OCR00881 - A Boy and His Blob 'Cyborg Blobby'

[Disco Dan]

A Boy and his Blob 'Cyborg Blobby'

If I had any sound on my computer I'd give this a raving or stinking review and post it here, but seeing as that's not the case, I'll just put this here so the rest of you "Boy and his Blob" and Mazedude fans can post your reviews. Tell me if it's good... I hate feeling crippled...

DC

[ella guro]

One word...ok, two words: Fucking awesome. I love this remix...I love the "electronic noises" that are just txt and exe files loaded as samples. Somehow, the remix as a whole manages to fit the feel of the odd game (because this was a game that was VERY odd) with a catchy theme. My favorite part, I think, would be 1:53. It's kind of empty for a bit and the lead instrument seems to have a bit of trouble playing the theme - it's just...awesome! And then it sounds real cool when it goes all crazy after that. Towards the end, the creative improvistation and the little addition of the little arpeggio from the game is just perfect. It eventually morphs into the ending, after some neat sound effects. The ending does sound a bit different from the rest of the mix - but is a PERFECT closer for this type of crazy and werid remix.

I think Mazedude does it much better when he's doing crazy and fun stuff - and in my opinion, this is his best. But I have very odd preferences...

[ziwtra]

Digression: I'm reminded of a one hour compo where one fellow's samplepack had been corrupted. Instead of giving up, he loaded them up and went ahead with his entry. It was really rather hilarious at the time.

Now then! Mazedude has done just what should be done with crazy nonsense samples: mix it with crazy nonsense music. And of course, what else to do with it than throw in all the tracker scene-esque tricks: arpeggio effects, blips and blops and note cuts all over the place.

Truly well done. What I *would* like to hear from Mazedude next is maybe some IDM. Telefon Tel Aviv style : )


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[the biz]

IDM?? Ugh....althought I could see him pulling it off rather well...

I'm a big fan of his stuff, because it always tends to be unconventional. I like that kind of music or style. For instance, I LOVED Trippin' on Alligators from Bayou Billy. I loved the happy industrial feel this has to it. Keep 'em coming man.

[m68030]

Happy Industrial, hm? The idea fills me with awe and terror. As always
Mazedude provides solid souding and creative stuff. I'd be interested in
knowing just what all data went into the creation of this. I remember
a mod way back when that featured a few instruments that were .IFF
format images of himself and his friends. Interesting stuffs.

[mDuo13]

Okay... weird. Awesome. My respect for Mazedude has just gone up TWO notches. Incredible use of nonsense samples with pretty bad original music, and somehow it IS "Happy Industrial". Scary. Get it. Definitely one of the "Whoa, that's weird. I love it!" songs on the site (see Alexander Prievert's Shadowman 64 'DeadsideDance' also...)

[Simoom]

Crazy, you never cease to amaze Mazedude. Never heard crap sound so good. now, back to making more songs with you :P

[Dyne]

I have to be honest here, this is absolutely awesome. From the get-go, this mix is just truely a work of art. It's making my wrapping Christmas gifts much more fun to do because of the playful nature of the music.

Nothing but samples from the game, huh? Stuff that wasn't meant to be there, but still was?

Mazedude has amazed me with how he's brought this all together. It's truely an amazing job well done and I hope to hear more remixes that just have the kind of fun Mazedude had with this one.

[Sammich]

Nice work. Am I the only person on Earth who likes the music for this game? Sure, it's repetitive, but it's still fun.

[Woffester]

I liked the music, when maze IMed me about it I was like, why don't people like it? I loved the music! Good job mazey

[Dev]

Boy and his Blob...boy, do I have memories of playing that game. To this day, I still can't beat the damn game. Always die in the fucking factory...oh yes, I have a review to write. :D This remix is killer. Mazedude has an incredible amount of talent. You will download this now.

[Evilhead]

Awesome!!! This is my new favorite OC Remix. Truely one of the most creative and well-executed game ReMixes I've heard! Can't stop listening to it. A surface of noise reveals endless depth. Great variations throughout the mix; electrofunkyteknogamelovenoise. Tight breaks, and a nice ending, too. It IS ironic that you use a game with "bad" music and noisy file-randomness and craft it into this masterpeice! It just shows what you can do with talent and creativity. Great job Mazedude!! 11.

[Marduk]

Visionary

5 out of 5 stars for absolute creativity.

[dj*lilith]

You are genius.

[Tappy]

It's like... a beautiful sculpture made of used beer cans and banana peels. And I mean that in a good way. The theme from A Boy and His Blob has to be one of the most uninteresting songs in the history of videogames, but Mazedude makes it interesting. It's all the nonsense sounds I think. If someone tried to remix this song with typical samples, I don't think it would work, because the original song is such trash. But here, it works great.

