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Those drops are waaaaay too loud, coming in with zero signaling, suddenly nine decibels louder than what came before.  That right there is enough of a dealbreaker to sink this mix.  I loves me a good loud kick, but holy heckballs this is absolutely ridiculoud.  The arrangement should have soft sections followed by buildups, hinting at what is to come, you don't want your listener to leap out of his chair hearing these drops.  There are no builds here, just the soft sections and then WHAM my ears are raped. The sections are repetitive within themselves, with nothing too interesting happening once the patterns are established.  I think there great ideas here though!  I'd love to hear more melodic development, I don't actually hear the source motif anywhere, I think adding that motif plus some variations over the repetitive sections would greatly add interest to the arrangement. As prophetik mentioned, the arpeggio that appears here and there in this arrangement does not really match with the melodies and harmonies you have going in the other instruments.  It certainly does not hold water trying to act as a lead. In that final section, the faux-hardstyle, that vocal bit is amazingly too loud also.  So this entire mix needs a volume balance as a starting point. But yeah, resist the urge to try to win the loudness war here!  There is no need for that, and it's much more jarring than it needs to be. NO

FINAL FANTASY IX - The Final Battle Remix      

Ok. I think my prog rock version of Super Castlevania IV - Dracula's Theme would be nice for this album.

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