OCR00902 - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest "Mystic Mountain (2LATE Mix)"

[Eino Keskitalo]

Heh, FFMQ is a very important game for me (the first jcrpg I ever played and I loved it). I consider the source rather grand and I'm happy to be reminded of it. This mix showcases the melody's boombastic quality quite nicely. The more ambient break was quite cool, and I like the beat, and the intro. Unfortunately, the distorted (lead) synths don't feel well mixed, they just sound loud and abrasive - in a bad way, in my humble opinion. Also the ending is lackluster, it doesn't very unfortunately go anywhere. What could have been a great track now feels like a bit of a rush job. It's not awful by any means, but it just falls short of beeing a keeper.

--Eino

[Marmiduke]

Wow, a lot of people liked this less than me.

I thought this was fantastic. Flaws or no flaws, I'm just a huge fan of dark electronica, and this is one fine example of just that. There are a lot of interesting technical ideas throughout, and the ambience is really fitting of the piece and the melody. But I have to say my favourite section is at 2:00 when the track launches into a distorted electronic nightmare version of dark church organ style music.

I'm a big fan of this mix, and I have no problem saying that. There is a ton more good than bad here. Even tracks you deem flawed deserve to be loved for the sake of their quality parts.

[OceansAndrew]

Some cool ideas and some great hard percussion, but otherwise i thought this one was kindof plodding. The melody isn't terribly exciting at this tempo, and i'm not sure the synths really match with the drum sound.

Gonna pass on this one, sorry guys.

[Mirby]

Not a bad remix, rather entertaining actually.

The source comes and goes, with building parts in between. A good listen.