Unreal Tournament '99 - Several I'm working on/completed

[Vipes]

Here are some of my UT'99 Remixs that are A) Completed, or WIP

Pirates Tale: http://boomp3.com/listen/c01gl88js_i/pirate-s-tale

(Into The Darkness - Strider can be located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3P_RkGIehY)

Phantasm: http://boomp3.com/listen/c01gqsiaq_8/phantasm

(Phantom can be located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ0HUKAyZ0o)

Scrambled Matter: http://boomp3.com/listen/c01grxnn7_b/scrambled-matter

(Organic can be located here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3L9MLXlb6Y)

Phantasm was the first remix I did, and Pirates Tale is the latest one.

Feel free to comment, tell me what I can do to improve, ect.

[Rozovian]

Pick one if you want specific feedback. People generally see this as "too much to read/listen to".

I listened to your most recent one. The source is pretty good, there's lots of melodic content to pull from it. Your stuff, however, doesn't quite have the sound quality I'd wish from them. It sounds like old mods (like those of Skaven, Purple Motion, Jester, and others, couldn't remember the name of the track this sounds very similar to (in terms of overall sound)), something that would have been good 10-15 years ago, but the sound quality is a far cry from what modern music software is capable of - still talking about your mix.

Your brass samples are awful. Some stereo effects on the pizzicato - not good. Panning, awful. The mixing is quite good, but there's the sample issue to resolve before this would be _good_. It's got some nice arrangement ideas, but it's quite repetitive at times. There's also an absence of ambience, reverb, release tails, giving this a very dry feel, even to the point where it's annoying to listen to.

I also got no clear sense of progression in it. There's a section that develops, then there's another section that develops, etc. These sections don't seem to be the same track, just similar sounding. Their similar sound could also be something of a problem, it can wear people out. A song that wears people out is not a good song.

I can connect it to source, so you're clear on that, as far as I can tell. The verbatim intro and the overall homogeneity of the tracks make them difficult to focus on, so that's as specific as I can be.

Overall, it does show a lot of promise. Good stuff.