Larsec - Commando (Orchestral - Compo Edition)

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Arranged by:
Larsec Remixer
Member profile:
Lars Erhardt Christensen (larsec)
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Rob Hubbard
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Duration:
6:07
Released:
10/12/2002
Charts position:
148. in the year 2002
3422. in all-time charts
Score:
68%
Story
This one was done in 2-3 days in a program I had never worked with before… and you can hear that. For personal reasons I really wanted to be in the compo and with the short time I had to do it in the result suffered. I like the ideas and some of the parts turned out well. I'm over-all happy with it although I could have used another week to work on details and mastering (which is not present whatsoever)…
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dmtm shouts:
Very nice orchestral version! Remeber the track is verygood made! I remeber it so well!
wavedancer shouts:
I love orchestral versions. This tune is one of the best on this site.
omoroca shouts:
Fortunately the title says that this is supposed to sound orchestral, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed. "Hommage to old MIDI sound cards" would've been a better title, though.
Zilog shouts:
Very Mike Oldfield inspired, I believe (Ommadawn or other works of that era) - quite nice
T-Tracker shouts:
Ye, it's good...
Review by LaLa
04/02/2003

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I've heard so many remixes of the various Commando tunes, I lost count. This one starts very slow with a single wind instrument playing the lead of the hi- score tune - a very nice piece of remix. Then it switches to the main theme with a more grandiose style. High marks for choosing a SID tune that doesn't lend itself naturally to the symphonic treatment, but except for a few inspired spots (which are mostly where the choir is audible) I find the arrangement crooked and somewhat misdirected. Also, most of the instruments are panned dead center which sounds especially unnatural in a symphonic piece.