ReMix: Final Fantasy IV 'Bridge to Eternity'

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Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of RedemptionFinal Fantasy IV

If you checked out Echoes already - and I hope you did - then you probably already rocked out to this trance opus by Mr. Aguirre, who writes:

"I want to thank my wife Jade for crackin the whip and telling me to get involved with the final fantasy 4 echoes of betrayal light of redemption remix project. I normally would have thought my plate was too full, but she encourages me and compliments me to get things done and it seems I can. I actually do better now that I'm married to her, its a true blessing. Thanks to OA for taking me on at the last second. I've always loved this track from the game and imagined it as a dance track very easily. The bassline has been enhanced and I added several compositional parts to the piece. The execution seemed to work and i'm happy with the end result..."

I ended up picking 'Golbez 'N Goblins' for the album release's flood, so we've had to wait awhile, but it was basically a toss-up at the time - both of these tracks are fantastic, and show off the formidable power Jordan brought to the album. This was an easy direct post, so I have no judge comments to lazily use as filler, but Larry just contributed something on IRC:

[21:10] * Liontamer is listening to bLiNd - Final Fantasy IV Bridge to Eternity OC ReMix [http://www.ocremix.org] (04:24)
[21:11] <Liontamer> that's the song I tested Jose's YouTube video with when I first started uploading them, so it's got a special place in my cold, cold heart
[21:12] <Liontamer> also good exercise music for me

There you go, celebrity endorsement - warms hearts AND tones abs! Thick trance mix with a heavy beat & sidechain that leaves space for shimmering lead melody chords. The transition into solo synth melody at 2'14" is quite slick, as the pulsing, thumping beat and accompaniment lift up and out before settling back into power anthem territory. It's one thing to make fantastic trance mixes with amazing production values and infectious grooves, but in this case I think the chord progression and source material in general were a bit more challenging, a bit less intuitive in terms of tailoring for the genre. And yet Jordan still makes it all sound 100% natural - a true gift, and always a pleasure to see him applying it, in any context. Great stuff!

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
It's bLiNd. What more can one ask for?
Personally, at this moment, I still prefer Golbez simply because of how I did NOT expect it to turn out the way you did it, making it that much more awesome. BUT. B-U-T. This one is still awesome.
Listening to it in the car really gives my speakers a workout from the low end sexiness you put in there. Listening on headphones, however, shows how much you worked that stereo with the delays and pans. There's a lot of layering but it never becomes overwhelming or incomprehensible. Stellar production and intelligent instrument choices. Really, I can't say much more than exactly what Liontamer said.
It's the hotness.

- Level 99 on June 1, 2010
I'll be honest - I was disappointed initially since I had envisioned a large scale epic track for this source that you'd expect from the game's setup in culminating towards the final battle.
However, bLiNd gives us his dance sexiness here instead, and it is a fine song regardless of expectations. Keep on trucking Jordan, you bring much guaranteed good listening :-) !

- Bahamut on May 31, 2010
This track is fantastic, been in my head for days now. First thing that caught me was how dancable it is. The way the bass and synth seem to just pulse is great; when that first lead hits I can't help but begin to bob my head on the claps. Also, I really dug how the main melody comes in on piano at the very beginning and how it's paired with the string-synth in various ways, beautiful. Sounds great at home and in the car too. This is such a well made song; I absolutely love it, and I'll be listening to it for quite some time.

- MisterBiggler on May 23, 2010
Why wasn't this posted earlier?! This is one of my favorite electro-house tracks by the man himself!
So to begin my review, not even two seconds into this club mix of "Within the Giant" and I'm sucked in to give it a 10/10. The reason why is the opening chord for that pad goes very well with the actual "source-ish" sounding effect. The 303 arpeggios sound generic but that's what keeps the track grooving. I wasn't a big fan of the bell leads, but once the detuned saw comes in with the main melody after a group of whirling synthetic winds usher it in, I'm on the Bridge to Eternity.
Bottom line: The source is recognizable, the synth patches are excellent, the arrangement is beyond superb and doesn't get boring, it has a groove. What negative thing can I say about it?! Listen to this track! THIS is what OC Remix is all about!

- A-RoN on May 15, 2010
Good dance track. Energetic, with a bit of a relaxing tone under it. I'm glad this finally got posted. The FFIV project turned out so many great ReMixes like this one, so I'm hoping more make it onto the front page soon!

- Crulex on May 14, 2010
My heart is all warm and fuzzy, and I have abs of steel thanks to this amazing track! I love the massive sound, and it's completely epic.
Thanks, bLiNd, you can be my personal trainer if you want! :-)

- OA on May 14, 2010
This is one of my favorites off the FF4 Project. I feel like it's a really good battle theme. Weapons flying, people doing acrobatics trying to kill each other, magic exploding, and duels with people moving at super speed

- MessagesFromEarth on May 14, 2010
It's a lovely track. This reminds me; I was trying to find some sound files online, and was browsing another site, and there was a link to one user's files. Basic ftp layout. Among the files was one .torrent file for EoBLoR... made me lol.
Looks like everyone's enjoying the album, which includes this epic track! ^_^

- Mirby on May 14, 2010
Who did this song?
Oh, that bLiNd guy?
Then I guess it's safe to say that I FUCKING LOVE IT. Jordan's style is just amazing.
I can't get enough of his remixes. *gush*gush*
Keep em' coming Jordan, that ol' lady of yours is some good motivation I think! :wink:

- LostChronos on May 14, 2010
The 2:10 part is epic. It's easy to use up the cool parts of source and run out of stuff to rise to 20 seconds into the mix instead of building to something massive. Someone's showing the newb mixers how to do it right. My favorite bLiNd track from the album, and among my favorites from the album overall. Hard, epic, and no detracting chun li shouts. :P

- Rozovian on May 14, 2010
Great track, form a great album! Very nice work! :wink:

- Chernabogue on May 14, 2010
bLiNd serves up some nice hard stuff in this track.
But yet it's so refreshing and bright. There's so much good texture to this song and a lot of subtle things that go in in the background.
There's so much talent in this guy, I'm glad that he's so willing to share it. :)

- Arcana on May 14, 2010
funny thing i was jus listening to this on my ipod today everytime i hear that second lead comes in i get mad hype lol you already know how i feel bout this track bLiNd

- Jewbei on May 13, 2010
It's nice, and captures the penultimate feel of the track. You still feel like the end is near with this mix; great work from bLiNd! As if there's any other type from him, of course! ^_^
[Damnit Deia, your Liontamer sig image almost tricked me into writing Larry instead of bLiNd! lol]

- Mirby on May 13, 2010
Definitely one of the highlights of the album. Great track that I love listening to!

- DragonAvenger on May 13, 2010