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The vocals are a weak point in that they're lack power and are exposed in too many places. Because they're mixed both loud (louder than the music itself), and relatively dry, all of the drawbacks in the singing performance stick out more than expected. Some effects to thicken up the sound and mitigate the lack of strength and/or some AutoTune could have helped mask it. No shade on Jorrith, but given other vocal tracks he's produced himself, I'm surprised he let this one go like this. It's a substantial drop, both singing quality and post-production on the vocals. Fiddledo's lyrics are still fun and fitting, and all of the instrumental performances are solid. I would like to hear the instrumental given some more oomph and the vocals given a stronger treatment to give them a richer sound. Sorry to dissent, but there's unrealized potential here on account of the mixing choices. I'm requesting some additional votes on here to either extend the YESs or elaborate on what else needs works before this is posted. NO (resubmit)

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Video link? EDIT: I believe I have it. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626088468 https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03626 or https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01156 (depends how to close to 1:10:00 you meant) Enjoy!

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Not gonna go against the NOs point by point, but I think the substance of the arrangement in this genre adaptation was undersold and I also disagreed on the volume being too low to post this as is. It is conservative in terms of the structure and tempo, but enough was done with the instrumentation, subtle original writing additions/ornamentation, and performance differences to stand apart from the original. I don't mind anyone saying this is too conservative -- this could have been more interpretive and I get it -- but I also disagreed when factoring in other arrangement techniques. Count me in! YES

Noticeably cramped in some places in terms of the mixing, which others noted. I wouldn't mind another pass at it, but it's nothing that needs to be revised before posting, IMO. Love the arrangement, which packs a lot of power! YES

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Yeaaaaah, I had basically the same timestamping. The track was 3:37-long, so I needed to hear "Song of Storms" or other Zelda themes referenced for more than 108.5 seconds for the game music to dominate the arrangement. I'm certainly open to being shown other connections of course, but didn't recognize any. :04-33.5, 2:49-3:25.5 = 66 seconds or 30.41% overt source usage Reference the source material more than 50% of the duration of the track somehow, and the VGM source material is unmistakably "dominant" in the arrangement, per our Submission Standards. Anything less than that is an automatic NO-go for me no matter how good the composition or musicianship is; the primary focus must be on arranging VGM above all else. Strong performances and the arranged parts were well-handled. Like Rexy mentioned, anything that could incorporate more "Song of Storms" or other Zelda theme references underneath the comping would be nice, something to keep the arrangement grounded in VGM. Awesome stuff, just falls outside of our arrangement standards due to the lack of source usage. Great to hear something new from Olarin along with these great collaborators. Would love to hear a revision of this or any new material you guys have in the works! NO (resubmit)

Nice, relaxing vibe, Wes! YES

Yeah, the mixing isn't ideal, so we should reach out to Tony for a possible revision. While I definitely hear how supporting writing is being obscured, the leads are clear enough, and I thought this was reasonably mixed, certainly enough to meet the production standards. Sometimes, supporting part-writing just isn't clear, but in this case, it's not enough of an issue to reject on. Good EDM arrangement that I'm glad went to some more creative places as the track went on, since it started as a very straightforward genre adaptation. Good energy throughout, and a lot of fun! YES

Good deal, Danilo. YES

I gotta say, I loaded that file up and saw a 1:18-long time and literally went "Ah, fuck", because there was NO WAY this could be enough to pass as a reasonably developed arrangement. But then... original word salad lyrics with good variations in the rhythms & delivery, strong production, constant small (and some big) textural changes to change up the energy, and a sudden finish that actually wasn't disappointing. Wow. Man, what the fuck? Maybe others won't agree, but dammit, y'all pulled this off. 78 seconds, and yet... YES Color me surprised. Commendable job, and lots of fun!

Beautiful source tune choice. The piano lacks realism, but I've heard this style before in plenty of Japanese soundtracks, and I'm not put off by it because the piano sound has body to it that mitigates the realism issue. I'm surprised no one else expressly pointed this out, but once the choir came in at 1:18, the soundscape became cluttered and the choir vox & padding were lightly distorting and also eating up the rest of the instrumentation. Weird note fade on the vox at 1:54 that sounded unnatural, and I agreed with prophetik on the male choir vox sounding more unrealistic, although I would say that as long as the mud wasn't there, it could sound serviceable. Yeah, pretty much any time this vox is louder, it's just resulting in a lot of mud (e.g. 1:18-1:48, 2:00-2:28, 2:45-3:00). Arrangement-wise, this definitely was more conservative, but there's enough change in the instrumentation choices that I think this wasn't a huge deal. More of the issues for me are on production. If you're willing to revisit this, take the other Js criticisms of the piano and vox in mind, and do see if there are some additional ideas that can be sprinkled in to create further personalization of the arrangement. NO (resubmit)