[djpretzel]

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

[ShrikeArghast]

Honestly, I didn't care for this mix nearly as much as Sonicade's 'You Are Not Confined.'

To me, Sonicade's effort had this raw, uncut feel that this track seems to lack.

While this is a good piece, I am not 100% on whether or not it really does justice to the original song in the 'grinding rock' manner that the original track aimed at being. If you tear that badassness (yes, I am making up words now) out of the song, it kind of detracts from the whole feel.

So in conclusion, it makes the playlist, but it's certainly not the greatest mix of this track that I've heard.

[Hawke Edge]

Yes, Sonicade's was incredible - but that isn't the piece in question.

This is undoubtedly a great song, and I especially enjoyed the melody's intro done in harp.

Being a huge fan of orchestral music, this really hit the spot, except the change around 2:07 - it seemed to change a bit too much and would've preferred the flutes to continue, even if that would've sounded redundant.

I'm guessing this is where the remixer "left off" before, but still a solid piece of work.

I give it a 6/10.

[Metasquares]

I really like the woodwind arpeggios at the beginning. Very nice harmonization at 1:18, though I would have been a bit more daring with the harmonization from the very start (but then, that's a individual stylistic issue). The song lost a lot of its momentum at around 2:07. Some of that came back with the choral sound about 20 seconds later, but you didn't sustain it long enough. 3:18 went nice, but that could stand to be longer too.

In short, I would try varying the harmony more and extend some parts that can go places, like the one at 3:18. Nice nonetheless; I'd give this a 70/100 if I had to rate it numerically.

[RimFrost the Tourianist]

I also liked Sonicade's better , although bold and ambitious remix ..its not exactly something we all identify and i feel its falling short in view of how great it could have become

[Gren-Lohart]

Reminds me of the music quality in FFVII, Maby FFVI, which where not bad at all. Aside from that, the song itself has a great melody and very well done. If i didn't know it was a remix of, one, of Uematsu's songs, i would have thought it could have been one of his. That it in itself shows you did a fantastic job.

[Trepie Number 3]

although the other mix that was brought up was a seriously great remix...i think that tuba lin's has a more serious depth w/ the song. favorites...the changes in tempo at :50 and 2:10 are absolutely awesome.

awesome job tuba lin! go taiwan! ^_^ -b

[Tuba]

Hello everyone,I'm Tuba Lin.

I'm sorry about my English isn't well.
I come from Taiwan.I'm glad I can share my remix here.

I use flute patch a lot because it is good enough for use
in the music as a single solo instrument patch.
There are other solo instruments patch in 8850,
but they are suck.They can be used in some situation with
other patch,but not for a single solo part.

My sound card is Sound Blaster Live Value 5.1.
I use cakewalk 9.0 to compose and Sound Forge 5.0 to record.
How can I prove recording quality?

I know gigasampler is a good software for use,but I bought
my computer several years ago,the PIII-500 cpu isn't fast enough
for gigasampler.

I only played FF9 for about 20 hours,and You're Not Alone
track stay in my heart until now.
One day while I was riding home,an idea came to me.This
is 00:24 to 00:47.Then I found I also need a prelude,and
its came to me while waiting the trffic light.
I began to work after I arrived home.I have done most part
from 00:00 to 00:47.

Playing game is great fun,so is remix/compose music,but
playing game is easy and relax,and remix/compose makes
me feel good but very tired.I have to think about many
things about hamorny,balance,tempo and so on.
These things made me left the remix for about 1 or 2 years.
Its is easier to put a disc in my PS2 instead of opening
cakewake.

One day while I was listening the OC remixes I suddenly
realize that I should arrange something for submission
to OCR,so I continued the remix.

I was thinking about a big change after 2:07,but things
went different while I was making this part.Another
idea came in so it became to this kind of music that you
hearing now.

I have heared a music called "Lonly Shepherd" in both
Nana's album and Kill Bill OST.Its a great piece about
"lonely" and "sacrifice".
Hero in legend or fantasy story usually need to save
someone or a country,sometimes even whole world,so I
think hero is a kind of shepherd.But our hero won't
be alone,that is why I named it with "Shepherd Won't Alone".

I learned a lot of skill while making this remix.
This is a great experience.

[Graeme Shaw]

I joined just so I could leave this comment. And my comment boils down to one word: Goosebumps.

That's what I was left with at 1:15 when the flutes come in doing their countermelody. Holy goddamned shiznizzle they were amazing. I'm listening to it for my FIFTH time now in a row (normally I'll listen to a whole game and then go and pick out my favourites but this...this is CRAZY!) and the goosebumps aren't getting any smaller. If I had one piece of advice for the mixer, I'd say DO MORE!

[SixthFlyingMan]

All I can say, Graeme, is that you're not alone with those goosbumps... I'm a flutist, too, so I need to e-mail Mr. Lin about maybe getting some sheet music PDFs.