ReMix: Seiken Densetsu 3 'Memories of the Sea'
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- Game: Seiken Densetsu 3 (Square, 1995, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Joe Bommarito
- Composer(s): Hiroki Kikuta
- Song(s): Innocent Sea
- Posted: 2003-08-07, evaluated by djpretzel
Wow - especially when compared to Kikuta's original, which while a great melody doesn't stand out for its instrumentation - this arrangement of "Sea of Innocence" from SD3 by newcomer Joe Bommarito is quite an eloquent, developed, well-realized ReMix. Anchored by an articulate, detailed acoustic guitar, the work intros with ambient ocean noises, then a bass joins in, the ocean fades out, and a flute comes in with the very sorrowful, reticent melody. Drums naturally follow the melody, with some great fills varying in subtlety - I love the oscillating presence the percussion track has here, sometimes taking the forefront for a lead-in or fill but often pushing the track forward more indirectly. There's great strings and a cool electric piano that at times doubles the melody and adds some nice ornamentation to it as well. The instruments all blend exceptionally well; the production and the fact it's a well-arranged ballad remind one a little of some of Kaijin's pieces, which is a great mixer to be likened to on a first submission, I would say. There's also a great piano solo to boot - all in about 2'40", a length which some might find a little brief but which allows for quite a developed musical statement in this case. Ending is a little anti-climactic, though I like how the bass hangs over, very low such that you have to listen for it to even know it's there. Great first submission; everything's there, it takes a relatively spartan but quality original track and builds on it in a lot of unique and musical ways, mixing is clean, and from the drums to the guitar to the piano, performance is human and flowing. Recommended.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the This is more of an upgrade rather than a complete re-imagining, but it works very well and the thoughtful touches like the sea sound effects and varied lead instruments make it great on repeat listens to just chill to.
- OA on April 30, 2008
- avaris on May 9, 2007
of chrono trigger, but hey, this
is good stuff too.
It´s good that you chose flute and piano,
you can´t have a song with "memory" in
it´s name without those.
I give you 5 of 5 points for this.
Keep them coming Bommarito!
- Bummerdude on September 9, 2005
- Alex2007 on November 30, 2003
- Paragon on August 8, 2003
Everything else I have thought has already been said.
- Starblaze on August 8, 2003
- SamuraiFoochs #Reload on August 7, 2003
The only possible complaint I might have is that the drumkit sounded hard panned. This is probably because I was listening through headphones though. Not the best medium for analyzing a stereo mix :P
So yeah, ignore my false alarm ^_^
Nice work on this. I think it's acomplished everything that could be expected of it :)
- nostalgic gen on August 7, 2003
- Mr. Merc Kage on August 7, 2003
I notice at some points the flute sounding instrument sounds as if it has a synth playing along with it...which I actually found to be enjoyable ^_^
As Matt said, the guitar work here is brilliant, though I disagree when he said more could have been done to make it sound real..it sounded perfectly fine to me.
The piano piece was excellent as well, which is great and as has been previously said, I kinda expected some sea sounds or something to come in, but its no big that they didnt.
While the track is perfectly long enough I found myself thinking "aww...is that it? Where's the rest?" cause I kinda expected more.
On the same vein, I dont really like the ending...
Though now I listen to it a second (and third ^_^) time, I find it to be okay...though I would have preferred something else (and once again I am at a loss to explain exactly what)
Overall a really good track...good for chillin out or usin as study music or somethin..nice work ^_^
- Eccles on August 7, 2003
- Shhteve on August 7, 2003
the guitar solo that begins at 1:06 moves us deeper into the piece--i think some ambience (sea or outside) could've spruced up the overall "feel" here, but the instrumentation and composition is great. the drumming is human and elaborate and that snare has just enough reverb on it. the original material meshes incredibly well with the piece, and i think the piano playing is natural and realistic, bringing the arrangement back around in full circle.
engaging, subtly gorgeous, well-produced, and an overall awesome first submission.
-m
- mp on August 7, 2003
8/10 Nice Works, +1 for the undefinable uniqueness about it :P
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Edit: Oh, and since it took a little detective work for me to find it (broken link in ID tag)--
http://mattpollard.fourty-two.net/audio/jbommarito/
Hmm... your other stuff isn't quite as impressive Joe B, but still nice to chill to :P "Midnight Lurking" is pretty spiff.
- Psycrow on August 7, 2003
- Kamikaze Noodle on August 7, 2003
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