ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'Seven Degrees Of Judgment'
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- Game: Final Fantasy VII (Sony, 1997, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): Rosencrantz & guildensterN
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Judgment Day'
- Posted: 2001-12-01, evaluated by djpretzel
Rosencrantz & guildensterN are far from dead, with a very cool first submission of a very industrial, tortured, haunting, evil ReMix of FF7's Judgement Day theme. Overtop a piston-machine drum pattern with a deadly snare, wrangling electric guitar chords wail away, with perfect ambient sounds in the background. If you're not into industrial, this won't be your thing, but for those that are - or are open to new experiences - this is quite a piece. It actually has a trance-like feel in that it's hypnotic, and the ending is supercool, with dolphin-like sub synth and light 808 kicks making things downright spooky. Definitely different, enchanting, and well-done.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the monkofevil;333617 wrote: You just tried too hard to get the "Dark" sound, and it shows. (Or, hears? Anywho...) Little less reverb, and let the melody through.
Yeah....... pretty much this ^
Way too much industrial-ness (almost too close to the border of white noise imo)and not nearly enough melody makes all of this seem very "blaaaahh...".
I guess one good thing about it is it does get tamer towards the end.
Eh... move along, nothing much to see here.
- 42 on December 14, 2009
This wasn't my favorite of the Remixes of FFVII, but it wasn't
terrible. You just tried too hard to get the "Dark" sound, and it
shows. (Or, hears? Anywho...) Little less reverb, and let the
melody through.
- monkofevil on October 21, 2007
- monkofevil on October 21, 2007
Personally, I think it sounds like something you would find on the
Unreal Tournament 2004 soundtrack.
This is not a bad thing though. I like it.
- Razor on October 21, 2007
This is not a bad thing though. I like it.
- Razor on October 21, 2007
I *love* the drums, but the rest of the mix is just a sonic
mess.
Nothing stands out and it ends up sounding like some percussion set to a random droning chord. The ending lets up a bit so you can hear what is going on, and it's very nce, but then it abruptly ends halfway through a note. :/
- OA on February 12, 2007
Nothing stands out and it ends up sounding like some percussion set to a random droning chord. The ending lets up a bit so you can hear what is going on, and it's very nce, but then it abruptly ends halfway through a note. :/
- OA on February 12, 2007
Dangit...you ruined a great, emotional song that really grew on me
once I got used to it. Dislike the snares and the atmosphere in
general, and the instruments didn't do it for me, even in the parts
that weren't all loud and hazy. C-
- DukeNukem007 on October 31, 2005
- DukeNukem007 on October 31, 2005
I don´t think this remix is "dark", the guitars are heavy, but they
aren´t dark. Sounds like I´m listening to the radio and there are
something in the way of the waves that gives the music that
scratchy sound. This is what this mix makes me think of, but the
guitars in the back that gives this effect. I recognized the
melody, the electric basses(or guitars, whtever) played it, and I
thinked that this was real OK. They remixed this track after their
ideas, and they succeded to do something new. Interesting.
Cool guitarsolo near the end.
- Bummerdude on October 23, 2005
Cool guitarsolo near the end.
- Bummerdude on October 23, 2005
Amazing work! The only beef I have with this is the ending is kinda
over the top. It seems like the end is trying too hard to be dark
and scary.
- Urkel-Os on January 17, 2005
- Urkel-Os on January 17, 2005
I love this song, though it took me awhile to really get into it.
The main melody [i]is[/i] hard to hear, but it just makes the
moment at 1:50 even more dark and malicious. I really love this
song now :)
- leena fighter on September 30, 2004
- leena fighter on September 30, 2004
Blindstrike mentioned that the main meldoy was hard to hear, but I
found it excellent. There were some points where there was a bit
too much noise, but that's no biggy. Gives the song a dark, twisted
atmosphere, which I found to be quite... intriguing. I'd have to
say this will be the song needed in the background whenever I'm
writing twisted darkness or the evil bad guy's layer. ^^;; In
short, it's made my insperation playlist.
