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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Arrangement | #3 | 4.625 | 4.625 |
| Quality | #6 | 4.375 | 4.375 |
| Impression | #11 | 4.063 | 4.063 |
| Overall | #11 | 4.156 | 4.156 |
| Creativity | #34 | 3.563 | 3.563 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Submission type
Covers & Remixes
Name of the game/anime/film the soundtrack is from
Final Fantasy VIII
The title of the original piece(s)/song(s)
The Extreme
Name of the original composer(s)/artist(s)
Nobuo Uematsu
Description
Shamefully, I've never actually gotten far enough into FFVIII to hear this song in context (it's on my to-do list along with about 5000 other games) - my first exposure to it was via the amazing arrangement of it that's featured in FFXIV's Eden raids.
I really like both versions, so for my jam entry I tried to make an arrangement that's a bit of a hybrid - the realistic orchestration from FFXIV, mixed with the prog-rock vibes of the original PS1 track. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :)
I made this track in Ableton Live with a load of third-party VSTs and Kontakt libraries (see the project page for a full list).
I think the main thing I learned from working on it was the benefit of keeping the recording/arranging phase of a project seperate from the mixing phase. In the past I've tried to do everything all at once, and it usually leads to me getting bogged down in the minutiae of tweaking EQs instead of actually writing music! Funnily enough, I feel like this made the track easier to mix in the end as well, as I'd picked sounds that fit together without processing instead of trying to force things to work.
Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/17cupsofcoffee/the-extreme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKdJMw21dOg
SoundCloud & YouTube Official Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/17cupsofcoffee/the-extreme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKdJMw21dOg
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Comments
The metric modulation after about a minute and a half caught me off-guard and threw me from relaxing build up into battle mode! I loved hearing the violins skittering along in the background under the rock rhythm, synths, and rock organ! I think this is very well done and should be used in a future Final Fantasy game. Great work and thank you for sharing!
This comment made my morning, thank you :)
Great job on the transitions and the orchestration!
Thanks!
This was very fun to listen to! I always love when a song has different distinct-sounding parts that still mesh well together.
Thank you! The contrast between the intro and the rest of the song is one of my favourite things about the original, I'm glad I was able to make that work here too :)
Very nice mix of orchestral and rock! Good sound and mixing!
Thank you!
Very good.
It's immersive and well layered with appropriate instrumentation.
Thanks!
This is really good! I can tell just by listening how much work you put into this, and it really pays off :)
Thank you :)
Wow! This sounds amazing all around! Really well done!
Thanks :)
Fantastic sounding cover! Really impressed with everything overall from the quality of the instruments to the layering, to the transitions. Everything sounds really clean!
Thank you!