ReMix: Xenogears '7YearsBroken'
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- Game: Xenogears (Square, 1998, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): djpretzel
- Composer(s): Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): 'SMALL TWO OF PIECES ~Broken Shards~'
- Posted: 2001-07-18, evaluated by djpretzel
Where to begin. I've wanted to make this for so long, and regardless of the final product, these last couple days have been so much fun making it. I've learned a bit about vocals, SONAR (the app), and my new Yamaha Motif. It was a struggle all the way. I actually had a ReMix of this at 70% when I lost power a couple months back, and the whole thing was GONE . . . A girl I liked, before she hooked up with one of my soon-to-be-ex-friends, said something to me once that I've not forgotten: whatever you do in the future, don't sing. Probably why I keep trying :)
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I've always loved this mix from when I've heard it back in 2002,
and still do. It has a certain charm to it with the vocals and an
upbeat yet sad setting. Definitely a favorite of the old mixes on
the site!
- Bahamut on December 9, 2011
- Bahamut on December 9, 2011
Nice eighties style pad sweeps opening up the mix. It's also not
very often we get a ReMix with the standard verse-chorus-verse...
structure.
0:28 piano sounds great and I'm digging that snare hit
0:54 vocals work well and sound pretty good
3:40 once again, nice piano work for the outro
- SubNormal J3 on February 20, 2011
0:28 piano sounds great and I'm digging that snare hit
0:54 vocals work well and sound pretty good
3:40 once again, nice piano work for the outro
- SubNormal J3 on February 20, 2011
if the production was a little more bombastic, i'd have sworn this
was a eurobeat song. Somehow DJP has a european accent here?
Strange, but it works.
I wish the percussion hit harder, and a little EQ changes, but damn, this was 2001, which is like, 5 years before I even considered remixing music, so maybe I should just shut it. ;-)
Pretty decent singing as well, and I liked the extended piano passage at the end.
- OA on August 27, 2010
I wish the percussion hit harder, and a little EQ changes, but damn, this was 2001, which is like, 5 years before I even considered remixing music, so maybe I should just shut it. ;-)
Pretty decent singing as well, and I liked the extended piano passage at the end.
- OA on August 27, 2010
The singer is awesome in this which is good. The piano was great in
this and is a catchy song.
- metalsnakejuice on April 21, 2009
- metalsnakejuice on April 21, 2009
Great spin on an immortal piece of videogame music. A lighter
treatment to something that was a bit deeper, but still very
enjoyable.
The song sounds downright irrestistable to sing. There's a very cool twisting vocal melody that sounds very fun to master, and that sense of fun comes through in the vocal. Quality-wise, the instrumental portions of the mix were much stronger than the vocal, but that's not to say the mix would benefit with their removal. The singing, even with the various flaws, is fundamental. Besides, with today's society focusing so much on the quest for perfection, it's refreshing to recieve a reminder that perfection is a myth, average-to-good voices can work just as well as trained voices, and that there is no shame in digtal alteration if quality is the primary incentive.
I believe this mix encapsulates all of this; and how could it not, it's djpretzel. Any mistakes he makes, he makes on purpose. He's just that good.
- Marmiduke on April 20, 2009
The song sounds downright irrestistable to sing. There's a very cool twisting vocal melody that sounds very fun to master, and that sense of fun comes through in the vocal. Quality-wise, the instrumental portions of the mix were much stronger than the vocal, but that's not to say the mix would benefit with their removal. The singing, even with the various flaws, is fundamental. Besides, with today's society focusing so much on the quest for perfection, it's refreshing to recieve a reminder that perfection is a myth, average-to-good voices can work just as well as trained voices, and that there is no shame in digtal alteration if quality is the primary incentive.
I believe this mix encapsulates all of this; and how could it not, it's djpretzel. Any mistakes he makes, he makes on purpose. He's just that good.
- Marmiduke on April 20, 2009
One of my favorite songs since the first time I heard it...the
piano is absolutely gorgeous and the vocals are perfect.
- Lucentas on December 6, 2008
- Lucentas on December 6, 2008
[quote=]Xenogears '7 Years Broken'
this song was my wedding song to my 1st wife. and when she passed away, I could not bare to hear it.
here 9 years later, I have heard the song for the 1st time since then. and i thank you, for btinging her back to life in my mind 5/5
- Malqui on August 18, 2008
this song was my wedding song to my 1st wife. and when she passed away, I could not bare to hear it.
here 9 years later, I have heard the song for the 1st time since then. and i thank you, for btinging her back to life in my mind 5/5
- Malqui on August 18, 2008
Doomguy;382814 wrote: Sorry to make your girlfriend a liar, but you can sing. Quite well, at that. I'm very new here, but I know good music (somewhat.:whatevaa:) Great job.
