Mother 1/Earthbound Zero - Along Time Ago

[forteshadow]

A simple techno remix of the intro song from Mother 1/Earthbound 0.

http://forteshadow.googlepages.com/AlongTimeAgo.mp3

Here's the orginal for comparision:

http://starmen.net/mother1/music/Introduction.mp3

[sail]

I can see this growing into a good track. You've got awesome source material. I think making it sound a little less electronic and more instrumental would benefit the piece.

[richter]

Dude, it's so nice seeing the source provided AND a reliable, easy to use server being used! Yay!

My thoughts:

I don't like the string instrument in the intro. Give it some FX love (reverb/chorus/bla bla)! Wow the song starts ABRUPTLY at 0:14! I personally hate those 90's synths; maybe some folks will disagree but I have a feeling the general opinion will be that this one used here sounds generic and thin... I kinda like it when it plays lower notes actually. Maybe try transposing down an octave? Just a thought.

This is very close to the original -- too close for OCR's standards (by my guess). It's also very sparse. Maybe add some nifty beats?

I'm not sure what you were going for with the ending; super-simplified chiptune? Honestly it kind of sounds like you haven't finished the ending yet, so I hope that's not it.

Hope that helps!

[Red Shadow]

this is a step in the right direction for my dream of one day seeing a remix of the magicant theme from m1