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Old 11-20-2005, 08:09 PM
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Default OCR01430 - Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'A Link to the Piano'

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Old 11-20-2005, 08:53 PM
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WOOOH, I´m out first. Okay, okay, get serious. A new pianoremix from Zelda 3, excellent, listened two times too it, very beautiful.

But to describe it, hmmm. Well for a start, it goes out gently, no rushing here. It takes a while to recognize what kind of theme this really is, but around 0:30 it starts to pick up the melody, and then melody slowly begins. It gets faster after a while, still very skilled played. Then the melody changes, and here comes the dungeon, played with care, almost silent, then it gets louder, and then releases a litle more power to the melody and then comes to the dark point, Ganon himself, dum dum duuumm or something like it.

Then it almost starts from scratch, soft play that´s somehow makes me depressed, tries to pick up some more pace, succeeds, but then goes down again. ¨

Very beautiful pianoplay overall, Zoola didn´t just stick to the notes on the paper, but instead made some freestyle and played more freely, tried different speeds and varied the volume a bit. It had an overall sad mood to it, at some points he just let his fingers walk over the keys. Skilled, very much indeed, and welcome to OCR dude.
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Old 11-20-2005, 09:00 PM
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What's with the volume? I had to turn up the speakers to max volume in order to hear this in entirety or I would've missed a couple of spots.

That aside, I did enjoy this remix in spite of the fact that it is a medley. I get really nostalgic when I hear the introduction to LOZ:LTTP.

On a different level, however, I think this remix is lacking in inspiration. I was hoping for a bit more of the introduction and perhaps some expansion on that introduction piece, not a cheap medley.

Each part of the medly sounds good, but there isn't any expansion in any of the particular parts of it. Each piece seems to be note for note the original in piano form, which isn't a bad thing, but it's hardly an improvement on the original.

The last part of the medly did bother me, and I think this is the biggest complaint I have about the volume issue. I think it was kakariko melody, but I couldn't really make certain because it was barely audible. That's a serious flaw, and I think it should be rectified. I'm not sure what the policy on re-recording music is, but if the Pretzel allows it, you should definately try to increase the volume of this piece.

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Old 11-20-2005, 11:35 PM
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John Torkington?

Does someone in your family happen to own a VW Beetle with the license plate "DIVEBUG"?
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Old 11-20-2005, 11:43 PM
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John Torkington?

Does someone in your family happen to own a VW Beetle with the license plate "DIVEBUG"?
Woah. Yeah, we have a red truck with it on it now. It use to be on the beetle but we sold it. I do notice you also live in mesa... PM me, why don't you?

...Anyways, glad some of you enjoy the piece. A actually am well aware of the volume thing; I was mixing it with my headphones real loud and didn't realize it until I submitted it. I actually wasn't expecting this to get in, at least not this super quiet version. If there is any way to re-submit, I would be glad, but it's not really a big deal. At any rate, I can't help but feel somewhat proud for joining the so called "big leagues".
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Old 11-21-2005, 12:01 AM
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I'm pretty sure I saw it somewhere that you could update the song if it's over somthing minor, such as removing some clipping, or increasing/decreasing volume somewhere...

Dunno, I might be wrong.
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Old 11-21-2005, 12:07 AM
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volume don't bother me too much.

nice stuff, here. very emotional piano.
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I CRIED FOR THIS MIX.
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Old 11-21-2005, 03:59 AM
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I CRIED FOR THIS MIX.
I'm surprised this didn't come earlier. Way to take the bait.


Nice little mix we have here, by the way. Although I did notice the low volume right away, I also noticed the underlying talent behind the progression and flow of the mix. Keep up the good work...we can't get enough piano mixes, right?
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Old 11-21-2005, 04:29 AM
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I'd have to say that I picked up on the melody very quickly. The song is an outstanding work of art.


The original just happens to be one of my favorite Link to the Past song ;). Ok, I'm sorry this is an abrupt review, but awesome mix buddy!
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