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thanks tons, man. just to clarify, that was awhile ago, and my current girlfriend of over a year probably thinks I can sing ten times BETTER than I actually can :mrgreen:
- djpretzel on March 3, 2008
Sorry to make your girlfriend a liar, but you can sing. Quite well,
at that. I'm very new here, but I know good music
(somewhat.:whatevaa:) Great job.
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- Doomguy on March 3, 2008
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- Doomguy on March 3, 2008
Well its different from the original but I wouldn't go so far as to
say its better, I do enjoy the Japanese and US versions a lot as
this is one of my favorite songs period. DJPretzel does a great job
making this normally more somber song a catchy pop tune.
Im not going to lie or suck up and say that hes great at singing, hes ok or good at best, however he has a great ability to turn that into a strength by again transforming this song into something else, an uptempo catchy song that you can listen to as a guilty pleasure. I do get a lot of enjoyment out of this song.
If you are going to remix a song I think its better to make it your own rather than just karaoke a close rearrangement of it and thats what Pretzel has done here, he made it his own with great success.
- Catullus on February 1, 2008
Im not going to lie or suck up and say that hes great at singing, hes ok or good at best, however he has a great ability to turn that into a strength by again transforming this song into something else, an uptempo catchy song that you can listen to as a guilty pleasure. I do get a lot of enjoyment out of this song.
If you are going to remix a song I think its better to make it your own rather than just karaoke a close rearrangement of it and thats what Pretzel has done here, he made it his own with great success.
- Catullus on February 1, 2008
My first post here, have been a fan of OC Remix for quite a
while.
I love this remix, it is in my opinion better than the original! I was wondering if anybody knows of similar electronica remixes that I could get my hands on :)
Alex
- atrofast on October 24, 2007
I love this remix, it is in my opinion better than the original! I was wondering if anybody knows of similar electronica remixes that I could get my hands on :)
Alex
- atrofast on October 24, 2007
Dear Mr. Pretzel:
You f*cking rock.
OC Remix is a great site with all sorts of great music from all sorts of great remixers. Among all them, I have a top three: (in no particular order) McVaffe, Star Salzman, and djpretzel.
You're usually pretty modest in your writeups, which is good. But, for the credit you might not have given yourself, you have all of us drooling a**kissing fans to make up for it.
This remix is cool. Bouncy sounding, awesome 80'sesque synthesizer riffs, and of course, your vocals. The vocals are great. Any of your remixes where you sing are subsequently great. And even non-OCremixes where you sing are great, like the "Naruto: Falling Down" one that I fond on animeremix.org. In that song, you did these neat thingies where you were singing in harmony with yourself at the refrains. Like..you sang all the parts (melody, harmony, beat-boxing, etc.) and then used your magical music remixing machine to play it back at the same time. Cool stuff, even if Naruto and I aren't on speaking terms (f*cking fillers...if they ever end and the story gets back on track, it'll be worth watching again).
But this remix, yes, very very good. 10/10.
- ph0sphorousgobu on December 6, 2006
You f*cking rock.
OC Remix is a great site with all sorts of great music from all sorts of great remixers. Among all them, I have a top three: (in no particular order) McVaffe, Star Salzman, and djpretzel.
You're usually pretty modest in your writeups, which is good. But, for the credit you might not have given yourself, you have all of us drooling a**kissing fans to make up for it.
This remix is cool. Bouncy sounding, awesome 80'sesque synthesizer riffs, and of course, your vocals. The vocals are great. Any of your remixes where you sing are subsequently great. And even non-OCremixes where you sing are great, like the "Naruto: Falling Down" one that I fond on animeremix.org. In that song, you did these neat thingies where you were singing in harmony with yourself at the refrains. Like..you sang all the parts (melody, harmony, beat-boxing, etc.) and then used your magical music remixing machine to play it back at the same time. Cool stuff, even if Naruto and I aren't on speaking terms (f*cking fillers...if they ever end and the story gets back on track, it'll be worth watching again).
But this remix, yes, very very good. 10/10.
- ph0sphorousgobu on December 6, 2006
This remix is absolutely amazing! I liked it so much that I made a
music video with it using clips from Advent Children, XD. For those
interested, it can be viewed here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0R7YwTaq-k
I hope you like it. It took a lot of effort to complete.
- CutterKirbyFan on October 16, 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0R7YwTaq-k
I hope you like it. It took a lot of effort to complete.
- CutterKirbyFan on October 16, 2006
defiantly sounds 80's, i bet that breakup that happened when u made
this, lead to the feeling in your voice, good job
- avaris on July 14, 2006
- avaris on July 14, 2006
