djpretzel Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protricity Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 I suggested to the others that you should submit your website's intro flash file to ocremix, cause it rocks. Yes, the whole flash file, not just the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 This theme always made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and I can totally imagine this track being at the end of each shenmue game. I love this, makes me feel really warm and fuzzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julio Jose Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Very soothing and nice. The Shenmue soundtrack is in my top 5 list for best game scores. Along with einhander and megaman x5/x4. This remix is very soothing, and all around spectacular. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyperZell Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Excellent work. I am very impressed by the amount of emotion behind this piece, which I feel comes from both the orignal song and the stellar arrangment. Hope to see much more like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reu Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 Thanks for the reviews guys, they drive me to submit more Protricity: I'd submit the website song/file but err... the song's not from a game hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 I may not be much with musical terminology, but I love piano remixes such as Noir's Jenova Remix...if you don't have that one you're a sinner and will have your ass eaten by rabid Gunbound players...but I digress. This remix is awesomely powerful, with a subtlety that makes you want to turn your speakers up to their highest setting. Truly, this is a worthy ReMix, and though I never really got the chance to play ShenMue, I know it's a good story with even better scoring, and this ReMix only reinforces that belief. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vahagn Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I'm surprised by just how much emotion this piece can convey, with it's outstanding arrangement and awesome piano notes, i almost cried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Funk Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 This is really good! I've only played Shenmue 2, although the intro to this song sounds familiar. You got talent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nostalgic gen Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 it's a shame it's just in 128kbps cos it doesn't really do the tune justice. All the same, a lovely piano arrangement. Look forward to hearing further submissions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdeYe Posted May 2, 2004 Share Posted May 2, 2004 Excellent remix. I always have a soft spot for Shenmue remixes. I love em all. Such an excellent game with such an excellent soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Maniac Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I absolutely loved Shenmue--one of the Dreamcast's shining gems, and a game few have rarely matched when it comes to character complexity. Don't get me wrong--I absolutely love chewing through Marines with my trusty crowbar, turning opponents to dust with rocket launchers, what have you, but sometimes I like to enjoy a game that's had more than 5 minutes of plot thrown into it (that's not to say games like Half-Life are pointless, however...) Though some tend to disagree, human emotion is just as important in a good game as explosive action, if not more so, and Shenmue had the music style to fit its vast, nicely woven plot and interesting characters. The main theme, next to the Sha Hua song (is there a remix for that yet?) just so happens to be one of my favorites not only in the game itself, but even among an impressive list of cherished tunes. This game came at a time when just about every game was dominated by a hard rock or otherwise intentionally rough, electronic kinds of music--and it was arguably Shenmue that came along and showed people just how cool quieter music could be, even in a brutal action sequence. It's nice to see that this remix continues that "legacy," and it was even better to go back and hear a great song I probably never would have gotten the opportunity to hear again otherwise. Throughout, this is generally a soft and gentle piece, and intentionally feels less out-and-out Japanese in comparison to many of the other songs in the game. It was meant to be a somewhat solemn, emotional piece that tried to convey the somewhat distraught feelings of the main character to the player in the best way possible, while retaining a bit of mystery as to what exactly those feelings were--thankfully, to me at least, that wasn't lost in the slightest in this faithful re-realization. This is the kind of music you might find yourself getting lost in for a great while, and that's what actually makes it most difficult to describe. Although the showcase here is a gentle, mellow piano, this remix is by no means simple. It rises, it lowers, it pulls you in, just as it did in the game, and makes for a nicely enjoyable (and reasonably lengthy) song you'll want to listen to again and again. I would have to whole-heartedly recommend this one...and now I wish I still had Shenmue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moguta Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 it's a shame it's just in 128kbps cos it doesn't really do the tune justice. All the same, a lovely piano arrangement. Look forward to hearing further submissions I agree. Kind of odd that it's a 48KHz sample-rate MP3 too... when 128Kbps compression usually lowpasses all frequencies above 16KHz. All the same, I loved the beautiful arrangement, and the fluid fusion of the Shenmue (Sedge Tree) and Shenfa (Sedge Flower) themes. Some parts sounded very similar to the Shenmue Orchestra Version tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2sco Posted November 11, 2004 Share Posted November 11, 2004 DAMN ! this song is awesome one of my favorite ... im searching everywhere for the piano sheet but unfortunatly i didn't find it ,some one know where i can find it ?a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mairuzu Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 Yea is there a Piano sheet music for this song? I really wanna play it, its beautiful! It takes you back to all the special moments from Shenmue! So instead of playing the game yet again, i can just listen to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watkinzez Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 It's a crime that so few people have commented and reviewed this song. This just reeks of style and emotion (hmm, maybe 'reek' isn't the best word for that). The expansion of the main theme is done with such class, and it accurately conveys the feeling of the source and the game as a whole. Brilliant work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion_Black Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 If it wasn't for his recent submission 'The Place We Knew', I probably would have never found this track or his others. This truly is a gem though. It is definitely one of the most advanced solo piano songs I've heard on this site thus far, it being full of expression and feeling (what most piano mixes tend to be iffy at). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 WOW people need to listen to this its amazing. Sound quality of the piano on this is the best on the site. OMFG this might be the best unknown remix on the site! I'm saying that bc of the lack of comments. The reason I heard this bc I listened to Reuben's Naruto mix on AR and went to check out his stuff here, and I'm glad I did. This mix accomplishes the number one aspect that a solo piano arrangement lives and dies by and thats emotion and feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeiros Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Simply Superb. One of the best piano remixes I've heard in a long time. Some of the best things life truly are free and this is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falos Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Wish I could do the arrangement. Listening to it is amazing, yes, but it'd be nice to be able to have it come from yourself and not speakers. It's sad what happened to Reuben, is the specific sheet music lost forever, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amru Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 I couldn't agree more, Falos and Xeiros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 It starts out delicate like a flower and ends up strong like an oak. This is how piano mixes should sound. It certainly helps that the source music chosen is a pair of fantastic songs from a game that had an overall phenomenal soundtrack, but as things get more interpretative, the remix ends up stronger. I loved the rhythmic changeup after the climax. Great stuff, shame there aren't more comments on this one. Shenmue is one of the games out there that i'd never want to play, but the music is about perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_heartilly_ Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Firstly, can I just say this is an absolutely amazing song! It really conveys the emotion from the original track and the games in general. I loved Shenmue and Shenmue II when they first came out and I played them on my Dreamcast. They're still two of my favourite games of all time. It captures the emotion of the game perfectly and really makes me want to go back and play through Ryo's adventure again (as well as wish they would release the final game(s) of the series!), and I know that during my relaxing summer holidays that's exactly what I'll do. Well done, an amazing track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternZypher Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I love OA's analogy up there about how the song transforms from a flower to an oak- delicate to resounding strength perfectly describes in my head, too. A lovely piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdo21t Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Still listening to this in 2022. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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