djpretzel Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustin Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Always gotta be hard on the SotF mixes since the source is my favourite VGM of all time. I've mixed it several times myself and have more on the way. Gotta say, this is an overall great job here. I like the chord changes in the would-be D section. When the piano and bass come in, it reminds me of BT's "Dynamic Symmetry" for a short while, which is a good thing. Would have been nice to have a different sound instead of the (guitar?) lead towards the end, but changes I'd make would be small (i.e. MORE RHODES PLS). Great job! Hoping to hear more from you, or even an alt mix of this one 'cause I bet you could've taken it in another crazy direction all together. Good show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Definately a very good song to chill to; I've had it repeating for the last 15 minutes or so, and it's been quite nice as background music. Drums are very fitting, although I wouldn't have thought so if I hadn't heard it. No big changes in the melody, but that's alright, it works nicely as is. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosefu Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Wow. This is a pretty nice track with a very relaxing atmosphere. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Quite an interesting take on this song. Definitely like how it develops with its serenity & somehow fitting drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Oh nice! This is out!? I've been listening to the WIP of this for ages and ages! Awesome! Love the track; there's just an awesome vibe from the kinda ambient/dnb styles and it all meshes really well. Cool use of Lo-Fi too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halc Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 wonderful i love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalsnakejuice Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Just what i needed for today. Excellent job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proven Paradox Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 There are aspects of this piece that are just incredibly beautiful. I really like the backdrop, the fast, busy, but still light percussion that keeps the track going, the delicate layering, and just the overall feel of the piece. It captures the atmosphere of the original beautifully while adding its own spin to things at the same time. There's a lot to like here. Now, here's the big "but" that has probably been implied through the preceding praise. Forgive me if this sounds overly harsh, but the synth that starts around 1:00 and plays the melody through 2:25 sounds just... horrible to me. I literally flinched when I heard that begin, the otherwise mellow mood the song evoked shattered. That high-pitched synth is the one out-of-tune player that ruins an otherwise excellent symphony. Even when it fades out of focus and becomes part of the background after that, I can still hear it, grating on my nerves in the middle of an otherwise excellent piece. I would love to like this track; it's got so much going for it. But that was a deal breaker. Which is doubly tragic because I think if a different instrument had been chosen, this could have been beautiful. I imagine a flute or other wind-based sound taking that part--something that could harmonize and blend with the piece rather than standing out so much--would have made this one of my favorite tracks on my rather extensive OCR playlist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Though I'm not sold on the lead sound at the end of this one, I do have to say it's way chill and i've been jamming for the past 25 min with this one. Nice work, glad this one made it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Loved it dude! Totally sublime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jintoreedwine Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 The first minute of the mix doesn't do much for me (personal preference... really), but overall I would say that I enjoyed the mix . I'm glad people are remixing some of the less "popular" tracks from the game. I'll certainly keep it around on my playlist . Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windkirby Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Un-freaking-believable. I've never even played the game and I'm getting nostalgia... The attention to detail is stunning, and I love how complex you've made it without detracting at all from the music's meaning. Instead, the layers accent the music rather than distract. Gorgeous work - thank you so much for all the effort you put into this piece because it really shows. Keep making music! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnham909 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 DOOD! I remember this one from the WIP. friggn sweet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyb0rgjeff Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 First... i'm happy to discover that i could now "preview" a song... that was a great new plus on OC website This remix is well done... as if not recognize this theme... but not so played Chrono Trigger... so i'll be back when i'll play it more ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosPlayer Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 A+ must listen. If you're a fan of "Secret of the Forest" then you will fall in love with this one. It's like a DJ getting hit by hip hop and classical. Very impressive :nicework: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shhteve Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 The source track was often a topic of discussion with a good friend of mine, so it's good to see that this remix does it some justice! Great work here, and I'm sure the forest's secret will be discussed again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igami Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 This remix...FTW!! I love the quiet, environmental (right term? hell I don't know!) feel of the opening. It builds up nice and has a combination of serene and disturbed atmosphere. The lead sounds fantastic and I think the drums are really unique in this piece. They bounce in and out and give the track a nice push every once and again while maintaining a nice overall beat. The step down at 2:26 was a nice transition into the piano section. Very smooth. The piano section sounds very mysterious and beautiful. 