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Old 05-23-2002, 02:19 AM
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Default OCR00531 - Final Fantasy 'Trancelude'

Final Fantasy 'Trancelude'

Nice ambience set up with those pads in the beginning which, fortunately, FFmusic Dj carries out throughout the whole piece off and on - too often people build up ambiance then just drop it later on. However, this is far from my favorite FFmusic DJ piece, for two reasons. First off, the voice sample is overused (Haroon, work on this! It's a flaw I've noticed in most of your songs). Plus, the prelude isn't really there - all we hear is the scales going up and down, none of the oh-so-familiar chord changes. Not even tweaked a little to make it a minor key or something. Just the same arpegio over and over. Fortunately, we get enough variation in the song to keep it from becoming a complete bore. And then there's the fact that, if you make a prelude mix, make sure it's outstanding, cause you've got about 598343954835 other remixes of the same song competing with you. Recomended for trance fans, but not many others.
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Old 07-24-2002, 08:57 AM
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without looking at it as a well remixed song, the build up is nice, the beginning is interesting, and the beat keeps you going for a while. The cool trance sounds and the interesting melodies that you came up with off of the simple prelude makes me happy. Although this isn't the best that I've heard, I still recommend it as a download. 8/10
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Old 04-20-2003, 04:56 PM
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I agree with orkybash here that the actual melody is a bit drab, and the voice sample is redundant. While all the rest of the piece is good, the theme could have been at least completed rather than just looped at a slow pace (which is very annoying). I would say, 5/10, 8/10 if you like trance.
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Old 06-23-2003, 08:14 AM
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Another excellent piece!
Techno & FF fans definitely need to give this tune a listen.
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Old 07-21-2004, 01:33 AM
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I think it is an excellent piece. the voice clip has been used in other songs, but it fits well. I agree that the prelude melody should have a bit more change in pitch, but I'm not remixing it so I should just shut up. By the way, I know it's too big, but DjPretzel should let Haroon Post his Falling Star Remix, it is God-Like. Please...
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Old 10-02-2005, 07:41 PM
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The prelude goes TRANCE! It has already have actually, but this is the first time I say it.

A good one, has the standard stuffings. Some nice beats, trancish synths with some strings/another synth in the background with a climax at the end and with a voice repeting some times. Bad? NOOOOoooo.........ooooOOOO!
Another mix from an another dj. OHYEAH!
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Though well produced, with good sounding synths, this is way too repetative for my taste. The main draw for the original is lost, as the chord progression is what made the song for me, and here it is absent.
I have a hard time "grooving to the music" when the music itself is so watered down.
Sorry, I don't like this at all. :(
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Old 09-22-2008, 12:42 AM
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Overall, an eh from me. Had some moments that were interesting, but overall just couldn't hold my attention. Sorry.
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I agree with the notion that it can't hold your attention easily. Unless you're paying attention to it.

But on the whole I think the song is interesting, especially if you're trying to just chill, relax, slip away somewhere, hear a pretty slow scale go up and down... a few times, etc.
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Old 09-10-2009, 05:19 AM
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Man, this mix did not hold very well at all. Poor samples, and generic overall. Little variation, or even much of a buildup. Very little going on overall...just poor for trance, but I'm sure even Haroon knows this now .
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