OCR01441 - Final Fantasy X 'White Skies (Club Mix)'

[djpretzel]

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

[Flare4War]

I'm not familiar with the FFX soundtrack but I really like this. Very upbeat fun mix.

[Corporal Eschebone]

Wow, this is the closest anyone has ever gotten to "professional" trance on this site. I'm having a party next month that will have entail 10 hours' worth of trance over 100 trackse (that's just how it worked out when I decided how many hours I could fit on one CD, and I was off by 20MB), so I may need to bend the "rules" by about 8 minutes since there's no way I'm passing up something as good as this. :)

[Helmholz]

Wow, this is the closest anyone has ever gotten to "professional" trance on this site. This is the truth. And it's very good trance. I enjoyed this a great deal and I only wish for a higher bitrate.

9.5/10

[PlastikBag]

Wow, this is the closest anyone has ever gotten to "professional" trance on this site. This is the truth. And it's very good trance. I enjoyed this a great deal and I only wish for a higher bitrate.

9.5/10
Higher bitrate version is available at vgmix.

Anyway, this mix is awesome. It's easily shot up to being one of my favorite trance mixes on this site, right up there with "Save Me".

[Bummerdude]

Finally a remix that I don't need to complain about how short it is, bLiNd gives us all the time we need for this one.

It began well, the synths and beats kicked in as soon the mix started, and over the time more and more instruments joined the party. The strings used for the melody wasn't really strong, so recognizing the original track might be hard.
I liked the sudden change at 2:35 when the whole remix went into an other direction, it was at that point that I could fully recognize the original melody inside it. The walkover to trance was excellent, since bLiNd used a very good synth as a bridge to it. He kept the strings, good call I think, and the mix had now built up itself to the max. At 4:39, it released its full glory, and it was magnificent. I concur with everyone else here, this is the best trance I've ever heard so far.
Great work bLiNd, truly great work.

[Astantia]

Not a bad piece, bit repetitive in light of the recent submissions, and yet, I still enjoyed listening to it. It develops into a very nice trance piece in the center section, after the introduction.

Not knowing the FF soundtrack, I still enjoyed this.

I'll give it:

7.5/10

[Nateconq]

great mix, this is my favorite music genre and it did it for me. I only wish more people would make trance/techno remixes on this site.

[tgfoo]

I had thought the name White Skies had sounded familiar, then when the melody came in I realized that it was a version of one of the songs he had on the PPM Trance Album (which happened to be my favorite song on that album...). Great stuff, I'm loving in,.. but then I love just abut everything bLiNd doesn.

[Burger Deluxe]

Excellent. Just top notch quality, and an excellent trance addition to the oc world. Well done, can't say much more than that. That is as close to perfection as I've heard in a long while.

Hope to see more FFX stuff from ya man. 8)

[Prophecy]

Hell Yes. This song roxxorz mad boxxorz.

[finn]

I am a huge fan of this mix despite the ongoing debate about it, and though this is partly due to inherent fondness for the song itself--it being my favorite from FFX, with the possible exception of Some Day the Dream Will End--I find none of the faults you mentioned enough to snuff my crazy dancetastic response. Rock on.

[zircon]

Ongoing debate? This was a conclusive YES across the board ;)

[MaGi_TekK]

Good stuff, except for the horrendously, ludicrously, absurdly, horrifically, ridiculously, gimme-a-break-are-you-kidding-me intro which is the most unoriginal trance rehash crap which generally speaks for 99% of the genre and made me want to GOL (gag out loud). But with this remix, blind definately stands out in my mind. Seems like he's surpassed Oakenfold, although to most people thats not saying much ;P

[sgx]

This mix is the bizniss. Production quality is through the roof. The White Skies on the PMM Trance Album is my favorite, but that's just my stylistic preference.

[bLiNd]

Good stuff, except for the horrendously, ludicrously, absurdly, horrifically, ridiculously, gimme-a-break-are-you-kidding-me intro which is the most unoriginal trance rehash crap which generally speaks for 99% of the genre and made me want to GOL (gag out loud). But with this remix, blind definately stands out in my mind. Seems like he's surpassed Oakenfold, although to most people thats not saying much ;P

Hence "Club Mix" aka for the djs to mix into a set. its necessary. Check out my snowbound remix from earthbound for a nice intro to a dance song. You have to understand the genre...

Next time I submit to OC it will be "OC Edit", like a radio edit, and vgmix will have the full on mix. It fits the guidelines better i guess.

