Alex Moukala
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5 hours ago, Souperion said:
*Clicks on post link* Ooh, I like Sonic music! *Clicks the vid* Oh. My. Goodness. How'd I miss this one? Very well done, especially when tackling such an oft mixed tune! The variety of vibes you deliver through this short cinematic wonder is impressive, and the emotional investment is obvious. A triumph! Furthermore, what did you use to make this mix? I'm looking for user friendly programs, and the stuff you're using looks pretty neat.
Thanks! I have a one hour long tutorial on this cover on my YouTube channel, along with about a hundred of hours of tutorials about orchestral music in general that I made. You might want to check them out to see what I use and how!
(My DAW is FL Studio, the software are various Kontakt Libraries)
On 5/12/2018 at 2:15 AM, Light_of_Aether said:This is great! I got chills while listening/watching. Great work on the video, too. Have you ever thought about putting your music on Spotify?
Thanks! It is on Spotify now, uploaded all my tracks there a few months ago.
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Hey there OCR!
I just finished one of my Cinematic covers, this time it's a Sonic the Hedgehog one! -
On 28/11/2016 at 1:39 AM, Rozovian said:
Epic stuff.
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It seems to hit all the high points at the same timestamps. Probably too conservative. Too much of a cover for what ocr sees as a ReMix.
Soundwise, the only thing that really bothers me is the rather synthetic bass drop, that doesn't fit the orchestral sound. Nothing else stands out. And that might be a problem. It might need a more clear lead, a more clear mixing, as the whole thing sometimes sounds like a big orchestral mess, more so than the original. 1:46 is a good example of this. This is either solved in the arrangement or in the mixing. Unless you want that less hierarchic ensemble sound.
I wouldn't bother submitting this, it's just too similar to the original. It's a really cool cover, and you've clearly got the technical chops for this stuff. Looking forward to hearing a ReMix from you at some point.
Got it, thanks for the eval!
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Well, I have to say I dig the idea a lot!
Love the way you sampled the song, however, I think that the beat you wrote on top of it might need some work. Maybe play with the velocity and the panning of the various percussive samples you're triggering to make the whole thing flow in a more interesting way.
Also, the change at 0:43 was nice but a bit too random. You should put some element before it that send a cue to the listener something is about to change. Maybe a reverse sweep sound or stuff like that. That could serve as a way to build a smoother transition in that point.
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Hey all!
I just finished a Final Fantasy XV I made in a trailer-ish orchestral style with FL Studio.
Do you think this could work for OCR? Or is it too similar to the original??
Also, would love to hear what you guys think are the things I could've done better, if you have the time for some open feedback/criticism!
Link to the remix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUPrIpSGsgcLink to the original:
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On 11/6/2016 at 7:31 PM, Gario said:
MOD EVAL
Wow, there's certainly a lot going on in your favor, as far as this arrangement is concerned - those drums, all of the big moments you have playing throughout the track, and especially the subtle synth work and gating/stutter effects you have sprinkled throughout, they're all great in this track. Source is very recognizable, but you really bring some big orchestra flavor to the mix. The orchestration that you add behind all of this helps make it your own, and the moments that you hold back really give this track a lot of push and pull that the original didn't have.Your instruments sound pretty good... for the most part. The strings could use some better humanization at the end, though - they seem to all individually swell. You don't have this issue throughout the track, though, so it may have been intentional (or maybe you got lazy at the end :P), but if you're going to make a phrase with the strings they really will only swell in their first note, then they'll play the rest of their phrase legato. You'll get a more real sound from the strings if you don't swell for every note.
The ending sounds pretty good otherwise, but it does seem to cut off right at the end. It would sound better if you let the notes at the end ring out rather than cutting off at the end.
For future posts, I'll recommend providing a link to a higher quality (192kbps+) for the sake of giving a clear review on quality - it's tough to determine if artifacts that could pop up in a track are coming from Youtube's compression algorithm or from the track itself. I couldn't download it, so I couldn't take a look at the production in as much detail as I would've liked. At 1:30-1:33, for example, the strings sound like they have a little 'pop' for each note they hit. It's possible that Youtube messed up the track a little in compression, but it's also possible that the samples you used there have an artifact in them that causes that little popping sound, such as the sampler starting too late in the sample, or the release cutting too quickly for each prior sample.
