Mustin - Final Fantasy VI - The Atomizer

[2000] http://www.Mustin.net

This is my second video game remix. And I think it's a pretty big departure from what I first did. I was still pretty new with digital music. And back then, I had very limited resources, and I think I was a bit more creative. I really wanted to capture the way this game made me feel, especially when I first reached the Atma Weapon. It must have been three in the morning on a school nite, having played since I first got the game very early that previous morning. Chocolate wrappers everywhere and I became delirious. When I first ran into the monster, I stood up - I had not seen an enemy take up this much of a screen before. Anyway, in my arrangement, I used a lot of audio samples and played live guitar and saxophone. The guitar took me 76 takes. The saxophone took 3 [laughs]. Can you guess which I'm used to playing?

People still talk about this arrangement to this day. Back then, I'm pretty sure it was very unique having a remixer playing two different live instruments, using the in-game sound effects, and creating an audio drama to accompany the arrangement. Today it's a little dated, but still fun. I'm glad people enjoy this song and can identify with the feelings I was trying to capture. The Atma Weapon ended up not being very hard, but I died out of shock and fear the first time. No matter. It makes for a good arrangement material!

(Video by Chris Serani)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• final fantasy vi
• final fantasy 6
• final fantasy 3
• atma weapon
• nobuo uematsu
• floating continent
• final fantasy music
• mustin

[MrMustin]

Glad to hear it, guys!

-m

[Hey55zeus]

Love it!

[potatofarmgirl]

This gets bonus points from me for having a Daffy Duck sample. Perfect.

[ronansensei4]

This is classic.

A friend gave me this remix ages ago and I love it.

[PatMan335]

I like this one a lot!