3:23 to 3:48 HIGHLY reminds me of the Forest level theme in Phantasy Star Online Episodes I & II, and I LOVE that it does. 3:52 and beyond is just absolutely gorgeous. It sounds much more powerful even though it didn't change horribly much from the "first half" of the song. Love the bouncy water effects and the growing drum beat. I like how the end is like a reverse of the beginning. This song almost feels like it's trying to record one's trek through an epic, mysterious forest. It sure feels like that to me. Lots of power without actually being loud and crudely crunchy...it's quite the opposite actually. Props to you sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyre Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I've been a loyal follower of the OC-movement since the very beginning, but have never thought of registering before this very moment. After hearing this ReMix, I simply had to send my regards to the composer. Just seeing "The Secret of the Forest" in the song description made me all warm inside - it's definitely one of the most underrated songs of its generation and contains such rich, mellow yet hopeful natural ambiance - it's truly a little masterpiece. Seeing someone attempt to ReMix this again is simply wonderful in itself. And then, to the actual result. Which is absolutely amazing. So dreamy, highly personal yet deeply faithful to the original. Having looped it five times since downloading it twenty minutes ago, I can easily say this is among the finest I've heard in terms of this site. And over the years, I've heard -it all-. Such delicacy, mood - ah; simply everything about it. Great work, Detuned Logic. Hope to hear more and similarly emotive work from you. And to Pretzel and the rest of OC staff and members; thanks for many, many years of musical memories. I'm dead serious; this site has been like a home. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZealPath Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Tree Hopper on the front page, finally finally finally finally finally!! Good lord, this must have been submitted nearly a year ago! Up until today, this was my favorite "WIP that hasn't been posted yet," thankfully now I am happy to see that it has gotten to the front page where it deserves to be. To be honest, I'd forgotten about it a little, although I still have 5 WIPs of it sitting in my WIPs folder, posted back when Detuned Logic was Frozenspace (yes I remember these kinds of things). To DT, I just wanted to say I'm super happy to see this made the cut, I remember commenting several times in the WIP thread saying how awesome I thought this was and well, here we are, I feel like I was here from the beginning on this one! I've been exposed to this mix for so long now thanks to the WIPs that I'm not sure how much of a review I can give it. I liked the early WIPs, I liked the late WIPs, I like the completed work. It has a very dreamy, ethereal quality to it that still makes me think of the forest, just in a very blurred, floating, bright-colors-on-black kind of way. Congratulations on getting this posted, what's next? Not to derail a thread of awesomeness, but for the people who can't get enough Secret of the Forest, there are at least 2 other superb mixes of it that I know of that are not on OCR, one being po!'s from SquareDance, and another being Mustin's new one from CHRONOTORIOUS, check em out if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuned Logic Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Thank you all for the compliments and criticisms. I'm glad most of you enjoyed it, and to those who didn't due to lead choices, I'm sorry, and I understand exactly where you're coming from. Looking back, I would have changed the second lead (guitar) to something else, but I feel the main lead held the song together; without a powerful sound like that, this would have been a pure ambient piece with little energy; that just wasn't what I made this mix to be :/ Once again, thank you all for your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Nice soundscape - the drums give a lot of much-needed momentum to an otherwise-chill song. I really do love ambient songs with a fluid, moving drumline like the one you've got going here Your choice of lead wasn't the strongest point of the song, but I didn't find it particularly offensive either. It contributed to the mood that you'd established, so in that sense I think you were pretty successful. This song helps me relax, and I'd imagine that's exactly what you intended to do with this song, so good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proven Paradox Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Thank you all for the compliments and criticisms. I'm glad most of you enjoyed it, and to those who didn't due to lead choices, I'm sorry, and I understand exactly where you're coming from. Looking back, I would have changed the second lead (guitar) to something else, but I feel the main lead held the song together; without a powerful sound like that, this would have been a pure ambient piece with little energy; that just wasn't what I made this mix to be :/ Once again, thank you all for your comments. I suppose what this comes down to is a difference in preferences then. I personally have no problem with low-energy ambient pieces. I'm personally unconvinced that a strong flute or violin couldn't have held this together, but I'm not the mixer here. In the end, it's a matter of taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyakan Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Love the remix. Just wondering if anyone else thinks some of it sounds like Phantasy Star Online? I don't know the Chrono Trigger soundtrack at all so I wouldn't know how similar they are. Edit: This is in no way a bad thing. I love PSO. It has consumed many hours of my life. That's why I know the tune so well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Very relaxed piece. As was said before, the drumwork really lends some momentum to the song, but it does so without detracting from the overall laid-back atmosphere. Though I do wish the piano would've gotten more time in the spotlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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