prophetik music Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Russell Cox. Man. Musician. Genius. Oh man - this is one of the best songs in the whole game. Russell Cox makes a perfect background part for the best story in all of video games - excellent! The man is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f00fbug Posted July 2, 2004 Share Posted July 2, 2004 WHOA... just W H O A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok.. after i got past that initial "WHOA" thingy.... I'd like to point out some things that I dont like... i just have trouble thinking of them.. uhh.. well... uhh...... well.. there's really nothing I DONT like.. good job I've always loved orchastral remixes and this is just freaking AWESOME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonatrias Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 This is by far one of the most touching and beautiful pieces of music I've listened to. The consistent, quiet background parts aren't overpowering the melody, and the harmony of the main part with the background is wonderfully done. There's just enough variety to keep one interested, and everything is so well planned out. A plethora of instrument types work very well here, too. And that single sickening chord toward the end is enough to keep anyone awake for a good hour at a time. Orchestral music with this many parts isn't by any means easy to work with, but this is dead-on to my ears. Personally, I think you nailed this one. Amazing job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Drac Posted October 4, 2004 Share Posted October 4, 2004 Extremely touching and musically well done. The emotion and flavour of this piece grabs the soul and trancends ordinary words. Technically, there is seems to be glaring error at approximately 1:28 to 1:31 where a looped sample seems to be re-played. The oboe comes back in after a cymbal buildup very quietly and unexpectedly and it seems out of place. This may only be my copy that has this error, so if you don't hear it, blame my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poiso Posted October 10, 2004 Share Posted October 10, 2004 Extremely touching and musically well done. The emotion and flavour of this piece grabs the soul and trancends ordinary words.Technically, there is seems to be glaring error at approximately 1:28 to 1:31 where a looped sample seems to be re-played. The oboe comes back in after a cymbal buildup very quietly and unexpectedly and it seems out of place. This may only be my copy that has this error, so if you don't hear it, blame my ears. I never noticed that before. Woah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary104 Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 awsome remix. It keeps the familiar feeling you get from FF7 and it makes it grow inside you into an exciting new love for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghaleon Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 This is a superb remix that really captures that weird nervous feeling you get in Midgar. Or maybe that's just me. I did think that Russell could've done a little more by the way of melody, but this is still a great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bummer Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Forgot to look at the remixer name when I downloaded this, so when I read pretzeldude´s review, then Russel shows up, and I jumpes of surprise. Cox has always been good at orchestrics, this is no exception, this piece is great. Strings that indicates fear and sorrow, and a horn that gives this remix some more power to it, and the HARP, that is just DUDE. It´s calm, comforting, and most of all beautiful. RC has really catched the mood of this song and made into a mix for everybody to see, thanks fer that Russeldude, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slasher Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 Songs great, But i do detect abit of final fantasy 9's tune in there, the start of this mix is the ff9 ost branbal villiage ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Wow can't believe I missed this one. This really brings me back to FFVII. Excellente. This has got me even more excited about the FFVII proj. Def one Mr. Cox's best. Tons of emotion and variation, this piece really hits you from all angles and keeps things fresh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady zelda Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 This is a great orchestral piece, rich in harmonies, full of emotion, great use of each section of the orchestra, and it never ceases to maintain the dark yet beautiful setting of FFVII. Keep these coming, Russel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I had this piece playing when someone who doesn't know much about video games walked in the room. They asked what movie this was from so they could buy the soundtrack. I have a short playlist of particularly beautiful and meaningful OCReMixes, and this was one of the first on the list. Very well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sefirosu Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 This is beautiful. Simply beautiful. The work of a master, nothing less. I didn't notice at first, but the second time I listened to this I heard the flow into the Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII and I absolutely loved it! 10/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 brass started out weak, but the harp sounded rockin, so all is forgiven. The chord at 2:42 really threw me off though, and the colors didn't match at all. It resolved fine, and the modulation beyond that was solid, but it was really sudden and not really great, IMO. Otherwise a very good arrangement, the treatment was very nice. Just a few blemishes on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 I wouldn't have minded more dynamics, but this sets a great mood. Russell's work really sounded luxurious back in the day, he always had strong samples relative to what was out there at the time. This holds up nicely, and I'd probably rank him at the top for ReMixers along with Nigel Simmons in terms of whose work I'd want to hear with a live orchestra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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