[djpretzel]

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

[Kemusabi]

One of my favorite remixes on the whole site now. Right up my alley, thanks DJ K-Wix & Israfel!

[Drake]

I do a lot of RPing over at Videoland MUSH as Destin Faroda (that's the canonised name of the Male Lord, for those that aren't aware), and as his player, I feel that I must make this statement.

You. Rock.

I like the drama that practically oozes from this piece, start to finish. To me, it captures the spirit of the game perfectly. The opening builds nicely, very ominous, very dark. You can almost see the outnumbered rebels advancing across the plains of Sharom. At about 1:31, something new starts to emerge, hope. 'Round about 3:00 Sounds like a good spot for a heroic charge....or maybe a dual. I only have one problem with it and that would be the ending. It's tad on the anticlimatic side, esecially after all that lovely development early on in the piece.

Looks like Destin's got a new themesong at Videolan MUSH. I send you many thanks, and may Danika be with you.

[sgx]

I'm much better at commenting on electronic stuff, but this is really freakin awesome. Super-duper samples. Super arrangment. It sounds really epic. Diggin the chorus samples. Great song choice. Congrats on kicking ass.

[Elex Synn]

Lessee... I come home from work, and on the top of the new mixes list, I see a sign of gawd! My wish has been granted!

This song is beautiful, and o-so Peaceful!

Thank you DJ K-Wix & Israfel! You are my heroes! :D

[GrayLightning]

Being very familiar with this mix, and both mixers who produced this - I have to admit this isn't my favorite mix in Kwix's repertoire, as this is an earlier work. I think his newer work is a bit more daring and distinctly different in genre compared to originals. However with that being said, Kwix did a very good job on this, and certainly a solid OC debut. As DJP noted Israfel did the recording and a few touch ups, and it does show. The production is of high quality like Israfel's other works. In all, if you're looking for epic orchestral mixes, you'll have a hard time finding one at this level. Very good, epic and quality work.

[Russell Cox]

Overall the song has a good feel to it. The pulse is constant and the syncopation is pretty easy to keep up with and doesn't get too out of hand. However, I'm not that wild about this song for several reasons:

1) Nothing really interesting happens, with the exception of a sudden key change around 2:58 that doesn't sound that dramatic and just sounds like a signification to the ending of the song.

2) The snare drum sounds too close in the mix -- it reminds of the horrible recording of 20020220 where the mic was placed *right* next to the snare drum and drowned out the whole orchestra.

3) Here's the biggie -- reverse string placement. I hate it when composers reverse the placement of Violins I & II with Cellos & Contrabasses, or any other alteration, with a passion. Some people may like the unorthodox sound to it, but to me it just sounds wrong (which consequentially is a reason I'm not to wild about a lot of Israfel's works because of this one reason).

As far as the 'epic' comments, I don't really see what's so epic about it. Yes, it is a good strong, solid song but it doesn't have a 'epic' feel to it I think. I sounds more than a laid back march to battle than an epic work.

[Israfel]

Glad to hear you guys liked this. I would agree with GL in that I think Kwix has gone on to do more interesting arrangements, but I still enjoy it and was more than happy to help out a little. And to those who like the piece I just want to make it clear that 90% or more of this arrangement was written by Kwix, so give credit where it is due. ^_^

As far as Russell's comments go- I'm sorry to hear that he wasn't fond of this or my other works, but it's just a matter of personal preference I suppose.

It is worth noting that as an electronic musician I've made a conscious decision to not emulate real instruments. That is, whilst my samples might sound like a certain instrument I don't worry about that instrument's limitations (range, interval leaps, etc.). Likewise I don't concern myself with adhering to traditional instrument placement or panning.

To me, one of the joys of electronic music is that it frees musicians from the limitations and traditions of live music.

Now obviously not everyone is going to accept or enjoy this approach to electronic music- but hey, variety is the spice of life, right? :)

So yeah- if you're looking for realistic "orchestra simulations" then you've come to the wrong guy. ^_~

But anyway, cheers Kwix and I hope to hear more mixes from you.

[Metasquares]

I really liked this. I wish I could say more, but I can't, because I have no idea why I liked it. I just do.

[krispy]

SWEEET K-Wix, I knew this one would go up; I wasnt very impacted by this song when you first sent it to me 3 months earlier or something crazy like that, but now its kidn of grown on me although Im still hung up on the lack of thrust...it just kinda bounces on but doesn't go into any truly epic states.