ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'Black Wing Metamorphosis'
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- Game: Final Fantasy VII (Square, 1997, PS1)
- ReMixer(s): Fishy, Sixto Sounds, Steffan Andrews, Suzumebachi, bLiNd, pixietricks, tefnek
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'One-Winged Angel'
- Posted: 2007-09-14, evaluated by djpretzel
This ReMix concludes our Voices of the Lifestream flood; One-Winged Angel has of course been covered a number of times by a number of different, talented artists and groups, so it presented a unique challenge to the project. Album Director Andrew Aversa writes:
"Steffan Andrews was the major force behind this track. He arranged and orchestrated the entire thing and performed all the processing, mixing, and mastering. All the orchestral parts you hear are from him, as well as the bass, a guitar overlay, and a sizable chunk of the percussion. Before he decided to step up, many of the mixers involved had their own ideas, and bLiNd had even painstakingly written and rendered the entire choir part, but no one had a single cohesive arrangement idea. Once Steffan showed us his first WIP - which was less than a minute long - other mixers were immediately motivated to add their own elements to it.
Suzumebachi wrote a short chiptune incorporating "One-Winged Angel" plus a few other themes, which became the quirky intro to the remix. tefnek produced the driving, big beat drum track that plays throughout, while Sixto added some heavy industrial sounds to a few sections to spice it up. Fishy recorded a rhythm guitar track to be layered with the MIDI rhythm guitars, and for the climax at the end, Sixto added a screaming guitar solo. Lastly, pixietricks replaced the sampled soprano part with fresh, live vox and improvised some new parts as well.
Though the resultant remix is not nearly as long as the original, both Steffan, the other mixers involved, and myself all agreed that trying to make an epic, 7+ minute arrangement would be futile. After all, Advent Children already did that, and if we tried, people would say we were just attempting to imitate them. Instead, we have a fun, high-energy, badass remix that takes the best parts of the source and expands them with the talents of a whopping seven remixers."
I could talk about the mix, but in this case, Andy covered everything that needed to be said. Instead, I'd like to simply say that it's both an honor and a privelege to be part of the community that produced this album, and I hope everyone enjoys it. If you do, then whatever you can do to help promote it is the best way you can show your appreciation. Here are some ways you can help out:
- Download the torrent and help us seed it.
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People are always skeptical when you're aggressively promoting something and claim to not be selling anything or making any money, but that's the case here: forty-two artists from around the world have gotten together to put together one of the largest and, in my opinion, best fan-created works of art in existence, expressing their appreciation for Nobuo Uematsu and the FFVII soundtrack with some truly amazing music. We want to make sure that as many people as possible are exposed to this music, because we believe it has the power to change perceptions about what video game music can be and more specifically what fan arrangements of video game music can be, and we need your help to make that happen.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - Namine on November 6, 2009
This is the first mix from Steffan in about 5 years. Production quality is superb. The growth that Steffan achieved in those 5 years is beyond amazing. It's almost as though it's a totally different person. It's no secret that Steffan has been a fan of Elfman over the years, and this piece definitely showcases that interest! The arrangement is phenomenal and the orchestral brilliant. The way the orchestra fades in with the chiptunes at the beginning is fantastic. I could gush over the orchestral parts in this piece all day, but I've gotta clam up before I never stop!
Absolutely brilliant work!
- tweek on November 5, 2009
The guitar part at the end was very well done and created and ending that was magnificent. The only thing though, that i wish was better was the building of the climax. It could have been a litter longer and flowed a little smoother.
Overall, this song ranks very high.
- Loning on July 9, 2009
- Mtlbro on April 30, 2009
- a_d on December 8, 2008
This was an absolutely DOMINATING collabed remix. When the retro tune started "modernizing," I knew for sure something was going to blow me away. I'm glad my hearing is still sharp. With only 7% comp volume, I was slamming to this remix for hours and hours with my headphones. I have no idea how the remixers managed to get a hold of the sephiroth choiring, but it was dang hawt.
Five thumbs up for this mix.
- Duokun on December 6, 2008
- YamaSamson on July 3, 2008
- MisterBiggler on June 26, 2008
- admeister on June 3, 2008
on the other hand - i still prefer the original ..
but im probably just biased!
awesome stuff :<
- Platonist on March 29, 2008
No, not all videogame music sounds "cool" when someone takes the main melody and tries to re-mix it using orchestral sounds.
I sometimes wonder, what are these people thinking? And then I go, I know what they're thinking. They're thinking that they're somehow genius and "innovative" for trying to remake a videogame track into some sort of movie sound track.
Nope... sorry, doesn't always work. Symphonic does not equal automatic hit.
So I wish people would refrain from remaking stuff into "symphonic versions." Aside from getting annoying, everybody and their grandma's done one; it gets old.
BUT...
:razz:
My, my, I must say what a beautiful conglomeration of styles we have here.
I love the square lead intro. You do a great job of incorporating the symphonic style into this piece of music. The square lead is quiet, but then the symphonic part slowly builds up. But then you don't just leave it there, but incorporate a drum set and totally unrelated rhythm!
I like how the square lead is a recurring theme. Nice job of tying this through.
My absolute favorite part is at 2:06 when you introduce an entirely different rhythmic pattern than the original. Quite marchy and enroute to distruction. Totally gives a new perspective to an old piece.
And then you bring in an electric guitar!!!
There's nothing wrong with symphonics as long as people can use them RIGHT.
EXCELLENT piece.
- KogeJoe on March 29, 2008
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