ReMix: Final Fantasy VIII 'Man With Another Trance Machine'
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- Game: Final Fantasy VIII (Square, 1999, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): Beatdrop
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'The Man with the Machine Gun'
- Posted: 2002-10-05, evaluated by djpretzel
This ReMix replaces Dain's previous submission of trance coverage from Final Fantasy 8 (OCR00461 - removed due to updated version) - it's a much-improved, cleaned up take, with better overall sound quality, esp. in the arena of synth patches and processing. Dain was never quite happy with the original when he first submitted it, and there were several versions even back then. This time, I think he got things right, with an extended mix that plays around with some new ideas towards the end and feels much more professional all-around. Good techno-trance work from Beatdrop, righting a past "wrong" and giving us some direct, fast-paced FF8 tunage.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I played this game in and out a hundred times and theire aint
nothing better than a good Final Fantasy song. I loved all the
original tracks of the game making me hard to impress but this just
topped all! A+ ***** (5 star) form me!
- Blitz-Ace on March 21, 2006
- Blitz-Ace on March 21, 2006
It´s quite the dangerous task to remix Laguna into a BETTER techno,
the original was already freaking awesome, but I think BD succeded.
This is a decent upgrade of the original, used some new technics
and Voilà! Homme avec un machine de trance!
- Bummerdude on October 28, 2005
- Bummerdude on October 28, 2005
No good. It's dance. It's traditional dance. It's conservative and
poorly composed and poorly sampled. It's crap, really. No contrast
and no feeling.
- meccaneer on October 7, 2005
- meccaneer on October 7, 2005
I'm sorry to say that this song didn't really strike me as too
good. The synths are way detuned and not vibrant, and mix has
little harmony whatsoever, many instruments clash in some
places.
I was a bit surprised, as the source tune just sounds great by itself, I didn't think you could make a remix that squanders that potential. It may be that this genre just doesn't fit with a tune heavily reliant on harmony like the source. But actually I've heard the one from Project Majestic Mix, and it's pretty good.
- Ichitootah on June 30, 2005
I was a bit surprised, as the source tune just sounds great by itself, I didn't think you could make a remix that squanders that potential. It may be that this genre just doesn't fit with a tune heavily reliant on harmony like the source. But actually I've heard the one from Project Majestic Mix, and it's pretty good.
- Ichitootah on June 30, 2005
:cry: im sorry to say that this song got me in a trance. I will
have to take back my previous rating and give this song an "A". It
just stuck with me all week and then i came back to play it again
and now i kinda like it. wow, good job beatbox. The type of somg
(trance) is real. you successfully preformed a great song, my hat
off to you. :D
- NinjaJonny on September 2, 2004
- NinjaJonny on September 2, 2004
Hmm, this is a hard one. I play FF sooooooo freakin much and i
loved this song. When i saw it here i was like yes... yes... yes
yes YES :lol: ! Then I listened to it and I was like Yes!!!!.... no
:evil: .. no NOOOOOOO :twisted: ! Im sorry, I just don't like it.
It was way way way too much high pitched for my liking, and some
things were way way way out of tune. Until... It got to the ending.
And i was happy. until it got to the very ending, and then (you
guessed it) I said no once more. I like the remixer, just not the
song. I ASK YOU! SOMEONE! MAKE ANOTHER REMIX OF THIS SONG! IT NEEDS
A GOOD REMIX! :o
- NinjaJonny on August 25, 2004
- NinjaJonny on August 25, 2004
Oh man... I was hoping for such great things... But I was utterly
disappointed... I really like the original song, and this remix
lets me down. It sounds kinda like he took the midi, erased some of
it, and added in a cheezy house beat behind it.
My rating?
Original Song (The Man With a Machine Gun; Laguna's Battle Theme from FFVIII): 9/10
Remix (Man With Another Trance Machine): 1.75/10
- aburame_shino on August 11, 2004
My rating?
Original Song (The Man With a Machine Gun; Laguna's Battle Theme from FFVIII): 9/10
Remix (Man With Another Trance Machine): 1.75/10
- aburame_shino on August 11, 2004
I don't agree fully with some of the other comments here--no, it's
not my favorite remix on the site, but it is decent. Definatly
deserving of at least 5/10. However, you can't listen to it in
excess, and compared to the other MWAMG remix on here, this one
pales. It's good to see the right idea though... a little more bass
and focus and this could come together a lot more nicely.
- Kapuran on July 6, 2004
- Kapuran on July 6, 2004
Why would you mess with a perfect song? Who ever did this butchered
it. Way to go.
- Sundive on July 4, 2004
- Sundive on July 4, 2004
This has got to be one of the worst remixes ever. I don't mean to
be overly critical, but this mix does no justice to the original.
In fact, it only uses like one riff over and over again. He forgot
the best part of the song when it switches gears and it goes to
that part with metal sounds. To those who actually appreciate the
original you know what part I'm referring to. Also, there is
absolutely no substance to this song. It's just you average run of
the mill rave song. If you are braindead then I could see you
liking this song, but if your like me and listen to Aphex Twin or
Meat Beat Manifesto, then you would really be excepting something
more. Now I'm not saying that Beatdrop needs to become a pro, but
anyone can pull one riff out of a song and add cheap thumping. This
song probably took 10 minutes to make. Sorry, but to all those that
gave this song 5/5 you need to go hang yourself.
- phantomINTELLECT on March 16, 2004
- phantomINTELLECT on March 16, 2004
[i]The Man With the Machine Gun[/i] has always been one of my
favorite FF8 songs, and this remix does it great justice. It
rocks.
I GIVES IT 5 STARS *****
- GameMstr1 on April 17, 2003
I GIVES IT 5 STARS *****
- GameMstr1 on April 17, 2003
This is absolute crap...why anyone would listen to this over the
original (or orchestrated!) version is beyond me. The remix sounds
sooo empty, rushed, and incomplete. 1/10.
- elman on February 22, 2003
- elman on February 22, 2003
Eh, I'll be honest and say I don't like this all that much... It's
sounds a bit off key, and the instruments are nearly as bad as the
last one. In fact, I think I liked the last one better, ESPECIALLY
the intro! But, eh, this one doesn't do it for me. I dont' know any
remix terminology, since I'm just a listener, but this one just...
sounds bad.
When I first listening to the first one, and heard the intro, I was like 'Oh dear god, this is going to rock the hell out of me isn't it?'
...and then the synths came in and my ears exploded.
If you redo the last one with different synths, I think that'd be gold, but I really have to be honest when I say I really don't like this one at all. Nothing personal, Beat, but you've done better stuff.
2/10
- Child of Kirby on November 25, 2002
When I first listening to the first one, and heard the intro, I was like 'Oh dear god, this is going to rock the hell out of me isn't it?'
...and then the synths came in and my ears exploded.
If you redo the last one with different synths, I think that'd be gold, but I really have to be honest when I say I really don't like this one at all. Nothing personal, Beat, but you've done better stuff.
2/10
- Child of Kirby on November 25, 2002
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