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Cool to see this support and activity!
Silpheed has a great soundtrack, at least the couple of first songs. But it's really not a PC soundtrack, but a PC-8801 soundtrack.
The MS-DOS version is a port. Another similar case and a thoroughly great soundtrack is
. Alas (for the purposes of this initiative), it's not an original PC soundtrack.--Eino
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Good turnout!
--Eino
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Very lush and clear sound. I think you did a great job personalizing this often treaded theme. Nice clock! And nice touch how it turns into fingerclicks!
I think you could use more rests in the sax notation. Or to say it another way, the notes could at many points be shorter, for a more "punctuating" sound, like staccato, that would work well with the melody I think. It could probably make the sax more natural too (though it's not bad as it is). The bit where you do have some rests sounds pretty nice, around 1:20.
The piano break around the 2:00 minute mark functions well as a breath-gatherer. The bass end of the piano coming in at at 02:13, with the clock coming back at the same time, sounds really, really good. However, the chord writing sounded somewhat random to me. The one at 02:07 seemed to sit a bit badly with the rest of it to me. I think the chords could stand to be rewritten, to contain a musical passage of its own. It's not that bad as it is, but kind of a lost opportunity. The point at 02:13 is a good anchor point!
Nice work overall, I thought you got something new out of the old warhorse. I agree with other posters that the crystals and choirs sound very good.
--Eino
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Yeah guys, I urge you to listen and give feedback to Archangel's track here, it is a treat! Also do check out Draconiator's Jill of the Jungle arrangement, it's a cool piece as well!
If Diablo 2 from 2000 is ok, how about Deus Ex (also from 2000)? I have a fairly complete PRC mix from the UNATCO theme, which I've been tinkering with lately.
--Eino
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Well, I don't know what was wrong with my ears when I listened to the third wip, but the third part certainly doesn't feel rough. (I also compared wip 3 and 4 and you didn't change it that much between them..)
I still do feel a bit like the part is lacking a lead to come in. Around 2:50 mark, a simple string lead does enter, but it's in the background. Perhaps it could be emphasized?
There's plenty of melody in the 3:15-3:55 part, but I still was wishing that something was the definite center melody, perhaps with more articulation/variation. Another thought that I had was it'd be cool if you could tie this part to the previous parts (they're pretty separate in the source) melodically by reintroducing some of the piano melodies from before, but that might not be feasible.
I really like how that part "fades" out at the end. It evokes a sense of yearning.
There's a note from a wind instrument from 03:07-03:10 which sounds out of key and iffy to me.
The big swell around 4:07-4:10 sounds like it suffers from compression. The final swell and coda are in themselves an excellent ending to the arrangement.
I have to say I enjoy the various percussion effects scattered throughout, and some of the similar noises which I assume are strings too. They add so much detail and atmosphere!
Very enjoyable track, and yes it was very cool to hear it in full - and so quickly! Hope this feedback helps, I personally think there's still room for a bit of improvement in the later half, but it's very close to greatness!
--Eino
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I've submitted my piece!
--Eino
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I listened to the third wip already, but haven't had time to write my thoughts. I thought the final part was a great basis, but didn't quite yet have enough meat - I felt it lacked a lead or some other really ear-catching "center", and was rougher than the previous sections, but I supposed it was meant to be a 'wip'
I liked the way it was different from the source, very fitting to the rest of the remix so far! Also, I'm *very* happy that my previous feedback was useful!I'll try to listen to the fourth wip tomorrow and reply. Great to see such quick progress!
--Eino
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Sounds good! Laid-back, chill, yet.. juicy. Will listen again.
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I have a start, I'll try to work on it a bit each day. So I'm pretty sure I'll have a tune to submit.
What I have is not what I had in mind at all, but that's pretty common for me. I usually load up a random-ish selection of sounds to start with, and fooling around with them often takes the piece to a different direction that I had in mind.
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I for one would love to hear some CN vocals (I liked that PRC entry you did a while back) on a track, so this is getting better and better! (:
--Eino
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Well, it's not going to be done. It's not an album project, we're just making ReMixes for PC here, cheering and helping out each other. What's great about it is that you don't have to wait for a full album to be done; mixes from this initiative are going to hit the front page sooner or later. Well, considering the time it takes to go through the panel and then to-be-posted queue, it's going to be later. But they'll be there!
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That'd likely be awesome. I'll PM you later.
--Eino
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You've obviously put a lot of thought into how to run this thing and what you want out of it; this alone makes me look forward to the album a lot! (Plus Theophany/pixietricks collab? That alone sounds worth the wait!) Good luck!
edit: I've actually been singing Zelda's Lullaby as an actual lullaby for my daughter.. it works.
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I agree 100%. In fact, I'm working on something now that I think is very similar to "From Within" as far as feeling and emotion.