Once again, the dark atmosphere is excellent. Not to sound like my teacher or anything, but continued efforts will make your future remixes as enjoyable as this one. Great work! ^_~
- Babysoft-chan on July 1, 2004
Once again, the dark atmosphere is excellent. Not to sound like my teacher or anything, but continued efforts will make your future remixes as enjoyable as this one. Great work! ^_~
- Babysoft-chan on July 1, 2004
the grunge was aweseme...it's really good to hear someone stray
from the techno mainstream. and i love the whole guitars...i play
electric guitar and loved the way that sounded...but the guitar was
the melody line and it was too difficult to hear. and there was no
harmony guitar...if there were a harmony guitar and the melody
guitar together WITH the harmony were leveled properly and maybe
even EQ'd differently, so the lead tones would be more easily
heard, it woud be near perfect :wink: :lol: 8)
- blindstrike on February 8, 2004
- blindstrike on February 8, 2004
Could be so much more. This reminds me of my friends' band as well
as many other garage bands - every amp's volume cranked all the way
up, every instrument pounded on to the max. The wall of sound
crushes out any recognizable melody, and it could be so much
more.
In painting, it is necessary to show contrast between elements to give full effect. For example, if everything in a painting is dark, technically it's dark but people won't see it that way, they'll just squint their eyes at it. However, if you add in some bright splashes or highlights, the dark is emphasized and *then* people say "wow that's dark stuff over there". The same could be said of music.
a) turn your speakers down silly
b) we have so much techno already, let him have his grunginess :)
- Nobbynob Littlun on January 26, 2003
In painting, it is necessary to show contrast between elements to give full effect. For example, if everything in a painting is dark, technically it's dark but people won't see it that way, they'll just squint their eyes at it. However, if you add in some bright splashes or highlights, the dark is emphasized and *then* people say "wow that's dark stuff over there". The same could be said of music.
Lord Shadow wrote: I wonder..The beat is good and all but it's just too loud,I poped an eardrum,I guess in a "Jugement" I'd call it a good remix with a good remixer,However,It needs a bit more techno to it and quiet it down.
a) turn your speakers down silly
b) we have so much techno already, let him have his grunginess :)
- Nobbynob Littlun on January 26, 2003
I wonder..The beat is good and all but it's just too loud,I poped
an eardrum,I guess in a "Jugement" I'd call it a good remix with a
good remixer,However,It needs a bit more techno to it and quiet it
down.
- Lord Shadow on November 20, 2002
- Lord Shadow on November 20, 2002
I really like this one. Very atmospheric! I also noticed that the
lead guitar at 3:03 sounds very much like a theme from Star Wars
Episode II. Don't remember that part from the original... and this
remix was made before the movie came out anyway.... hmmm I wonder
if John Williams has been at OCReMix for inspiration? ;)
- EmptyMy on July 29, 2002
- EmptyMy on July 29, 2002
Final Fantasy 7 'Seven Degrees of Judgment'
I'm going to have to say that my final 'Judgment' for this mix is going to have to be that this one is just not for me. The snare panned to the left is much too loud, to the point of being obnoxious. While I really like the guitar, its reverb has been way over done. Most of the other instruments aren’t loud enough to tell if I like them or not, and they more or less sound like a mess all clumped together. Some good stuff here that really shows promise, but maybe next time.
- Ginnsu on May 24, 2002
I'm going to have to say that my final 'Judgment' for this mix is going to have to be that this one is just not for me. The snare panned to the left is much too loud, to the point of being obnoxious. While I really like the guitar, its reverb has been way over done. Most of the other instruments aren’t loud enough to tell if I like them or not, and they more or less sound like a mess all clumped together. Some good stuff here that really shows promise, but maybe next time.
- Ginnsu on May 24, 2002
