ReMix: Final Fantasy IV 'SNES Battle Medley'
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- Game: Final Fantasy IV (Square, 1991, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Warmth, aneurySm
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Battle 1', 'Battle 2', 'Battle Theme', 'Fanfare', 'The Fierce Battle'
- Posted: 2002-06-28, evaluated by the judges
This is actually a medley of themes from FF4 and 6, and it's actually performed by Warmth, with the arrangement by aneurySm. And actually, it was originally to be part of PMM. That's a lot of actuallys. One more: it's actually live. Though this contributes to less-than-crystal-clear audio, the dynamic nature of the piece and the quality of the playing in most sections, and aneurySm's arrangement, make up for that. Quite a bit of guitar, with different effects as wekkm including the all powerful wah (see 3'38" and . . . around that region in general) Things are a bit chaotic at times, but this be battle music, fool, so it's appropo. Satisfying medley that will please guitarheads and FF fans alike. Recommended.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Can't say I really care for this mix. I agree that the guitars are
off.
Still its obvious that effort went into this and people were tributing a game that the love.
This mix gets an A for effort.
- 42 on January 20, 2009
Still its obvious that effort went into this and people were tributing a game that the love.
This mix gets an A for effort.
- 42 on January 20, 2009
Soapy;121429 wrote: Masterpiece' don't let anyone tell you otherwize.
Ditto
If I want flawless execution i'll listen to a midi :)
- uagrenadier on January 7, 2009
Let me start off by saying I'm an expierenced guitar player and I'm
slightly offended that this mix made it on the site.
Positives - The drums are a nice mix up and the set sounds really good for the most part. The fills are neat sonding and aptly placed. The arrangement is well done, a few transition mistakes and sloppy shifting but nothing to throw a fit about. The overall mix of the audio is also very good.
Negatives - Guitar parts are played out of key, guitar sounds slightly out of tune, chords are sloppy, very choppy at times. Some parts of the songs are not played by the guitar at all, and there is only 1 guitar lead throughout making them sound very plain and dull. The tones are awful and at times you can't even tell what is being played or what is happening. Don't get me wrong, it has potential but wow, the playing needs some SERIOUS work. Good things could be done with this piece, but put simply, they were not.
Overall - 4/10
- brunoafh on December 7, 2006
Positives - The drums are a nice mix up and the set sounds really good for the most part. The fills are neat sonding and aptly placed. The arrangement is well done, a few transition mistakes and sloppy shifting but nothing to throw a fit about. The overall mix of the audio is also very good.
Negatives - Guitar parts are played out of key, guitar sounds slightly out of tune, chords are sloppy, very choppy at times. Some parts of the songs are not played by the guitar at all, and there is only 1 guitar lead throughout making them sound very plain and dull. The tones are awful and at times you can't even tell what is being played or what is happening. Don't get me wrong, it has potential but wow, the playing needs some SERIOUS work. Good things could be done with this piece, but put simply, they were not.
Overall - 4/10
- brunoafh on December 7, 2006
The transitions are very good.... I liked it, it sounds a bit
wierd... uh..... hmm... the word.... messy...
8/10
- SakakiAzu on November 12, 2005
8/10
- SakakiAzu on November 12, 2005
Oh dear, I was surprised that these actually made this mix LIVE,
but it sounded so bad I thought. I´m not saying that I would do it
better, cause my result would be unrecognizable, give everyone
headache and my fingers would have scars all over their prints.
What I´m saying is that when someone makes a remix, it should have
some skills. Onca again, I´m not a remixer either, so the results
would probably be the same as the guitars, and these guys really
did well for being live, but personally I didn´t like it.
- Bummerdude on October 4, 2005
- Bummerdude on October 4, 2005
I'm basing my review on the song itself, because I've never played
the game.
I like this song. I think that the guitarists were very good. To be able to switch to three different styles of music - and to play them well - in one sitting is very impressive. It was fun to listen to the song go from a light rock in the beginning, then to a hard rock, then use of a wawa for the last part of the song. There was nothing repetitive in the song at all, and it's a good song for any rocker to listen to, wether you're a hard rocker or an old-school rocker, it fits all the catagories, I think.
