djpretzel Posted October 31, 2003 Share Posted October 31, 2003 Hello! Here is an arrangement of the Mabe Village music from Link's Awakening. The instruments used are violin, ensemble and pizzicato strings, and harpsichord. There is some blending of themes in here. Other Zelda themes included in this arrangement are: Outset Island / Aryll's Theme (Wind Waker), sword-less Koholint Island music (Link's Awakening), and Zelda's Lullaby. My remixer name is Kimchi and the title is Secret Seashells. Here is the URL: I hope you like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dan Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 this is gonna get a sort of borderline NO from me. And here's why. Great arranging skills shown here. Really good stuff. But the sound quality and instrument choice drags it down. I think a little more instrumental variety would be great. Even some light orchestral percussion would add a nice accent to it. The sounds used reminded me of early N64 sounds and very dry too. Also it seems that the first part is repeated verbatim a second time in the latter half of the song, which wouldn't be so bad, except that it's already pretty dry to begin with and then repeating the same thing at the end is sort of a dynamic let down. Anyhow, I've said enough. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beatdrop Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Hmmm, I'm with Dan on this one as far as the borderline NO goes. What's really holding this back in my opinion is the fact that it's pseudo-symphony type stuff. Don't get me wrong, the arrangement is perfect for the style, HOWEVER it's the sounds that are really killing it. In order to make anything orchestral and have it end up sounding good, it has to sound realistic, or you better do something pretty amazing with it, and while the arrangement is damn good, it just doesn't cut it when the strings sound as fake as they do here. They're not terrible (ie: I've heard worse), but they don't work. The pizzicato also sounds terribly thick in the lower notes. I almost hate to give this one a NO, but it just doesn't quite make the cut. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protricity Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Wow, this is some real nice arrangement skills. I totally feel the zelda in this. Sample quality sounds juuuuuuuuuust fine to me. This is totally excellent stuff. a big YES here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Israfel Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 I agree with Prot; the sample quality is perfectly fine. Really good stuff here- nice amount of variation in the arrangement and the samples sound clear and are well used. I'll take substantive arrangements like this over some giga-studio wankery anyday. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayLightning Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 The sample quality is fine. Solo string exposed as it is, is probably the most fake for me. I think arrangement and overall blending of sound is more important. It's not positively giga wankery realistic like some of the mixes we've seen at the WIP, etc, but this mix has heart where others usually don't. Interesting arrangement/mix, good display of orchestration, has heart. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 i understand the gripe about the sample quality. but the arrangement is good, there's variation, and at least it's not GM. i think. regardless, it's not so bad as to reject it for the sound quality. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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