ReMix: Final Fantasy IV 'SNES Battle Medley'
- Game: Final Fantasy IV (Square, 1991, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Warmth, aneurySm
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Battle 1', 'Battle 2', 'Battle Theme', 'Fanfare', 'The Fierce Battle'
- Posted: 2002-06-28, evaluated by the judges
This is actually a medley of themes from FF4 and 6, and it's actually performed by Warmth, with the arrangement by aneurySm. And actually, it was originally to be part of PMM. That's a lot of actuallys. One more: it's actually live. Though this contributes to less-than-crystal-clear audio, the dynamic nature of the piece and the quality of the playing in most sections, and aneurySm's arrangement, make up for that. Quite a bit of guitar, with different effects as wekkm including the all powerful wah (see 3'38" and . . . around that region in general) Things are a bit chaotic at times, but this be battle music, fool, so it's appropo. Satisfying medley that will please guitarheads and FF fans alike. Recommended.
I bet it'd be better seeing this live, but as-is, i'll pass. Sorry. :-(
- OA on April 22, 2010
I will say that some standalone tunes appealed to me and there are some moments where things click in place and work. The latter half, for example, is miles better than the first and seemed to have a better grasp on direction by the time it had finished. But as a full package, this is way too sloppy for me to condone. Not much flies over my head, but if this sound was intentional, I don't want to understand it. There is no reason why this couldn't have had the same rough edge without totally ignoring the more basic principles of music-making. Keep it dirty if need be, but for god sake, make it make sense.
- Marmiduke on December 17, 2009
Still its obvious that effort went into this and people were tributing a game that the love.
This mix gets an A for effort.
- 42 on January 20, 2009
Soapy;121429 wrote: Masterpiece' don't let anyone tell you otherwize.
Ditto
If I want flawless execution i'll listen to a midi :)
- uagrenadier on January 7, 2009
Positives - The drums are a nice mix up and the set sounds really good for the most part. The fills are neat sonding and aptly placed. The arrangement is well done, a few transition mistakes and sloppy shifting but nothing to throw a fit about. The overall mix of the audio is also very good.
Negatives - Guitar parts are played out of key, guitar sounds slightly out of tune, chords are sloppy, very choppy at times. Some parts of the songs are not played by the guitar at all, and there is only 1 guitar lead throughout making them sound very plain and dull. The tones are awful and at times you can't even tell what is being played or what is happening. Don't get me wrong, it has potential but wow, the playing needs some SERIOUS work. Good things could be done with this piece, but put simply, they were not.
Overall - 4/10
- brunoafh on December 7, 2006
8/10
- SakakiAzu on November 12, 2005
- Bummerdude on October 4, 2005
I like this song. I think that the guitarists were very good. To be able to switch to three different styles of music - and to play them well - in one sitting is very impressive. It was fun to listen to the song go from a light rock in the beginning, then to a hard rock, then use of a wawa for the last part of the song. There was nothing repetitive in the song at all, and it's a good song for any rocker to listen to, wether you're a hard rocker or an old-school rocker, it fits all the catagories, I think.
The worst part of the song, though, was the drums. At times, it seemed like it was all fills, and there was no definite beat going on the drums.
All over, it was a good song, and I liked it, but it still had it's problems.
- ~Link_Master~ on October 27, 2004
I would say that this remix is not that bad, except at 57 seconds and at 1min16 precisely, there is a really bad dissonnance there, you guys are like 1 tone down.. please do something about that, It just dont fit.. I know you guys can understand that and correct it.
Sincerely,
- Gary on June 26, 2004
- Drunken Japanese man #2 on September 17, 2003
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- zircon on July 12, 2003
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- Gnam on July 11, 2003