ReMix: Final Fantasy IX 'thebattleofstringsandacellphone'
- Game: Final Fantasy IX (Square, 2000, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): zid
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Battle 1'
- Posted: 2002-12-12, evaluated by the judges
Every once in awhile a ReMix comes along that blows your mind in all arenas - fantastic production, amazing instrumentation and musicianship, world-class recording, ornate and nuanced arranging, and impeccable attention to detail. This is not such a ReMix, but wait - don't go away so soon. Newcomer zid has submitted something that, while not flooringly refined, nevertheless has some real character. As the title suggests, this was created using guitar and a Nokia 3310 cellphone - you'll be able to pick out the cellphone real easily :) Orkybash sums it up well: "No, it's not the greatest technical mix. But I laughed my ass off at the cellphone, and every so often I think OCR needs a remix that isn't meant to blow you away by it's technical merit or arranging skill, but to make you smile while you listen to it." - guitars are actually both processed and played rather well, though throughout the piece there is an interminable and blatant bit of line hum. This certainly falls under the "use what you've got" category of artistic merit - I can assure you of this: were I or many people I know trapped in a room with a guitar and a Nokia 3310 cellphone and wanting to create a ReMix, the result would be far less pleasant. Whether you listen to this often or don't really "get" it and prefer those ReMixes that DON'T use personal communications devices in cruel + unusual ways, hopefully you'll see what we all saw, which was a pretty neat piece of music, in terms of arrangement and instrumentation, that's got a lot of soul. Next time you're on the go with your cell and your acoustic guitar, entertain your friends, family, or random passers-by with this plucky piece from zid.
- cremdogz on July 30, 2009
--Eino
- evktalo on January 21, 2009
as much as i love the cell phone i wouldn't mind a version without it, and better recording quality.
but i still like it a lot!
- uagrenadier on January 7, 2009
- MessagesFromEarth on December 8, 2008
(Er, if either of those {live} instruments already are in a ReMix, please let me know.)
- Lucentas on December 6, 2008
- pokezel on January 11, 2008
It's funny and it's original and all that (CELLPHONE FTW), but MAN that sound quality is something awful. I'd like this mix a lot more if it didn't sound as bad as it does.
- Jaybell on July 31, 2007
Platinus;52549 wrote: Wha? My cell phone is ringing...::procedes to take it out and answeres it:: Hello? ::battle music in the back ground:: Hello?! ::phone attacks my head:: AH!!!! ::throws the phone to the ground:: OH its on now! ::whips out his katana and whacking away at the demonic phone:: TAKE THAT! AND THAT!!! I always though that was a bad plan...A damn creative song, my friend. Tis indeed imaginitive. I enjoyed it. May i download it as a ringtone? HA...if only i had to fight my cell phone everytime someone called me...Keep up the great work...::steps on his phone and crushes it...::
.... uhhhh wtf? :S
- RepressedChaos on March 31, 2007
- belovedchaos1 on March 31, 2007
- auronapern on July 5, 2006
I love it... its really original =)
Nokia rules!!!! Along with FF...
9/10
- SakakiAzu on November 12, 2005
But it not all funny, that guitar is awesome, very skilled played, and with that bright Nokia tune, it just EYH! Rock´n Roll!
Well, maybe not that, but at least roll.
- Bummerdude on November 2, 2005
- Platinus on April 22, 2005
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