On the panel it'd likely get a YES, with a conditional to fix the cut-off at the end, though you'd have absolutely no issues getting a pass if you fix the strings at the end and the little production pops, as well. Great work on it, overall.
Woha, thank you for the super detailed evaluation and tips, Gario!
I'll try to fix the things you mentioned, and will submit this one for sure.
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Woha, thank you for the feedback guys, really appreciate you took the time to listen and to tell me what you think about it!
DarkEco:
Thank you! You're most probably right about the outro. Hearing the tack again now after taking distance from it for some time, I think that maybe I could've made the humanization a bit more convincing on that part by playing a bit more with the overall tempo automation & with the attack times of the instruments.
Bowlerhat:
Thanks for the heads up on the structure! I have to say however that the way I laid out the track, structurally speaking, is the only thing of it that convinced me 100% and I'd definitely leave it as it is. What I was mostly concerned with is if the overall sound is good enough to consider submitting this to the OCR judges.
The Nikanoru:
Glad you enjoyed the track! And good ear, the 2:22 part was choppy by design (I actually put a subtle stutter effect on every instrument there and in other points of the track as well, to create a little bit of additional rhythmic tension).
Same for the electronic beats at 1:45, those were designed to take the listener into a different and more calm space, so that the emotional solo cello and strings could sink in more and to give a sense of break before the loud part kicks in at 2.15!
Although you're right on the fact I could've probably accentuated them more, hmm. Just trying to figure out how, hmmm... Maybe by making them more mono, but also louder in volume??
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20 hours ago, MES Records said:
Awesome work. I don't usually find epic music boring, so this is right up my alley anyway.
I especially like the Choir. Really good work.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
I think the choir is the thing I had the most fun with of all the elements in this track, Metropolis Ark 1 is the bomb! -
7 hours ago, Slimy said:
Normally I find "Epic Orchestral Music" (a.k.a. generic trailer style) pretty boring, but you pulled it off well, and the style really fits the original song. Nothing about the production sticks out to me as being "wrong."
Thanks!
And I know what you mean, even thought I write trailer music myself I I feel quite the same in regards to that style, so I always try to add something more to it.
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Here's something new I wrote. I always wanted to remix this track since I started making music, and finally, I did. Yay!
Now, while I've worked on this track long and intensely enough to consider it a finished piece, I am not quite sure if I should submit it or not.
What do you guys think? Is there something you would've done better??
Would love to hear what you think about it!
Link to the remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2gHdinH9o
Link to the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v6BtJaBQmo -
Wow, thank you very much for the tips, Slimy & Brandon!
I'll keep all of that in mind for the future, either for this track if I'm going to work more on it, or on the next.
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Hey there!
Nice to meet you all, my name's Alex, long time lurker actually. I've stumbled upon OCReMix when I discovered the Voices of the Lifestream album. It was then, inspired by such amazing work by so many talented people, that I decided I too wanted to start producing and composing music, even though I didn't have any background in music, it seemed like a good moment to start.
Almost three years in, I've grown confident enough to submit something here with serious intentions.
The track is an orchestral arrangement I made of a Final Fantasy VII track, "On That Day, 5 Years Ago", which is one of my most favorite tracks ever from Nobuo Uematsu.
I'm not sure if it's good enough though, as it's written in a genre that is quite outside of my comfort zone, I'm more an electronic/action sound design, but since I'd definitely love to become better with orchestras I tried to make it this way.
Any feedback from both the mods and the fellow composers of the forum would be more than greatly appreciated!
Thank you so much,
Alex
Links to the remix & to the original track:
Remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2tJmHuW7Z8
Original Track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEZNywlt_gM
DELTARUNE vs FINAL FANTASY VII: Rude Buster Sword [Orchestral Remix / Mashup]
in Post Your Game ReMixes!
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Crazy idea I played with yesterday afternoon, I think the two tracks fit surprisingly well!