I listen to a lot of solo piano recordings, recorded in European halls so I certainly appreciate the distance and darkness of the style, but in this case it's overboard and lacking in too much detail. This explains the lofi/distant sounding piano that's lacking in any shimmer. It sounds like it's overreverbed/recorded poorly with far mics. The production here though is too problematic for me. I'd like to hear some more dynamics in this type of piece, but that's personal taste. There are moments where the flourishes are gorgeous. As JJT mentioned, the timing is sometimes really disjointed, lacking in performance and flow. I like the arrangement ideas here, but the execution to me feels too spastic.

In any case, I'll be keeping this, but hope to see it resubmitted. I'd be interested in Christian Pacaud's opinion on this given his own sequenced piano mixes. The effort put into making it sound like a live performance is admirable but unfortunately not there yet.Īlong with beefing up some of the thinner spots, refining the smoothness of the performance would give this a much better chance. It's gotta sound smoother, more flowy, more human. I know you guys weren't going for a uniform tempo, but the timing was jerky as you attempted to produce a more human touch with some dynamics. But the main problem for me was that the timing of the 'performance' was mechanical and sluggish the whole way through.

There were some more noticeably thin spots, e.g. Right now the performance sounds empty at times. I like the key change involved here, as well as the arrangement and the atmosphere. Ballsy approach going for a piano arrangement of a piano original. Luckily it all became clear once I was able to snag the source tune and listen more closely. I'd be a liar if I said I could have initially pieced together the connection. The Legend of Zelda ~Takt of Wind~ Original Sound Tracks - 255 'Farewell Hyrule King'ĭarkeSword pointed out that the source is not much more than a piano version of 'Hyrule Castle' from Zelda 3.

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