ReMix: Final Fantasy IV 'Leap Into The Darkness'

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DarkCecil13 gives us some interesting Final Fantasy 4 rock / electro mixage. With an ominous intro featuring cavernous hybrid synth textures, rock drums and full orchestration come in rather quickly at 0'11", with some nice drum work and well-imaged melody and chords. There's a cool chiptune break at 0'33" that catches you off guard, but the normal style returns quickly and some nice descending bell pads join in. Things then slow down for a totally different ambient section with crystalline, heavily key-panned electric piano with lots of tine. I don't particularly like the louder coverage that follows or the abrupt transition into it, though I can appreciate the surprise effect that it achieves. The ritard on the ending leaves a little to be desired, as does the ending itself, but the first two sections make up for the third, with the sparse and minimalist yet very atmospheric middle being my favorite of the three. Interesting work from DC13 - my overall impression is that this is a strong work that would have benefited from being composed of only one or two discrete sections but having those portions more fully developed, but I think nevertheless you'll enjoy it. It is, after all, a medley piece, and part of my own hesitation is a general drifting away from medleys towards either hybridized (intertwined) or single-song construction. Judges had some beef with the NES chiptune break but I thought it worked rather well and gave the mix some spice. Props to DC13 for choosing some less common FF4 tracks to cover, and coming up with some imaginative ways of doing so. Cool.

― djpretzel