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Title: Mostar bridge
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Artist: T.Kuusniemi
Genre: World: Other
Reviewed by: TwiTerror on September 13, 2007 (All reviews by TwiTerror)

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1Overall Description
If you're looking for a professionally written and produced score, you need go no further. Mostar Bridge is an excellent score for a film or game setting, although it's not something I'd expect to get more than a few plays from.

The artist does a novel job of creating a beautiful and mysterious atmosphere that extends through the length of the piece. There is a wonderful use of oriental instruments sewn into this orchestral mix too, which isn't too unfamiliar but is still fresh. The production is also very sound, using a professional sample library to achieve a realistic and desirable sound. The realism alone sets this piece above many other orchestral mixes heard in the community, and is on par in this community with the work of TiLT and 8bitstrawberry. Good work, and a good listen.
 
2Creativity Description
You can't expect anything too creative or boundary pushing in this piece of music, but you should expect what you came for. This is a wonderful score for a soundtrack production, with subtle melodies and a very new-age classical/world flare. There is a certain repetition in the piece, lying in the percussion line and progression, but it is enough to get the job done. There are a few exciting variations, but for the most part new melodies appear to be stacked on the same progression over time. While this might seem distasteful, it is excellently executed with enough variation in the secondary and tertiary layers to keep this piece constantly moving.

Again, don't expect anything groundbreaking, but do expect an extremely pleasant listen that won't get boring too quickly. It's not something that I won't mind keeping, but I doubt I'll have it on repeat again anytime soon.
 
3Arrangement Description
The arrangement here is simply superb. Things are left subtle with a fairly simple orchestration that has the piece moving and quite open. The spacing of the instruments leaves a lot of room for the instruments to breath and present their timbres. Musically, this arrangement is spot on, which later leads to excellent mixing potential (all good mixes must have great musical arrangements).

Things do get a little boring in the progression, as a listener, but would do quite well in a film or game setting, as it's intended. This is an example of a score doing what it's designed to, and not be something more. Good work.
 
4Sound Quality Description
The quality of the instruments in this piece of music is phenomenal. Although it isn't difficult to pick out that this is a digitally recorded piece of music, especially in the solo violin sample, the quality remains superb. A lot of detail was spent tweaking the various volumes and swells that exist throughout this piece, which adds a spectacular amount of realism, right into the crescendos and ending.

Finally, the mixing is spot on. All of the instruments sit very well in their frequency pools; although most of this is do the open nature of the arrangement. All said and done, the sound quality is something I'd expect from a professional soundtrack. Well done.
 
Comments
Sep 14 2007 9:01 am
by Mooma
Nice review. Your analysis of this piece is quite extensive and I would second most of what you've stated!