[NeOmega]

Ah.... just love it when upon the first listen of a remix, you love it.

Of course, not surpassing Oakenfold yet, since I have never seen bLiNd on a stage spinning FF records... but get me a flyer for the party when you do!

[DJ Skratch 'n' Sniff]

Just to shake things up a bit: I thought this remix was only okay.

[zircon]

Good stuff, except for the horrendously, ludicrously, absurdly, horrifically, ridiculously, gimme-a-break-are-you-kidding-me intro which is the most unoriginal trance rehash crap which generally speaks for 99% of the genre and made me want to GOL (gag out loud). But with this remix, blind definately stands out in my mind. Seems like he's surpassed Oakenfold, although to most people thats not saying much ;P

Hence "Club Mix" aka for the djs to mix into a set. its necessary. Check out my snowbound remix from earthbound for a nice intro to a dance song. You have to understand the genre...

Next time I submit to OC it will be "OC Edit", like a radio edit, and vgmix will have the full on mix. It fits the guidelines better i guess.

Don't sweat it, man. Magi_tekk doesn't know the standards, djp and the judges do. And we gave you 4YES. This is an amazing piece by our standards and by the standards of dance/trance music.

[Navi]

this is hot stuff. amazing. can't wait to see it mislabeled on Kazaa as something by one of the more mainstream trance artists.

[Robotaki]

A late Xmas present to everyone visiting OCRemix no doubt. :D Awesome.

[MaGi_TekK]

Good stuff, except for the horrendously, ludicrously, absurdly, horrifically, ridiculously, gimme-a-break-are-you-kidding-me intro which is the most unoriginal trance rehash crap which generally speaks for 99% of the genre and made me want to GOL (gag out loud). But with this remix, blind definately stands out in my mind. Seems like he's surpassed Oakenfold, although to most people thats not saying much ;P

Hence "Club Mix" aka for the djs to mix into a set. its necessary. Check out my snowbound remix from earthbound for a nice intro to a dance song. You have to understand the genre...

Next time I submit to OC it will be "OC Edit", like a radio edit, and vgmix will have the full on mix. It fits the guidelines better i guess.

Don't sweat it, man. Magi_tekk doesn't know the standards, djp and the judges do. And we gave you 4YES. This is an amazing piece by our standards and by the standards of dance/trance music.

What's with the diss Mr. Fancy Pants Judge. Just because we have different standards doesn't mean I have to subscribe to yours. Maybe blind can handle some heftier criticism unlike say...you??
Go get a cheese steak at Geno's (or better yet Jim's) and leave me alone.

[zircon]

Now you're attacking me personally, and logic says I should delete your post as it's rude and offtopic. But I won't. I simply said that you don't know the standards. What can I say? You don't. That's not an insult or a "diss". Most people don't know the standards.

My point was addressed to blind, not you. You were saying that the song intro was really bad and generic. OK, fair enough. But you made it sound like that was the official OCR stance on the song. That simply ain't true, and I wanted to make sure blind knew it.

[bLiNd]

Yea, no prob magi tekk. Its more of a criticism on the genre more than my track anyway. Thanks for all the comments everyone =D

[SPIKENOX07]

Very nice. i just love club/techno/dance songs.

[linkwolf]

final fantasy x white skies by blind:

this rules great techno remix of mt. Gagazet very up beat this is awsome blind keep up the great work 8) awsome simply awsome :D

[Jenrya]

I had thought the name White Skies had sounded familiar, then when the melody came in I realized that it was a version of one of the songs he had on the PPM Trance Album (which happened to be my favorite song on that album...). Great stuff, I'm loving in,.. but then I love just abut everything bLiNd doesn.

Yeah, I'm estatic that this was released on OCR and VGMix. And it's 3x as long! Huzzah!

[Arek the Absolute]

I am so happy to say that I was one of the first people to hear this song back when it was made. Much love for the Global Trance for da hookups :)
Anyhow, this song has always been on my "favorites", so it is obviously awesome in my eyes.
Good shit, good shit :)

[Kaede_X]

Very nice trance work.
Could play this in a club and no one would know the difference.

[MedHead]

This was great! The introduction intrigued me, but I wasn't certain if the rest of the song would work well. Fortunately, things quickly changed, and I ended up bobbing my head with the beat. A definite entry in my playlist.

http://www.flagmandesign.com/files/ratings/098m.jpg

[Terium]

Forget being a fan of FF X. Of Final fantasy in general for that matter. This guy knows how to rave.

