ReMix:Final Fantasy VII "Memories of a Green Shinra" 3:57

After debuting with an eye-opening hybrid arrangement of Sonic 2 & Super Metroid, Kyaku returns with an smoove case of the vapors, fusing together Final Fantasy VII & Chrono Trigger! Sufficed to say, he's really good at this "I'mma merge two themes together" thing:

"I attempted another mashup of two songs, FF VII, "Shinra Corp" & Chrono Trigger, "Memories of Green", though this one is much less 50/50 split content between the two songs, with most of the Chrono Trigger track left on the cutting room floor. I always loved the perceived key changes in the original "Shinra" song, it felt so dramatic and fatalistic. I've been on a retro vapor wavy kick recently, so it's probably leaked into this track too. Moar gated reverb snares! Some classic Vangelis styles/themes were on my mind certainly when I started out, though these things have a way of running their own course by the end. Only my second submission, so any and all feedback, good and bad, is, of course, appreciated!"

Didn't I tell you people "Inspirational forever is Vangelis."? :-D Props to Kyaku for navigating OCR's arrangement and production standards so well, with this only being his second submission. He may have lain in wait before sending over what was cookin', but it's such good stuff. Judge prophetik music is biased towards Chrono Trigger I see (I kid, I kid!):

"memories in green is such a timeless track.

some sfx and detuned pads before we get the intiial beat at 0:16. snares feel a touch loud here even considering where they're coming from (ie. the shinra track), and the long tail is covering what else is going on. it's a super wet sound especially in the backing pads. 0:55 we get some saxccents, and we finally get some melodic content at 1:39. the subtle gated synths here are so good, and i love the heavily filtered pingpong echoes.

2:22 really feels like a big shift despite there not being a ton of changes. the choir and addition of other sustained content fills out the soundscape a lot more here. [...]

the interweaving of these two tracks is excellent."

Piggybacking on what proph mentioned with the super wet soundscape here, Kyaku's track floats along in a relative (but genuinely artistic) indistinctness. :-) The beats in particular definitely have an awesome presense; good snap to 'em, followed by the vapory trailoff. After just Chrono Trigger "Green" to start at :14, it shifted over to the FF7 "Shinra" theme at 1:37, then back to "Green" at 2:21, and again to "Shinra" at 3:02 until the finish at 3:48. The theme tradeoffs flow so naturally, and the dynamics & textures pull the listener in, co-signed by fellow panelist Emunator:

"Absolutely stunning sound design. This is absolutely brimming with vibes and texture, and you literally could not have picked a better set of source tunes to make this idea come to life. The mixing glues everything together with just the right amount of reverb and delay without feeling indistinct, and there's never a moment where it feels like you've exhausted your creativity and are just coasting on repeated ideas. The evolution across the arrangement is subtle but effective. Wow, I love it. Incredible work!"

Everything's just swimming in vaporwave muck, it sounds greaaaaat! The sax accents were a nice touch, and even though everything's very ethereal, with the "Green" melody in particular sometimes not being right in the foreground, you could make out the part-writing that you need to. These hybrid arrangements have been a cool feature of Kyaku's music, and his trend'll continue with a chill take on some racing games tracks to be posted soon, so continue to keep your eyes & ears peeled. Meanwhile, a very spacious and full sound from Kyaku here in vapory RPG land, with a subtle escalation in the tension!