ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Mystic Forest (Back to the Roots mix)'
- Game: Final Fantasy VI (Square, 1994, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Steve Pordon
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'The Phantom Forest'
- Posted: 2002-02-27, evaluated by djpretzel
Wow. This is hands-down my favorite mix by Steve, who's had some good ones. Why? It's very dynamic, emotional, moody, the mixing is great, and the general overall feeling is very professional and very intense. Love it. Not a drum track to be found, no techno trickery, in fact - no synths whatsoever. This is straight guitar, acoustic and electric, instrumental, and it's powerful. The mixing of the acoustic in particular is what made this so engaging to me - with fret sounds and movements clearly audible, the piece picks up an aire of closeness and immediacy that works well as a bed for the distant, distorted electric with more reverb. Some of this sounds like an excerpt from a Led Zeppelin song, and to me, that's saying the world. Highly recommended, hope to see more in the same style. Yes.
Zero Traveler;783763 wrote:
At first I thought it was one of the songs off one of my Silent hill soundtracks.
The intro is actually very similar to a song off SH2--same notes, different lengths and not quite the same pattern. I never noticed until I played the SH2 one on the guitar for one of my CotMM collaborations.
- Legion303 on June 19, 2011
At first I thought it was one of the songs off one of my Silent hill soundtracks. Haha. If you did a Final Fantasy/Silent hill Crossover this would be a great theme for it.
- Zero Traveler on June 2, 2011
- tweek on August 24, 2010
I've always liked this. It's a very simple arrangement, but very effective. The guitars are layered nicely. The slightly off-kilter sound works for making it feel like you're in some kind of forest at night and things are not quite right (hey that rhymes).
There's not much to it, but what's there is quite good.
- ella guro on December 5, 2009
- DragonAvenger on December 5, 2009
- OA on December 12, 2007
Royal Sovereign wrote: "Back to the roots" indeed...this mix was, I think, what the original composers had in mind for what the original track was to sound and feel like.
My thoughts exactly.
It never crossed my mind that "Phantom Forest" could be done with guitars. But now it's done and it sounds quite nice! I agree that the beginning kinda cuts too soon but that's only a minor mistake. The rest of the remix is very flowing.
By the way, this remix inspired me to write a poem! That has to be a good sign...
- isthan on June 20, 2006
Pretty guitar, cool elctric guitar, or maybe there´s two? I´m agreeing with everyone else, that was one weird intro. It would be better if it just faded away, instead that it´s abruptly stops. Maybe not a big deal, the song was great anyway.
- Bummerdude on October 8, 2005
Very nicely done.
- Royal Sovereign on August 13, 2005
- jordex on May 5, 2005
- Elvenstar! on August 20, 2003
The intro makes you feel pretty desolate, scared, alone, and whatnot.
Then the soothing acoustic guitar line comes in. It brings you back up from the intro.
And then the electric guitar comes in-which just accentuates the acoustic like nothing else.
Like DJP said, this feels like it could be something taken from a Led Zeppelin song at times.
I love how it fits together, but I just wish it could be a tad bit longer.
- Necronomicon on October 25, 2002
- Landon on October 7, 2002
skawttieboy wrote: The bass is a little weird throughout the piece though....that's my only beef. :?
There is no bass, only two guitars. :P
-steve
- Legion303 on July 19, 2002
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