ReMix: Final Fantasy 'Stronghold of Chaos'

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DarkCecil13 has waited a long time for this. Those of you who've been following the site awhile will remember that, a long time ago, DC13 submitted a ReMix that wasn't his (it was actually off a professionally arranged album). Many, many people yelled at him (rightfully so) and the mix was removed from the site. Now, I would expect someone who'd done this to give up, figure that there was no way of apologizing or making up for it, and move on, but he actually stuck around, and after apologizing a few (hundred) times, sat down and started to make his own mixes. Now, he's not Mozart, but this is the first of his pieces I've listened to that show's he come a long way and has some decent arranging skills. This FF arrangement has several upsides, and a couple downsides, but on the average is a ride worth taking. The beginning may be the strongest point - the intro features nice, peaceful analog synth pads, which are abruptly interrupted by the full arrangement, with an acoustic kit, strings, a running orchestral snare and cymbal crashes, and an electric bass. The sound quality is decent, sometimes heavy on the reverb. The strings are conspicuously delayed from left to right for the first minute, and the transitions at 3'00" is questionable (the other transitions are rather good though). The surprise 'second ending' is a little odd, but a neat touch. For me, the first minute worked the best, as the running snare line was perfect as was the intro. The other sections, where it tries to rock a little harder, displayed the above characteristics more vividly. BUT, little details like the great runs - with nice drum fills - at 1'43", show some solid arrangement skills. I'd say with slightly better sounds, better mixing, and just a few changes here and there, this mix would be deadly, and would advise DC13 to focus in those areas. But, this mix shows great progress on his part, is worthy, and represents hard work, and a lot of patience. DC13 writes: "After two allegedly completed version, I finally finished it up (Thanks to many -- Matt Pollard, Ken-san, ViolentRage, among others). Fixed strings, and some timing issues since last version. ReMixed From Final Fantasy:1) Badguy Castle Theme: 0:00 --> 1:25, 2) Battle Theme: 1:25 --> 2:58, 3) Fanfare Theme: 2:58 --> 3:25, 4) Inn Theme: 3:25 --> 3:33"

― djpretzel