Okay, it took me three listens just to LIKE this ReMix, but once I did, I found it very haunting and I really began to respect it. It's certainly very empty, lonely, minimalist, depressing, and not melodically satisfying in any way shape or form. BUT, as far as capturing the essence of that sort of mood - like the title says: solace and simplicity - it does a superb job. Mega-reverbed, meandering piano lines, hardcore drums played in a very softcore fashion, sparingly, and an ambient high-pitched space whistle type sound really DO work well together to achieve this highly unique effect. Not something I would listen to for fun, but if you're in the right mood, or want to be put into that mood, I'd say it could be more effective than many drugs. A very formidable and original submission.
― djpretzel
The contrast between the uplifting melody and the extremely
depressing soundfield (at least to my ears) is what gets me with
this mix. This is just such a turnaround from what the melody if
cid's theme is, that the mix just doesn't work as well as it could.
I think the problem is honestly that cid's theme hasn't been
re-arranged near enough to fit with the atmosphere of the rest of
the piece. Yes,the playing is really quite emotive, but there's
just not enough of a shift in the main theme to really make it
fit.
Honestly I think that a bit more re-tooling of the theme would help
this stand out as one of CoTMM's best tracks.
- Master_Yoshi on December 30, 2008
I don't not like it, but I can't really bring myself to like it
either. It's got some good stuff going for it, but overall it kinda
leaves me scratching my head. Not sure exactly what does it either,
which makes it confusing.
I could probably echo the other reviewers, but I'm not even sure if
it's what they mentioned. I think some of it stems from the
depressing quality of parts of the mix paired with the more
uplifting melody. Dunno.
- DragonAvenger on October 22, 2008
I am not feeling the drums on this at all. The sounds themselves
are fine, but the part doesn't mesh with the music, making it sound
like 2 songs that happen to be the same tempo being played at the
same time. This could go places, but not in it's current state.
Pretty obvious that it's an early mix. :)
- OA on February 1, 2007
A CotMM remix with piano? Kewl.
It took awhile to the melody to kick off, and when it did, it
didn´t burst out in instruments and sounds, it was clean with just
the piano, some drums in the back and some synth that had a
more...I don´t know. Creepy? Calm? Smooth? Simple?
The thing that makes this remix
not-so-good-as-the-other-CotMM-mixes-ish is maybe just what the
name applies.. Simplicity.
Yeah, that´s it.
- Bummerdude on October 11, 2005
As we all now by now CotMM (yeah, you know what it means!) loves to
use real, let me describe it as industrial-distorted-effect-ish
sound.
And yes, I like that a lot often.
When I first listened to this mix I just didn't get it was cid's
theme until cid's theme starts playing (I know, freaky ain't it?)
and ofcourse then I felt at home.
The thing that makes this remix
not-so-good-as-the-other-CotMM-mixes-ish is maybe just what the
name applies.. Simplicity.
Still it's a neat mix and I like it.
Although some more piano wouldn't hurt.
- Another Soundscape on May 27, 2005
This was really well done. I love the sad tone of it. This is
definitely going on my "Inspirations" playlist for when I work on
stories. And I love how the piano and drums work together in this.
And the faint whistling in the background reminds me a little of
one of the BGM's from Castlevania. Well done. ^_^
- Babysoft-chan on February 21, 2004
i, for one, really like the whole whistling in the background...if
it were the SAME thing it'd get really old...but there's changes in
the whilstles...overall the song is pretty moving and deep. but
also hard to enjoy
- blindstrike on February 8, 2004
Errrr...yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with these guys here. It's
not because I don't like his style...believe me, I'd normally be
the first person to download a new CotMM mix...just can't get
enough of his creeeeepy ambience. But this song...umm, let's just
say he's improved a lot since he made this one. Now it's just not
up to the standard of his more recent ReMixes. It falls short in a
couple areas, one being the drums, like the others mentioned. If
you're going for an empty, melancholy atmosphere (which I'm
assuming he is, with the wind in the background and all), then
what're you throwing a beat in there for? It might be possible to
make it work if it were done right, but here it just seems totally
out of place. The piano is also subpar, both in terms of
composition and performance. To be brutally honest, it just reeks
of N00B. Which I can't really blame CotMM for, since that's
probably what he was back in the Y of 2K. All I can say is that I'm
glad he hasn't stayed that way, and that now he's one of my
absolute favorite ReMixers. Keep givin' us the good stuff, m68030.
:D
- Dhsu on January 1, 2004
Im not a huge fan of the constant whistling in the
background...
The whole thing for me kicks off when Cids theme kicks in...even
though its transposed and mostly adlibbed, I really like it.
Sadly, though, the rest of it is kinda...blah.
Its not a bad track by any means...it just doesnt jump out at me
and impress me.
- Eccles on June 27, 2003
Final Fantasy 7 'Cid (Solace Simplicity)'
Of all the stuff Children of the Monkey Machine has done, this is
probably my least favourite, but admittedly for no good reason.
It’s not that this one is not good; it’s just that it doesn’t grab
me like his other stuff does. The drums do sound substandard
compared to most of his work, but I can’t complain about the piano
in this one at all. It’s very sweet, especially starting at 1:24.
Nice work, Children of the Monkey Machine, keep it up.
- Ginnsu on June 4, 2002
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