Yeah pianos can be notorious for it.
'Not having an end goal kind of shows' hah..harsh, bro!
I don't think it's that bad. But I certainly agree it's hard to create an arrangment around the pre-existing Oddysee tracks. The biggest reason for that I think is not due to their simplistic nature, but the fact that each develop in accordance to specific gameplay mechanics. So the chase theme, for example, has that tension loop that occurs when you're waiting just out of sight or reach of a Scrab/slog. Now that doesn't happen in the ripped/released versions of any of the tracks, obviously because they are set arrangments that constantly loop, instead of developing. I mean, listening to the AO chase music is actually extremely dull xD It's only so epic when put into the moment during the game, where it can develop and vary depending on what's kicking off on-screen
The same applies for the temple themes, and ESPECIALLY Paramonia...man is that a borefest to listen to on it's own
Not to mention, the 'Slig action' music and similar also plays alongside or instead of the main tracks. Point being that they're hard to write arrangments for because there are no real music tracks as such. Just a bunch of loops that in-game are linked together and switched on and off at various times. ...so for all of those reasons, that's why I can't take it entirely seriously. It's all some fan-loving fun ¦DD I mean, hell, the video itself took me twice as long to cut and put together haha - much in part cos Windows Movie Maker blows (normally use Vegas on my main comp).
I do intend to make some of my own, certainly. In that introduction, that pulsing electronic noise sounds almost identical to the one used in Exoddus, so I wanna do something with those kind of sounds
And finally, regarding the intro...I'm gonna keep it
It's not so bewildering that when the actual music commences a viewer is gonna say "screw this" or anything. And these videos are expectedly going to get a very small number of views...most will be people who have watched others. The aim isn't really to reach out and get thousands of views cos that's just not gonna happen :P
So they're staying! AIGHT!?
Cheers man,
Oz