ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Gau's Lament'
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- Game: Final Fantasy VI (Square, 1994, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): McVaffe
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Gau'
- Posted: 2000-10-12, evaluated by djpretzel
Short but sweet - similar to the beautiful Back to Towne arrangement that I think I liked a little better, McVaffe's arranged version of Gau's Theme is nevertheless definitely worth the listen, as he has mastered piano arranging so that the original song, which was rather quantized, plays with an excellent and very human flow. Great stuff - I wouldn't mind hearing the whole great soundtrack done, if he can keep up THIS level of quality ^^ (no pressure, man! ^^)
Discussion: Latest 13 comments/reviews; view the This one doesn't grab me as much as "Melodies of Life" or "Back to
Towne" but there's still a lot to love here. Very melancholy and
emotive, and the strings in the background were really subtle, but
a nice touch. I don't have a problem with the flute, but I do agree
that it's pushed pretty far back so whether you love or hate the
flute, it doesn't do that much one way or another. This definitely
would have benefited from a stronger ending, too, but overall I
don't think I was as bothered by some of the issues that others are
pointing out.
I can never get enough McVaffe piano :-)
- Emunator on October 4, 2009
I can never get enough McVaffe piano :-)
- Emunator on October 4, 2009
I never really liked this one - there's a piano rendition in the
FF6 Piano Collections that is more intricate, and this doesn't
deviate at all from the original except make the lead melody a
piano, and with backing strings & a flute put in the
background.
- Bahamut on October 4, 2009
- Bahamut on October 4, 2009
A little short, with a somewhat abrupt ending,but very nice work.
The flute was far back enough in the mix that it didn't really
detract as much as other are saying. I think the weakness here is
that the song is pretty much verbatim, and needs a good deal of
additional material. It's been personalized for sure, but it could
use some more. It is nice that it's such an early mix, but the
sound quality is there, Usually when I see a mix with an OCR number
of less than 400, I just think of tinny synths, but this was smooth
and well produced.
- OA on May 1, 2007
- OA on May 1, 2007
So sweetly melancholy... the piano arrangement is just what this
song needed.
Gau was such a sweetie too... "Mr. Thou!!!" *giggles*
- YuffieKisaragi on October 20, 2005
Gau was such a sweetie too... "Mr. Thou!!!" *giggles*
- YuffieKisaragi on October 20, 2005
[b]"Draped in monster hides, eyes shining with intelligence. A
youth surviving against all odds..."[/b]
This is Gau´s profile, the original track gave away that feeling of a lonely child without parents and home, but Vaffe enlarged that feel with this mix, piano and flutes are very good instrument choises. This makes me wanna cry. :cry:
- Bummerdude on October 8, 2005
This is Gau´s profile, the original track gave away that feeling of a lonely child without parents and home, but Vaffe enlarged that feel with this mix, piano and flutes are very good instrument choises. This makes me wanna cry. :cry:
- Bummerdude on October 8, 2005
I really like this! It's a peaceful, beautiful rendition of one of
my favorite FF themes. I myself didn't find the flute an issue.
Maybe it was off - I wasn't paying SUCH close attention - but I
thought it was a nice touch. Either way, this is great stuff :)
- emai on March 19, 2004
- emai on March 19, 2004
This song is great, but lose that flute. It's out of tune (and it
shouldn't be because of vibrato, okay? The flute has an air
vibrato, not a tuned one), and it just made the song about ten
times less enjoyable.
Every other element really makes the song shine, though. Great work.
- Starblaze on January 18, 2003
Every other element really makes the song shine, though. Great work.
- Starblaze on January 18, 2003
great piano solo and all...recommended to download but...to bad its
a bit too short...keep it up!
- Dark Heart on January 17, 2003
- Dark Heart on January 17, 2003
Dang! SCORE! Great song i am thinking that this deserves a 9/10
McVaffe is becoming my favorite person here. The big problem is the
end, it just ends you know?
- ecco on November 21, 2002
- ecco on November 21, 2002
Gau's theme is my favorite song in Final Fantasy VI, mainly because
it's a touching melody. McVaffe is one of my favorite remixers on
this site, mainly because his talent is incredible, and I became
hooked with his Ryu (Street Fighter 2) remix... Also, I love the
simplicity of just putting a great game song to piano melody (Shout
out to Spekkosaurus on his Earthbound remix)... So, I'm sure you
can see how much of a review I'm going to give this piece... This
is one of those rare songs that I feel is an extention of what the
original composer had in mind... Gau's theme does not fit techno
music, and to put it to techno would be revolting...
The song is a bit short though, but this is a song that works perfectly well just to sit and put on repeat for an hour or two, it's that great...
10/10 on this one definately.
- `Nelo` on November 3, 2002
The song is a bit short though, but this is a song that works perfectly well just to sit and put on repeat for an hour or two, it's that great...
10/10 on this one definately.
- `Nelo` on November 3, 2002
McVaffe definitely has so much talent yet untapped, and this is
proof. Every piece of work I've heard by him is very well done, and
I must say this is one of them. But I also know that there's so
much more he can learn to make his music even [b]better.[/b] 8O
- Shhteve on October 7, 2002
- Shhteve on October 7, 2002
Final Fantasy 6 'Gau's Lament'
The intro of this reminded me of those church piano songs they play when everyone's walking in (ok, I won't talk about that anymore). Mostly a straight piano solo affair here, but we've got strings and flutes which come in near the second half. Not too long like most of McVaffe's piano arrangements, and the quality is as good as always. If you're a sucker for this stuff then you'll get sucked in. Good work by the big M.C.V.A.F.F.E.
- Jivemaster on June 2, 2002
The intro of this reminded me of those church piano songs they play when everyone's walking in (ok, I won't talk about that anymore). Mostly a straight piano solo affair here, but we've got strings and flutes which come in near the second half. Not too long like most of McVaffe's piano arrangements, and the quality is as good as always. If you're a sucker for this stuff then you'll get sucked in. Good work by the big M.C.V.A.F.F.E.
- Jivemaster on June 2, 2002
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