DarK PurPLe Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Greetings fellow remixers! Here is a medley I have been working on for a LONG time (started in 2004-ish...) and I finally called it done tonight, and hoping for comments and hopefully you will listen, download and add it to your favorite Final Fantasy playlist! I am not submitting it to OCR judges because it is obviously a medley. First off, here is the link to listen/download on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/dark-purple/final-fantasy-the-battle And here is some background info: Mix is about 95% sequenced by ear and by hand. I used MIDI files very seldom for some very tricky segments, specifically the very last battle theme before the ending. Otherwise it's all home-baked. Made using Reason+Record on Macbook. Orchestral instruments, percussions, and choir voices all from Miroslav orchestral suite (well-worth the investment; huge bank of fantastic samples for less than $200) All comments welcome, either here or on the post. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnWake Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Neat! I like how you arranged the song. Most transitions feel pretty natural despite the medley-ish nature of the mix. Only criticism I have is the sound of the kick drum. Since you worked on the song for quite a while I'm guessing this is the sound you wanted but I feel it is a bit too short and high-pitched. I also think some distortion guitar would enhance the mix (listening to the song a bit better I think there is one in some sections, it should be louder). FF battle themes are usually pretty suited for distortion guitars! Anyway, very nice effort! EDIT: Also forgot to comment that the ending is really amazing. You could even expand it into an independent mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarK PurPLe Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 Hey thanks a lot for your comments. The kick is purposely a little high and short because I wanted to leave plenty of room for the bass guitar and lower instruments like the contrabass and trombones. Just a little sacrifice made for the good of the whole, I guess... I would love to have more distortion guitar but I didn't have a session musician on hand, and it is so awkward to try to make a sampler guitar sound natural. I did try to get a little bit of a lead into the FF VIII intro with some variations on the original melody. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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