ReMix: Final Fantasy X 'Guardian's Sending'

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Final Fantasy X

Wow... my initial listen to this must have been under weird circumstances, because I don't remember being as impressed. Newcomer Sal gives us a mature, dramatic arrangement from FFX with a big emphasis on dynamics. Most of the arrangement is acoustic guitar, cello, oboe, some piano, and strings. Towards the end there's a large, emphatic brass push w/cymbal crashes which seems a little forced, but the rest of the arrangement flows like butter, and in particular the repeating acoustic guitar riff effectively evokes a classic rock motif being fused with orchestral in a pleasing manner. Stereo imaging is paid attention to, strumming on the guitar is believable, and overall this isn't cookie-cutter orchestral and has some interesting things to say arrangement-wise while not slacking on the sound quality, either. The ReMixer writes:

"This is more of an arrangement than anything else. As the title suggests, it's meant to go along with a scene in the game so i've concentrated much more of the mood of this rather than the technical aspects so intrumentally, it's fairly minimalist. It's meant to be a 'story in music' so it's more of a piece that should get you thinking rather than it just being something to listen to. Whether i've managed to pull it off well, that's what the judging's for. Made with Guitar Pro 3, Cubase, Edirol Super Quartet, Edirol Orchestral & Sound Forge 6."

The Edirol VSTis may not produce jaw-dropping sound quality, but I find their results pleasing and sometimes - esp. when combined by someone with a little know-how - downright impressive. While some judges felt the flow at times wasn't as smooth as it could have been (the dropout at 2'10" is the only good example I can come up with of this), Protricity succinctly summed up his opinion, while disagreeing with the mixer's own self-applied "minimalist" label as well:

"I wouldn't call this minimalistic. There is a lot going on for the most part in every section of the song. Missing percussion, but percussion would lose the feel. Indeed this is a good mix of original and originality so to speak."

Definitely some excellent dynamics work here, and an arrangement that clearly did involve some planning out and coordination. Compelling first submission. Recommended.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Nice samples, but things sound pretty mechanically sequenced. I think the arrangement is pretty nice, and there is a good progression through to the end, with a good amount of variety. The strange fades and low brass transitions made me frown :-(, but when the sending theme came up I smiled. :-)
I love that theme, and the way you handled it was pretty great, but that transition into it was pretty weak. A decent listen, but somewhat forgettable for me.

- OA on April 18, 2008
Awesome.
You captured the emotions perfectly - and that's really no easy task. This so perfectly brings up what I was feeling when I watched that scene in the game, even moreso because Auron was by far my favorite character.
This does it even *better* than the game, really, because the game just kindof breezed past that part focusing more on Tidus/Yuna. This lasts, you see.
Hard to believe this is a first submission, it's that good.

- Aristobulus on August 25, 2006
hmm..yea its good i like the beginning part better than the rest of the song but thats just my opinion

- Xx~~Zangetsu~~xX on February 2, 2006
First you got that awesome guitar work, like that of a solitary warrior. After that, you have this small moment of silence and then before you know it, it's as if the clouds opened up their passage to the sunlight and you feel an immediate rush of strenth go through you. In short, it's a heartwarming remix.

- lady zelda on January 8, 2006
Possibly my favorite OC Remix (Well, I've said that to a lot of them now, ranging from DJPretzel's FF9 "Dubnofantasyaloneman" to Hermit's Link's Awakening "Seaside Lullaby"...)
I'm surprised Sal has only one submission! For this is some remixin'/arrangin' done right. Real right. I actually like the first half of the remix better, but not due to any downfalls on the second half; just personal taste... Very well done! I want to hear more from Sal! =)

- Keiseth on January 7, 2006
Very great stuff from Sal here, Auron´s theme should and always shall be played with a nice guitar or at least an instrument with some strings. I recognized an other song too, that one around the end, that´s sounds like the ending theme. It does sounds like Zanarkand too of course, they have the same melody, BUT the piano beginning from 3:14 is from that one, I´m sure it is.
To sum it all up, great work from Sal, you can hear he´s a pro, and....what do you mean he´s a newcomer?

- Bummerdude on October 3, 2005
I really love the athmosphere of this mix. This is the perfect ending theme: imagine you are watching the credits of the game and this wonderful piece of music comes up... damn!
And this fading piano at the end...Nice work. Thanks very much, Sal.

- JimSelve on September 21, 2005
Damn beautiful this is...
This song couldn't be made any better
There's the nice Zanarkand theme around the 4 minute marker as well
This is just amazing!

- jordex on December 28, 2004
Wow...This is a really amazing piece, I listen to this all the time, great job man

- Tear on July 20, 2004
Beautiful! As someone already mentioned, this piece brings out the emotions you experience in the game. Kinda makes me sad to listen to it. And I gotta say, I almost let a tear drop at 4:41. :oops:

- Krythan on July 20, 2004
my only complaint, if you even want to call it that, is that it stops around 2'09 and changes theme this kind of hinders the feeling, great emotional epic (which happen to be my personal favorite) with alot of highs and lows overall a excellent mix

- Brinnswf on February 10, 2004
I'd just like to start this review off by thanking Sal. Auron was by far (and I'm talking in terms of light years) the strongest character in the game and my favorite, and his theme was one of the stronger tracks on the iffy FFX OST.
Very good stuff here. Nice and simple, but powerful remix of Auron's Theme. Thanks for this most importantly. The rest of the song is equally as powerful.
And I noticed you couldn't resist a touch of To Zanarkand. Fine by me. :)

- Lithium on February 9, 2004
Aw, this is very good, no techno, trance... this is something I haven't heard in awhile from OverClocked. I love this style, and you did a great job, congrats on the mix.
Keep up the good work!~

- †pikachu† on February 9, 2004
This piece manages to bring about the emotion of the game without having to listen to all the annoying nasal monologes of the main character. The one thing i really loved about FFX, and it is not my favorite FF by far, was how well the music and the imagery brought out the emotions of the game, a task that the horrible voice acting failed to do. To Zanarkand is probably the reason i was most interested in the game when it first came out.
This mix combines the themes well, to create a suble, emotional piece that makes good use of some nice guitar (the opening reminds me of the softer music from Trigun and Cowboy Bebop) and a nice string sample at :30. Another highlight for me was the entrance of the strings at 1:20. Nice and full. Joins in well.
The biggest problem i had was that the mix stopped and started again when switching themes. It sounded nice, but it didn't flow. Still, its not even a big problem for me. Just pointing it out.
This sounds wonderful. It has that epic cinematic feel and a beautiful sound.
95/100.

- myf on February 7, 2004
I like this. Although...the one melodic change you made to Auron's Theme makes me uneasy. It just doesn't feel the same.
In general, though, although the samples might not be the best, it has it where it counts. Arrangement. Emotion. These things a true ReMixer seeks. ;)
Congrats, and nice work, Sal.

- Dhsu on February 7, 2004

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