Sir Mustapha
Group: Musicians
Posts: 2802
Joined: April 2003 |
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Posted: May 21 2004, 09:05 |
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Thank thee, Brandon! I've been able to download the song. And what can I say? It's staggeringly gorgeous! That's what I would call a "Musical Crossover", and it was very, very clever. Really, for the most part, this track stunned me. Let me try to rationalise:
The Pros:
1) The beginning was brilliant. Gorgeous, really. Intelligent use of drum machines with the original melody, and the piano is powerful, too.
2) The crossover of "Lament For Atlantis" with the piano melody was very, very clever. Beautiful, too.
3) The part immediately following was grandiose, too. Wonderful. It really brings forward the melodic power of Hergest Ridge.
The Cons:
1) You left off my favourite part of the record! The second half of part one, with that chord sequence! Aww, I really think you could have made something grandiose with it.
2) You could have ditched the section covering the "Sturm Und Drang" theme. I think it didn't work, frankly. The Choir section at the end of part one would have done a better job.
3) Why, oh, why did you stick the synth sax in there?
But anyway, even with the cases against, this was a wonderful effort. Really, really worthwhile. I liked very much the ending crossed with the "Sunken Forest" sounds, too, even if I wasn't all comfortable with the melody. But really, this was powerful. This sounds way better than the actual "Songs Of Distant Earth"! You sure can value a good melody.
Thumbs up!
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