djpretzel Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 Please do check the original as Chris himself notes this involves less arrangement than his usual fare - djp G'day! I made a nice and easy download page for ya. Enjoy "Treehouse of the Ancients", originally "Legacy of the Ancients", from the SNES game Illusion of Gaia. Mazedude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 meh...it's decent. it's just incredibly straightforward. verse, bridge, verse, end. no real direction, no real expansion. Not up to mazedude standards, or OCR standards. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted May 6, 2005 Share Posted May 6, 2005 http://www.snesmusic.org/spcsets/iog.rsn - "Town" (iog-10.spc) Wow, this is some old stuff; played this all the way back on VGF23 right after Chris released it. I know Jesse was pretty glib right there, but he's right per his usual, so I follow suit. It's a fairly good upgrade but unfortunately not hugely interpretive. The instrumentation was interesting, but didn't really alter/hugely expand the feel of things with this conservative take unlike, say, "Tuatara Swamp Jam". Things were more upbeat here compared to the source, but the mood was essentially the same. Perhaps some people are gonna harp on the sound choices or production, but I thought everything was put together reasonably well. I did like the original section from 1:34-2:25; it fit in very well thematically, but consequently, I also felt the source material itself was fairly unexplored. Reminds me of why I should have voted NO on Mid Night. I really liked the bird sfx as well as Amanda's guest vocals, but would have loved to see you branch out into some more interpretive ideas on the melody itself during the more straightforward sections to put a more personalized spin on things. Looking into the Illusion of Gaia soundtrack SPCs, I'd really be interested in your approach on either "Time" or "Drifting". Hope a NO isn't discouraging. Frankly, I'm kind of surprised I ended up going this way. I liked the original sections, and the cover-style material is actually expanded fairly well, but this just needs a few more ideas in expanding the instrumentation and providing variations on the melody to supplement what's already there, IMO. I'd love to see this one come our way again if possible. NO (borderline) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 Yeah, I have got to agree. Pretty surprising, considering Mazedude's other work, but I found this one to be lacking in arrangement and interpretation. Even the sounds are reminiscient of SNES, especially that pan flute. This just feels like it's going through the motions. Needs more. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrayLightning Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 To me this honestly sounds like an upgrade/rather than evolution that is to be considered an OCR Arrangement. Nothing wrong with that, I'm sure Mazedude just wanted to do something fun and pay homage to the original, but as is, this simply isn't meant for OCR. Hope to hear more from you soon. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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