I love music like this, and it definately goes on the playlist for the next party I host. Good stuff, for real.

A hard song to remix in this form, but Blind did it, and with great perception. Certainly nice work.

[SakakiAzu]

Very nice song, with a nice beat, and overall is good. But sometimes it gets hard to hear the actual song, which amy have peen the point, I don't know, but Its great.

9/10

[Global-Trance]

Months later and the public finally gets it.
Jordan, I'm surprised you didn't mention my mashup. I think I should release it soon.

[Souliarc]

Ahh, I love both versions :) Have for a while. For those who are cranky about the elongated intro, there is a more straight-forward version on his website, but... shh.

Good job bra! Well, i'm sure you've heard that from me plenty of times ;)

[bLiNd]

Months later and the public finally gets it.
Jordan, I'm surprised you didn't mention my mashup. I think I should release it soon.

actually i did mention it on vgmix AND my comments for vgdj, just not on the OC email sent to djp...

[Bobo_XIII]

I don't post in the forums or comment to any songs, but I just had to for this. This is in truth a real club mix, unlike some of the other mislabeled/cheesy-sounding club/trance mixes on this site. Props to you and this awesome remix, and I hope you make more electronica-esque songs of this calibur in the near future

[Spekkio64]

Great song...:D :D

[Meliarune]

There's a strange, deep melancholy somewhere in the melody... The track is totally danceable, but through the beat, there's something so emotional.. It's soothing almost, like a secondary ambient genre within a great trance tune. I give it 10 right on even if I never listened to the original. bLiNd has never deceived me.

[TenchuX]

Kickasss, just like every other song you have made...good Christmas gift! Keep em comin!

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

I just listened to this on vgmix.com today (and put a little review there also).

Amazing song, Jordan. Keep up the good work.

:nicework:

[Jamellaforce]

Totally agreed all the comments. This remix real real good d^^b

[link14]

Kickasss, just like every other song you have made...good Christmas gift! Keep em comin!
So true so true. Couldnt say it better.

[Xx~~Zangetsu~~xX]

1337 H4X0R M4N!!!!!!! FR34K1N <3 TH15 FR34K1N S0NG!! K33P 3M C0M1N!!! :D

[MisterBiggler]

Damn, talk about hot shit. This can be def. be likened to Tiesto and Digweed and cats like that. This track sounds pro like many said before me; I wouldn't even know it was a FFX ReMix had I not heard it here first. I have a few buddies that spin trance; I'm sure they'll love this -- I know I do.

[Ionyze]

This brooding, powerful piece was an excellent selection for a trance remix. Blind is truly talented, and his technical polish has matured a bit since "Fear Factory" from the Donkey Kong Country project.

[Martin Penwald]

As a ReMix, I find it a little too independet and not close enough to the original song.

As a song itself, it is great. I'd love to hear it on my home stereo, with the subwoofer booming, but the headphones and the notebook will have to do for now.

[bLiNd]

As a ReMix, I find it a little too independet and not close enough to the original song.

As a song itself, it is great. I'd love to hear it on my home stereo, with the subwoofer booming, but the headphones and the notebook will have to do for now.

My first version of the song, "White Skies", was on project majestic mix and can be found here

http://www.thebrailroom.com/Shh

And it is closer to the original, but production isnt as tops as this one :)

[Martin Penwald]

Thanks for the link. After listening to both versions, I can say that the first version is much more of a ReMix for me, since I really can identify the videogame origin of this song.
But as a song, I like the second version, i.e. the one you posted here, better.

P.S.: OMG, an extended version of G-Storm. This is like...sex for my ears.
And I've been humming that DnB Song the whole day, JoeCam-vocals ftw.

[Return]

This is an amazing mix. I don't usually like much trance, but this song is a definite exception. Keep up the great work.

[Sir_NutS]

This review was long overdue but now I reviewed it at vgmix, so I'll just copy that review over here (with a few changes):

This Remix, Ladies and Gentlemen, represents the Highest point when it comes to Trance Videogame remixes, and demonstrates once again who is the person to follow when it comes to this genre. Jesuschrist, just when I think I'm about to reach him, he comes up with stuff like this and blows everybody out of the water.

