>>37537349Well, here it comes another boring wall of text then.
In this case it's pretty noticeable right at the startup. Notice in the original version, the entrance (the first seven seconds) is accompanied by a bell that gives the whole piece a sense of "ancestrality" (don't know how to define the feel). During these first 7 seconds, the trumpets of the main melody are quite low, in contrast with the high pitch of the bell, which helps to keep both instruments separated and avoid "getting into the each other's way", so to speak.
It isn't until that that startup is finished, at the 7s mark, that these low trumpets are replaced with higher ones, because the bell is already done.
Now go to the remaster. The bell is still there, and you don't need a lot of effort to notice it honestly, but here's the key: the trumpets used in the startup of the first 7 seconds are so high that they get mixed up.
Not only that, but in fact there's not even a switch between low trumpets and high trumpets on the 7s mark. That's already an important difference compared to the first one. The breakup between the startup and the continuation is missing in the remaster, since the instrument they use is the same, so that buildup at the beginning is less distinct.
And after the buildup, the trumpets continue so high and dominant that I can hardly hear the rest of the background melodies and tones, which at least is not a problem for me with the original.
Seriously, just listen to the first one for the clear switch of low-high between the trumpets at 0:07. For some reason that is missing on the remaster, and it fucks up the contrast with the bell.
I know all of this is nitpicky as fuck, but again my point is that you can find the same exact mistakes all through the remastered OST. And the fact the new tracks don't actually suffer from those problems is very interesting: I guess that says that the talent is still there, it's just adapting old music to new soundfonts where they had problems.
