Mirror's Edge - Still Alive (Rock Remix)

[TheFulyn]

I like combination of piano and guitar. This song is a simple chilling melody little powered by a distorted guitar. I tried to not change too much from original, so there aren't any new parts.

http://youtu.be/jR8duP2E7ms

[k-wix]

Hey Fulyn, i'll post some thoughts:

0:01 - The first thing I immediately notice is your samples, they seem dry and fake, to be blunt.

0:21 - Things get better here, when the guitar comes in, things still feel off without a strong bass line, though I suppose your just following the original. Panning work helps a bit.

0:58 - Good opening into the main melody. This is probably where the mix is at its strongest, the guitar part, drum backing, and piano sound great here.

1:39 - This feels off here, the soft panning and lack of a bass really just kinda sap the energy out of this segment for me. The kick-drum feels incredibly boring here.

3:08 - Back to the good stuff, It feels really, really close to the original, like a direct copy. There are issues with the ending, you do a soft fadeout that ends with the drums, this is a huge no-no.

There are lots of issues here, the samples sound really fake, reverb could really help some of this as well. If there was something new compositionally, I could totally get behind this, but it feels like a bland and boring cover of the original. I'd suggest replacing the piano entirely, work at humanizing it a bit. (Playing with volume, varying the notes, make it so it doesn't sound so perfect and mechanical)

Hope it helps!