The worst part of the song, though, was the drums. At times, it seemed like it was all fills, and there was no definite beat going on the drums.
All over, it was a good song, and I liked it, but it still had it's problems.
- ~Link_Master~ on October 27, 2004
I like this song. I think that the guitarists were very good. To be able to switch to three different styles of music - and to play them well - in one sitting is very impressive. It was fun to listen to the song go from a light rock in the beginning, then to a hard rock, then use of a wawa for the last part of the song. There was nothing repetitive in the song at all, and it's a good song for any rocker to listen to, wether you're a hard rocker or an old-school rocker, it fits all the catagories, I think.
The worst part of the song, though, was the drums. At times, it seemed like it was all fills, and there was no definite beat going on the drums.
All over, it was a good song, and I liked it, but it still had it's problems.
- ~Link_Master~ on October 27, 2004
Hi there ! I am a fan of Final Fantasy, I played every single
adventures of this masterpiece, and I still listen often to Final
Fantasy music...
I would say that this remix is not that bad, except at 57 seconds and at 1min16 precisely, there is a really bad dissonnance there, you guys are like 1 tone down.. please do something about that, It just dont fit.. I know you guys can understand that and correct it.
Sincerely,
- Gary on June 26, 2004
I would say that this remix is not that bad, except at 57 seconds and at 1min16 precisely, there is a really bad dissonnance there, you guys are like 1 tone down.. please do something about that, It just dont fit.. I know you guys can understand that and correct it.
Sincerely,
- Gary on June 26, 2004
This is exactly what someone needs to do with the Pokémon battle
themes. I thoroughy enjoyed this mix.
- Drunken Japanese man #2 on September 17, 2003
- Drunken Japanese man #2 on September 17, 2003
Oh I agree that it was well played. I just think that it could have
used a little bit more time, or at least a couple different takes
of it so iron out the wrinkles. I think it's awesome that he
figured out all that stuff, and I realize that some of it is pretty
hard to do, but don't you think that maybe a few more takes to
perfect it would have made it sound better than it already did?
- YtseJam04 on July 12, 2003
- YtseJam04 on July 12, 2003
The guitar is very well played, man. It sounds like he did it all
in one sitting, which is commendable.
- zircon on July 12, 2003
- zircon on July 12, 2003
I think the mix was alright. The guitars definatly need some work,
but my hat's off to you for figuring it out as wel as you did. the
bass was on the money for the most part. the drums I thought were a
little off at times. Perhaps the guitars would have sounded better
if there had been a second guitar player involved. I am a musician,
so I understand the value of a second guitarist when playing
harmonized leads. The solo for the Atma theme needs a little work
too. I realize that in the original, it was kind of wishy-washy,
but there are some definat miss-slides there. I'm not a fan of the
trebley bass, but those bass lines are hard enough, so do what you
gotta do. overall, pretty good
- YtseJam04 on July 12, 2003
- YtseJam04 on July 12, 2003
This is a great concept and great arrangement. I've been waiting to
hear some guitar mixes of SNES FF battle music for a long time.
Unfortunately I feel like the execution was rushed. Often it seems
like 1 guitarist is trying to handle 2 or 3 different layers of
melody at once, so he skips or cuts off some notes early to get to
others. Other times it just sounds off key, or some nots get
drowned out by others, or by sheer distortion. Plus, the overall
recording quality just is kinda low. It's allready good, but I
think it could be 10x better if they went back and redid it in a
studio, with the time to really work things out and do multiple
takes for each part, and work it till it's perfect.
- Gnam on July 11, 2003
- Gnam on July 11, 2003
This is an excellent rendition of various FF Battle themes.
But then hey I'm a grunge nut! =D
Great work on this one!
- Kadosho on June 29, 2003
But then hey I'm a grunge nut! =D
Great work on this one!
- Kadosho on June 29, 2003
Wow, loved every bit of this song, truly a master piece...
all these tunes bring back memories of ff6, good stuff keep up the good work
- pie-gwut-jai on March 22, 2003
all these tunes bring back memories of ff6, good stuff keep up the good work
- pie-gwut-jai on March 22, 2003
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