Is the piece you're going to remake adventures of a lost clown? Still the best in your catalogue by far?
I love solo violin. The soundfont is honestly pretty decent, though idk why it's sliding everywhere. This is honestly more intense than the original with the lower brass sounds and all. I just have a criticism at 1:16: I don't think that should be solo violin. That should be an entire violin section. Just my opinion.
The following part really hammers up the intensity with the bass drum hits and I'm not really sure what the drumkit you used was but it fits so well. Side note I really love how 2:12 feels like it could be the ending, but ending it there would be unsatisfying. Nice work leaving us wanting more and delivering. The main melody in the vocaloid (now mixed with more reverb LMAO) is similar to the original which is really neat. The major key switchup threw me off guard, lol. I wasn't expecting that. Just before we get to the ending, I just wanted to mention that 3:33 really reminded me of that one part in warbird for some reason, and also the ending to a really old song of mine called papers please remix. I'm not sure it fits super well here just before the flutes come in (just like the original, lol).
You've worked a ton on the ending. Let's see how it sounds. Well, the beginning of it sounds very familiar indeed. I would argue maybe a little too familiar; I can barely tell the difference at first. It is mixed better, I'll give you that. I think the chords might be different, a little more complex. You can really start hearing that when the strings come in. I'll give it a pass because it does develop in a very different way. The final climax hits! And boy does it hit hard. At first I'm like "ok sounds like standard tangerine stuff here" but then the VERY end hits and I get shivers. By the very end I mean exactly at 4:48 (that final chord) to the end. Goosebumps. Idk why, but it hits really hard. The soft piano probably does a lot of favors for you there. This is a big improvement on the original. The decision to switch to solo violin at the end I think helped that section a ton.
I still think a full violin section could've been nice during the louder sections. When the solo violin plays, it needs to be solo, you know what I mean? The erratic vibrato is probably why I think it doesn't really fit in the choruses too much. The overtones get all drowned out and all you can hear is the wobble. This is particularly apparent at 4:37 to me. Imagine if you brought that line to the trumpet or something in the final chorus and THEN had the solo violin come back for one last reprise in the outro. I feel like that could be even more cathartic.
One last incredibly minor criticism I have is the very very last note; it ends so abruptly and could've been held longer. Not sure why I even mentioned that, but I did notice it so now it's in the review. Yay.
Welp, I think I'm caught up with your music, let me go check. This is a really nice expansion on the original tbh. It's so uplifting. The major key switchup is so glorious and is definitely my favorite part.
Edit: forgot about the pumpkin king one.