ReMix: Xenogears 'Dale of the Wind'

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Xenogears

Slick as shit ensemble instrumental from Mr. North which I think you will enjoy. Clearly, the man is digging having high quality sounds at his disposal, and is letting us know :) This is a slow, very touching track from Xenogears that features a piano and strings. No wait, scratch that - a VERY nice piano and VERY nice strings. Beautiful Gigastudio work. The interesting point to be made here is that when the sounds are this good, does it mean the ReMixer has to work less, or deserves less credit? I think not - arranging is just as difficult, regardless of your sonic capabilities, and Dale does a fine job. The excellent timbres certainly don't hurt, but make no mistake - sounds alone do not a ReMix make. Fantastic and absolutely professional work.

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Discussion: Latest 12 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
I always had a place for the original song with its heavy strings at the beginning.
This sounds fairly coverish to me, with a more dainty direction from the piano usage. Definitely dig the reinterpretation despite it in large part replicating source material.

- Bahamut on October 29, 2009
Simple approach, but effective. The Xenogears soundtrack lends itself very well to the small chamber music sound; almost sounding written specifically for it. String samples have held up, despite being quite ancient by OCR standards, and piano is nice too.
Not much else to say about this one. It's a more than adequate recital of a fairly emotive piece of music from one of the greatest game OSTs of all. Well-suited, nicely presented. Other than more of an arrangement, there's not really much more you can ask for.

- Marmiduke on April 21, 2009
Dale North knows his stuff, this is beautiful. One of those gems from way back. Short and sweet. Great strings sound, especially during sustained notes, could be smoother during shorter notes. I wish there was more stuff like this getting posted these days. Highly enjoyable.

- Rozovian on December 23, 2008
A very nice, peaceful track. More people need to comment on this one. Sounds are still good by today's standards, and the arrangement is nice. Nice CC reference, made for a great ending. Keeping this one.

- DragonAvenger on October 25, 2008
I'm surprised to see a Mitsuda + North mix have less than a million comments, but I suppose this is a short mix with not much reinterpretation. Though it follows the original almost completely, it's very well played and the samples are very high quality, and the ending is very classy. Much preferred over a fade out.

- OA on June 5, 2007
I didn't discover this one until recently, when I reformatted my HD and bittorrented everything to reorganize my collection.
Short but sweet. Has a great nostalgic feel to it. Definately a staple of my new OCR playlist.

- SoC on September 22, 2006
It's just too Beautiful for words......

- Nip on August 13, 2003
*sniff *sniff Beautiful man... just beautiful...

- Joshua Morse on August 10, 2003
....I'm surprised not many people aren't rushing to this song... :x oh well there loss if they dont dl this song!

- Dark Heart on February 17, 2003
Very beautiful. That's all that needs to be said. I like how you placed a section of Chrono Cross's "Arni Village" song at the end.

- Kaleb.G on August 17, 2002
This is just an utterly amazing track.. I love music that people take time with, especially when it's a slow emotional song. Very well done Dale! I like your work a lot, I've even looked up several other songs by you. Keep hooking up Overclocked Remix with your wonderful sound! :wink:

- Shhteve on July 21, 2002
Xenogears 'Dale of the Wind'
Starting off with strings, this piece of work is really nice and soothing. A very sweet song. This tune actually sounds less like a mix, and more like OSV material. Not a lot to say, as honestly, I’m not really into the song, but it’s a great piece of work anyways. 3/5

- Saunders on May 26, 2002

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