OceansAndrew Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 - Harjawaldar - Mads Smebakk - http://www.youtube.com/user/Harjawaldar - User ID: 30387 - Chrono Trigger - By the Old Mill - Comments: I've been wanting to do this one for a long time, and when I saw it was Japan Month on DoD I couldn't resist! This is one of my favorite themes from a game full of great music. I've sort of found a my own formula for doing acoustic remixes now so I went with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halc Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 beautiful performance and arrangement! I think some additional instrumentation could have really set this off, but the acoustic treatment is good too, and the pad support near the end was a nice touch. no qualms here, I enjoyed this mix a lot! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 The guitar sound itself was a little high and thin, but it worked really well, and at times felt like a musicbox or dulcimer. The arrangement was classy, and overall the performance was good. The organ at the end was nice as well, and I completely enjoyed this. Some of the strums near the end felt a bit overly forceful, but that's the only thing I dislike about this. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Very nice performance here. Clever use of panning to fill out the soundscape and separate the parts. I agree with OA that the tone is a bit thin - could use some more body in the lows/low-mids. Nice expansion on the source tune in the various added parts and flourishes. Goes into original territory for a while after the initial run though, which had me a bit worried, but you brought things back soon after and had some nice variations on the themes as the song progressed. I actually wasn't as big a fan of the pads/organ that came in later. It sounded like it actually muddied things up a bit, rather than enhanced the mix. Transition at 2:41-2:43 felt a bit awkward. Minor gripes aside, very nice track with great performances. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Not much to add to what the others have said. I was also worried at first that things were going to stay conservative, but you pulled it out into some nice original territory as things went along. There are a couple times where the arrangement feels a little sparse; either some more instrumentation or some backing pads could have filled things in in those spots, but it's a minor gripe. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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