ReMix: Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Houseki 'Older Promises'
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- Game: Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Houseki (Square, 1996, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Roggah
- Composer(s): Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): 'Far Promise ~ Dream Shore (Part 1)'
- Posted: 2001-04-21, evaluated by djpretzel
Part of the great Radical Dreamers 'Far Promise' ReMix flood of April 21st, 2001. As Mr. Matthews points out in his ID3 tag 'This is a Real steinway Sir' - this is acoustic piano and nothin' but, a good counterpart to Prozax's intonation for the more solo-minded 'Far Promise' afficionado. The recording ain't perfect, but the arrangement damn near is - excellent dynamics, lots of emotion, and great fingerwork on some of the ornamentation that's been added in. I'm on a deadline now so I can't write any more, trying to get these all up by midnight - a good one!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the This is eerily similar in concept to Radiohead's 'How I Made My
Millions', which is another piano piece with subpar recording and
someone doing the dishes in the background. I found that a little
odd, especially since this mix was made well ahead of Thom Yorke's
song.
But moreso, in this I get an overwhelming sense of listening to something that has been lost from the world for a century; like a masterwork of a composer who died unappreciated. Unintentional or not, the disregard for recording quality makes this piece quite special, and speaks to me on a lot of levels.
This is one of the best arrangements around, if you ask me, and the roughage that is supplied by the production quality actually goes down smooth as well. Perfectly imperfect, and something we aren't likely to see ever again to this magnitude. Which is probably just as well. As a one off, this achieves so much.
- Marmiduke on October 16, 2009
But moreso, in this I get an overwhelming sense of listening to something that has been lost from the world for a century; like a masterwork of a composer who died unappreciated. Unintentional or not, the disregard for recording quality makes this piece quite special, and speaks to me on a lot of levels.
This is one of the best arrangements around, if you ask me, and the roughage that is supplied by the production quality actually goes down smooth as well. Perfectly imperfect, and something we aren't likely to see ever again to this magnitude. Which is probably just as well. As a one off, this achieves so much.
- Marmiduke on October 16, 2009
Man, it would be nice if this was re-recorded in better quality
since this song works nicely for the piano. I don't think that the
low recording quality adds to the effect, personally
- a_d on April 26, 2009
- a_d on April 26, 2009
The recording quality was pretty bad, but the interpretation was
really good, especially considering the age of the mix; I think
arrangementwise, this would be passable even today, but the
combination of the distortion on the louder parts and whoever was
washing dishes in the background brings it down a bit.
Actually, scratch the dishes part, that can stay, but the heavy distortion near the end hurts. :-(
- OA on December 11, 2007
Actually, scratch the dishes part, that can stay, but the heavy distortion near the end hurts. :-(
- OA on December 11, 2007
I love this remix so much! The lo-fi recording combined with a real
piano makes for some of the most serious mojo in the OC Remix
catalogue. It really sings, and the dynamics only brings shame to
other songs.
- Clockwork Dolphin on March 21, 2006
- Clockwork Dolphin on March 21, 2006
as djp said, the recording leaves a lot to be desired, but i am
very fond of the emotion in the arrangement and the way in which
the piece moves. I'm a sucker for piano...
- Kozmo on February 27, 2006
- Kozmo on February 27, 2006
Newfie wrote: Perfectly perfect.. This is amazing, sounds like someone is really playing.. This is probaly one of the best OC Remixes on here! I congradulate you on making such a fine piece of music.. Its sorta late here now, and I shall be taking my rest. So I'll get a good night's rest and wake up tomorrow to some more school.. :| Anyways Bye!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that this was actually done on a real piano, Steinway brand. It's a beautiful rendition, definitely gets 5/5 stars from me.
Steinway pianos: http://www.steinway.com/
- Dionyseus on October 14, 2005
yeah, i'm surprised no-one else has commented on the blatant chrono
trigger tribute at the end of the song.
anyway, this is incredible.
- defender!! on August 22, 2005
anyway, this is incredible.
- defender!! on August 22, 2005
Everyone is right! The quality of the recording does add to the
overall effect of the piece. I really liked the way you did the
ending, the last few chords reminded me of some other song...hmm I
wonder what it could be...just kidding. But overall very nice work!
- mlatchg4m3rgirl on June 19, 2005
- mlatchg4m3rgirl on June 19, 2005
Wow, this is a very very well done piece, and I totally agree with
what you guys are saying, about how the bad quality recording adds
to the effect. this is pretty nice.
- Heyjohnny on June 11, 2005
- Heyjohnny on June 11, 2005
This is possibly the most...beautiful...remix of this song on the
site. It's an incredibly powerful tune, and this mix, even with the
sketchy recording, is just...powerful beyond words.
- Mogrothir on June 7, 2005
- Mogrothir on June 7, 2005
Perfectly perfect.. This is amazing, sounds like someone is really
playing.. This is probaly one of the best OC Remixes on here! I
congradulate you on making such a fine piece of music.. Its sorta
late here now, and I shall be taking my rest. So I'll get a good
night's rest and wake up tomorrow to some more school.. :| Anyways
Bye!
- Newfie on December 17, 2002
- Newfie on December 17, 2002
I totally agree. The sub-par recording of this piece seems to add a
sort of sorrowful, edgar-allen-poeish sense. It sort of reminds me
of those old black and white movies...I LOVE it, and I just think
this piece would be much less effective if the recording quality
was upped.
- Vinren on November 29, 2002
- Vinren on November 29, 2002
A truly beautful and deep piece, dispite the truly abysmal
recording. Is it just me, or does the terrible clipping in the
recording almost add some emotion to it?
- Ebonyks on November 29, 2002
- Ebonyks on November 29, 2002
Yes, this song DOES have really bad recording - there's some random
static at certain points, but it's REALLY well done. A mellow,
all-piano remix of the Far Promise song, it improvises more on the
original melody than a few others, is beatifully arranged, and can
be put on loop for hours on end. I'd really like to see a newer
recording of this song with no fuzz. Even so, it's one of the
better Far Promise mixes. Get it.
- mDuo13 on November 24, 2002
- mDuo13 on November 24, 2002
