ReMix: Xenogears 'Soft Winds Cry'
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- Game: Xenogears (Square, 1998, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): Kaijin
- Composer(s): Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): 'The Gentle Wind Sings'
- Posted: 2001-03-31, evaluated by djpretzel
Kaijin yet again proves that MIDI (on a PC) can be a great music development platform, using his kickass soundfonts to create this amazing ReMix / arrangement of 'The Cry of the Soft Winds' from Xenogears. Kaijin tells me much of Xenogears' soundtrack is celtic-flavored, but this piece really stuck out to me as very Irish and very lyrical, something that - if it had words - people would sing in pubs and what not. Beautiful reeds and strings, a totally acceptable electric Guitar (which even most high-quality soundfonts have trouble doing) and an overall EXPERT sense of arrangement. Very moving - "I actually started swaying back and forth in my chair!" and what not. Beautiful.
Discussion: Latest 12 comments/reviews; view the This feels so saccharinely sweet, especially that lead flute.
When trying to be evocative of an emotion, the process should not be forceful, and I feel this mix tries waaaay too hard to tug at the ol' heartstrings.
In the end, I don't really care for this mix.
- 42 on December 11, 2009
When trying to be evocative of an emotion, the process should not be forceful, and I feel this mix tries waaaay too hard to tug at the ol' heartstrings.
In the end, I don't really care for this mix.
- 42 on December 11, 2009
This rubs off as almost coverish IMO, with the addition of drums
and a guitar following the main melody. There's just not much
rearrangement to appreciate here, and I'm left just wanting to hear
the original. Not kaijin's best work, but you know, this song is
quite old as far as OCR mixes go.
- Bahamut on September 14, 2009
- Bahamut on September 14, 2009
First of all I don't feel that this mix has improved on the
original. The guitar is really all that I can comment on. It's good
and fits that track quite well but the emotion that is in the
original should be present because the mix is supposed to be a
ballad, but unfortunately it is not there. The mix is ok and I
enjoy listening to it but the original surpasses it rather quickly.
- Evil_Cronos on January 5, 2009
- Evil_Cronos on January 5, 2009
I am familiar with this song, must have gotten to it somewhere in
my short venture through Xenogears (it's next on my playlist, so
I'll become much more familiar with it soon). That being said, this
doesn't really deviate much, if at all, from the source
melodically. I would have liked to have heard something new.
Overall, the song is pretty, but I don't feel like the instruments mesh right. The synth contrasts with the drums (the snare hit is a little too loud for me, also), and the guitar just kind of feels...there. I find it distracting, and it takes away from the mix for me.
Ending is way too quick. Not crazy about the fade out, either.
Worth listening to, but nothing that I'm overly psyched about.
- DragonAvenger on October 27, 2008
Overall, the song is pretty, but I don't feel like the instruments mesh right. The synth contrasts with the drums (the snare hit is a little too loud for me, also), and the guitar just kind of feels...there. I find it distracting, and it takes away from the mix for me.
Ending is way too quick. Not crazy about the fade out, either.
Worth listening to, but nothing that I'm overly psyched about.
- DragonAvenger on October 27, 2008
Easily my favorite song off of the Xenogears OST, I have this song
beyond memorized.
While the arrangement is limited to a bit of drumset and a few counterpoint lines, the song itself is still fantastic, though I was really hoping to hear some additional material.
- OA on June 4, 2007
While the arrangement is limited to a bit of drumset and a few counterpoint lines, the song itself is still fantastic, though I was really hoping to hear some additional material.
- OA on June 4, 2007
I agree that the guitar during the chorus isn't what it could be,
but overall this song is very pretty. It's a pretty straightforward
arrangement, and the samples aren't exactly stellar, but I still
think it does justice to the original. Not kaijin's best, but
definitely worth listening to.
- Geoffrey Taucer on July 16, 2006
- Geoffrey Taucer on July 16, 2006
Well put DragonFire. Something about the guitars just makes me feel
out of touch with the moment.
- Chickenwarlord on July 14, 2006
- Chickenwarlord on July 14, 2006
I'm a huge fan of Kaijin's work, but this is not his best. Don't
get me wrong, it's still a cut above the rest, but it just doesn't
hook me like Terra Black Crystal, or his Emotion remix.
- DragonFireKai on April 27, 2004
- DragonFireKai on April 27, 2004
I'm listenin' to it right now with a tankard o' ale and tears
pourin' down me face. I find meself unable to express further
anything 'bout it. The way it fades out, the way it starts, the
shtuff in'tween...
We really need an emotican with a smile [i]and[/i] tears...
- Bah. on October 2, 2002
We really need an emotican with a smile [i]and[/i] tears...
- Bah. on October 2, 2002
Can't tell you how much I want to cry every time I hear this
remix.. It's too beautiful, it's beautiful beyond words. Get it.
Now. 8O
- Shhteve on October 2, 2002
- Shhteve on October 2, 2002
Xenogears 'Soft Winds Cry'
I'm not a fan of Xenogears or it's music, so it mightn't come as a surprise that I'm not really super fond of this remix.
I personally don't care for slower tunes, I'm into the faster upbeat stuff, but this is a very nice mix. Is the original in this case an in-town theme? It sounds like it. Good sounding, but personally boring.
- Saunders on May 15, 2002
I'm not a fan of Xenogears or it's music, so it mightn't come as a surprise that I'm not really super fond of this remix.
I personally don't care for slower tunes, I'm into the faster upbeat stuff, but this is a very nice mix. Is the original in this case an in-town theme? It sounds like it. Good sounding, but personally boring.
- Saunders on May 15, 2002
