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I'm in agreement. I actually like the approach but I think some of your instrument choices could have been better. I like the percussion sounds but some of the synths seem really vanilla, especially that lead. Something like this, the sounds need to morph more, otherwise they end up sounding static. Not a fan of direct sampling the FF8 vocals either, especially when they haven't been processed and manipulated enough. There's a little bit there in the tail end, but most of it still sounds lifted out of the original. I think with something like this, the sound needs to be bigger. Try playing with some stereo separation to give it some space. This reminds me a lot of something Mazedude might make, so you're on the right track, but I still think it needs a little push in terms of sound design. NO, resub

Babies are creepy as hell. :\ Nice to hear the source tune actually brought to the forefront this time around. Fairly conservative, but a nice soundscape, so it's not bad at all. Cool percussion too. Guitar solo is nice but it could have referenced the source a little the same way the chip solo does so when it comes in. Not bad. Guitar kind of does it's own thing for a while though. YES (borderline)

Preview it: http://www.youtube.com/embed/748Fxf-gB2U Download it: http://ff5.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Final_Fantasy_V_-_The_Fabled_Warriors_~I.WIND~.torrent The Fabled Warriors is a series of five albums that celebrates Nobuo Uematsu’s classic score for Square Enix’s Final Fantasy V. Each album is comprised of themes for important characters in the series as well as the myriad of job classes that made the game famous. I have always felt that Final Fantasy V’s soundtrack has a bit of lightness to it that other Final Fantasy soundtracks eschew in favor of darker, moodier themes. This game always struck me as more of an adventure than any of the others in the series, and Uematsu’s score grabs that and runs with it. This is nowhere more evident than in “Ahead on Our Way,” Final Fantasy V’s main theme, and in my opinion, the best main theme for any Final Fantasy game. The Fabled Warriors will be released in five parts over the course of the next 2-3 years. The first four albums will follow the four crystals in the game, with themes arranged for all of the corresponding jobs, and the last album will cover new jobs introduced in the Game Boy Advance release, as well as serve as an endcap to the project. I hope everyone enjoys this tribute to Nobuo Uematsu’s wonderful score. We hope to make each album better than the last. -- Shariq “DarkeSword” Ansari

No, seriously. Knock it off.

Super Mario Bros. 3 - Bloopers in the Deep [3.19MB] This is a remix of the underwater theme from Super Mario Bros. 3. Enjoy.

Moved to Community. Nice job everyone.

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I believe it's just Fruity Reverb.

Not bad, not bad at all. There's some very smart writing here, some great development and direction. Production I'm not so sure about. The entire thing sounds like it's in a small room with some reverb applied. Timpani rolls also sound mechanical. The percussion-heavy section also sounds like it has a drumkit's kick drum in there; sounds out of place initially, especially in a straight orchestral piece like this. I'm gonna go ahead and say YES (borderline). Not sure if other judges will have the same issues I do. Nice piece.

I love the contrast between clean piano and rhodes with that soft, glitchy percussion. Source is prevalent enough to keep this in the realm of ReMix. The interplay between rhodes and percussion is really nice; things really lock together, despite being fairly complex rhythmically. YES!

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Um, you're not plugging in your composite video along with your S-video, right? Because if you're using S-video, leave the yellow cable unplugged.

I'm not sure about the source usage here. It sounds a lot like the original mapped to some interesting sounds and put over a drumloop. I realize that the approach here is more of a sound-design approach, but I feel like there's not much originality in the arrangement besides the original with some sustained strings and choir. I dunno, maybe I'm in the minority here, but I'm not feelin' it. Needs more interpretation. The strings also sound very dry and fake. NO

I'm locking this because this really has nothing to do with plagiarism. Song in the OP is a cover.

Threads about video games don't belong in Off-Topic. This is a video game site. -____-

Please stop spreading misinformation. Dogphins are not fish. Also thank you Txai, your art is awesome.

This is the first version of this I've heard, so I'm coming into this fresh. Not sure about that piano, it's a bit mechanical. Everything sounds kind of muffled too; there's a lack of high frequencies here which is kind of noticeable throughout the mix. Great arrangement though; nice big sound. Lots of energy, great variation, awesome instrumentation. Still feel like this is being run through a low-pass filter though (albeit with a very high cutoff freq). I could do with some EQ on this to maybe bring out some of the higher freqs. YES (conditional)

I agree with everything that Deia said. The drums are repetitive, it needs more panning, and a lot of it sounds like a conservative arrangement with solos over it. I think you need to really sit down and look at the elements of the source and write something that really works with that at the forefront, rather than using it as a backing track for your own original stuff. NO

Holy wall of sound, Batman. This really needs a rebalance. You've got synths really loud and in your face, guitars really loud and in your face, another synth really loud and in your face, and the drums, which are just really repetitive and lo-fi samples. Synths are really buzzy and generic sounding. Not sure how I feel about the medley approach here; I realize that that's what the ending credits are, but the transitions here are all abrupt and come out of nowhere. I think the track would have been better served if you focused on one or two themes. The Springyard Zone section is really nice. I'd rather listen to a full version of that. Needs a lot of work. NO

Goodness gracious, this is right out of a Tim Burton movie. Danny Elfman would be proud. I love what you've done with this source tune; so wonderfully quirky and eccentric. It's got all the right elements; a dark waltz with splashes of blues, haunting voices, and wonderful little bells. Yes!

Gonna disagree. The source is really characterized by that syncopated line and some sustained chord movements; there are some embellishing chimes that also show up, and all those elements are here. I really love the contrast between the smooth, relaxing bell sounds and the high tension dnb percussion. There's a wonderful sense of motion here. I like it! YES

polllyyyrhythmmmmsssszzzz yeess Yeah I dig this arrangement for the first half, but then you just repeat it. Need some variation the second time around dude, or at the very least show of some solo skills. Also drums need to sound massive in a piece like this but they're kind of buried; try looking at your compression and see if you can bring the drums out a little more. NO but please resub this

Yes yes yes. Absolutely wonderful. I love that percussion; really gives this a militaristic, wartime kind of feel. And then that bell and guitar section in the middle is just fantastic, like a calm before the approaching storm. Performances are damn good, especially violin. YES!

Not of the fan of the static; I don't feel like it really adds anything to the mix. Definitely has to either go, or be scaled back and more present throughout the mix. As it it's used now, it just comes out of nowhere and then disappears again. This is kind of muddy; Deia mentioned that the instruments seem to be occupying the same frequency range. Work on some EQ for that. Drums vary a lot which is nice, but that ill-defined bassline is pervasive; needs to sound like less of a blurry whirring noise. Arrangement itself is not bad at all, it's got a nice driving intensity. Just needs some work. NO