ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Dancing Madly (First Form)'

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Our first ReMix from newcomer waxingeloquent is from the oft-mixed FF6 soundtrack. Judges praised this trance ReMix for a fresh take on the original, and had few gripes sans the percussion needing a volume adjustment in the upwards direction. There's a good smattering of synth patches, many with short releases for a gating effect, cool arpeggios (arpeggios? In a Final Fantasy track? Nawwwww ^^) that pan across the stereo field, a pumpin' bass, and especially good textures and d'n'b drums around 2'40" with church bells in the background. This piece builds nicely to this section, which does increase in overall intensity for some forward development. There's a breakdown after that, things come back but not at full intensity, and the mix ends with chords, the niftily pitch-bend happy bass, and the resonating of several final church bells - good, memorable conclusion. This is really tight stuff from a programming perspective, with all T's crossed and I's dotted in terms of synth variety, modulation, panning, and effects. Furthermore, though bordering on too much repetition for a brief moment earlier on, there's definite development and the second half is clearly distinct from the first. Damn solid initial mix - pump up the drums a bit and go out on a limb with a solo or something similar on the next one and waxingeloquent has me hooked. As it is, this is better-than-good trance that shows some skills and attention to detail and goes the extra step to ensure variety and evolving tone. Recommended.

― djpretzel