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Old 13th September 2005, 06:20 PM
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Thoughts on full HEAVEN single ^_^

HEAVEN in full quality is MUCH nicer. The low sound quality of the PV made the transition from quiet to more dramatic WAY too awkward. And the train sound was just icky.

Will is wonderful. The chorus is probably the best part in my opinion but the rest of it is really nice too. My only complaint is the synthesized traditional-sounding instrument in the intro. It's too synthed. Her voice sounds the best it's ever sounded here, it REALLY does.

the orchestral version of alterna... well.. It doesn't sound like they tried to write music that matched up to the vocals at all o_O there's no harmony between her vocals and the orchestra at all. More time definitely needed to be spent on this.

The piano version of HEAVEN, on the other hand, really is lovely. Her vocals probably should have been re-recorded, as at times she sounds a bit overly dramatic next to the piano, but the piano part itself was VERY nicely done (by the talented shingo kobayashi so i'm not surprised. He's responsible for the arrangements of teddy bear, LOVE ~Destiny~, and A Song for XX "030213 Session #2" as well as the acoustic orchestra version of M. He also did the piano version of Moments but i think this one is far better.)

I haven't listened to the instrumentals yet but all i can say is... utagoe users, vocal tracks please! XD! (especially for Will. I LONG for a vocal track of Will. ^_^)
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