ReMix: Dragon Warrior 'Kingdom Come'

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Unknown gives us another Dragon Warrior ReMix, this time the stylistic weapon-of-choice being orchestral instead of techno. This arrangement takes some unusual turns, including some exposed choral passages towards the end. Judges had mixed feelings about some of the samples used, the sound quality and some intermittent clipping issues, and more importantly the articulations and dynamics being somewhat mechanical and not emotive or "human" enough. I can see where all those criticisms are coming from, but I also concur with their more positive comments, that the ReMix flows well and does some interesting things with the material. This doesn't really speak to the music itself, but I also must laud Unknown for some very cool mix titles - 'Hail to the Throne' and 'Kingdom Come': not bad. This piece uses some louder bell tones that can be a little disconcerting due to their relative volume, as well as rim shot, but there's also a cool snare drum solo, more emotive, flowing passages in transition, and very extensive usage of choral timbres. The Wingless offers this bit of advice: "Remember: part of your job as a mix'r is too keep your eye on the subtleties of your piece. Orchestra pieces especially. I might go so far as to say Orchestra pieces are hopelessly dependant upon their subtleties.", whilst Beatdrop at 180 indicates the mix "does plenty to prevent it from being boring, and that's saying a lot coming from me when directed at an orchestral piece." I think I'm somewhere in between - I can see where better dynamics, better samples in some cases, and most importantly more attention to articulation and the subtleties of instrumentation could definitely have improved the work, but the overall piece is still effective on several levels and elaborates nicely on Sugiyama's chip-orchestral originals. Good stuff.

― djpretzel