This mix represents a truly progressive trance song. Not something you would hear from a low class DJ, but something worth of one of those big name producers. Fuck, this sounds better than a lot of professional stuff out there. The production values are ridiculously high. When bLiNd sent me this song some time ago before it got posted at OCRemix, I was totally amazed by how much better his music has become(yes, his music actually CAN get better than before). I can't find a single thing wrong with this song, not one. And I become a nitpicky bastard when reviewing trance but with something like this, all I can do is congratulate Jordan on an amazing work.

I would go with an in-depth review like I always do, reviewing each section of the remix in detail, but man, I would spent 3 pages of praise that no one would read. The drums are excelent. The bass drum is specially pumping and freaking hits me with a kick that bruce lee would be proud of. The bass has a good low and the pad work is totally outstanding. I specially like the chords that have an organic feel to them and you can't really tell what the fuck is going on because they blend with the pads so well that all you can do is enjoy the ride and forget about everything else.

The break before the main melody is really great and emotional, I totally love that gated synth that sounds like a sawwave/chorus that sets the mood so well for what comes at 03:13: TOTAL TRANCE MAYHEM! This synth is awesome. fits extremely well with the anthem lead you got going on, and when you put that with the amazing ambience and the soft lead/pad going on at the same time with the pumping drums, its total trance nirvana. The build down is very well done as well and leaves nothing to be desired.

CONCLUSION: absolutely amazing. bLiNd, If this was your plan for a comeback then it couldn't have been better. This song is absolutely the best Trance Remix to date and I encourage everyone to grab it. Good to see you producing music for us again, and most of all, getting better at it.

[pmontone]

Superb mix, keep up the great work :D

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

Good stuff, except for the horrendously, ludicrously, absurdly, horrifically, ridiculously, gimme-a-break-are-you-kidding-me intro which is the most unoriginal trance rehash crap which generally speaks for 99% of the genre and made me want to GOL (gag out loud). But with this remix, blind definately stands out in my mind. Seems like he's surpassed Oakenfold, although to most people thats not saying much ;P

You're saying then that you've heard 99% of the genre then, so you can say that this sounds like everything else?

Thank you for letting us know how much of a musically deaf person you are, and demonstrating your unmeasurable amount of ignorance.

Last I heard Paul Oakenfold did not sound like 99% of other trance artists; that's why he's world famous. Also, bLiNd's particular style does not sound like Oakenfold, but it's still a unique enough style to set him apart from other artists, especially in a song like this one.

I doubt if you (MaGi_TekK) will ever read this, but if you do, please don't clutter this forum or this website anymore with any more comments demonstrating your lack of intelligence and musical taste.

Thank You

[Trygon]

this is hot stuff. amazing. can't wait to see it mislabeled on Kazaa as something by one of the more mainstream trance artists.
Bah-hahahahahaaaaa!

Superb mix, sir! I immediatly went back and downloaded your entire library on OCR, then raped your sites bandwidth with a downloading spree. Everything I downloaded has yet to be removed from my playlist, though this track is still far and away my favorite.

[Halberdier]

I love this track. I didn't pay attention to the source song so I was scratching my head trying to work out what song its of. Then it twigged and I found my self liking it even more. People of the Far North is my favourite tune from FFX. Brilliant.

[link14]

I swear I would play this 24/7 if it was on ddr lol. This and Blue lightninng mix of mm3, but taht would be a loooooooooooonnnnnngggg dance haha.

[Arcana]

This is hot. The track starts off with some nice heavy goodness and then evolves dramatically as it moves along---what really made me sit up and take notice was the creative interpretation with the gated synth at around 2:36, which eerily sounds as if it's an actual whistle, but yet, not. The dynamics in this mix rock the house. It's crystal clear, it's full of awesome sounds, and makes you move. There's no way you can ignore this song.

bLiNd sets an example for us all and brings great honour not only to OCRemix and the VG music remixing community, but the genre that this song represents.

[bLiNd]

bLiNd sets an example for us all and brings great honour not only to OCRemix and the VG music remixing community, but the genre that this song represents.

Those are some strong compliments, I give you my deepest gratitude.

[Ghetto Lee Lewis]

I'm even more impressed with this song after bLiNd showed me the original Cubase source file.

8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O

ridiculous

[Generic Asian Guy]

raped your sites bandwidth with a downloading spree

Ditto xD

Sorry bLiNd, couldn't help myself ;)

[sephfire]

raped your sites bandwidth with a downloading spree

Ditto xD

Sorry bLiNd, couldn't help myself ;)

Same. And I'm not even much of a trance person. Although with the combined influence of bLiNd, sgx and several others, I'm beginning to come around. :wink:

[BaronSoosdon]

First: this song made me register on the forums. It f**ing rocks!

