ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'Opressed Swamp Dub'
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- Game: Final Fantasy VII (Square, 1997, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): Isopropyl
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'The Oppressed'
- Posted: 2001-06-23, evaluated by djpretzel
Venturing into more experimental and original territory than Isopropyl's previous FF2 ReMix (which was good nonetheless), this ambient dub has some wild effects that really create a very vivid and expanded stereo image. Like many 'Swamp' ReMixes (yes, believe it or not, we have SEVERAL) it plods along at a slow, deliberate tempo, so it's great for chilln' or freakin' or wallowing in your own interminable sorrow . . . or whatever (it's flexible). Icing on the cake here is the badass distortion with very controlled feedback towards the end - eat your heart out Mr. Hendrix. A very well put together and varied sonic journey through the murky swamps of nobuo . . . er, yeah.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the When I first listened to this song the ending scared the shyte out
of me but it has since REALLY grown on me. I do kinda wish that the
volume was a little more stable but I love the distortion/feedback
at the end. It freaks out my house-mates which is always a
bonus.;-)
- Dubanubiel on October 8, 2009
- Dubanubiel on October 8, 2009
There seems to be a lot of black and white opinions on this mix,
but I can say when I first heard it years ago I was right in the
middle. I liked the build up (loved it really) but didn't apreciate
the distortion because of the extreme shift in volume (not the
distortion itself).
Hearing it now is a little slice of heaven. Because I know what to anticipate, it doesn't break the mellow progressive mood. Rather it's like it ignights the mix and spreads like a violent fire carefully paced by the bass drum. Like a heart pumping gassoline.
As with the sunset, if you fixate on the light you'll miss the vista.
- indrid on December 7, 2008
Hearing it now is a little slice of heaven. Because I know what to anticipate, it doesn't break the mellow progressive mood. Rather it's like it ignights the mix and spreads like a violent fire carefully paced by the bass drum. Like a heart pumping gassoline.
As with the sunset, if you fixate on the light you'll miss the vista.
- indrid on December 7, 2008
I agree with previous sentiments.
Great theme! Poor Ending...
This is the final, so you're probably not going to rework it.
However, for future reference, remember that music is as much about emotion as it is about technicality. Try to have an emotionally satisfying ending, this would make any amazing song all the more, well, amazing!
- monkofevil on February 21, 2008
Great theme! Poor Ending...
This is the final, so you're probably not going to rework it.
However, for future reference, remember that music is as much about emotion as it is about technicality. Try to have an emotionally satisfying ending, this would make any amazing song all the more, well, amazing!
- monkofevil on February 21, 2008
It took forever for this mix to get going. It was literally a 15
minute intro.
Once the beats got going it it had some nice syncopation going, but the rest was just kind of lame. It sounds like they just recorded themselves playing with distortion at the end.
An experiment that didn't work at all.
Pass. :-(
- OA on February 21, 2008
Once the beats got going it it had some nice syncopation going, but the rest was just kind of lame. It sounds like they just recorded themselves playing with distortion at the end.
An experiment that didn't work at all.
Pass. :-(
- OA on February 21, 2008
To compare this remix with the original is like compare a slum with
a swamp. Maybe a bad simile, but this wasn't THAT different from
the org. I like the swampy synth, really gave out that swamp feel
alright, but this remix was more focused on the beats, drums and
all the other funny sounds in the back, like the frog for instance,
haha. But the melody was almost fogotten, it was played with
strings, but the melody is good, I think it deserves a better
instrument. Maybe not my thing to say, but still. And last of all,
the synth in the end. Let's just say that I have to go and replace
my eardrums.
Summary: Nice beats and such, synth good with the name, last synth a little more of chaotic for my taste.
- Bummerdude on October 18, 2005
Summary: Nice beats and such, synth good with the name, last synth a little more of chaotic for my taste.
- Bummerdude on October 18, 2005
The beginning of this was pretty snazzy, but I can't help but to
crank my speakers down when the end shows up.
- vdeogmer on September 16, 2005
- vdeogmer on September 16, 2005
I like this mix a lot... When I listen to it I sort of picture it
as a charater's theme song. The main part sounds like he's just a
shadowy character, and when the insane distortions come in, it
makes it sound like, well, he's going insane. Really awesome piece
if you ask me.
- ohtaryon on June 24, 2005
- ohtaryon on June 24, 2005
This song is very nice, and mellow in the first two and a half
minutes until it hits a wall at the end.
I will have to disagree with the Hon. Pretzel on the "tightly controlled distortion" at the end. It goes on for FAR too long, and IMO should never have been placed. It sounds like an afterthought and doesn't fit. I would have preferred the removal of one instrument at a time or a FADE to this. Possibly leaving only the frog to make one last croak before ending it.
