The Extreme

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This is my submission for RMX Jam! It's a cover of 'The Extreme' by Nobuo Uematsu, the final boss theme from Final Fantasy VIII.

Shamefully, I've never actually gotten far enough into that game to hear the 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 :)

Gear used:

• DAW: Ableton Live
• Drums:
  • GGD Modern and Massive
    
  • Stock Ableton samples
• Bass and synths:
  • Cherry Audio DCO-106
  • Sonic Bloom Mellotron
  • Stock Ableton sounds
• Guitar:
  • Fender Telecaster
  • Neural DSP Archetype Nolly
  • GGD Studio Cabs: Cali Oversized Edition
• Piano: Addictive Keys
• Orchestra: Audio Imperia Nucleus