:gives Mazedude a ketchup-flavored jellybean:

[Daikun]

I quote from a certain Pinky and The Brain episode that perfectly describes this ReMix: "It's fantastically amazing!"

Usually, I'm not much of a fan of "mechanical" music (or whatever that genre is called) myself, because the overuse of the "metal-clanking-in-a-factory" sound breaks my eardrums after a while, but Mazedude put in a nice, equal blend of 80s remix-type sounds, videogame noises, and piano tunes throughout the song. This formula bonds them together yet keeps them away from each other at the same time. That's the part I like best about this ReMix. I also liked the slow piano solo at the end.

What was supposed to be a "mad, twisted experiment" turned out to be so much more. Thanks, Mazedude! You've made one of the best ReMixes I've ever heard on this great site. :)

[sgx]

Probably the most creative thing I've heard in a long time. It all fits together so well. Congrats. Awesome ending. Damn. Good.

[CXI]

Amazing, just amazing.

This is one of the few ReMixes that just lifts me out of my chair from its sheer happy groove. Happy industrial... who would have thought? and it works so well! I now find myself wishing someone else had thought of it and I could listen to more songs of this genre. To my eternal embarassment I frequently find myself bouncing along to this ReMix and its crazy, blobby, boppy beats.

To be honest, I've never heard the original music, and from what I've heard that's probably for the best. This ReMix reflects Mazedude's usual standard of quality and the avant garde stuff he's oh-so-good at. His selection of samples is great, the ones that start off the mix have some strange effect to them that's hard to describe, but very entertaining. The guitar was great and all of it kept to that happy feel. Sometimes it would fade down to just one or two instruments or stop altogether, then burst into all its audially rich glory. The slowdown for the ending was very well done and sounded great.

To sum it up: Bad song + psychotic samples + Mazedude = great ReMix.
I hope to see some more happy industrial in the future, it's a genre that's far, far to addictive to disappear after only one appearance.

[Ryan8bit]

Hmm, I must be the only one who didn't think it was "truly amazing" or "one of the best" on OCR. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it and really like Mazedude's stuff, but I still feel that it's too experimental to be judged alongside other songs in such a way. I guess that is the way with things like that. Never played A Boy and His Blob, but I wanted to, and I still like this.

[Evilhead]

Personally I don't think anything is "too experimental" unless it's completely unlistenable, and even that I like. Why limit yourself with musical boundries? Any why couldn't it be compared to some other remixes? Because it's not the norm? You voted for Bush, didn't you? Hehehehe...

[Kamikaze Noodle]

This remix is freakin awesome! We need more crazy crap like this in the world! It's so beatuiful, and ugly at the same time. I mean, strange bleeps aand scratches combined with "the worst game music ever" (I disagree with that. If you ever played Columns you'd understand) and it comes out a very creative and energetic remix.

[DeFecToR]

i think boy and his blob was a wicked game and the music was wicked as well... but saying that this remix is far better, mazedude has some skill in remixing thats for sure :wink:

don't diss a boy and his blob unless you played the game and genuinely didnt like it because i think its not right when people put the game down and they've never played it :?

i didn't go the factory route very often i went under ground, easier in my opinion 8)

[Fieari]

I loved a Boy and his Blob! It was a great fun game, once you wrote down a list of what bean did what... I've never gotten all the treasure... like the chest at the bottom of the lake surrounded by spikes that pop your bubble and so you die... but I have beaten the game a couple of times.

The music in the game is quite frankly forgettable. I saw a Boy and His Blob in the list and my thought was "Cool! From that great game! What was the music again... ummmmm..." but this, this my friends... this is not forgettable. This is a work of art. This is a masterpeice. This is wonderful. Taking trash and turning it into something oh so much more... the whole is better than the sum of its myriad of parts.

Congratulations on a wonderful work of art sir.

[reelmojo]

When typing a rave reveiw its best to tell a remixer what he did that makes you like it so much. In this case I think the reason I like it so much is that its different. I'm growing tired of techno, and this gives me reason to have hope for the future of OCR. Maybe others will branch out and be different now too.

[Lurch]

I'm growing tired of techno

I think I enjoy Mazedude's remixes so much because were it not for the actual title of the game being shown, I would never be able to tell what game the song was from. The remixes I like least are ones that stay too similar to the original song after being remixed. I doubt anyone will ever accuse Mazedude this.

[The Snee]

I liked this remix, does that make me strange? :roll:
According to the other reviews, it doesn't.
You have failed, Mazedude. Your crappy experiment turned into a decent tune. You can never make bad tunes, Never! Bwahahaha!

