[djpretzel]

NEW FILE

I talked with the author and he gave me a far more updated version, so rate this instead. Dave - can you update the judge folder file with this file? thx. -Prot

Okay... getting on OCR: take 2. I'll save your guys
some trouble and make this straight to the point.

ReMixer: Disciple of the Mix

Title: In Mem'ry of Sir Anthony (A March Through the
Plains)

Game: Final Fantasy Tactics

Length: 5 minutes, 27 seconds

Size: 5,984kb

Bitrate: 112-192kbps VBR. That was the smallest
encode I could do and not lose quality on the snare.
I caught hell trying to get it right. Lots of trial
and error.

Original song: "Run Past through the Plain". Can be
first found in the game in the "Sweegy Woods" stage.

Composers: Masaharu Iwata & Hitoshi Sakim

[Protricity]

This is pretty damn cool, but rather repetitive. The progression builds however. It doesn't stay at one section and repeats. It continues to build..

I really like that aspect of the song.

Overall, the song lacks any real percussion, but the instruments take over that element of the song with their momentum.

Theres a few off note sections like at 3:05. It seems very stylistic though.

I'm pretty borderline,

This one gets a

YES based on it's sheer momentum.

[Malcos]

Heh, this really does sound like a performance, particularly the ending part. Piano sound could have been better, but all in all this mix is different, and has 'character'.

YES

[m68030]

Those are some nice sounding pizz strings there, sir.
I wish a few of the places where it built up there was a stronger
foundation to land on after it breaks... just something a bit thicker than
what's there... maybe just some marcatto strings under it all on the tonic,
or something. The break at 3:24ish is sort of like what I'm saying... I
don't dig the singlesample sound of the snare and it's stereo placement.
It's really killing this mix for me now, i was enjoying the hell out of it until
then. That's one thing that always bugs me... really shitty samples
along side really good ones in a track... it makes me think you either
didn't care (which makes me frown) or you just didn't think it was
important (which also makes me frown).

I thought the ending was kinda neat too. Reminds me of a symphonic
arrangement of "Watchmen, Tell us of the Night" that I once heard.

*still listening to it a few times*

I'm horribly torn over this one. Parts are just perfectly transporting, and
that snare is like reality sneaking up behind you and going
"BOO MOTHERFUCKER!" :(

Being that I'm borderline on this, and I'm usually horribly objective, I'll
side on YES since if if I enjoyed it mostly, then I think most people will
enjoy it morely.... or somethign.

[Israfel]

Umm...this doesn't seem to know what it's trying to be. You've got this subdued instrumentation, and then this pounding snare drum line comes in.

I mean, what's going on at 3:25- driving snare line or a quiet solo piano? It's like the piece is caught between wanting to be a meditative work and wanting to have a big climax- and as a result it's caught somewhere in the middle and just meanders around.

I'm borderline- at times it seems like an empty arrangement without any real focus or direction. And at other times it can be fairly enjoyable.

Strikes me as a rather flawed composition with a few nice qualities. I'll let the listeners decide for themselves.

YES