Reviews for OOTHQ: Gerudo Valley

[RandomX2]

Very Nice!

Excellent job with the song.

The introduction felt a bit stretched the first time I listening to it. I know it was supposed to be a bit of a subtle opening before the main theme, but coupled with the low-volume instruments early on the intro felt a bit weak. After listening to it a couple times, though, it's grown on me. So I guess it turned out decent.

I have next to no knowledge of different instruments, and how beats should work, but I know what I like and dislike. Although I really liked this piece overall, there was an instrument in the background that was ruining it for me (I don't even know the name; it was kind of like a cymbal and it was being used to keep the beat, like a drum. It was generally the same loop over and over again).

It starts playing around 1:05, and it sounds perfectly fine there (It has a beat of: "One, One, One, One-Two"). About 10 seconds in though, the same loop starts becoming a bit choppy. There should be some leftover noise from the 'striking' of the instrument, but it cuts off suddenly from time to time. It started irritating my ears after a while, even though it was nothing more than background beat. I'm hoping that was my speakers, and if it was disregard this =\

On the upside, I liked the points in which two instruments played the main theme at once (i.e. 1:27) to give that echo-ish effect, and I thought that whole bit at the end was great. You clearly know how to make good music, and you definitely did justice to the original GV theme. Excellent work, as per usual.

Hoeloe responds:

The cymbal you are describing is an open hi-hat. The cutting off sound is often made with this cymbal by closing it. It is intentional that it does this, because it is definately possible. With other cymbals, the sound is often cut off by simply grabbing the cymbal to deaden it's movement. These sounds do happen, and it was not a mistake.

Thanks for the review though, I always like to read people's opinions, especially if they have an issue to bring up.

[Cam3leon]

Almost better than ZREO

Seriously dude, great job on the mixes. This one sounds especially funky :)

Keep it up, and do you think you can do The Temple of Time next?

[jamesadalpiaz]

Love it!

OMG! So awesome. Love the violin (i play viola) at the beginning and throughout. Trumpet could use a little less reverb. Love it when things start to rock. Ambiance in the beginning is a nice touch and the guitar is just right. Keep it up!

[SoliniaOnline]

Its good...

But nowhere near the caliber of Zelda ReOrchestrated song. Check out zreomusic.com to see what I'm talking about.

Hoeloe responds:

I know ZREO quite well. I do very much like their music, however, they do tend to copy the tracks exactly as they appear in the games. I try to put a slightly original spin on each one, rather than just upping the sound quality.

[Cosmoseth]

Everything is great but...

that damn drum loop! This isnt dnb! lmao find something a little more suttle. :)

Hoeloe responds:

It's not DNB, no, but the drums are not either. They are actually rock percussion, there are subtle differences between the genres of percussion. I chose rock percussion for this over classical, because in the original game, Gerudo Valley's music really gave the impression of being separate to the rest of Hyrule. It did this by using a different form of percussion, and a guitar as the main instrument. Since I rewrote the percussion, and cut down on the usage of the guitar, I decided to use another style of percussion, and went with rock drums, because not only do they fit a guitar, but they also work well with classical instruments on occasion.

Also, it allowed me to add to the punch at 1:03.