Liontamer Posted August 12, 2023 Share Posted August 12, 2023 Your ReMixer name: ThePlasmas Your real name: Mauricio Castro Your email address: Your website(s): https://linktr.ee/theplasmasvgm Your userid: 30081 Name of game(s) arranged: Celeste Name of arrangement: Al Otro Lado Del Espejo Name of individual song(s) arranged: In The Mirror Additional information about game: Lena Raine, PC and Consoles. Link to the original soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/album/1ZfETfec0U02KrKNI8w3Gf?autoplay=true Your own comments about the mix: Celeste is a very beautiful and challenging game, I love the art style, the music and the story. That make it one of my all time favorites, the idea of covering that song came from GameGrooves, and it's available on the album "Over The Summit" (https://lnk.to/overthesummit). I decided to transform a non metal song into a very dark one, adding riffs, harmonies and a straight-to-the-face bass/drum sound. Mastered by James C. Hoffman: https://x.com/JCHoffmanMusic --------------------------------------------- Mauricio Castro Bobadilla Profesor de Matemática Licenciado en Educación theplasmasvgm.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted August 18, 2023 Author Share Posted August 18, 2023 The track was 5:11-long, so I needed to identify the source tune in play for at least 155.5 seconds for the VGM to be considered dominant in the arrangement: :02-1:20, 1:39.5-1:58.5, 2:17.75-3:44.25, 4:22.75-4:41.75 = 202.5 second or 65.11% overt source usage There could be more that I was overlooking and undercounting. I just timed it out to map out what I recognized at first blush and not overlook the level of source usage while being bowled over by this musicianship. Weird lil' blip of sorts around 2:07 when the cymbal gets muted in an abrupt way; very minor thing. Great performances, strong energy, very intense peaks, excellent dynamic contrast throughout, loads of changes in the lead guitar tones to provide variety, and the treatment of the source tune was excellent. If you need pro-grade official arrange album quality stuff, call Mauricio. Incredible work! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 name means roughly "on the other side of the mirror". loved the bass in the intro, although i wish it was clearer. keys at 0:40 were nice. whole opening reminded me of Evanescence's second album a bit. it really gets going at 1:00, with 1:20's aggressive in-your-face action being really fun. drum fills were really solid. there is indeed a render glitch at 2:07.5 or so. 2:37 was really gripping to me, nice work with the ascending chord work there. 3:15 is a 'break', for probably the first time in the track, and it's needed by that point. 3:44 kicks it back up and it's real mean for a bit before the keys come back for a little while. at 4:23 we get the last big blow for the last 40s or so, and it's done. 4:51 has another render blat. there's a lot of silence to trim from the render, both at the beginning and end. this is an aggressive, intense take on a great original track. nice work! i love how in-your-face it is throughout without ever being overwhelming. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindWanderer Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Nails the brief. Genre-transforming approaches are always a pleasure to listen to, and this one is done expertly. Epic arrangement, fantastic performances. I couldn't ask for more. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 "Badass" barely feels like a sufficient enough descriptor to cover what you've made here. You've taken perhaps the most unsettling original song in the entire Celeste soundtrack and ramped up the dread to new heights with sludgy guitar riffs and a deep bass tone that evoke the ice-cold heaviness of Deftones. It's polished and gnarled at the same time. The clean guitars come in at just the right time to provide some contrast to the heavier sections surrounding it. The drums hold things down and know when it's time to get flashy for a few really well-executed fills. What more is there to say? You done good. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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