I think it's important to listen to your old work, even if it may make you cringe, just so that you can see how far you've come. To me, seeing how much I've improved over the last ~10 years motivates me to continue improving and pushing myself further and harder to reach the next level.
These are absolutely great points and I've noticed something similar too. But also, I get inspiration and motivation when I notice that in the old terrible songs, there are good ideas (that I should totally recycle now), and I can tell that I had fun making them.
--Eino
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Who else would?
Listening to the old ones is funny, they're usually incredibly terrible.--Eino
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I'll be following the source's structure, but I think the added instrumentation will be enough for this to pass the panel.
I notice the piano is mostly original additional writing, and also your pacing of the music is quite different from the original.
The second part, the new part in your WIP 2, sounds good.. but I also felt it got a bit "backgroundy" - good for the film score feel you were going for, but listening, I was feeling I would have liked the added melody be emphasized, brought forwards a little more. I tended to lose focus a bit when listening.
I'm very much looking forward to your version of the final part, the source for it is good, and it'll be exciting to hear how you treat it.
--Eino
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SMS Castle of Illusion! I actually have a Clockwork Tower mix in the works with Pleiade currently. And Faxanadu! I'm just floored by the source choices. I'll just have to take part this round, and I'll try to get Pleiade to participate as well.
Oh wow. I couldn't agree more with DjMokram's sentiment about the Castle of Illusion soundtrack deserving more appreciation. I was really looking forward what the source choices would be and this just hit home, couldn't have been better.
--Eino
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Another cheer to Jason, and Rexy as well, for their outlook in this. I for one see no problem with getting two projectfuls of FF6 ReMixes. (:
(I also see the point Level99 made about the differences in running public and private projects. It's really up to the directors how they want to roll. From the listeners point of view.. 25YEARLEGEND was a total surprise for me, and it was great fun to be surprised. But following projects publicly from beginning to end is just as fun.)
--Eino
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DarkeSword, apologies. It was a poke intended in good humour, but I hear you, enough about that.
--Eino
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Good to hear things are wrapping up. Looking forward to this one!
--Eino
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I agree with Archangel agreeing with me.
Great to see those WIP threads up, I went ahead and added my comments! Let's get this rolling. Show that DarkeSword that this is not a request, but collaboration! (:--Eino
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Hey Draconiator, do put PCReMix on the thread title!
I thought the source was pretty cool, even though it was basically nothing but basslines. It had a nice atmosphere.. the structure was quite meandering (not necessarily all bad, especially for BGM), and the second part (starting at 00:43) was quite messy. But that's enough about the source!
Really nice expansion, with the leads. Good sound, I really like the atmosphere starting with the beginning.. I get this chill-out, feelgood vibe. I really like those quite, tuned percussion -like synths in the background.
It might be good to use more source more explicitly, such as the bass fill at 0:17-0:19 (in the source). You could use that in the lead for instance.
I didn't hear the previous version, but I like the combination of sounds in this one. The drums are a bit bland. There's room for some subtle, cool percussion to spice them up. The bass + bass drum sounds kind of compressed and a bit loud at the start. Later on it seems fine, although it'd perhaps be nice if the other instruments were brought up a bit in comparison. It seems dominated by the bass, although considering the source, that may well be appropriate. (Plus I'm on cheap headphones).
I'm echoing KM*'s sentiment here.. Structure-wise, the piece seems like it wanders a bit towards the end. Up to 1:20 it feels great! The next few measures have a nice jamming variation on the lead, but then the gated synth comes in around 1:29 and, it sounds good, but structurally it's a strange spot to introduce it in my opinion. I'd suggest, at 1:20 just repeating the lead figure (there's enough change with the beat coming in), with perhaps some subtle variation. Then bring in the gated synth and start "improv" on the lead. Just an idea of course.
Overall, I liked the piece, it had a great atmosphere, I liked the overall sound. It was really refreshing, so laid-back and relaxed. It'd be good to bring the source in more and more explicitly, and work on the structure and pacing a bit. And of course, continue the piece! Great start in my opinion!
--Eino
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Go PCReMix go! I have played EOB2 (I actually finished it, but I cheated..) but unfortunately, I didn't have a soundcard in my PC at the time, and I can't remember if there was music in the intro on the beeper. (:
Your mix is really deep and dark.. ominous, foreboding. I pretty much agree with Kuolema word to word. Great start! The new music would fit really well to the visuals of the intro!
--Eino
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Awesome, BlackRazgriz, that's really great to hear!
Thanks for the feedback in the votes, everyone. I hope to return to the track one day, I started without inspiration but ended up with an idea how to go on (and got more from the feedback!). For me this is the great benefit of competitions and deadlines - you can force yourself to work and end up with things that you wouldn't have started otherwise.
--Eino
PRC210 - Results Time - Mantra in the Dessert (Faxanadu + Castle of Illusion)
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I have voted today as well. Not only in the second round of Finnish presidential elections, but also 210th round of People's ReMixing Competition. Vote!
--Eino