DragonAvenger Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 J-link Contact Information Your ReMixer name: Archangel Your real name: Jaka Čibej (That's a Slovenian male name, short for Jakob - just to avoid any sex-change stuff, that happens kind of often. XD ) Your email address: jaka (dot) cibej (at) gmail (dot) com Your website: http://www.reverbnation.com/jakacibejarchangel Your userid: 23355 (http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=23355) Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Final Fantasy V Name of individual song(s) arranged: Lenna's Theme, Ahead On Our Way, The Dragon Spreads Its Wings Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site): Everything's on the site already, I suppose. Link to the original soundtrack (if it is not one of the sound archives already available on the site): Already available. Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: This is my second submission, let's CELEBRATE! The first one was an arrangement of the Final Fantasy Prelude, which is currently still in the judging process, but I reckon it won't be accepted as it is probably a bit to conservative for the tastes of the OCRemix primarchs. Thus, I decided to make another arrangement for my debut (although I'm participating in the Final Fantasy IX and Seiken Densetsu 3 projects too, so this medley might not turn out to be a debut after all). As far as the remix is concerned, I chose some of my favorite songs from Final Fantasy V. At the time I was watching HCBailly's playthrough show Let's Play Final Fantasy V on Youtube, and the feeling of nostalgia really pervaded me, so I guess you could say that was a source of inspiration. I made the arrangement in FL Studio 8, using EWQL Symphonic Orchestra, Symphonic Choirs, Stormdrum, RA, and some other plugins and soundfonts. I used a lot of exotic instruments (like shakuhachi, erhu, Irish low whistle, Uilleann pipes, duduk and so forth) to make the medley sound more - adventurous, I guess. It just seemed like the right choice. =) That's it, basically. By the time someone has read this, it will probably be 2011, so Happy New Year. XD Regards J. ----------------- - Lenna's Themehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X181tQjGCLc - Ahead on Our Way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8pHycJnoXg - The Dragon Spreads It's Wings Overall, I am loving this mix. The soundscape is very rich, and I like the Eastern flavoring that has been added to it. The songs are arranged very nicely, and each section plays well to the strengths of each source. I do have some issues with the transitions at around 1:00, 2:00, and 2:30 respectively. I felt like they lost of the flow of the song, which was a bit distracting to the overall piece. The transition at 1:00 is the biggest offender for me, I would say it would be the part I would like to see fixed the most out of any of the issues. I also didn't really like the piano from 2:07 to 2:31. It felt out of place, and a little overpowering. Perhaps bringing it down a little in volume would help that section, or changing the piano to something else. Even with the somewhat weak transitions, I felt this mix was very solid overall. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 The harmony in the intro is a little odd, but once things kick off we're cool. Like the combo of orchestra and slightly more esoteric instruments and sound design. Generally very high quality samples being used well, a few odd trills though. Agree with Deia about the strange piano bit and the transitions, but these aren't too damaging. Arrangement flows okay and doesn't suffer from medleyitis. I know Jaka is improving his touch very quickly but this is still safely above bar for me. YES PS This guy is one to friggin' watch! He is improving at a pants down crazy rate since this sub. His 3 FFIX project tracks are sweet as, completed with '07 AnSo rivaling speed. You 'erd it here first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 HOLY CRAP HOW AWESOME IS THIS REMIX!!! It's possible I might be biased, but I think that this is a really well put together piece of music. Production and performance is outta sight. Really wonderful interpretation. I like it! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Not flawless, but overall it's really nice. Some of the transitions are a little rough, and the entrance of the flute instrument that I can't name was a little weird. Once it got more legato, it sounded better. Choir was nice, and everything else was solid. I dig it. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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