theophany]

katethegreat lives up to her name :)

[Velocifero]

Another great one by Kate. What a wonderful voice she has. She's cute too.

[delbuster]

the only reason i knew the source tune was because of the Of Sea and Fire mix by Ziwtra, when I heard it here I was like ohmygoodness I know that lol

awesome stuff

[Karth]

Kate, I have not yet played Xenogears (though I want to someday), and I had no familiarity with this track until looking it up after hearing your mix.

And in spite of not knowing the source tune, after listening to this twice it's easily become one of my favorite OCRemixes of all time. I love this every bit as much as Star Salzman's "Pillar of Salt" - and as remixes go, that one ranks very high on my scale! :)

This is at once a relaxing, breathtaking, and mystifying arrangement. And I'm sincerely impressed at your great talent, to have played all of those instruments so expertly. From here on out, I'll be patiently waiting for your next mix to arrive here - and of course I'll be browsing YouTube for the ones that aren't here yet.

Best of luck in your future endeavors!
-Dave

[Catharsis]

She just now submitted this? Oh man, this has been one my favorites for a while.

[Martin Penwald]

Dunno why anyone would be bothered by the made-up language; it's not any different from listening to a song in an existing langauge you don't understand.

Anyway, about the remix in hand...it's bloody amazing. Voice work and instrument playing are very good (especially the violin), as is the arrangement. It really makes me want to listen to the OST again (I paid outta my ass when I bought it a decade ago, but I never regretted it).

Waiting for her next submission.

[mjwes]

Absolutely a great vocal performance. I love the slightly Asian feel to the music I picked up. I am not familiar with the Aveh language, but it sounds like a mix of Japanese and Latin... very cool.

[Asterai]

I recently discovered OCRemix, and this was the first mix I heard that compelled me to immediately go look up all the author's other works.

Other mixes have since surpassed this in my mind, but damn did it make an impression. Listen to it, love it.

[Asterai]

I recently discovered OCRemix, and this was the first mix I heard that compelled me to immediately go look up all the author's other works.

Other mixes have since surpassed this in my mind, but damn did it make an impression. Listen to it, love it.

"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Revelation 12:9

"For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light." 2 Corinthians 11:14

"Old dragon, old dragon Aveh
No brighter star leads us
Give us light" -Hymn of Aveh

"How you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer [Satan], son of the morning!
For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God' "
Isaiah 14:12,13

Interesting...
(I do think the song sounds beautiful)

Methinks you're interpreting this through a lens it was not meant to be viewed with. As in, completely different (not to mention, entirely invented) mythology is involved.