ReMix: Final Fantasy 'Trancelude'

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ALRIGHT! . . . with so many new faces, it's nice to see some returning old ones as well. It's been too long since I had a heapin' helpin' of Haroon "ffmusic dj" Piracha's flavorful Final Fantasy techno trance. The well-known prelude theme, instantly recognizable by gamers of all ages who have any familiarity with the term "RPG" (or can at least spell it) is covered in true trance style here. Very nice sweeping ambient pads, a wicked bassline, and a "Groove to the Music" vocal sample that'll make you nostalgic for the 90's are all present and accounted for. I like what Haroon did with the key and intonation - different from the original, but you can definitely hear the roots. The little synth hit line at 2'20" kills me, as it's very textbook trance, but (as I always like to clarify) in a good way. Also, dig the intercom-style midpass filtering on the bass at around 3'02" - sweet. This certainly does what its genre ostensibly sets out to do - lays down a hypnotic groove and runs with it, letting the listener zone in and out. So, like the lady says (several times actually - she's really serious about this): groove to the music.

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Discussion: Latest 11 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
The ambient pads in the intro were interesting, albeit generic, and 3:20 sounded pretty cool. The rest of the song felt really flat and completely cookie-cutter. It's nice seeing how FFmusic Dj has been able to refine his craft over the years and create this same style of basic trance, but make it sound sooo much better in terms of production and arrangement.

- Emunator on October 4, 2009
Man, this mix did not hold very well at all. Poor samples, and generic overall. Little variation, or even much of a buildup. Very little going on overall...just poor for trance, but I'm sure even Haroon knows this now :razz: .

- Bahamut on September 10, 2009
I agree with the notion that it can't hold your attention easily. Unless you're paying attention to it.
But on the whole I think the song is interesting, especially if you're trying to just chill, relax, slip away somewhere, hear a pretty slow scale go up and down... a few times, etc.

- SoulinEther on December 9, 2008
Overall, an eh from me. Had some moments that were interesting, but overall just couldn't hold my attention. Sorry.

- DragonAvenger on September 21, 2008
Though well produced, with good sounding synths, this is way too repetative for my taste. The main draw for the original is lost, as the chord progression is what made the song for me, and here it is absent.
I have a hard time "grooving to the music" when the music itself is so watered down.
Sorry, I don't like this at all. :(

- OA on January 30, 2007
The prelude goes TRANCE! It has already have actually, but this is the first time I say it.
A good one, has the standard stuffings. Some nice beats, trancish synths with some strings/another synth in the background with a climax at the end and with a voice repeting some times. Bad? NOOOOoooo.........ooooOOOO!
Another mix from an another dj. OHYEAH!

- Bummerdude on October 2, 2005
I think it is an excellent piece. the voice clip has been used in other songs, but it fits well. I agree that the prelude melody should have a bit more change in pitch, but I'm not remixing it so I should just shut up. By the way, I know it's too big, but DjPretzel should let Haroon Post his Falling Star Remix, it is God-Like. Please...

- DragonFireKai on July 20, 2004
Another excellent piece!
Techno & FF fans definitely need to give this tune a listen.

- Kadosho on June 23, 2003
I agree with orkybash here that the actual melody is a bit drab, and the voice sample is redundant. While all the rest of the piece is good, the theme could have been at least completed rather than just looped at a slow pace (which is very annoying). I would say, 5/10, 8/10 if you like trance.

- zircon on April 20, 2003
without looking at it as a well remixed song, the build up is nice, the beginning is interesting, and the beat keeps you going for a while. The cool trance sounds and the interesting melodies that you came up with off of the simple prelude makes me happy. Although this isn't the best that I've heard, I still recommend it as a download. 8/10

- Xaleph on July 24, 2002
Final Fantasy 'Trancelude'
Nice ambience set up with those pads in the beginning which, fortunately, FFmusic Dj carries out throughout the whole piece off and on - too often people build up ambiance then just drop it later on. However, this is far from my favorite FFmusic DJ piece, for two reasons. First off, the voice sample is overused (Haroon, work on this! It's a flaw I've noticed in most of your songs). Plus, the prelude isn't really there - all we hear is the scales going up and down, none of the oh-so-familiar chord changes. Not even tweaked a little to make it a minor key or something. Just the same arpegio over and over. Fortunately, we get enough variation in the song to keep it from becoming a complete bore. And then there's the fact that, if you make a prelude mix, make sure it's outstanding, cause you've got about 598343954835 other remixes of the same song competing with you. Recomended for trance fans, but not many others.

- orkybash on May 22, 2002

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