Liontamer Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Submitted by KyleJCrb on behalf of the Summoning of Spirits album - LT Christian Pacaud - "Dark Corner" Source: It Can Waver and Fight LT Edit: Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjA3Rmt6Mw8 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tales of Symphonia Original Soundtrack - (421) "It can waver and fight" The opening rhythms here will leave a lot of people wondering what the hell is up with this. And maybe I just don't have the patience today, but how exactly is the actual source tune used in this? It's difficult to piece together quickly. Anyone mind taking a stab at it? I'll be coming back to it later. The drums were a dealbreaker IMO. Not sure why the chosen snare was so flimsy, but there was just a lot of dead space here when those drums were in play. I'm always a fan of CPac, but regardless of the arrangement, the background needed better fleshing out. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 I don't feel like we get much weird time-signature prog stuff here, so this was nice to hear. The intro rhythms are attention-catching but straighten themselves out once other instruments come in, which is a cool effect. I like your guitar tones a lot. There were very large swathes of this with no source, if I got it right. By my count, these parts pull from the original melody: 0:22-0:43 1:06-1:25 3:08-3:16 There's another part at 3:19 that starts similarly to 3:08 but strays after the first couple notes. That's definitely not enough source for this - sorry, man. Like always, if you or another judge has another I missed, I'm all ears. NO Edit (3/11): I relistened to the parts Anso pointed out. 2:23-2:45 is pretty close to the source, with a couple notes moved around. I'd count that one. I wouldn't count the other two sections he pointed out, because they feel too liberal. So it's still a NO for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I found quite a few additional ties. 1:28 -> bears some resemblance to a small motif in the source but not enough to count in my opinion. 1:49 - 2:23 contains arranged material from 0:37 - 0:40 (and similar all the repetitions of this) in the source. 2:23 - 2:45 is 0:27 from the source. 106 seconds of source usage if we count all that together with Vinnie's breakdowns. 1:40 - 2:23 is borderline though. Still that's not over 50% (50% being 111). Since the connections are quite vague I don't think the arrangement cuts it even though I enjoy your playing and obviously the I-like-Meshuggah-stuff. The production wasn't perfect either. The drums felt quite weak and flimsy and took away a bit of the "heavy" from the track. Bass and guitar was pretty well balanced though. There's some clipping on the toms at for example 0:47~48 and 1:27 that is quite ugly. Sadly I can't pass this as is. It's mainly the arrangement lacking focus and recognizable source. The execution is quite good but the production (drums especially) could definitely be improved. Good ideas man, I enjoyed it, but it needs some more work! NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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