[SNES] Final Fantasy V - "Ending Theme" (Replacement) by Static

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Submission Information:
Series: Final Fantasy
Game: Final Fantasy V
Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Title: Ending Theme
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Static


Replacement Information:
Links to Existing Sheet: MUS | MIDI | PDF
Replacement Type: Challenge (new arranger)

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[Static]

This is a long one, but there are lots of repeated sections, so it's only about ~4min of original music

Fittingly, this is also the last FFV replacement.

[Latios212]

Fittingly, this is also the last FFV replacement.

Woohoo!

Went through it and it looks pretty good. Just a few small things to comment on:
- You could adjust the spacing in m. 7 slightly so the stem doesn't overlap the top whole note
- m. 20 sounds a bit high compared to everything else around it. Perhaps consider dropping it an octave?
- The cresc. in m. 86 would be extended to the right a bit
- I think the section in m. 107-108 would be easier read in A rather than Bbb...
- Is there supposed to be a circle after the Tempo I in m. 117
- Raise the slur in m. 119 a bit
- Maybe reposition the slur in m. 136 beat 1 a bit so it doesn't go right into the notehead

[Static]

For m20, I think I want to keep it as-is because the line in both hands leads right to m21, and those are the correct octaves in the original (although there is an additional lower one). I just think it flows easier that way. I did add a low D on beat 1 though for some extra weight. And yeah, tempo primo can be written as Tempo I, Tempo I°, or Tempo 1°, and there's probably a bunch of other ways too. I just picked that one.

Everything else has been fixed. I also changed the "with spirit" section to repeat 4 times instead of 3, since that's what it does.

[Latios212]

Alrighty, sounds good! Approved

[mastersuperfan]

Good stuff. m103-106 sounds a lot like Goomba Road from Paper Mario.
- The starting tempo mark could be moved up a bit so it's not so close to the slur and notes. Actually, I think most of your tempo markings would look better moved a bit up.
- The ends of your (de)crescendos should extend a bit further, generally—through the last note they're modifying, not at the left edge of the note. See: m8, m50, etc.
- This is super nitpicky but I would move the "cresc." in m28 a little more to the right.
- m34 RH: natural is a bit close to Layer 1. Up to you whether that's close enough to be worth adjusting...
- Maybe "molto rit." instead of just "rit." in m41 would be helpful because it's such a sudden, drastic slowdown.
- The intersection between the beginning of that slur and the ledger line in m50 looks really weird to me, but I don't know how much you can change it to make it look better.
- m50/51 key change, remove the naturals?
- The dynamic marking in m51 should be moved slightly right and down.
- The mf in m63 is exactly one increment lower than the sfz and it bothers me.
- m63 onward: I feel like you have a really big aversion to using staccato quarter notes here. I think it's fine, but I feel like quarter notes might look better in m79, where the rhythm parallels all the measures that come after it...
- Should the crescendo in m100 be touching the barline? I don't like how it looks but I'm not sure if it's correct if it continues to the next system... Same for m137.
- Any reason why m107/109 beat 2 isn't written in two layers like the other beats?
- Dotted quarter instead of quarter tied eighth for m114 RH beat 1?
- I hear m111/112 RH beat 4 re-articulated instead of tied.
- Continue the crescendo in m115? Not sure if it's easy to notate an "in-progress" crescendo there though...
- Crescendo in m138 and forte in m139 are misaligned.
- In the last three measures, I hear an F in the RH chord as well, but I'm assuming you omitted it intentionally?

[Static]

- The intersection between the beginning of that slur and the ledger line in m50 looks really weird to me, but I don't know how much you can change it to make it look better.

Slurs can go through staff lines, and ledger lines are just extensions of the staff. I didn't really think it was an issue. Edit: I adjusted it a bit

- m63 onward: I feel like you have a really big aversion to using staccato quarter notes here. I think it's fine, but I feel like quarter notes might look better in m79, where the rhythm parallels all the measures that come after it...

I want to be extra clear to the reader that the staccato notes should be extraordinarily light and separated, and that the quarter notes should be held for their full value. I think that having staccato quarter notes alongside unmarked quarter notes can sometimes be ambiguous and throw people off, so I like to be very clear in my articulations.

- Should the crescendo in m100 be touching the barline? I don't like how it looks but I'm not sure if it's correct if it continues to the next system... Same for m137.

Since it continues to the next system, yes.

- Any reason why m107/109 beat 2 isn't written in two layers like the other beats?

Because both layers play a quarter note there. It just streamlines the part a bit.

- Dotted quarter instead of quarter tied eighth for m114 RH beat 1?

Since I beamed the other 8th note rhythms in this section in groups of 2 rather than 4, the way I have it written is more consistent with that.

- I hear m111/112 RH beat 4 re-articulated instead of tied.

I double-checked the original SNES sound file, and that voice is indeed tied there.

- Continue the crescendo in m115? Not sure if it's easy to notate an "in-progress" crescendo there though...

Yeah idk how to do that, so I just put a new crescendo there.

- In the last three measures, I hear an F in the RH chord as well, but I'm assuming you omitted it intentionally?

There is no F, but it appears as an overtone in the timpani part. So yeah I did omit it intentionally.

Everything else has been fixed.

[mastersuperfan]

cool

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