Chains of Honor (DKC2)

[POCKETMAN]

This is a mix of the Chainlink Chamber/Castle theme...

and to be honest i'm not sure I have EVER heard a remix of this song. And I really like it, so I tried it myself. I hope you enjoy it! And no, it's not too different from the original, i'm aware!

http://zimishone.googlepages.com/ChainsofHonor.mp3

[OceansAndrew]

KILLER SOURCE

Wow, i've never heard this before and its a super good source tune. The huge rocking counterpoint-madness section is amazing and would sound incredible all rocked up.

As you've mentioned, it doesn't really deviate from the source at all, and it kindof needs to, both for arrangement's sake, and for length. Right now it is in need of both.

Samples are pretty good throughout, though there are a few issues.

The left panned bells at the beginning are super mechanical. Vary the velocities and the rhythm so it isn't so exact.

The super hard bell hits later on are just that: super hard. Compared to the general emptiness of the sound field in that section they are painfully piercing. In the same section the harp also feels mechanical, and could use some very subtle rhythmic shifting to make it sound more human.

Your strings samples are good but they seem a little static at times, they should crescendo and decrescendo along with the phrases. There are also times when they are playing, but they seem a little too flimsy. You have the whole panning aspect down, so use this to double some tracks and play with the volum and panning to create a more natural room-sound.

Some of the transitions (most notably the one at 0:56 ) seem too abrupt and need some instruments carrying over more naturally to keep the smooth feel. Adding some personal touches would improve this a lot; carry the harp through or have the strings fade in a few measures early to segue to the next section.

Dynamics are a little flat at this point, things should really rise and fall, especially in a song like this, where the drama can be cranked up to 11.

Great start, and a good use of your samples, besides a few production tweaks, what this really needs is some personal touches.

[tyrog]

It sounds very similar to original source, but bells and trumpets are nice.

It would need a bit more of rearrangement.

[POCKETMAN]

KILLER SOURCE

Wow, i've never heard this before and its a super good source tune. The huge rocking counterpoint-madness section is amazing and would sound incredible all rocked up.

As you've mentioned, it doesn't really deviate from the source at all, and it kindof needs to, both for arrangement's sake, and for length. Right now it is in need of both.

Samples are pretty good throughout, though there are a few issues.

The left panned bells at the beginning are super mechanical. Vary the velocities and the rhythm so it isn't so exact.

The super hard bell hits later on are just that: super hard. Compared to the general emptiness of the sound field in that section they are painfully piercing. In the same section the harp also feels mechanical, and could use some very subtle rhythmic shifting to make it sound more human.

Your strings samples are good but they seem a little static at times, they should crescendo and decrescendo along with the phrases. There are also times when they are playing, but they seem a little too flimsy. You have the whole panning aspect down, so use this to double some tracks and play with the volum and panning to create a more natural room-sound.

Some of the transitions (most notably the one at 0:56 ) seem too abrupt and need some instruments carrying over more naturally to keep the smooth feel. Adding some personal touches would improve this a lot; carry the harp through or have the strings fade in a few measures early to segue to the next section.

Dynamics are a little flat at this point, things should really rise and fall, especially in a song like this, where the drama can be cranked up to 11.

Great start, and a good use of your samples, besides a few production tweaks, what this really needs is some personal touches.

Thanks, i'll def try some of that!

[Radiowar]

yeah the source is one of my favourite tunes from the soundtrack

this is pretty cool, the one thing I'd comment on is the attack on some of the accented strings is too slow. other than that maybe try a more personal arrangement like OA suggested.

[Sole Signal]

Yeah, the string attacks do seem a tad bit slow. That first bell hit is rather jarring, and the subsequent hits are too loud for the texture around it. Love the source with the brass hits starting around 1:25, but your mix as a whole is pretty much verbatim. As every else has said, work on adding some personal touch.

[tyrog]

Some sound effects would not be bad too and a bit more of ambience

[POCKETMAN]

i'm not adding sound fx.

[OceansAndrew]

i'm not adding sound fx.

thank you.

[tyrog]

Just a bit more ambience.

But an intro with clanging chains would not be bad.

[TCK]

I'm pretty positive that this is one of the first, if not the first remix or the DKC2 castle theme. Not sure what that drowned out piano sound is from 1:14-1:31 but I really didn't like it, it just sounded too abrasive. You could change the BPM of it too, at the moment it sounds like it's exactly the same speed of the original.

Good luck!

[tyrog]

However isn't this the track for Crocodile Chaos? Or is it another version of that? Or anything else?