ReMix: Seiken Densetsu 3 'Hostile But Cuddly'

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Seiken Densetsu 3

Man, I had finished filling everything out and writing up this mix, and JUST as I clicked submit, I lost power due to a f*$^kin' storm. Damn this storm all to hell . . . . actually, nature's cool by me, but when it steals my electricity that's just going a little too far. But I digress. What I had written about this SD3 mix - our first submission from newcomer Cloud - was that it's appropriately named in that it has fast, slow, loud, and soft sections. Hence it's 'hostile' but also 'cuddly'. Not sure if that was the intention in naming, but it works for me. Piano-synth arpeggios, a square lead pattern, and an uptempo but not overly aggressive attitude characterize the intro, which then gains a nice breakbeat. There's some ambient noise that comes in during the track's loudest and most climactic portion that is quite cool, after which things slow down and end on a mellow note. I had more to say, but I forget now, dammit. Anyway, don't let my run-in with nature and resultant lack for better words stop you from grabbing this mix - it shows great maturity and mutli-facetedness and comes with a decisive recommendation.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
This mix started out pretty cool, with a fade in syncopated piano line, a small build to a moving piano breakdown, and a nice chord progression- so far so good. The percussion that came in was good, but it was muddy and lost a lot of it's punch because of it. Some more separation would have really kicked it up I think.
Part of the issue is the excessively distorted synth taking up a lot of the same frequencies, so it just ends up sounding messy. There is a larger breakdown which sounds really good, but some of the counterpoint has a detune on it or something, so instead of it really clicking, it just throws me off.
Overall a great source, and a very well thought out arrangement, but the production brings it down. Still very enjoyable though, and I encourage people to check it out.

- OA on March 17, 2009
The melody that starts at the 16 second mark sounds a lot like a sped up version of the melody from 'By This River' by Brian Eno.

- Dionyseus on September 7, 2008
This is one of the most amazing remixes I've EVER heard! I've heard it once on a WinAmp shoutcast radio (and yes that's how famous this track is now) and I was like, "I have to get this song!". I downloaded the entire OCR songs just for this song. Now that I have this song, I also enjoyed the many others that people have made. Thank you Cloud for making such an amazing remix!

- asmadeous on February 27, 2007
This music is just wonderful, starts off calm, rushful, then calm again. Very similar to "powder" music list. A+

- RavenCloud on January 20, 2007
Never really paid this one any mind before, but the arrangement was very strong. Posesses a great deal of personality and variation. The percussion stuff coming in before 1-minute mark was rather bleh for part of it, but the changeup at 1:27 was a great idea, and the track evolved quite nicely from that point on.

- Liontamer on May 10, 2006
This song is a really good remix. To me, it's kinda relaxing, I'm not sure why, it just is.

- Beat, the Sonic Superhero on May 7, 2006
I found this a while ago... Should have commented on it then. I really like it. Especially the part at 1:04. I extend my recommendations to this piece. Quite nice.

- benevolensaurus on April 23, 2006
i think dis mix is kool, when i listen 2 it i got dis vision...u know sometimes u c on tv where the movement of the cloud speed up while the sun is risin' n down...n it slows down after da point's made...time past...
we've done remix on dis song in 2 verzions, our 2nd remix. we posted it on the workin' in progress oc remix forum. tis called Seiken Densetsu 3 Powell Abstract --- http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=70328
but, we still don't know if we should work on it bit more or not...anyone's opinion would be a great help.
:peace:out

- NinjaFlute on November 18, 2005
The name of the mix is quite confusing, but
here´s what I think:
The intro and the finish(cuddly) was good in
the way that you had the same feeling left
and picked a tremendously good instrument for
the main melody.
The middle(hostile) gained extra power that almost
make me jump out of my headphones, truly good.
Aim for the stars, not for the clouds dude!

- Bummerdude on September 9, 2005
I [i]LOVE[/i] the part from 1:05 to 1:22 I wish you made the whole song that way. The beginning is quite good, definetly something I'd listen to. But then we have everything after 1:22. After that point the song mellows down to the point of boringness. We have a lot of mellow songs at OCR. Why not some more fast paced ones. So, If you decide to submit a revision at VGMIX or someplace, let me know, because I'd love to hear it. Without the cool part I'd say this was 5/10 but with it, it raises it a whole 2 points so in other words, you get 7/10. Good job.

- Bladewind on September 6, 2005
I LOOOVE this remix. This song is just awesome. One of my favorites.

- Nanaki on August 24, 2004
the more listens the better this one gets. at first i thought it was so so, and now i'm really liking it. quite a good job at making a simple, yet addictive mix.

- Cadmus on July 30, 2004
I really enjoyed this piece... It is definately one that grows on you, the bell like tones, which are midi-esque probably because they aren't very far from straight generated tones... probably a mix of square and sine... are very expertly executed because there is a strong combination of held notes and cut off notes.
The rythmic things going on with the synth line throughout are very fun and well done as well.
A very nice piece but I agree with many of the other posts, far from perfect and I think the dynamics and polish leave a little to be desired.
8/10
Excellent song choice.

- Less Ashamed Of Self on June 17, 2004
I like this one a lot...
I think the main synth you chose for the melody could have been better, but then when it is accompanied by the electric guitar (or what sounds like one)
I also like the ending...the grinding to a halt and stopping...just brilliant ^_^
I wasnt familiar with the track before I heard this one, but I listened anyways and wsnt diappointed...I recommend pretty much everyone to take a listen to it.

- Eccles on July 3, 2003
I knew the whole Rabite forest thing, but sadly afterwards the sound on my thingy went out, so I had to play without sound for that game for some reason, anyway. I love this song, but too me it doesn't sound too rabiteish, it sounds more like, I dunno, but something more badass, or mabye something in a desert.

- SlashEdgewind on April 7, 2003

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