ReMix: Final Fantasy VII 'Climhazzard Rush'

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This FF7 ReMix from newcomer aluminum takes a fairly brief piece of BGM and greatly expands on it. The ReMixer writes: "There were some questions on the WIP board as to whether or not this song strays too far from the source material for too long. Considering that the original is a very short looping tune, I had to take some liberties, but the melody and chord progression are definitely in there. :)" This piece actually accomplishes its length - relative to the source material - via doing genre hopping, beginning with an ambient mood that gets into a cool downbeat groove, then goes jazz at 1'23 in a really cool transition. This transition specifically is the strongest of the few in the song; the genre shift is dramatic but totally natural. We go back into the downbeat groove but this time with a nice analog monoglide synth solo, and then transfer into a nice piano and organ break. There's then some voice samples leading into the final, double-time upbeat techno section with a guttural 303 bass. Not so keen on this last segment or the voice samples used to introduce it, but I think it's rather creative that aluminum was able to use essentially a chord progression and minimal melody to build a track that sounds as diverse as this. Relative to some other more interpretive tracks on the site, it actually doesn't go too awful far in terms of original to arranged content (though some of those more "interpretive" pieces are mine ^^) I enjoyed the first three fourths better than the last bit, but overall this is some exploratory, well-produced arranging that shows both electronica and jazz ability and works musically. Plus it has that really cool transition :) Creative, different first mix from aluminum - hope to see more in the future.

― djpretzel