ReMix: Final Fantasy X 'Via'
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- Game: Final Fantasy X (Square, 2001, PS2)
- ReMixer(s): Tepid, The Orichalcon, pixietricks
- Composer(s): Junya Nakano, Masashi Hamauzu, Masashi Sugawara, Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Path of Repentance'
- Posted: 2006-11-03, evaluated by the judges
What started off as a formidable Tepid collab, with TO on beats, was further enhanced by pixietricks' vocals. This FFX mix intros with dramatically minor/major chromatic cross-panned piano that has enough intricacy and depth just by itself to really grab you, but things just get better from there, as Lee's drumwork comes in, followed by Jill's vocal. The ReMixer writes:
"I've always been a fan of Hamauzu's work, especially his part in FFX. After listening to his Piano Collections on Via Purifico (and learning most of it from the sheet music), I was compelled to pick up my acoustic and play along with it. As I started recording, the piece shaped into something more Mitsuda, so I added a fretless bass and later brought in some slide guitar for the sake of it."
This material is more harmonically challenging that anything Tepid's tackled, arrangement-wise, to date, and aspects of the progression descend or ascend unexpectedly, but the ornate instrumentation and flowing arrangement handle this fluctuation gracefully. It's certainly dense stuff, though; anyone looking for something relaxing or consistent might be a bit jarred by some of the intonation and changeups - but in a good way. There's electric guitar as well, and some well-utilized reversed samples towards the end, that flesh out the timbral palette. It's Tepid's most mature piece to date, and while it's still rhythmically static in terms of tempo, there's a very dynamic approach to intonation and sequencing that I think shows a lot of development. This isn't a piece you can get everything out of on one listen, or even two; I'll be coming back to focus more intently on the intervals and progression, myself. That type of depth is great to see (and hear). Larry writes:
"I loved the interplay between the wailing electric guitar, the beautiful piano, the driving beatwork, and the melancholy vocals from 2:28-3:14. I really felt a sense of synergy between everyone's contributions that left me a greatly satisfied customer. Everything was loud and powerful, but nicely balanced to allow the listener to pick up every part; very impressive. Phil, Lee & Jill did a great job lending a much more energetic, emotive spin to "Path of Repentance" that I otherwise thought wasn't possible."
Indeed; repenting's never been this engaging, or sounded this good.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Beautiful harmonies throughout the song, there are several moments
throughout the song that just grab your attention and hold onto it.
All of the elements of the song are very cohesive, it always
impresses me when collabs like this feel so natural :-)
- Emunator on September 4, 2009
- Emunator on September 4, 2009
The original song is beautiful and fits the mood of the scene it's
in, but wow, you guys took it to another level! I'm listening to it
for the 5th or 6th time on repeat right now and I'm just getting
lost in the remix. It's wonderful and haunting too! Keep it up!
- meteoradreams on September 3, 2009
- meteoradreams on September 3, 2009
I wish this song was 3 more minutes long if not more than
that.
Having loved the FFX piano collection version this, this is even more awesome
But wow, when the song ended it caught me off guard being sucked into its awesomeness
Fastest 3 minutes ever!
- burnham909 on October 29, 2008
Having loved the FFX piano collection version this, this is even more awesome
But wow, when the song ended it caught me off guard being sucked into its awesomeness
Fastest 3 minutes ever!
- burnham909 on October 29, 2008
How long has this utterly amazing remix been hiding in my music
collection? Far too long. I've always loved the original, but when
I was sorting through my music and I found this gem it gave me a
far more awesome appreciation for the original song. Absolutely
powerful and amazing.
- quoda on December 29, 2007
- quoda on December 29, 2007
mpl;296515 wrote: Hello,
Being a guitarist I believe the sexy guy needs to practice etc.
Michael
PS. Don't take it as a flame or large critic, for I only registered to post this suggestion.
None taken, glad you registered. As I always say I'm still improving, and that song is over a year old now, so it's pretty unrepresentative of my performing now, but I do agree, when I look back and listen it's somethin that I could have worked on.
I took up the piano 2 years ago to hide the fact I'm a fairly average guitarist, and it's been worth it in the long run. My usual style is finger picking but I've been playing a lot of leads in the last 8ish months, so in regards to the 'keep it up' comment, I've been taking guitaring viagra for the last year :)
Thanks for your concern.
- Tepid on July 19, 2007
Hello,
Being a guitarist I believe I know what bothered both me and pretty much all of You in that electric guitar: the guy needs to practice. Yes, You! I suggest You start off with vibrato, this is something very overlooked nowadays. As for tone, I believe it generally pretty much did fit, but I'd put about 20% less gain. And... keep it up.
For now, I would rate the electric guitar about 3.5 / 5.
Michael
PS. Don't take it as a flame or large critic, for I only registered to post this suggestion.
- mpl on July 19, 2007
Being a guitarist I believe I know what bothered both me and pretty much all of You in that electric guitar: the guy needs to practice. Yes, You! I suggest You start off with vibrato, this is something very overlooked nowadays. As for tone, I believe it generally pretty much did fit, but I'd put about 20% less gain. And... keep it up.
For now, I would rate the electric guitar about 3.5 / 5.
Michael
PS. Don't take it as a flame or large critic, for I only registered to post this suggestion.
- mpl on July 19, 2007
This song was absolutely brilliant, very emotional, and the guitar
sequences made it even better than the original song from the FFX
OST. I must admit, I was a bit sceptical when I first heard about
OCRemix (a friend suggested I have a look), but now I feel the
songs to be brilliant, created by people who obviously have a raw
talent for music composition, and this song shows this
perfectly.
