Liontamer
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Man, this was great. Chrono Trigger's done to death, no doubt, but look at what you're working with. Are you going to skip a creative "Secret of the Forest" arrangement? NO. Great fundamentals here in terms of lengthy EDM, where you have a gradual build as more and more elements come in before the main verse finally arrived at 1:30, as well as breakdowns like the subtle dropoff starting at 2:59 and eventual ethereal rebuild leading into 4:14. Though the energy was still great and the overall approach was transformative, 4:45 sounded like a retread section until 5:44 added something new by combining different parts of the source together until 6:14 (which was a very cool idea). Repetition wasn't a big deal in the big picture when the arrangement was so creatively developed and expanded to begin with. ABG might feel like creating this piece was analogous to putting on a comfy old T-shirt that still fits nicely and looks good. It takes you back. That said, enjoy the music of someone whose been out of the game for a while but, in reality, never, ever lost a step. ;-) Shawn, it's was a true pleasure to have you back in action. Please keep 'em coming!
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Grandfathered in, since this would be a Standards violation for how it leans on the samples vocals as the source tune connection. I wish the beats evolved more, because you gets the untz untz (not “units units”, you dumb phone, don’t autocorrect me!), and not much more. I’d have not had the beats sound out over the top of the vocals so much, but it’s a style. :-)
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Good expansiveness per mp’s usual. I’d argue the intro sounded the best, then the rest sounded dated, yet it’s a creative in terms of the arrangement. The autopilot drums for the closing section were disappointing, but for its time this track does stand apart from the original well, and even in comparison to the rest of the Radical Dreamers flood set.
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The potential was there to further develop in some different directions, but the genre interpretation was fun. Beats were meaty, the production was spacious for its time, it’s a good rendition. Loved the sampled NES music intro; sounded extra ominous and VRC6-like!
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For the early days, this is pretty solid. Though much of the instrumentation is rigid and dated, the arrangement has a ton of character, and the lead piano (not the left-hand part) and the organ in particular sounded strong. Very creative approach by mp!
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E for effort, as Saunders himself admits. Feels MIDI rip level with no depth to the sounds, and no meaningful transition between the two songs. A product of its time, the good ol’ days. :-)
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Hefty beats here that fill up the soundscape well. The saw lead’s too abrasive for me personally, but I’ll live. Cool to sample the “GO!” vox from the original. Some patience/restraint shown by not getting to the melody until later on, which helped this take stand apart. Didn’t realize how overlooked this Sonic 3 theme was; it was a great stage theme from a fun zone. :-) No stress playing that level back in the day!
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Good changing of the textures over time. The saw was the weak point, since it was very vanilla. Enjoyed the breakbeat loop thrown in there in the second half, which I’ve heard in other tracks. The dropoff at 4:35 was well done, with good bass writing followed by getting subtractive with the textures. Shows its age, yet has good arranging/interpretation fundamentals.
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Agreed that the kick's way too loud and distorting the track. Will echo Hemo's comments that this is a fun cover, it just doesn't present much difference with the original song, so there's very little to distinguish it as a creative interpretation of it, at least from the lens of OCR's arrangement standards. Feels more like a traditional remix, so maybe it samples the original's chippy-style instrumentation, I'm not sure. I did enjoy the other instrumentation surrounding the chip though, so this is a successful cover aside from those kicks!
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Opens up sparsely with the piano to set the stage for the strings at :24. I like the tone of these samples to start. Let's see if this branches off anywhere interesting. The feeling's a bit stilted over time, but still retaining my interest about 1:15 in, and then things subtly pivot. Not sure if some of the quiet vox padding is slightly & briefly off-key in places, but it could have just been my ears playing tricks on me.
Things drop off some at 1:44, and this section's not a bad idea in principle, but it didn't need to go on until 2:14, it could have dropped a few bars and gotten back to the melody more quickly. At 2:14, we get another iteration of the source melody and at this point, the stilted sequencing/timing of the leads and piano was standing out more and I was wanting the arrangement to have more dynamic contrast and more humanization.
Speak of the devil, there's an attempt to vary up the presentation with some kicks at 3:39. The beats were too boomy, slightly off-time and had 0 synergy with the other instrumentation, so I was glad they didn't last too long. Pretty anti-climactic end to that theme though, unfortunately.
4:06 changed over to "Theme of Aya". Everything's still very robotic-sounding; somewhat understandable given the source material, but there's more depth to the sounds in the original, whereas these lead sounds are very thin/tinny and the beats are very metronome-like. Be sure to watch the ending cutting off abruptly.
There's room to achieve a richer texture with your instrumentation; cool source tune choices, regardless, and I liked hearing your rendition. Lots of room for growth and development, I hope you keep at it!
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There's definitely potential, just from an OC ReMix arrangement standards lens, to be more interpretive with the treatment of the composition. That said, from a sound design perspective, this already personalizes the theme quite nicely, even if we're looking for additional aspects of arrangement. Too bad the track also has no real resolution; there's definitely more runway available to iterate on the theme further, perhaps get more interpretive with a second verse. Cool sound upgrade, peshti!
OCR04650 - Octopath Traveler & Final Fantasy XV "Valse di Scholastica"
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