djpretzel Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 My favorite VHD song evar. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 ...Incredible! Such an epic, happy, peppy scale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loning Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 I would have to rate this as probably my new favorite Vampire Hunter Dan mix! I love this mix! Very well done bro! Keep up the amazing work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 This is nicely peppy, and I really like how it was described as full of pomp and circumstance. I wouldn't rate this as Christmas music like or overly emotional. But this does feel like the incidental music Disney would play over the beginning of their film as the scene pans over some 19th century Autumnal European village. O.k. so that was kinda ultra specific. But there is a nice Autumn/Fall of the year vibe to it. I also like the sweeping motions it sometimes engages in. It gives it the grandiose nature a hero's return needs. That's another vibe I'm getting from this; it's not like the music that would be played at a king's coronation or home welcoming, but more of the kind that a village's hometown hero would receive. e.g. something honest, familiar, simple, and close knit yet still reverent and deserving of recognition. Needless to say, the more I dwell on this the more I appreciate this song. Definitely worth checking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechaFone Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I enjoyed this one. It was light and "Christmasy" and had a nice warm get-together feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I agree with DJP about how it's nice to hear something happy and cheerful from VHD. As usual he's pulled out his awesome orchestration skills, and it's easy to hear lots of great things from this. There are plenty of nuances that really make this work well, again very typical (and enjoyed!) from VHD. Likin' this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmpyClaw Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Jovial. Bouncy. Cheerful. Energetic. It makes me smile. I love the choral elements. Some really solid work. Great orchestration. Wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Really excellent stuff, with a wonderful mood, and very well done sequencing; I love how VHD's arrangements really breathe and seem to have a lot of life. The transitions, attention to detail, textural variety, and mix of timbres is so refined, I'm exceptionally impressed. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eino Keskitalo Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 Sweet, sweet choir. I often have trouble getting into orchestral mixes, but the choir kind of grabbed me on the first listen and drove the piece home for me. Good job! --Eino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted December 7, 2010 Share Posted December 7, 2010 It's hard not to like VHD's music, and this is no exception. Dave mentions that it sounds like Christmas music, which makes it appropriate that I'm listening to it right now then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternZypher Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Love it...but it cut off while I was listening to it off of rainwave cuz of slow Internet, wargh...must download and relisten immediately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Say what you like about Teen Agent, but even the more obscure games out there has their fair catch of catchy melody lines, and of course the Village theme is a huge standout and compliments Dan's majestic style of orchestration well. And indeed, djp may have mentioned something about Christmas in the writeup but I can indeed imagine NiGHTS on top of Twin Peaks during a gentle snowfall with that trilled intro. Going into the arrangement though, it manages to keep with the fundamentals of the source, namely going with the bass line and melody, and using it to capture something that might reflect a very lively and bustling Soviet village in mind. Even the dynamics are great, going from the dynamic louder parts that comprise of most of melody section A and the gentler contrasts of section B with the softer oboe and brass parts contrasting each other, with one of the highlights being the trilled section at 3:11 really bringing the tension for the arrangement remarkably well. The only suggestion I had would've been to either extend the trills or fade it out suddenly so that it didn't end up being so sudden, but otherwise it made for a powerful transition to that steadier-progressing ending with the key change and everything. All in all, a very sweet and well-realised work from Vampire Hunter Dan! I am sure Brandon was very proud of his contribution towards the Teen Agent project, and for me with his rising contributions in the field of orchestration it can be seen as a project highlight. Nice going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crulex Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 It does sound like it would work for a small village during Christmas. It just has that happy joyful feeling that kinda makes you feel at home when you listen to it. Lots of grand instrumentation to give it that true orchestral appeal, like you be seeing it live. Very nice, VHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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