djpretzel Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arek the Absolute Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Bahah first review. Interesting song, but it works. Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mac Attack Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 A nice listen - I've never played Tetris Attack so I can't say there's a familiarity for me there. However, it really reminds me of Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens. Seems like a very subtle ReMix in the original there. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 This is bitchin' Tweek. Lots of atmosphere to this. I love the drum work as usual. Pretty different from your other stuff as there are pretty much no synths, which I wasn't expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised for sure . More! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHz Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 About fucking time OCR gets a Tetris Attack mix. Grabbed this first from R:TS, and I'm glad to see it made it here too. Perc's good stuff, as a few of the Js hit on. Such a delightfully over-the-top take on the final stage theme. <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Nice stuff Tweek. The best thing about this song is all the variation and give and take between each instrument. It makes an otherwise repetative melody not so repetative. Awesome drums and atmosphere. The drums even rip through the soundscape at low volumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman DX Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 The song is a mixture of percussion inspired from Tan Dun and orchestration from Klaus Badelt. Man, is that true! I can hear both, plain as day - and what a pleasant blend of seemingly amalgomous ingredients. Even though I am unfamiliar with the source piece, the end result is knock-you-on-your-back dramatic and blessedly lacking of the abused atonal high strings in most pieces of similar genre and mood. The melody is there, and the harmony is supportive. This piece has all the good stuff - a quality submission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ness757 Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 This mix surprised me. I didn't expect to like it when I downloaded it, but I love it. It has sort of an Arabic sound to it, which makes me think of Aladdin instead of Tetris. I'm not complaining, though. 8.5/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakthielbar Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Wow. I didn't know what to expect when listening to this, but when it got started I was amazed. Probably the first clever over-dramatic symphonic super film style arrangement I've heard of a video game tune. In fact, this piece is very well done. There's a lot of originality in this. I'm not too keen on the ending, though. It's too abrupt, but that's probably just my desire to hear more speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Instrumental Light Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 very interesting, in the begining of the song it has a scary, mysterious theme(which it keeps throughout the song)and its quality is very premium(it sounds similar to a movie soundtrack theme). essentially, i can see why the judges passed it. very good job! -The Lone Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villainelle Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 This is like what Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon would have been like if they hit each other with huge foam tetris blocks instead of swords. /nicework Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratto Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I remember despising the music to Tetris Attack, mostly because I had a roommate that played it for a few days almost non-stop. This pretty much killed my hatred for the game and I broke out the SNES to play it. I also really like the panic ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady zelda Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Ahh, this bring back old memories. But this time, the music has grown up. You've turned it into something truly serious and suspenseful and you never let up as you continue to build your idea up to 3:15 where things really pick up. This sounds like something straight out of a good RPG dungeon where you explore and finally get to the boss battle. Great work and don't stop mixing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweex Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 But do I hear an incredibly overdriven FL keys organ at around 3:00-ish? Considering this track was made in Reason, I doubt it. To be honest, I'm not even sure what you're referring to . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 Nice work. It really does have a movie-score-ish atmosphere to it, and I can definitely see why you would associate the music of the far east with it. However, the first point I mentioned is also the song's weak point. Movie scores (usually) tend to stay in the background, improving the atmosphere. For a stand alone song, however, this doesn't really work. What I want to say is that I really miss some kind of climax in this one. Which is really sad, considering that the drums had a lot of potential for some mad crescendo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBubba Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 This was fantastic! I'm a huge Tetris Attack/Panel de Pon fan (barely edged out the beloved darling in a best-of-9 brudge match yesterday) and when I saw that this was a remix of the final boss stage, I couldn't imagine how anyone could get anything out of the original music, which is very mediocre compared to the rest of the tunes in this game. But wow -- this really does have that ancient-China vibe going. Love it. Now how about remixing the Phoenix (Magikoopa? First boss) and Selene (can't remember the TA name; lunar background) music? Those are great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted March 29, 2007 Share Posted March 29, 2007 I'm not actually farmiliar with the song, but I really like what you did, it's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 The production on this is really nice, with several levels of texture , and plenty of space for them all to peek through. The sound is nicely balanced, and the space is well defined through panning. Some of the woodwinds and piano seemed to be a bit mechanical in regards to the velocity and could have been smoothed out, most noticeably the flute during it's 8th note run at 1:54, but that things sounded nicely organic. The layered percussion was excellent. Interpretation was very strong and personalized, with some really good additions to the source. Theme and variations can oftentimes get drawn out, but everything here is kept exciting throughout the instruments, and the varied intensity is a big reason. Ending was great, it was a very satisfying and exciting finish. Recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucentas Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hah, I'm such a sucker for Eastern-influenced orchestra work... This one is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supan00b Posted July 6, 2010 Share Posted July 6, 2010 I literally yelled out "OH SHIT!" at 1:51 Great great stuff here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmiduke Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Woah, very out-of-left-field approach to this one. Always a good thing. I liked the Eastern instrumentation a lot more than the grander, symphonic stuff just because the Eastern stuff sounded a little more authentic, or at least more distinct from similar, better samples out there today. Horns and strings didn't really sell me on the mix, whereas the woodwinds and percussion really did. So it's definitely not a consistently impressive mix, and yet its perfectly competent and easy to listen to. I appreciate what's been done with tempo and arrangement, but this is ultimately a debut mix that fails to break through the ceiling of 'not-badness'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Doom Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 This is what I call a serious debut. The blend of eastern-inspired percussion and symphonic elements is genial. It just sounds like a piece from the OST of a film about war or other conflict. The section at 1:51 was very unexpected, but welcome. Love the flute. Very strong stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate McCloud Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The transition from the normal version to the panic version made the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. Very nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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