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nilmind · 04-22-2007, 11:25 AM

Heh, which of the dozen versions are you referring to?

Anyway, I'll admit that Look to the Sky is a nice song, but I've always felt it kind of over rated. My favorites by him are actually the 2 ANDROMEDA's and The Hope of Tomorrow, which I believe to be underappreciated in themselves.

As for the songs-sounding-similar thing, I actually find them very easy to differentiate. I can't think of any two songs by him that sound similar aside from ANDROMEDA and ANDROMEDA II, which was intentional (okay, I just thought of Rise'n Beauty and LttS, but still). I believe that saying that they sound alike just because they're all synthesizers is just like saying that all piano songs sound alike, or all violin songs sound alike, etc (in context, that's like saying Scorpion Fire and fffff sound alike). I believe that he's able to create a good variety of different moods despite his limited use of instruments, but that's just me.

As for his non-synthesizer stuff, there's a whole world of difference. That's not necessarily a good thing though. Case in point: Forever Sunshine.

04-22-2007, 11:25 AM	#3
nilmind //bemanistyle::[Regular] nilmind is offline Join Date: Aug 2006 nilmind's Collection Posts: 1,333 Marketplace Rating: 0	Heh, which of the dozen versions are you referring to? Anyway, I'll admit that Look to the Sky is a nice song, but I've always felt it kind of over rated. My favorites by him are actually the 2 ANDROMEDA's and The Hope of Tomorrow, which I believe to be underappreciated in themselves. As for the songs-sounding-similar thing, I actually find them very easy to differentiate. I can't think of any two songs by him that sound similar aside from ANDROMEDA and ANDROMEDA II, which was intentional (okay, I just thought of Rise'n Beauty and LttS, but still). I believe that saying that they sound alike just because they're all synthesizers is just like saying that all piano songs sound alike, or all violin songs sound alike, etc (in context, that's like saying Scorpion Fire and fffff sound alike). I believe that he's able to create a good variety of different moods despite his limited use of instruments, but that's just me. As for his non-synthesizer stuff, there's a whole world of difference. That's not necessarily a good thing though. Case in point: Forever Sunshine. Last edited by nilmind : 04-22-2007 at 11:33 AM.