ReMix: Final Fantasy V 'Sinking Deeper'
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- Game: Final Fantasy V (Square, 1992, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): halc
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'At the Brink of the Deep Turquoise'
- Posted: 2011-04-25, evaluated by the judges
Did I say all FIVE TIMES FIVE flood mixes were either part of ~Wind~ or created for it? Well, I misspoke... we screwed up a bit and had queued up a mix from the album that was never supposed to have been submitted in the first place. Oops! Rather than end up with ONLY four mixes when the entire point of the flood was the sheer, unmitigated FIVENESS of it all, it turns out we had a halc FF5 ReMix waiting in the wings, so the flood now officially includes mixes from BOTH new judges. Not only do we get "new judge symmetry," we also get another mix besides Meteo's that's not from the album - which many of you might already be more familiar with - but WAS inspired by it. Drew 'splains:
"I haven't done any FF since my Besaid mix, so I figure it's about time I give the series a little more love. I've been poking around, picking out some of the more chill themes - the recent FF5 album gave me a little burst of inspiration so I decided to start there. Hope you like it!"
I do, and I appreciate how you keep hoping for my personal enjoyment! Ah wait, you meant everybody or "you all"... well don't *I* feel like a douche. Arrangement is slick & production is pumpier than the original Reeboks; Mattias writes:
"You really get this arranging business. Constantly varying things up melodically, harmonically and texturally. The only thing I can think to criticize is that the track is a bit too breathing and pumping, easy with the compression/mastering my friend! Overall, great track though. You make it seem so easy."
Vinnie drowsily adds:
"Pretty trippy pumping, especially on headphones, but I'm gonna guess that's intentional. It didn't sound overly done, just a little odd. I liked the slowed down last section. It made me want to take a nap."
I guess this is fairly typical chippish halc production, but it actually seems a little... shufflier? And at times, zanier & more playful than most of his other work. It's got a light, floaty feeling, but with substance... almost like a musical fluffernutter. Okay, you got me, that simile was just an excuse to say "fluffernutter," which I'm pretty sure is both a sandwich AND an adult film vocation, and is fun to enunciate either way. BECAUSE of the ambiguity. But I digress; mo' great stuff from Sir Wheeler, prompted/inspired by an excellent FF5 album!
Discussion: Latest 13 comments/reviews; view the - Crulex on October 31, 2012
And this is a step in the right direction. A wondrous take on the source, and again, some really great chipwork here.
- Mirby on December 26, 2011
BlackPanther;773781 wrote: It's got that loveable, playful sound to it, with funk added and signature 8 bit elements to top everything off.
This this this this.
I wouldn't necessary limit it to 8 bit, actually; a lot of it gives me a 16 bit vibe (considering the source, what I just said is a pretty hurrdurr statement, but you know what I mean).
- Martin Penwald on July 1, 2011
- PROTO·DOME on June 2, 2011
I am also surprised I have been downloading songs of yours and brigg's for a while(You know ala-lurker) but I haven't seen either of you do many of the final fantasy songs aside from the FFX remix of yours.
None-the-less much respect for this wonderful piece of work. Perhaps one day I'll see a Final Fantasy Tactics remix from you ^^;
- ryudo6850 on May 11, 2011
- Squint on April 30, 2011
- BlackPanther on April 26, 2011
- Draconiator on April 25, 2011
- halc on April 25, 2011
