Liontamer Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Name: Brink-of-Time Real Name: David C. Jacobson Jr. Website: http://brink-of-time.sectionzmusic.com Forum ID: 3677 ReMix info: Game: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune Song ReMixed: Feel the Passion Link to soundtrack: http://www.bandainamcogames.co.jp/aa/am/vg/wanganmaxi2/bgm/special.php Game info: Arcade Racing Sim. Music by Yuzo Koshiro. Bandai Namco Games I love this game. There's an arcade about 5 min down the street from me, and I go there to play it once a week ( spending about $20 on that game alone). Anyways, after a while I looked up the soundtrack and found it for free from the games japanese website. Feel the Passion kinda stuck out to me, as it had the energy for a racing song, but had a happy feel to it. Like it's an adventure to drive. lol Anyways, I kept the dance style to keep the energy, but changed the layout, with some new solos and breakdowns. Titled the ReMix "Blazin in My RX-7 FC" since I drive a 91 RX-7 FC in that game. lol Hope you enjoy this one. -Brink --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for linking to the soundtrack. You know I didn't wanna go searching for it. Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 - (03) "Feel the Passion" The effort towards filling things out is there in terms of the number of sounds in play, but the textures are really thin and vanilla. All the synths have no body to them, and the beatwork and claps have no punch to them. There's nothing padding out the background and the beat patterns are basic and repetitive. As far as the arrangement goes, I did like the original stuff at 1:33-2:24 that seamlessly built off of the original; the arrangement needs more good writing ideas like that. The production here is what kills this. That's where it needs the most TLC. It's really tough to arrange a source tune like this one in a similar genre, as the sounds here are nowhere near as fleshed out, making a comparison more unflattering. Decent base, now flesh it out. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 This is fairly meh sounding in comparison to the high energy of the original, though I do like the softer take. You should consider working in some more instruments to accentuate that and build a more interesting and unique texture. As Larry said, the original stuff is nice, so lets hear more of that along with a more expansive approach to the soundscape. NO, but rework and resub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vig Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Not bad at all. I'm not really feeling the fake guitars; the attacks are a bit slow, and they don't cut through. From time to time the soundfield sounds really thick, in a good way. (during the chorus, I suppose). I think the piano/pad parts could be a lot more interesting. use some interesting harmonies, get that piano a little more busy. Aside from that, I think you could use a lot more dynamic variation. Good start though. NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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