ReMix: Final Fantasy VI 'Shadows Among the Ruins'

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Hey, I remember this song :) zircon gives us his own take on "The Day After," again from FF6, which some more conventional people simply refer to as "Tomorrow". Quote mixer/judge zircon:

"Stylistically, it's just sort of a fun mishmash of genres I'm fond of. Made in FL5.. etc.. ps. I know it starts like every other mix I've done, but I promise I won't do that next time! :D"

No doubt we'll have to keep close tabs on whether that particular commitment is fulfilled, but in the meantime, zircon's latest is again solid orchestral-infused electronica (or is it vice-versa?) and again has sort of an Elfman bent to it and intros with pizzicatos and bells on the main chromatic motif, quickly adding choral elements, and using an orchestral snare to introduce immediately identifiable electro percussion and synth patterns, followed by the introduction of a synth lead covering the main melody. It trades back off to strings for a bit, does a two-tone xylo solo on the chorus, then goes back to the descending/ascending pattern but this time with some drum trickery in the form of filter cuts and what not. The xylo solo feels a little slow the first go-round, to be honest, but that's alleviated when it's brought around the second time with more supporting underlying sixteenth note patterns giving it motion. Unusual and unorthodox lead-in at 3'35", where a full-on major resolution is held for a beat - I like it, threw me a bit but works and is one of the riskier elements in a piece that is otherwise classic zircon, doing what he's proven he can do quite effectively. I think little moments like these make already great tracks more memorable and livelier; some of that same deviation could have been applied to the ending, for instance, which pulls an orchestral build and cymbal release that feels a little too deus ex machina for my tastes. That's trifling, though, and the bird's eye (ear?) view is overall very positive, as Andy's again applied clean production, shimmering film textures, and a keen ear for hybridizing the symphonic and electronic to Uematsu's magnum opus and come up with something special.

― djpretzel