Hearthstone - Pull up a Chair (PRC350)

Votes (4)

Jun 18, 2017 bundeslang
  1. And Take a Seat in the Sofa
    OneUp
  2. Pulling on the Hearth Strings
    Trism

OneUp - Like the intro sampling. The built up is great. The combination of the styles later in the song works out nicely.
Trism - Thanks for the submission to give this round a voting stage. This song has calm parts and more louder parts what I like but at some points the difference is a bit too much. Still I like the combination with the piano and kick.
Jun 18, 2017 GCJ
  1. Pulling on the Hearth Strings
    Trism
  2. And Take a Seat in the Sofa
    OneUp

Both of these tracks stick pretty closely to the original, so in terms of arrangement they are pretty much the same.
I like OneUp's percussion in the background, and the part with the piano and the strings is very well handled to keep the energy up through the whole track.
Trism had a good intro, and that bass and timpani(?) are nice as well. I also really like how it gets epic with the strings, although I think it really needed the drums to sustain the epicness.
This decision is way harder than it should be. I think OneUp's is pretty good throughout the whole track, but Trism has some awesome epic parts with those drums, even if the piano and strings parts sound empty and kind of weird and meh. I'm putting Trism in first just because I love those epic drums and they fit with the track so well.
On an unrelated note, I love the titles for both of these tracks. Good naming skills.
Jun 18, 2017 Dex
  1. And Take a Seat in the Sofa
    OneUp
  2. Pulling on the Hearth Strings
    Trism

These are both really great!

OneUp - no criticisms.

Trism - I thought the timpani/bass drums were a great addition but I think you used them just a little too much. Also it would have been nice to have the lead instrument not be a piano. Otherwise great entry, especially for just a couple hours work.
Jun 19, 2017 Dewey Newt
  1. And Take a Seat in the Sofa
    OneUp
  2. Pulling on the Hearth Strings
    Trism

Quick voting, I'll try to post some feedback in the compo thread.

Both arrangements are good. I'm going with OneUp here for the varied instrumentation.