[Solo]

I really love this mix! To me it sounds kinda like Manheim Steamroller... it's got the same elements to it... Really nice!

[Shael Riley]

I am totally in love with this mix. This is one of the most original, clever and inspiring titles to grace this site. Mazedude, you've impressed the hell out of me. I tried to ReMix this track a while back, but couldn't really get inspired with the--as DJ P put it-- "lack-luster" original, although I do like the tune, if only for nostalgic reasons.

Happy industrial. Who'd have thunk it? :D

[Isosceles]

i really like the remix.

after listening to it a couple times, i noticed some of the sounds sound exactly like music i listened to on the commodere 64 (very SID-sounding)

did the C64 have any part in this??

just wondering....

[LibertyCabbage]

your are good!!

your make me play taht game beacause you music!!

vary good i like

one of first oc song i hear vary good your are good at music

[Durinthal]

When I first began listening to this, it sounded quite fitting to the genre - and this song takes a lot of very unusual electronic effects and manages to make a great piece out of all of it.

There's several breaks in the music throughout, and at 3:10 it changes into something completely different, a serene, soothing piece that's worthy of its own title; and all the while it still uses sounds similar to what's found in the first section.

Not something I'd listen to daily, but worth checking out at least once or twice for the comedic effect of the first section and the calming melody at the end.

[Rayagon]

This is funky, funny, and cool at the same time. SO much respect goes out to Mazedude for creating a genre-defying shot at the heart of badness. Mazedude crossed the line -- it's so bad it's good. He ventured past the point where up is down and good is bad. He is one with all and everything now.

Here's my question, though. Take a look, on the description page, at the composers for this game. It took THREE FUCKING PEOPLE to write the original score?

[FrozenSun]

This remix is way too addictive... I love it, but after three days of having it repeating in my head it started to get annoying.

Mazedude, you did well... too well...

[Tenacious Jax]

It may be a joke...but this song is one of my faves....ironically...i like the music...the game did blow tho...no argument there

[Lunevalkyrave]

First of all Id like to state that I don't usually enjoy this genre of music, mostly becuase its done wrong and the sound bits are always disarray. This interesting peice of work has brought a new light to this undoubtedly questionable music style. His amazing blending skills shine brightly all troughout this masterpiece. I cant understand how he managed to take the worst sounds in this world and put them together in such a way that they acctually make a cathchy tune! Ive now listened to it at least a 100 times now and I still love it. Definetly recommended if your looking for something new and good.

[JM_Zen]

It's good, and different. But. Well, it kind of gives me a headache. A little too much for me, but might be just right for some.

What I'd like to see is a remake of this remix; but make it all in the vein of after 3:10. Everything after that point is beautiful, and I could see it working well in its own remix.

[Cadmus]

awesome! sweet job on this one, it's definitely a crazy-sound-symphony. 1:53 is the best part with the delayed entrances. props!

[binster]

Tip top stuff. Mazedude knows his onions, and these are the finest of crunchy electro onion beats around.

Binst

[Elex Synn]

I typically don't step outside of games I've had some experience with, or played in other words... though in reading the odd review by DJP on this, I thought I'd give it a listen. Y'know, just to see what it was about...

8O

Maaaan, that's one crazy beat! Good shiznat all around Mazedude. ^_^

[Frickor]

O MAN....i remember this game....and it wasnt pretty....the music was a cheap knock off from indiana jones and the game just plain as shit....damn that blob.

But anyway, this "for a joke" remix is pretty sweet for sumthin just made up from bits of crap.And if the game would have had mixes like this one, then it may have been a little better....good job man

[godsgroovygamer]

I adore this mix! :D It's just so fun to listen to, and so musical for what it's made of! I usually don't like techno, but I think this is actually my favorite piece on the site (or at least one of them ;)). Very good.

[Blue_Drac]

Original, effective and well done. The engineering is masterful and the arrangement is very tight and crisp. Very much recommended.

[RimFrost the Tourianist]

Never judge a book by its cover..
This Mazedude has turned garbage NES music into a wonderful string of sounds .. Compelling Stuff !!

Recommended for those who wanna stay happy 8O

[Puffman]

Definitely one of the happier, jumpier beats I've heard recently.

I recommend this for anyone who has had a bad day and needs something to fill their heads with joy. At least, that's my impression.

[DragonFireKai]

Strange remix, but I like it. it's... unique, to say the least. I wonder just what kind of files mazedude used to get those bizzare sounds...