Sorry, the end does not justify the means.
65/100
- Blue_Drac on January 21, 2005
I will have to disagree with the Hon. Pretzel on the "tightly controlled distortion" at the end. It goes on for FAR too long, and IMO should never have been placed. It sounds like an afterthought and doesn't fit. I would have preferred the removal of one instrument at a time or a FADE to this. Possibly leaving only the frog to make one last croak before ending it.
Sorry, the end does not justify the means.
65/100
- Blue_Drac on January 21, 2005
Agreed, not much to like :cry: ... except, well, I like the froggy
:P !
- NinjaJonny on August 25, 2004
- NinjaJonny on August 25, 2004
I just love this piece. It's off the wall, and yet so... slow and
chillin'. Defnitely enjoy this piece even though I have dozens of
songs that are hyperactive to an insane level. This is a sort of
balance when I'm not feeling in that sugar-induced hyperactive
mode. And to top it off, that distortion it goes crazy with near
the end is awesome in a way that I never figured crazy distortion
would be. An excellent swamp piece by isopropyl, 9/10.
- LightCecil on June 15, 2004
- LightCecil on June 15, 2004
Elvenstar! wrote: Wow, this may well be my first negative review.
The original song was good enough to put into your car stereo. This sounds like he took the song and started playing with options on his editing program. It's more of a study of options than a remix. The only moments I enjoyed this remix were when the original came through undistorted and free of any other sound effects.
i kinda have to agree with this. the original has a nice hip beat that you could jam out to in your car or whereever. this remix took that away and i am most definitely not a big fan of the distortion in the end.
- blaX on December 6, 2003
I didn't mind it. At least the beginning. I didn't particularly
understand why the author took a piece made to represent a bustling
market scene, and turned it into a swamp piece.
But the beginning works. I just love the piece. The original was the first video game music I ever heard. And thus defines the video game scene for me.
From about 1:40-2:10 is alright. Then the delay effect overwhelms the theme a bit too much.
After 3:00 I don't know what the hell happened, but it's possibly the worst distortion I've heard so far in a remix here.
- The Orichalcon on November 8, 2003
But the beginning works. I just love the piece. The original was the first video game music I ever heard. And thus defines the video game scene for me.
From about 1:40-2:10 is alright. Then the delay effect overwhelms the theme a bit too much.
After 3:00 I don't know what the hell happened, but it's possibly the worst distortion I've heard so far in a remix here.
- The Orichalcon on November 8, 2003
I disliked most of this remix. The begining is too slow, didn't
change much...just not that great...but I absolutely love about
3:40 on, this may be because I'm an electric guitar whore but I
felt it really added to it. All in all this is a good mix but I
often find myself skipping to the end as the rest of it is pretty
boring.
- Eric Cartman on November 8, 2003
- Eric Cartman on November 8, 2003
Wow, this may well be my first negative review.
The original song was good enough to put into your car stereo. This sounds like he took the song and started playing with options on his editing program. It's more of a study of options than a remix. The only moments I enjoyed this remix were when the original came through undistorted and free of any other sound effects.
- Elvenstar! on June 22, 2003
The original song was good enough to put into your car stereo. This sounds like he took the song and started playing with options on his editing program. It's more of a study of options than a remix. The only moments I enjoyed this remix were when the original came through undistorted and free of any other sound effects.
- Elvenstar! on June 22, 2003
Wow... What can I say....
I have personally 'dub'bed this "crack music" (pardon the pun). Anyway, all my friends that have listened to this all seem to agree. This is the type of music you listen to when you are so messed up on some sort of drug, that you no longer know what the hell is going on... That's why we all love it! I love how it builds up to throughout the whole piece, then just throws it all in at once at you, and you just get overwhelmed by the intensity. I especially like how about a 2:00 in, most of the music just starts quickly panning between the left and right sides (mostly just the bass at this point), and does it again with the distortion around 3:20. Seriously, kick ass. KEEP IT UP!
- SPFiredrake on February 3, 2003
I have personally 'dub'bed this "crack music" (pardon the pun). Anyway, all my friends that have listened to this all seem to agree. This is the type of music you listen to when you are so messed up on some sort of drug, that you no longer know what the hell is going on... That's why we all love it! I love how it builds up to throughout the whole piece, then just throws it all in at once at you, and you just get overwhelmed by the intensity. I especially like how about a 2:00 in, most of the music just starts quickly panning between the left and right sides (mostly just the bass at this point), and does it again with the distortion around 3:20. Seriously, kick ass. KEEP IT UP!
- SPFiredrake on February 3, 2003
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