MvC 2 - Character Select (MnP73)

Votes (4)

May 19, 2017 hoboka
  1. Messy Ride
    Starphoenix
  2. Ride of your life
    Dex
  3. Singling out the Impersonator
    APZX
Starpheonix - I enjoyed this one the most. Yeah the mix is a bit ehhh, but I loved that you had the "Take you for a ride" - and lots of kick ass FX and stuff. Actually, this has a sort of Street Fighter Alpha 3 aesthetic to it, which makes it feel VERY Capcommy, so yeah, I guess the nostalgia factor coupled with a fairly decent soundscape lands this in 1st place for me.

Dex - Cool rock adaptation with jiving rock-organs and all the other works, I liked. It was tied with APZX's entry essentially, but unfortunately I can't make you BOTH 2nd place, so I made the call and chose "Ride of your life" as 2nd. Loved the brass - kicking it into double time ALMOST made this not MnP, but I'll forgive it this time, as I like having the mood and pacing retained, but ehhh, it's cool.

APZX - Certainly the best mixed and produced of all 3, but the soundscape wasn't quite clicking like Dex's and Starpheonix's for me, really this comes down to subjectivity sadly. "Singling out the Impersonator" is in and of itself a very well balanced and well produced track - I could be wildly off base, as this track certainly has a good shot at being 1st place.
May 20, 2017 Dex
  1. Messy Ride
    Starphoenix
  2. Singling out the Impersonator
    APZX

I had a really hard time deciding which of these two to rank first. They were neck and neck for me, and I appreciated different things about each one.

For APZX's entry I liked the added melodies and the flow of the arrangement, although some of the instruments used sounded a little harsh to me.

For Starphoenix's arrangement I liked the turntable usage, vocals, breaks, and overall chill vibe. The light xylophone(ish?) instrument was a nice touch. I know you didn't have a lot of time to work on it, but it would have been nice to have a more coherent ending.
May 20, 2017 Trism
  1. Ride of your life
    Dex
  2. Singling out the Impersonator
    APZX
  3. Messy Ride
    Starphoenix
APZX - There were very few low frequency sounds in this track; everything seemed to be stuck in the mid/high range. As such the hi-hats tend to get lost in the mix a fair bit. Saying that though the track itself is very cool; an 80's synth-fest!

Dex - Using a lead guitar for the vocal line is an excellent idea and it works very well for the first section, however when the second section kicks in it could have used a tone change to match the new 'genre', same goes for the third. Overall though I enjoyed the energy of this one.

Starphoenix - Ooooh scratching samples! Always a welcome addition to a mix. Playing pretty fast and loose with the source material here, remember this is MnP and not PRC. A nice take on the piece overall though.

May 20, 2017 APZX
  1. Ride of your life
    Dex
  2. Messy Ride
    Starphoenix

Well it basically came down to intrepetation and really Dex got it. Though really for me his last push was a bit disjointed sounding. Pheonix did good too, but overall I felt that it was kind of like my remix in that it didn't really push much beyond the original. Not that there was a lot to really push lol.