[schwagnah]

I was very entertained by this mix. I love the sort of psycho Mario feel. It's fun and silly, but that works well here, and the mix is a kind of feel good tune that you can't put down.

I really enjoyed this one despite its faults.

8.5/10

[jordex]

Sweetness! The distortion is what makes up this song. Awesome job on this one Mazedude!

[Tarrasque]

It's like you struck the original soundtrack with a Do-Better-Ray. Whereas I couldn't stand ABAHB without ripping the speakers out of the TV (not that the gameplay was A+ material), this ReMix can keep me company all it wants.

[Txai]

Yeah, I liked. This remix has some strange noises. But they compensate in the good melody.

[Cyan_Ide]

Don't EVER play this mix after listening to some cool song with the volume way up before. The strange noises from the not-so-music-files kind of hurt. XD However, being that those strange sounds were intentional, one must give due credit to Mazedude for somehow managing to mix them into a song that works. While I won't be jamming to it on my mp3 player, the mix certainly IS interesting.

[[blunai]]

This is one of Mazedude's best intros, surprisingly. The scratchy clicks perfectly roll into the rest of the song, I'm very impressed. Innovative and fun, Cyborg Blobby belongs in every collection!

[Kefjkarp]

This song reminds me of 9-Volt's theme from Wario Ware: Twisted!... It's really cool. Multiple thumbs-up from me.

[watkinzez]

What can I say that hasn't been said before? Awesome, original work, and easily among my top favourite Mazedude mixes- and that's saying a lot. That sound at 3:09 (what is it? A baby squeaking) is alone worth downloading this mix.

[jelloegg]

I think that this song is really cool. I thought that the baby squeak? at the end was funny. :)

[DukeNukem007]

Nice song as always, Mazedude--thanks.

And I loved the game for its sheer silliness, even though the play was glitchy and all-around awful--why was it I always wanted to go eat some jellybeans after I gave up on playing it? :)

[Liontamer]

That's just crazy. A crazy idea, and even crazier result. Some of the levels (and sound choices :-P) made things too abrasive, but this one is definitely a winner. Just gotta make sure my ears are ok afterward! ("Broke 'em when you joined the panel," I hear someone say.)

[uthlu]

Even when one doesn't know this one was created (at least partially) using .exe and .txt files it still sounds pretty good while still staying pretty close to the original source material (yes, I was one of those who owned the game) which was really not too bad (if absurdly repetitive). The static and other random noises really seem to fit well. Overall, nice one Mazedude!

[Polo]

The synths' textures are so oddball - sharp-edged, crackly, beeping, rubbery, what have you - that their collective bursts of energy are like confetti showers. Those bursts blow away creepy-spelunky moments like 1:26 - 1:30 (love that chipper synth that returns from the outset) as if to reiterate the party atmosphere. And that atmosphere gets packed to the next level when the drums at 2:06 enter. All the while, leads trade off between staccato notes and tenuto/pitch-bent notes. In the latter, the source's emotive inflections come to fruition, like when the mood turns starkly serious at 0:37 - 0:40 before conceding to optimism. So for all its chaos, Cyborg Blobby has plenty of interconnecting strengths.

In the end, the Blob bids the boy farewell as it turns into a Root Beer rocket and gently jets away into the night sky. Really puts things in perspective. :)

[Sir_Downunder]

This has some awesome melody, with all the sounds and quirkyness about this mix, it's definitely a winner. Just make sure you don't turn up the volume to loud, or else you'll get a headache, no matter how awesome the song is...

[OA]

Really inspired stuff, and it's fun and catchy. Some of the breakdowns could have stood be EQ'ed slightly, but the spirit of adventure is very much alive in this track, and overall I really enjoyed it.
The arrangement is super solid, with a ton of cool stuff going on at all times, and some excellent cross-panned glissando's and white noise percussion. I think Polo has the right idea describing it as musical confetti. Really fun stuff, I love it. :-)

[SiriusBeatz]

Never heard of this game before, but I've just got to say that this is pretty awesome. I'm not at all put off by the somewhat abrasive sounds chosen - rather, they make for a unique and interesting tonal palette, I think. I had a lot of fun with this one. :nicework:

(Also, I just looked up the soundtrack for this game. God, this is obnoxious :< )

[Rozovian]

Experimentation is fun. :D I actually tried a few non-audio samples back in my tracker days, before I had any real music skill. The results were never this good (no skill).

It has a bit of a chippy sound but takes it to another level with the oddball samples. The result is a more distortive and glitchy sound that adds to an already high level of quirk. The game with the worst music? The remix gives no indication of that. 8 years since posted, and it doesn't sound bad at all. A successful experiment, a fun mix. :D