ReMix: Final Fantasy 'ThoseChosenByTheMedly'

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Trace Kyshad's latest, after a pretty long hiatus, is an FF medley that blends orchestral and synthetic flavors fairly successfully, with organ, piano, choir, and strings playing out ominous melodies over a traditional break style drum pattern that has some good fills here and there, with appearances from filtered synth patterns and orchestral hits as well. Judges had some mixed reactions; no one felt the sounds used were particularly high quality, though some felt them actually prohibitive. For my money, the bells at 3'30" sound pretty damn cool, but yes, there are other sounds that aren't as clear, and there's a few clicks in the recording here and there. Some didn't like how the filtered synth arpeggio is used multiple times as a transition method, others felt it was perfectly fine. The more positive opinions cited the arrangement and dynamics, in general, whereas the more critical the sample quality and mastering, and I'd agree these are the piece's respective strengths and weaknesses. For what it's worth, I've listened to it on speakers and headphones, and it sounded much better at higher volume on the trusty headphones - some mixes are just born that way, I s'pose. I thought the double-time version of Terra at the very end was an interesting idea that worked well enough and certainly was an unorthodox way to conclude. Overall, this is a piece that works in spite of some shortcomings, and should certainly be accessible to and enjoyable by FF fans, while also taking some interesting musical ideas and putting them into form.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Bummerdude wrote:
Dhsu wrote: Yeah, the ID3 tag says:
(FF7) - Those Chosen By The Planet
(FF8) - Liberi Fatali
(FF9) - Kuja's Theme
(FF6) - Terra's Theme

Then why is it in the remixes for FF1?

Medley pieces across several games in a series are listed under the first game of the series.
Good arrangement ideas, but this piece definitely shows its age. Nothing against Graham, but it didn't hold up well for me.

- Liontamer on December 25, 2006
Me and my friend enjoyed this mix of yours alot...I just wanted to post and tell you..good job with the tunes!
Oh yeah...
Its on my handphone as a ringtone now.. :lol:

- Sou on June 24, 2006
Fantastic mix, even way before I ever played Final Fantasy VII.

- Amayirot Akago on June 16, 2006
Dhsu wrote: Yeah, the ID3 tag says:
(FF7) - Those Chosen By The Planet
(FF8) - Liberi Fatali
(FF9) - Kuja's Theme
(FF6) - Terra's Theme

Then why is it in the remixes for FF1?
To the song. GREAT! Had many of the best tracks from FF and made it to a mix that has great tempo, rhytm, piano and that weird feeling of Sephiroth´s prescence, heh. Those bells that played the theme of Kuja really fitted with that LB-piano, everything went so smooth and the remix so great that I´m gonna pass out...> slam <
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OK, I´m back. Great song Kyshad!

- Bummerdude on October 2, 2005
I think it was pretty good, but it could have been WAY better. For the whole song I was expecting a transition from Liberi Fatali to One Winged Angel and I just didn't get it :(. It was a great mix though, maybe it could get updated some day.

- Noobix on May 4, 2005
I really liked it. I recognised two melodies, one from Final Fantasy VII's "Those Chose By The Planet" (obviously) and the other a bit from FFVIII's "Liberi Fatale".
I am sure there are a few others from other FF games but I don't recognise them (only really played from VI and up).

- Gramage on December 13, 2004
I for one liked it and am not critical about the samples, or the percieved "glitches"
At 1:55, there's a slight glitch, as well as 1:58.

Sharp ear or not, this mix has its technical graces in the assembly of the beats. It shows wonderful planning and execution. This artist put some thought behind it beforehand as well.
Personally, it was the first and is still one of the better takes on "Those Chosen by the Planet" (FFVII). The Nebilheim scene when Sephiroth torches the town has always been my favourite section, so maybe I'm a bit biased in my like of the mix.
Keep up the wonderful work, and thank you for making this.

