Well, here's something I've been slaving over for nearly a week now, tweaking and perfecting. This is my 'finalized' version, meaning that I've done all I can for now with this piece. I am, of course open to suggestions, though, and I'm already getting feedback from another forum I'm on (A group of Die-Hard FF music fans).

Personally, I think it would make a great title screen theme, but Dev seems to disagree. ;) So let us know what you guys think.

Mind you, this is a 'crap midi,' if you will (hence the 'video-gamey' sound, for which I really apologize). When I make an mp3 version, it will improve the sound drastically (Note this applies to ALL my submissions). However, since the program I use to sequence midi's uses a manuscript score interface, I can keep better track of harmonies, even though quality suffers a bit. I use (believe it or not) MTV Music Generator 2 to create mp3 versions of the stuff I write, and some of the stuff I write with it, I have been unable to convert to a reasonable midi version. But enough of my rambling about my technical problems, the song...

Yeah, I've gotten the obvious comparison to Final Fantasy music already, except none that you've mentioned. I've been told the bells/ low string entrance reminds them of FF VI, actually. Also, I purposely left it a bit 'loose' so that it could accomodate later additions/ subtractions later on. But I also think that on it's own, as a stand alone composition, it is a complete piece, so that if nothing ever came of it that required changes, it wouldn't remain unfinished. So, yeah, if you guys have some thoughts about restructuring, let me know, and I'll crack it open again. Thanks for the honest commentary, though. I really need more of it from people who know their stuff. ;) I don't know enough musicians or gamers who know anything about music. And sorry 'bout the length... =S

I know, but I swear it was complete coincidence. I literally cut and pasted the recorder melody and string harmonies from the other song, cranked the tempo up to 120, and added a snare drum. When I played it back, I said, "Crap, it's the march from the end of FF VII!" But I left it in hopes I could change it enough that it wouldn't sound so similar, but I only half succeded. =S Oh well, at least it's a copy of a GOOD song... :P Thanks for the complement though, I get that about a lot of my works.

The beginning sounds just like something from a movie, but I can't remember which one. I would sware that I've heard it before though. Except for sounding like so much like that movie theme in the beginning it was very good. It's not that I disliked that particular song from whatever movie that was, it's just that, to me, it sounded to be in the same key and have the same tempo. Almost kind of like you just stripped it off the soundtrack put it into midi and threw your name on it. Even though later it did sound completely different, it kept the same feeling and would be very pleasant to listen to while focussing on other things, like playing a game.

Good job, keep it up.

BTW what program do you use for your midi work?