DS - Gwyn, Lord of Cinders (MnP53)

Votes (6)

May 05, 2016 messire_Cookie
  1. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
  2. Cynder
    Trism
  3. Lord Gwyn, Unlinked
    hoboka
1.Kat: I love how your remix progress smoothly from melancholy to a more severe tone. The instruments arrive without ever noticing them and merge perfectly together! You sure put lots of work there, well done :)

2.Trism: I really like your choice of instruments, like a clockwork (as I already told you). Good job!

3.Hoboka: you really worked hard on the piano, the result is gorgeous! The choir add a lovely eerie atmosphere too :)

Honorable mention to Chalis who did also a great remix! It was really tough to put you out of the top :(
May 05, 2016 Chalis
  1. Lord Gwyn, Unlinked
    hoboka
  2. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
  3. Cynder
    Trism
Can't really give my reasoning right now, but :

Hoboka: Like the choir!
Kat: Gotta love the orchestral sound.
Trism: I like those pads a lot.
Cookie: Like the feel of this.
May 06, 2016 hoboka
  1. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
  2. Cynder
    Trism
  3. Winds of Cinder
    Chalis
Kat - the mood is retained 100% and the orchestral adaptation is probably how most good composers would approach it. So props to you, old chap ;) you got #1 in me book, yarrr matie there be no suckage here, but winnage only.

Trism - nice clockwork adaptation. This IS pretty close to not fitting the MnP, MO, but the mood and pacing is all there, so it's all good in the hood. Nice work Trism! It does get a tad stagnant at the last minute, but man the chord pads and winter-y feel is teh sexy.

Chalis - Not too bad, some of the instrumentation is super dry and too much in the 'fore, such as the guitar and acoustic guitar and the harp. I liked the choirs and the strings.

messire_cookie - As Brandon said, the E-guitar is pretty MIDI, but hey that's okay that makes two of us. I do feel that the mood has been shifted too far from the source tune's own mood, however, which was the biggest detractor. I like the use of the pitch bending on the e-guitar, that was pretty cool. The soundscape is also pretty good.
May 06, 2016 bundeslang
  1. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
  2. Winds of Cinder
    Chalis
  3. Cynder
    Trism
Short vote:

Trism - Great atmosphere.
Messire_Cookie - I like the stuff you put on the background.
Chalis - Nice start, I especially enjoyed the short 'break' around 1:30.
Hoboka - I enjoyed the choirs on the background
Kat - Liked the choices you made, it's a nice mix.

Esperado - Nice piano.
May 06, 2016 BrandonS
  1. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
  2. Cynder
    Trism
  3. Lord Gwyn, Unlinked
    hoboka
I don't like having to choose between them but if I have 2x voting power better not waste it I guess.. we'll see what happens.. good luck everyone and great work
May 08, 2016 Trism
  1. Gwyn, Lord of Guitar
    messire_Cookie
  2. Lord Gwyn, Unlinked
    hoboka
  3. Dying Winter ~ The First Flame
    Kat
messire_Cookie - A nice slow atmosphere with this; the lead guitar reminds me of the soundtrack to seedy cop movie haha. Initially I thought there was too much reverb but it meshed nicely with the soundscape.

Chalis - I like the concept of having an orchestral version of this, but for me everything sounds a bit too mechanical. The choir particularly sticks out as being rather stiff. Also everything seems be mostly in the mid and higher frequencies; having something in the low end would make the soundscape much more complete.

hoboka - I love that the choirs are slowly introduced and the humanisation of the piano is very very nice. Good work all round!

Kat - Another slow builder. The horns add some nice texture, however at times they tend to drown out a lot of the other instruments. The outro was very nice.