ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Oldschool Opening'

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Final Fantasy VI

Okay, so we all know the "Terra" theme from FF6 by now. If you don't, you've either not listened to some of the best mixes on the site, or are having a temporarily lapse of memory :) For his first submission, Nicholai's done something a little different - it's sort of an "inverse" ReMix in that it renders the theme using highly spottable sounds from the SID and a chiptune feel overall. Now, obviously this sort of thing wouldn't fly on a regular basis, but the concept was good and well-executed. There's some global reverb, hissy percussion, and a bouncing bass. Overall the arrangement is quite similar, save for being tailored to the chiptune "oldschool" sound the mix's title refers to. Not much more to say - if you're in to chiptunes at all, I think you'll find this a nice excursion. If not, or if you don't really know what "chiptune" means, give 'er a listen anyway - relatively short, and the source material is great to begin with, so you can't go tooo wrong.

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Decent interpretation, and I dig the chiptune sound, but I think after hearing Schab's Terra chiptune track, anything else kindof pales.
Decent for the time, but it seems pretty basic nowadays.

- OA on October 7, 2008
8O

- Soapy on June 30, 2006
Krendall wrote: This isn't my favorite remix of the Tina theme, but definately original.

:caugh: Terra :hack:
Cool that at least one Terra remix has the melody when you walk that ice field to Narche. The synths, well, they weren´t professional, but Nicholai here still gave it a feel that somehow makes me like this mix. I don´t really get the deal with the title, what has this mix in common with a oldschool opening?

- Bummerdude on October 8, 2005
This isn't my favorite remix of the Tina theme, but definately original. Plus sampling Arkanoid was priceless.

- Krendall on April 13, 2004
I liked it. I'd like to hear more songs like this, actually.
10/13 (I'm biased towards FF6)

- Tongue-Tied Poet on February 3, 2003
Not bad. I always enjoy chiptune, 8-bit regression mixes. It's kind of a stroll down memory lane, only with something new. It had a little bit of a sudden end, but that doesn't drag the song down too much. I like this remix.

- Thylacine on February 3, 2003
OK guys well i am tired but song this may sound funky. Avg. mix here but hey if you like FF6 you can't really go wrong

- ecco on November 21, 2002
Wow I was in a grumpy mood when I posted my thoughts on this mix. Good thing I did enjoy some of it. I must say, much respect for anybody who can take the critizism and turn it into inspiration. ;) Dispite my thoughts, you obviously have a an ability to please a majority. Keep remixing Nicholai.

- Ginnsu on August 10, 2002


- nicholai on August 9, 2002
Really nice and anthemic, reminds me of Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. No such thing as too much reverb on a track like this!!!

- Ben Cousins on August 2, 2002
Yet another great Terra's Theme, and with that crazy GameBoy-esque sound. I find myself wishing it were longer.
Ooh, more in this style? Sounds good to me. I don't think anyone's done Tal Tal Heights from The Legend of Zelda IV: Link's Awakening - probably since it's so obscure - but hey, I'd like to hear it, certainly in this chiptune style. Good work here.

- Old Omen on July 31, 2002
Pretty interesting. All I think of is Arkanoid though, which is possibly a good thing. I suppose add it to the 80+ FF series mixes on the site... which one to choose from?

- Ryan8bit on July 25, 2002
Nicholai wrote: I recently registered in these forums, and thought i'd drop a line or two on your comments.
If I were to do more chipcovers, what would you like to hear a cover of?
Love / Nich

Welcome to the board, Nicholai :)
I really like chiptune remakes of music(not already chiptuned of course), but this was extra special. It wasn't all 8-bit flat-synth waves, but it had some synth bell sounds too, and the rhythm... OOOOhhhh, I'm in love ;)
If I were to choose one, I would want a pop song to be remixed into a chiptune(like virt's thong song remake) :P Well, since it is videogames, I would want something from Final Fantasy 10. Some users on this board and others say that music from newer games can't be re-arranged to anything new, because they're already as good as they could get. So I say "de"mix them as chiptunes, lol!
Also, I make original music on MIDI.... sorry, I've plugged this too much!
*If you want to chat with me more about this, send me a private message... I don't get that many :(

- Chrisrj on July 25, 2002
I recently registered in these forums, and thought i'd drop a line or two on your comments.
First of all, I loved the critics, both good and bad. It's always fun when I get a opinion of some work of mine :D
Ginnsu: I used no "guitars", and the tune was ment to sound synthetic. That was kinda the whole idea. Thanks for the criticism though! You go for more acoustic music eh?
The rest: Thank you very much for your positive response. It might help me doing more oldschool covers! :D
If I were to do more chipcovers, what would you like to hear a cover of?
Love / Nich

- nicholai on July 24, 2002
Pretty nice... all I have to do is imagine that FF6 was remade for the original NES and that I'm playing it :)

- Metasquares on July 24, 2002

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