I have been listening to trance and other EDM for quite a while, own lots of trance in 12" vinyls and I have started learning DJing. This one will be on my sets definitely when the time comes.

This track is one of the best non-commercial and freely distributed trance/edm tracks I have heard. I do not know much about music production but this is just zomgwtfbbqlol!

Keep up the good work. You should definitely send this in to some trance labels to check out. I would buy this if this one would be released on 12" :)

p.s.

Any chance for a higher bitrate mp3 download, pls? :)

[Omega_Nexus]

This is an awesome mix that just begs to be played loud over a surround sound system, with mates + beer :d Excellent work IMO

[Ghoulfrenzy]

Freakin awesome song. It's the song I fall asleep to almost every night(along with my all VG-remixed electro songs). Downloaded it months ago and still love it. Dude, Europeans at the World Cup would go crazy to hear this during the Championship game, but that's just my fantasy. :P

[Hollidayrain]

One of the greatest trance remixes i've ever heard, EVER. Sometimes when I'm sitting in a quite room, I'll start humming the string part that starts at 1:17. The synths are used perfectly.
100/100, this is what i for in a ReMix.
You are my hero bLiNd.

[ChaosofRuin]

banzai for techno!!!! this is definately going on my playlist ><

[Sole Signal]

This track rocks. I've been listening to this on loop for about half an hour now, and just felt the need to share.

[HoboKa]

mm mm this is 1 tasty, sugartastic mix.

[SoundWave]

This piece is the best trance OC ReMix of the site in my opinion.

I just love bLiNd's sound and the ability to create the perfect atmosphere in his arrangements.

[yosefu]

This would have to be the be remix of "servants of the mountain". The atmosphere is just so intence, to piont that its on my top 25. Great job

[JP_Wright]

As a long-time fan of 'club trance', I must say I am generally skeptical of -- and ultimately bored with -- tracks which are extended to the necessary 'club' length just to be classified as such. It's generally a waste of time for the listener, as what the average 'club' song has to say can be said as effectively in half the time (i.e. radio edit). Fortunately for we OC listeners, Blind has given us a track with substantial build up, climax, and cooldown. All three parts being distinct enough to maintain interest throughout. The synth lead /chords beginning after the first 90 seconds or so really, really get your head bobbing.
I'm surprised by how much I enjoy this track; what could be a generic 'club' length song has genuine appeal and enough evolution to entrance the listener, which, after all, is the goal of 'club trance', I reckon.

[Delloda]

Wow amazing! Has a great "Jam and Spoon" feel to it!

[Catharsis]

Here's another bLiNd one I missed. Almost an instant 5-stars in my library. And I reserve 5-stars for ones I know will always be my favorites. Great work again.

[SoulinEther]

I know you're doing the whole club mix thing and/but the buildup is fantastic! Kick is strong (woo), the bass is playing one note but the gating/repetitive attackiness takes care of it. Only thing that makes me sad is that once the groove and accompaniment are fully established (1:44) it only repeats once before things change and you add that piano, eventually breakdown and work your way into the B theme - only to completely abandon the A theme in all its beauty.

But if it makes you feel any better, this song has become my Theme for Successful Use of Bathroom! At least the first half.

[MechaFone]

This is perhaps one of the most airy, relaxing songs I've heard. I can literally lay back and drift off to some peaceful place listening to this.

[OA]

Great builds and attention to detail on the production. The reverb on the high end is gorgeous, and the beat is really driving. Great full sound, and an excellent arrangement that uses it's almost 8 minutes very well.

Great stuff. :D

[Jewbei]

its been 5yrs and every time i hear this song it still gives me the same exact feeling i had from when i first heard it. There was a time i wanted to give up on music but when i heard this song i was blown away and it encouraged me to continue remixing so if it wasnt for this song i wouldve gave up a long time ago.

[DarkSim]

Usually I don't like trance because you have to listen for such a long time relative to the song to get to the melody part and it's boring, but not in this case. The entire song evolves and unravels in such a way that it never feels repetitive (even the intro has subtleties in it to keep it from being a copy-and-paste job), and I'd go as far as to say this song defines the word "trance" in its construction. It manages to settle you down, make you comfortable, and transport your mind completely somewhere else, before bringing it back to rest at the end, thoroughly refreshed. Absolutely impeccable sound design and arrangement.