(Sorry to pixietricks, tepid and the orichalon, considering this is meant to be copyright to you guys) I actually took the time to make a music video based on this song, partly for the chance to excercise my film-editing skills, and also to make sure this song gets out into the world where those who wouldn't normally listen to it have the chance to do so. The film is also called 'Via', and it's on both Youtube (search crispymongoose) and Myspace (search Trivun), if anyone's interested. However, the video can't compare to hearing the song for the first time.
- Trivun (crispymongoose) on April 30, 2007
(Sorry to pixietricks, tepid and the orichalon, considering this is meant to be copyright to you guys) I actually took the time to make a music video based on this song, partly for the chance to excercise my film-editing skills, and also to make sure this song gets out into the world where those who wouldn't normally listen to it have the chance to do so. The film is also called 'Via', and it's on both Youtube (search crispymongoose) and Myspace (search Trivun), if anyone's interested. However, the video can't compare to hearing the song for the first time.
- Trivun (crispymongoose) on April 30, 2007
I was left in awe in front of that song truly... you captured the
feeling that was in the original in there i can tell .... The
vocals went to gave me shivers so you can guess i appreciated
If it would be for one bad comment i would say the guitar at 2.07 starts a tad too early but it really doesn't get in the way of loving the song
In 3 words
I LOVED THAT
- SoulCraft on February 24, 2007
If it would be for one bad comment i would say the guitar at 2.07 starts a tad too early but it really doesn't get in the way of loving the song
In 3 words
I LOVED THAT
- SoulCraft on February 24, 2007
I always liked FFX's "Path To Repentance", and this inspired remix
not only captured the original mood of the piece, but made it more
passionate and interesting. The music itself was well done,
particularly the intro--but what really made the mix, for me, was
Pixie's vocals. That is some serious talent.
All in all, great stuff!
- FrozenHope on January 3, 2007
All in all, great stuff!
- FrozenHope on January 3, 2007
spongerman1 wrote: i cant believe how much emotion and power you got out of the original :o
I couldn't agree more. This is absolutely filled with emotion.
Everything in the intro builds up very nicely, and the slight breakdown at 0:30 with the acoustic guitar is very nice, and when everything comes back in at 0:33, it joins everything else without sounding cluttered at all.
The next breakdown at 0:48 was very well executed, with extremely well performed and emotional vocals by pixietricks.
When things kick back in, we're treated to a guitar solo that carries just as much emotion as pixie's voice did in the previous breakdown.
The bare guitar at 1:49 gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it. As great as everything else was in the song, I think that the guitar in 1:49 to 2:00 has to be the highlight of the song IMO.
Amazing work guys.
:)
- about:blank on December 17, 2006
Something about the electric guitar just rubs me the wrong way; I
simply do not like the sound of it. The acoustic one is perfectly
fine, though.
The lyrics were amazing; we need definitely more of this opera-stlye singing.
- Martin Penwald on December 8, 2006
The lyrics were amazing; we need definitely more of this opera-stlye singing.
- Martin Penwald on December 8, 2006
Ever since the first time I heard her, I've been a
pixietricks/Jillian Goldin fan. There has yet been one remix done
by her that I haven't absolutely adored.
Her vocals usually play a dominant role in the songs she participates in, but in this her vocals are more a supporting role, which I found to be an interesting change of pace. Her voice is rather haunting in this tune, I must admit.
The piano work is top-notch and rather complex, I think, though I might have liked to see a bit more experimentation with the melody (Though to do that might make it aurally confusing given the complexity of the melody, so it could go either way). The acoustic guitar work is good (and vaguely reminiscent of Serial Experiment Lain), but the electric sounds a bit random and almost out of place, but not overly so, and as was mentioned seems more to be something to think about then something that meshes overly well. The fretless bass was an interesting choice, but goes well with this piece, and overall this remix seems to have a haunting, remorseful feeling to it that I feel came across relatively well.
All in all, a unique piece with an interesting feel, and overall I felt it was done quite well. Great job to the remixers!
- Myth_Archangel on November 24, 2006
Her vocals usually play a dominant role in the songs she participates in, but in this her vocals are more a supporting role, which I found to be an interesting change of pace. Her voice is rather haunting in this tune, I must admit.
The piano work is top-notch and rather complex, I think, though I might have liked to see a bit more experimentation with the melody (Though to do that might make it aurally confusing given the complexity of the melody, so it could go either way). The acoustic guitar work is good (and vaguely reminiscent of Serial Experiment Lain), but the electric sounds a bit random and almost out of place, but not overly so, and as was mentioned seems more to be something to think about then something that meshes overly well. The fretless bass was an interesting choice, but goes well with this piece, and overall this remix seems to have a haunting, remorseful feeling to it that I feel came across relatively well.
All in all, a unique piece with an interesting feel, and overall I felt it was done quite well. Great job to the remixers!
- Myth_Archangel on November 24, 2006
Sorry I can't better express my thoughts on this, but...
DAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNN :)
- Nobbynob Littlun on November 24, 2006
- Nobbynob Littlun on November 24, 2006
Wow, this is such a great piece up until near the end. I just can't
into the part where all the pieces came together, it was almost
good. But unfortunatly, it just ends up sounding random. I also
wonder about the electric guitar. I kind of liked the acoustic
sound just before, and when the electric came in it sounded a
little awkward. But the singing was great, and I love how it sounds
like the place in the game was, dark and dirty, but intresting and
worth remembering.
- Darklink42 on November 21, 2006
- Darklink42 on November 21, 2006
Hmmm I liked almost all of it, it had an amazing mellowness to it.
The only thing I really didn't like was the electric guitar solo
because it seemed out of place compared to everything else, when
the electric guitar was mixed with other sounds it gave the piece a
nice otherworldy tone but when it was alone it just felt
overpowering and disconnected from the part before it and the part
after it.
- icebeast on November 21, 2006
- icebeast on November 21, 2006
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