djpretzel Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangedragan Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 *Slow claps* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGitslewis Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Love what pu_freak does. This and the Clash of the Titans ReMix from the Missingno album are some of my favourite pokemon ReMixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris ~ Amaterasu Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I really loved that piano at the beginning, interesting take on the source, really enjoyed it =) Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 *Rapturous Applause* The arrangement here really is spot on. It's so very departed from the heroic, self-satisfied gym theme. It's just brilliantly done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champ the hippie Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 i love it!! i absolutely adore the transitions in emotion, from the "entering the abandoned gym" (0:00) to the "realization at what you're looking at" (crescendo at 1:02) to the "dejection at what's past" (around 2:30) an finishing off with the "sad reflection of the happy memories" (shift at 3:58)!!! excellent work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRazgriz Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Excellent piece pu_freak. I would say that the tone of the piece does not match the title of the piece. When I think of Abandoned, the sound of the wind's howl in the desert comes to mind. This is a pleasent piece indeed, but I don't feel a sense of abandonment coming from it. Then again, that's just me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonamer Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I wasn't too comfortable in the beginning, but everything else eroded any doubts that this was an amazing remix! GREAT JOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeolus Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 It sounds like some horrible event took place in a town, all the pokemon gone or dead. and a trainer is walking round the ruins of a gym, maybe where he won his first badge, maybe his last, maybe the one he was heading to before whatever the tragic event took place. I can see him walking up to different places, like a shattered boulder where maybe his raichu got thrown against with such a force it broke, or a crater where his sandslash dug under his enemy and got a 1 hit KO, bringing the match back to a tie. Then when the kalimba comes in, I can see the trainer coming across one of his own pokeballs in the dust, opened and empty, nothing left of his friend that used to be kept inside, then leaving it while the "camera" remains on the pokeball, gleaming in the last light of the sun. I'm not too excited by the intro, seems a little out of place, but it doesn't ruin the piece in any way for me. The arrangement is beautiful, and it creates a story, makes you remember all those moments with the pokemon you spent so much time raising, the things the game stands for. And what I like best about this arrangement, and what I look for most in ANY arrangement, is that it takes a familiar piece of music and makes you think of it in a completely new way. The next time I enter a gym in a pokemon game I will remember this track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnetic Ether Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Excellent piece pu_freak. I would say that the tone of the piece does not match the title of the piece. When I think of Abandoned, the sound of the wind's howl in the desert comes to mind. This is a pleasent piece indeed, but I don't feel a sense of abandonment coming from it. Then again, that's just me I disagree, I think the title fits perfectly! This is a really nice, emotional piece of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubas Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 finishing off with the "sad reflection of the happy memories" (shift at 3:58)!!! excellent work It's more like - your last pokemon is poisoned, and no matter what, it'll faint the next turn. Your opponent is almost at full HP. You beg for a crit - which doesn't come. Nice try, but you KNOW the game is over. The ending gives some sense of impotence... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I'm glad this got to see the light of day. I regretted it not being able to go on the album, but we felt it was for the best due to time constraints. But now it is out, and it's good! Great even. Nicely done, pu_freak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku Masamune Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I really enjoyed this piece. Maybe on the next Pokemon album, if there is one, it might be on it. You have my vote. I really liked the piano parts. It was very sad tune indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicthumbs Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 All the Pokemon are dead. This song is the music that plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 Nice arrangement, but I have to say that I think a "No, resub" might have helped this to be even better. Things like the low volume etc really do hurt the remix IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 This mix is a little on the quiet side for me. It has a brooding feel to it, making good use of an interesting combination of a small portion of orchestration to compliment a primarily piano dominant song. The concept is certainly executed pretty well here, so a congrats on a first mix to pu_freak! Bout time you broke through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirociper Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I'm confused, pu_freak has been around for over 2 years and has at least 9 mixes under his belt. How is he a newcomer?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavos Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I'm confused, pu_freak has been around for over 2 years and has at least 9 mixes under his belt. How is he a newcomer?? This is my first official OC remix, so I'm a newcomer as OC ReMixer. All of the other mixes were on projects, but weren't good enough to be posted as solo mixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crulex Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 I REALLY wasn't expecting this kind of ReMix when I saw that it was of the Gym theme (didn't read the write-up until it started playing. Title should have been a clue though), which is really cool because it's a nice example of the many ways a mix can take a source. It's almost what would be played if Team Rocket did more than hold one building in every town hostage and actually destroyed the place, Gym included. Good lord, the arrangement is so dark and empty and kinda sorrowful, that it pretty much blew me away. The production issues everyone else brought up was the only real negative here, and it doesn't even bother me that much honestly. Piano was great and I really dig the music box bit at the end as well. Damn good Pokemon Remix, fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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