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Artura(Dublin Delight Mix) feat. Andreas Wallström - arranged by Makke

Review by mfe, 02/08/2005

I love a good celtic/gaelic ditty, and this one does the job well. Makke has taken a SID with promise and delivered with a somewhat original little song that I could hear being sung in a tavern or two.



I was a little disappointed with some of the transitions, and I was dying to hear an authentic fiddle in there somewhere take the main theme and do something marvelous with it; I feel the piece lacks something as a result, and the ending doesn't feel quite right, but that's just my personal take on the matter.



A good piece, to be sure
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Rastan - arranged by Glyn R Brown

Review by mfe, 10/06/2005

Just the choir sample in this was unfortunately cheesy. Everything else in this is about as faultless as it gets. Brilliant sense of orchestration and a wonderful flair for the dramatic makes this a keeper, and fully deserving of the No. 1 position in the ranks.

I would love to hear this piece remastered with a more faithful choir sample. When everything else is so brilliant, it sticks out like a sore thumb, or like a mole would on the Mona Lisa.

Kudos all the way!
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Great Giana Sisters - arranged by machinae supremacy

Review by mfe, 10/06/2005

I'll start with the bad: I'm not a rock/metal fan.

That said, I can say that this arrangement smacks of professionalism, a brilliant sense of timing and creativity, mixing skills that rival most if not all commercial outfits and studios, and actually got me nodding my head along to a familiar SID.

Hats off to machinae supremacy…
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Ghouls n Ghosts (The Errant Ghost) - arranged by load_error

Review by mfe, 08/06/2005

I actually like this piece. It blends industrial and electronic in a style that is reminiscent of Jarre's "Miss Moon" and "Rendez-Vous V/VI". The original SID is repetative in nature, and this arrangement reflects that while developing upon the original idea.

I don't mind the lack of any real lead tune; it's an ambient/atmospheric piece to my ear, something perfectly suited to backing a video collage or a piece of arthouse post-modern cinematography.

For the most part it is well constructed, though the percussion balance is inappropriately loud in places. What I feel is missing is a coheseive bass sound to complement the percussion, even if it were something so simple as a pedal drone with the appropriately grungy feeling to it. The breaks in the "melody" are well timed, but the transitions could be better effected to lead from one to the other; as they stand now, they are a little too short, and are more jarring than Jarre-ing (if you'll excuse the pun).

It just misses out of a red from me for the aforementiond reasons, but it's still very much worth the download for me. Kudos!
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