ReMix: Final Fantasy 'SagaPrelude'
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- Game: Final Fantasy (Square, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Steve Pordon
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Prelude'
- Posted: 2001-02-14, evaluated by djpretzel
This is a very nice, mellow, more traditional rendition of the ubiquitous prelude theme from the classic Final Fantasy, originally composed by the magnificent Nobuo Uematsu. Those dastardly arpeggios strike once more! That has to be the most frequently used arpeggio in all of videogame history, considering how many places it pops up. Very straightforward mix, without much glam or show-offiness, but a nice feel, good piano / bell sort of sound for the 'peggios, and an interesting effect in that past two thirds of the way through it sounds . . well, it sounds like WIND starts playing along with the arpeggios. Yeah, trippy, eh? Best I could describe it. The classic bit about this is the very intro, which is fun - I won't spoil it here, give her a listen and see for yourself (and the end too!)
Discussion: Latest 11 comments/reviews; view the - Bahamut on September 11, 2009
it sounds good, but just to "synthesizer in a box" ish.
-cant always hit the hammer on the nail.
if you changed it with something else, it would sound really good.
i understand the "REMIX" side of the site, however, remix the song, not just the music.
- cyberpunk64bit on December 18, 2008
The song is good because it is so close to the original.
The remix is weak because it is so close to the original.
The second half:
Others have said that the samples are bad, but I like the change up from being too close to the source. Interesting but not as epic as the source.
- Evil_Cronos on December 7, 2008
- DragonAvenger on August 19, 2008
With that said, I liked it overall. The MIDI tuneup at the beginning was extremely funny (and the joke wouldn't work if the samples were better). The conductor's tap, however, really DOES need a quality sample to be effective, and the remixer doesn't deliver.
The arrangement is quite good -- an appropriate level of countermelody and new direction for an orchestral piece. Well worth a 2nd listen once you adjust to the poor production quality.
It comes down to this: If you can listen to unprocessed Finale files, you can listen to this. It's basically well-arranged General MIDI. The musicianship is there, but the same could be said of any number of arranged MIDIs on vgmusic.com -- where this mix ultimately should reside.
- BardicKnowledge on December 9, 2007
- Superrpgman on April 7, 2007
The samples need some serious improvement here. The arrangement was a step in the right direction, but the arpeggios were close to making my brain explode.
- OA on January 15, 2007
zircon wrote: The tune-up sounds artificial and annoying. The tapping of the conductor doesn't sound right. The piece itself is 'jagged' in its sample quality, and sounds more or less like a midi rip. This is one of the few pieces on OCR that I think do not belong there.
However, I think it has potential if the author improves the sample quality a WHOLE lot, and improves upon the arrangement to make it truly orchestra-quality.
Yeah, have to agree with zirc here, I have played this game and I recognize that "piano". Maybe it isn´t the exact one, but it sounds very familliar.
I did get that orchestric feeling, but it sounds like the conductor is Donald Duck. If you just try, I bet you can make it sound like Beethoven or someone else in that category.
- Bummerdude on October 2, 2005
However, I think it has potential if the author improves the sample quality a WHOLE lot, and improves upon the arrangement to make it truly orchestra-quality.
- zircon on August 5, 2003
The intro is the sound of an orchestra tuning up, which is interesting, and I think a nice touch. The main FF prelude arpeggio is played on a piano, with few or no changes from the original. The song hits an arrangemental peak at about 0:43, with some nice chords and stuff. For the next 45 seconds or so, it's just the piano, over and over again, and it gets a little annoying - at about 1:29, though, the background comes back and it seems quite a bit better - and it continues for a little while, before dropping off into flat prelude for a few moments before coming back with a second piano, finishing off the segment, and ending with an applause sound byte - another nice touch, but I don't know that the song really deserved the applause. Simple arrangement, poor sound quality, and (you might say, thankfully) only 2:31 - it's not exactly Mr. Pordon's best work - it's something of an earlier piece from him, and a nice reminder that we don't all start out perfect - everyone gets slowly better, and even such skilled remixers as Steve weren't always as good as they are now.
- mDuo13 on July 13, 2003
This one makes me a little uncomfortable.. I dont particularly like the
'tuneup' at the begining and the clapping at the end. The arragement is
kinda weird sounding. The instruments themselves arn't bad,
but it just feels sort of rough to me.
- m68030 on June 1, 2002
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