ReMix: Final Fantasy IV 'Submission'
- Game: Final Fantasy IV (Square, 1991, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Isopropyl
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY IV'
- Posted: 2001-05-10, evaluated by djpretzel
This is a ReMix from the AMERICAN FF2 (SNES), known as FF4 in Japan. You see, I learned my lesson. Never again will I offend the legions of FF fans who pounce at the chance to flood my inbox with (helpful) corrections with a dreaded 'version' mistake ^^ This is actually our first FF2 / FF4j ReMix, and it comes not from ffmusicdj or the usual squaresoft channels but from first-time contributor Isopropyl. And you know what? It's pretty dern good. Squeeky clean synth arpeggios with dat good ole resonance sweep thang. To explain: most synths have what are called filters, which control the amplitude of a given frequency spectrum. Lowpass and Highpass are the most common, filtering out high and low ends of the spectrum for a muted or gritty, telephone effect. But if you're lucky your filters also have resonance, sometimes referred to as simply 'Q' which is hard to explain other than it adds warmth to a filter and makes squishy, fun analogue effects. This ReMix uses Q nicely. Also gots nice backing strings and beat - nothing over the top here; a good, straightforward techno gig.
It expands on the theme just enough, there is some nice synth exploration and some excellent progression. Of course Nobuo gets a lot of the credit, but the sound of this more than classes this as a worthy remake.
There is an emptiness aside from the synths, and the overall concept of the mix is not going to suit a lot of people's tastes, but I can appreciate what is going on in this one. Understated and very cool.
- Marmiduke on June 14, 2009
- Streets of Rage bum on August 20, 2008
--Eino
- evktalo on December 8, 2007
- mananetwork on November 7, 2007
Sorry, not a fan.
- OA on May 15, 2007
- Soapy on June 30, 2006
- Bummerdude on October 4, 2005
- SamuraiFoochs #Reload on January 23, 2005
- ajgunn225 on January 19, 2005
Oh yeah, what Landon said was 'bout was I was thinking as well...this isn't fit to stand alone, IMHO.
- daprophet on February 11, 2004
- Landon on October 7, 2002
Damnit, where's my right channel! Oh there it is.
The intro goes on for a bit too long to me (1/3 of the song?), but after that it's okay. Melody from the overworld screen as near as I remember, not bad, nothing amazing or crazy-go-nuts. But good.
- Saunders on May 16, 2002
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