ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'The Omen of Jenova'

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Final Fantasy VII

Mr. Nekofrog writes:

"I’ve never been the biggest fan of FF7, but I don’t outright hate it. I love its soundtrack and appreciate what it did for gaming, but otherwise I’m not a fanboy. Xenogears, however, I love everything about (okay, I lie, disc 2 sucks). One of the most inspirational soundtracks I’ve heard in forever. Initially this started out as simply a Jenova remix, but upon random jamming I found that it merged with “Omen” from Xenogears almost flawlessly, and ran with it. Unlike all of my previous submissions (save for the audix collab), this one fully features the extended range of the 7 string guitar; it employs the low B constantly, the high E, and everything in between."

Gotta love theme mashups, when done right, and you gotta know Mr. Jones is gonna do it right. We'll have quite a bit of Xenogears coming up shortly, so this can whet your appetite; heavy metal guit chugging, classic descending arpeggios, thrashing drums, and a lengthy, substantive arrangement that hits heavy but also backs away for some calmer moments here and there. It's metal, it's XG, it's FF7, and it's Nekofrog, so you've got a perfect storm. The intertwining of the two themes is completely natural, and the end result is a mix of both games that pays excellent homage to both classic soundtracks and their respective, legendary composers.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Darn you, I seriuosly NEED more of this. HA

- Yugoslak on November 18, 2009
My style is pretty much unique.
At least, in this remix.

- Nekofrog on November 17, 2009
Can someone point me in the direction of more remixes similar to this? I love these metal/industrial styles, or whatever you wanna call it.
This one though, is one of the best remixes I've heard, and I've heard quite a few.

- Yugoslak on November 17, 2009
its remarkably well done! to me it would fit well when your manage to get to the crater and are fighting it

- jcbq on November 8, 2009
This is one of my favorite tracks from the game so this remix makes me happy. Very, very well done.

- Flare4War on October 26, 2009
As usual, Neko wastes no time and gets to the meat almost immediately, i.e. rocks out from the very beginning.
I used to have some issues with the sound of the guitar in Nekofrog's remixes, but in this one, at least for the most part, it sounds fine to me. The part starting at ~2:40 is the only one where the guitar grates on my nerves.

- Martin Penwald on October 25, 2009
Cool song, but I felt like there were some really cool stuff in there - I could swear there's timpanis in there - that are just swallowed up by the chunky distorted guitars. Bells, pianos, strings, acoustic guitars... they're a little hard to pick up. Now, I'd say that the chunky distorted guitars are essential to the mood, but they're too far in the foreground; they don't need to be brought so far forward for us to pick up on them, but the other stuff is more subtle, and could use some help in being made apparent. If that makes sense.

- Nobbynob Littlun on October 23, 2009
well duh
i only have about a bajillion things in the queue

- Nekofrog on October 20, 2009
Great mix :) . I love the Jenova theme and really enjoy your guitar work in this mix. Hopefully we will hear more from you!

- jintoreedwine on October 20, 2009
This was amazing.

- Scrap McNapps on October 19, 2009
This is AWESOME!

- yosefu on October 11, 2009
Tensei-San;600897 wrote: Why is this softer than the [URL="http://www.tindeck.com/listen/vreb"]WIP version that I did the drums for[/URL], yet it sounds way more compressed/squashed? Lern2production
(jk I <3 this)

Probably used multi-band compression? The guitar itself is also given plenty of space in the mix and has a 'soft' sound too, so that helps from the off...

- dariunas on October 8, 2009
Pretty much what I've come to expect from Neko - this doesn't break any new ground like his original work did for me, but it's still solid and highly enjoyable.
I agree with OA that a few transitions threw me off, especially the one near the beginning where everything except the muted guitar completely fell out - that would have been better if you boosted the guitar volume just a tad. The segment right before the end really felt like it was leading up to an insane solo and, unfortunately, this didn't deliver. All in all, though, this is still very enjoyable and a great take on a classic theme!

- Emunator on October 7, 2009
Neko, this kicks all kinds of ass. Love it. This goes on my 'rock out' playlist instantly.

- JadeAuto on October 6, 2009
It's nice to know I can always count on Neko to feed my hunger for metal arrangements here on OCR. Never a let down. :nicework:

- TheKrow on October 6, 2009

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