ReMix: Final Fantasy 'Something Final'
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- Game: Final Fantasy (Nintendo, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Children of the Monkey Machine
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'J-E-N-O-V-A', 'Main Theme of FINAL FANTASY VII', 'Mako Reactor', 'Prelude', 'The Red Wings'
- Posted: 2002-01-30, evaluated by djpretzel
Piercing distortion is the name of the game with Cotmm's latest FF ReMix of the ubiquitous rising and falling eternal FF prelude arpeggio of wonder. Interesting, because this is a 'melody' that is rather delicate and spacious, but it's covered here by a quite interestingly distorted string-type timbre, overtop churning drums and a simple bassline that jumps effectively to a fifth (usually). Cotmm always manages to evoke very unique textures - the shimmering high-pitched ring at the very end of this track is a great case in point. The harmonics involved with such measured distortion, and also amplified here by the bassline, are fun to try to follow and add character and depth. Not everyone's cup of tea, but more accessible than some of Cotmm's other pieces, and a trip worth taking at any rate.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I hate to say it but...I liked nothing of this mix. When it started
I was confused and lost interest within literally 10 seconds. There
just didn't seem to be any rhythm at all. :whatevaa:
- Codamadius on January 10, 2012
- Codamadius on January 10, 2012
I love that opening pad melody. Very soothing. 0:45 interesting
take on the classic Final Fantasy theme. That bass is especially
intriguing. At 1:40 we start to get some more industrial and
ambient ingredients. Very characteristic of other Cotmm tracks.
- SubNormal J3 on February 27, 2011
- SubNormal J3 on February 27, 2011
CotMM has some awesome music, but I personally find it hard to
really appreciate some of his stuff. This one has some accessible
parts, but overall the sounds are just rough to my ears, and it's
hard to get past that. Overall in this melody there were some
pretty cool transition in this, particularly from the Prelude the
Mako Reactor theme. The jump to JENOVA and back wasn't as strong,
but it still holds its own.
Some good stuff going on, but the sounds are a big detractor to me. Nice FF4 cameo, btw.
- DragonAvenger on December 19, 2009
Some good stuff going on, but the sounds are a big detractor to me. Nice FF4 cameo, btw.
- DragonAvenger on December 19, 2009
This one is too slow to build up, and the primary synth sounds
weird to me.
Eh,
I'm wanting to like this mix, but it doesn't really hold my attention even though it is an interesting take on Final Fantasy.
I'd give it an A for effort and originality.
- 42 on January 25, 2009
Eh,
I'm wanting to like this mix, but it doesn't really hold my attention even though it is an interesting take on Final Fantasy.
I'd give it an A for effort and originality.
- 42 on January 25, 2009
I like the sounds, and the general feel of this mix, but don't
think the transitions in the middle are good enough.. I wish this
segued better. The sound is amazing and works great with the source
material. Very uniquely, in fact. I'll be keeping this, although I
feel it's seriously flawed by that middle part. Or maybe it'll grow
on me, we'll see!
--Eino
- evktalo on December 11, 2007
--Eino
- evktalo on December 11, 2007
Im groovin on the bass, but some of the higher end distortion isn't
my fav; I realize that is CotMM's style, but it just seemed too
clinical of sounds to be distorting; i really like organic sounds
to be distorted, where the natural imperfections are emphasized by
the effect. Regardless, for a medly style song, it is really well
done, barring a few weak transitions, and I think the flow is
pretty good.
- OA on December 10, 2007
- OA on December 10, 2007
I find that these songs don't seem to blend well, there's too much
gap in transition....
7/10
- SakakiAzu on November 13, 2005
7/10
- SakakiAzu on November 13, 2005
What IS the songlimit for a remix? I ask ye.
Normally, mixes with ridiculously many songs are usually just stuffed with many annoying noises, instruments and bad walkovers. But I became actually impressed by CotMM here. The songs he picked could easily meld into each other at certain spots, and the instrumentation was not so bad with its bass and strings that played the prelude through the mix at many places. This is pure skills, monkeydude.
- Bummerdude on September 30, 2005
Normally, mixes with ridiculously many songs are usually just stuffed with many annoying noises, instruments and bad walkovers. But I became actually impressed by CotMM here. The songs he picked could easily meld into each other at certain spots, and the instrumentation was not so bad with its bass and strings that played the prelude through the mix at many places. This is pure skills, monkeydude.
- Bummerdude on September 30, 2005
Was it just me or did there seem to be music from a bunch of FF
games? I swear in the beginning there's a part from FF4 (FF2
America I think) and then the FF7 parts. Anyways, good mix.
- ChaoticTheorem on March 24, 2005
- ChaoticTheorem on March 24, 2005
I have to say that even though I haven't been a big CotMM fan in
the past, I loved this one. GREAT BASS. AMAZING BASS. Being a
string bass player I appreciate that. I'm with Jemni on the song
classification though--it draws mostly from FF7 it seems...
- ghaleon on March 20, 2005
- ghaleon on March 20, 2005
@_o Ack. Such piercing noise after waking up. I should've waited.
Maybe I'dve liked this better. It's definitly CoTMM's style that
I've come to know n' at times lurve. This wouldn't be one of those
times I fear. I still liked Plastic Goddess better. :D Yeah I know
I'm Straaaange.
On a side note, why is this in the FF1 catagory instead of the FF7 one? :wink:
- Jemnisimi on December 2, 2004
On a side note, why is this in the FF1 catagory instead of the FF7 one? :wink:
- Jemnisimi on December 2, 2004
i really do enjoy this one. in fact, heh, i think i'm gonna go
listen to it again...catching!
- DJ Clikk on February 15, 2004
- DJ Clikk on February 15, 2004
I'm not really into this one. All it really seems to be is a
slightly distorted rythm backing a medley of weakly synthed
melodies. The only spot where the distortion is really that
impressive is at about 3:12. Other than that it's not very
gripping. I liked COTMM's Ruined World a lot, it was very moody,
rich, and textural. I can also atleast see the enjoyment in his
Magus remixes which are very dark and distorted, and have a lot of
beat. But this, I don't really feel anything from it, much like
Vampire Killer Deadcorpse, it doesn't sound so much like a long,
dark, crazy exercise in distortion as much as just a over-long
track of weak, GM-ish synth that drags on.
- Gnam on July 12, 2003
- Gnam on July 12, 2003
I find this remix very 'catching' in a way. I didn't really enjoy
it much at first, but now it just seems to cling on to me. It kinda
hangs in the back of my mind at times and I have to play it again.
In my opinion, it's a cool remix
- PsyKoDraGonReen on June 30, 2002
- PsyKoDraGonReen on June 30, 2002
I will say it was nicely done, but it could be better. There are
parts that could use a little bit of fixing up, and other parts
that you should never touch again, because they're awesome! But I
thought it was an interesting take of this theme. Very creative...I
like it! :)
- skawttieboy on June 22, 2002
- skawttieboy on June 22, 2002
