ReMix: Final Fantasy 'ThoseChosenByTheMedly'

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Trace Kyshad's latest, after a pretty long hiatus, is an FF medley that blends orchestral and synthetic flavors fairly successfully, with organ, piano, choir, and strings playing out ominous melodies over a traditional break style drum pattern that has some good fills here and there, with appearances from filtered synth patterns and orchestral hits as well. Judges had some mixed reactions; no one felt the sounds used were particularly high quality, though some felt them actually prohibitive. For my money, the bells at 3'30" sound pretty damn cool, but yes, there are other sounds that aren't as clear, and there's a few clicks in the recording here and there. Some didn't like how the filtered synth arpeggio is used multiple times as a transition method, others felt it was perfectly fine. The more positive opinions cited the arrangement and dynamics, in general, whereas the more critical the sample quality and mastering, and I'd agree these are the piece's respective strengths and weaknesses. For what it's worth, I've listened to it on speakers and headphones, and it sounded much better at higher volume on the trusty headphones - some mixes are just born that way, I s'pose. I thought the double-time version of Terra at the very end was an interesting idea that worked well enough and certainly was an unorthodox way to conclude. Overall, this is a piece that works in spite of some shortcomings, and should certainly be accessible to and enjoyable by FF fans, while also taking some interesting musical ideas and putting them into form.

― djpretzel