- Blue_Drac on August 9, 2004
I liked it,Sephiroth's theme as background was nice, and the shift to Terra's theme at 4'00" was very, very good. Nice, even though it didn't sound all that great coming from the speakers of a laptop

- maniacalsephiroth on August 9, 2004
I absolutely love this remix. Though djp and everyone hear says its better on headphones, it sure as hell sounded awesome in my church's sound system (2 2-foot high speakers on top of each other for both left and right and a big monitor system too) So it was pretty darn loud and still sounded awesome.

- Fusion2004 on July 14, 2004
I don't know.. I don't really like this one. The beginning already really puts me off.. and the song never comes to grip me. It sounds.. flat. The piano does some good (I love pianos), and some others are okay as well (the chimes/xylo, for example) but still.. I don't know. Not for me.

- Synchrone on January 24, 2004
Cool remix, I've listened to it 4 times since I downloaded it (15 minutes ago). Keep up the good work, and plz keep dishing good Remixes like this out. 8)

- xtreme_gamer90 on January 23, 2004
D00d. This is real damn cool. Every part of my being should hate you for even thinking of doing this. I should loathe this piece and commit suicide for listening to it, Yet I still love it. WHY?!?!?

- Broken_Wind on December 10, 2003
ROTBI wrote: Hello, everyone this is my first post as I am new to the site. This remix was decent in my opinion however after reading your input I felt obliged to inform you that I would have to agree with Dhsu that there is a bit of Kuja's theme and everyone notice the bit of Terra's theme however, being a huge fan of Final Fantasy 7 myself, the song from said game (it starts the remix) is "One-Winged Angel" not "Those Chosen by the Planet". Also, even though the first game in the series is called Final Fantasy NOT Final Fantasy One, perhaps the reason that this mix was listed there is because it is from a conglomeration of Final Fantasy (series) songs.

scuzzy? this is soo "Those Chosen by the Planet" and it totally kicks ass! after listening to it a bunch of times it really gets better and better. When i first listened to it i got the ff7 right off (of course its the underlying theme throughout the whole song) i figured the second had to be ff8 but i didn't know what it was til i read the post, i'm a huge fan of the kuja theme and you used it well, nice, dark, and very scary, and finally i love terra's theme from ff6, i didn't even know what the theme was, i've been trying to play ff6 for the first time (don't shoot don't shoot) and i've grown to love this theme and you really did a good job with it. nice mix althogether, maybe your next one should focus on the Terra part and work with that into a longer even greater mix cause its got potential

- UltimaAvatar on November 19, 2003
I've been listening to remixes from this site for a while, and this one was one of a few that impressed me more than others (because I often like to hear higher sound quality - although that doesn't automatically make it a good mix... blah blah blah).
It used themes from FF8 at the start, FF7 throughout the middle, then back to FF8 and finished with FF3. The use of those tunes melding into each other was very cool - and the transitions were obvious through the use of the orchestra hit sounds. I enjoyed this mix greatly - but I think if it needed to be altered, it would be to either add more of a "full" theme to it. By that I mean, have some sort of baseline or something, that it can stick to. Some sort of recurring tune. I also liked that there was intensity at certain points - but I was hoping it would build to a maximum. It always left a little bit untouched. That WAS a cool idea, because it just kept building, but I would've liked to hear it climax.
There was a point at about 3:30 where it really toned down, and I thought the artist might take it in a different direction, where instead they broke off with the FF3 theme. It worked - but I think I would've preferred not to hear the guitar synth at the end, because the rest of it sounded very medievil with a cool beat and a bit of electricity in the bass, and the guitar didn't seem to fit.
I'd give it an 85%. Very cool.

- Toxic Soul on November 17, 2003
Hello, everyone this is my first post as I am new to the site. This remix was decent in my opinion however after reading your input I felt obliged to inform you that I would have to agree with Dhsu that there is a bit of Kuja's theme and everyone notice the bit of Terra's theme however, being a huge fan of Final Fantasy 7 myself, the song from said game (it starts the remix) is "One-Winged Angel" not "Those Chosen by the Planet". Also, even though the first game in the series is called Final Fantasy NOT Final Fantasy One, perhaps the reason that this mix was listed there is because it is from a conglomeration of Final Fantasy (series) songs.

- ROTBI on November 17, 2003

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