OCR00888 - Super Mario World 'Super Mario's Sleigh Ride'

[DarkCecil13]

Super Mario World 'Super Mario's Sleigh Ride'

Sorry about not getting to the late Christmas Eve mixes earlier :) I've been with my family and playing with all of my new stuff. Now, to the ReMix - What can I say? It's just some REALLY well done live video game music action :) It's really fun to listen to to. The OneUp Mushrooms cover several Super Mario World tunes here. It's a must download :) Super highly recommended. I respect these guys a whole lot. I've always dreamed of playing live video game music with some buds, and these guys fulfilled my dream, but for themselves. It's all worth it, though!

[ella guro]

All I can say is that this is awesome coverage and an overall great medley. A definite download. Btw, also check out their "Booster Tower" cover on their site...it's some great stuff. I can't wait to see more of the One Up Mushrooms!

[neostormx]

This remix is so hot, i love it love it love it. I like how they found the similarities with the game and the real xmas music. And they play so well, you almost think its not a game remix anymore, but a XMAS remix hehe :)

But then thats the problem. Xmas remixs get less play time when the holiday season is gone. I wonder if it will be true for this medley. So far, I doubt it.

[Catriona Clawford]

This is a great jazz piece. I adore this ReMix, and even a couple of my friends who don't normally listen to game music found interest. The themes are so well integrated, you would think the Christmas carols are supposed to sound like Mario themes and vice versa. I also would like to note their very smooth playing. This is definitely one of my favourites and worth the download time.

[Mustin]

...and even a couple of my friends who don't normally listen to game music found interest.

Mission Accomplished.

Thank you so much for all of your praise.

[frollo]

"Was It green?

Oh! It was so green!

Wait! What kind of green?

Oh! a christmas green..."

--There are three levels of meaning to this little riddle. Most people will probably only uncover two at the most.

[dPaladin]

I believe someone mentioned the way the Xmas and SMW music blends together? I love that!

[Kamikaze Noodle]

I never even saw the similarity, but after listening to this mix, I can't help but wonder if Koji Kondo was thinking Christmas when he wrote his stuff. I mean, it isn't just the different sections of the song playing that blend nicely, but the best is when a part of a SMW song will actually play harmony to a Christmas song. Crazy, I tell you.

[Daikun]

I don't know why, but for some odd reasons unknown, this song wouldn't download over the past few days. :evil: It finally downloaded today, and now I'm happy. :)

This song is pretty interesting. When the song's description mentioned it was for Christmas, I was expecting a calm, ambient "jingly-bells" kind of song (like the DKC ReMix ChristmasCave (http://remix.overclocked.org/detailmix.php?mixid=OCR00486) or something like that). Instead, it seemed a little more like Spring time than it was Winter. It was faster with a more jazz/orchestral-type of attitude and beat, and hardly any bell sounds whatsoever. It kinda let my hopes down a bit, but this song is still pretty fun to listen to. I also like the way the Christmas carols blend in almost-so-perfectly with the ReMix. Very clever.

[Airwalker]

May I say this is my most favorite remix I have heard in a long time.

[OC3Boi]

wee! I likey!!!

I love how the SMB theme was used so well as the underpinnings of the song. You could hear it the whole time. Juggle some sliders in a good sound program and try to blout out the trumpet. It's there the WHOLE time. I love it!!! :-P Can't wait for Xmas :-P

[cruncha]

This was a sweet remix.

All there is to say about this :)

[CXI]

Gawrsh.

I'm just amazed at the way this ReMix manages to combine christmas music and Mario music. It's almost insane. I'm sure that if I'd never heard any Super Mario music before I would not notice that half the music in this ReMix came from a game.

What I loved the most was when the SMW music came on as a base beat and the Sleigh Ride (?) music, then Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, then Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire and another one I didn't know... Actually, I also loved the bits where christmas songs would be used as 'verses' of a kind, and Mario music would be used as a sort of chorus. Also... heck, I just loved the whole thing.

I could not think of a more innovative way to celebrate christmas. The sheer talent in this group and the incredible way this ReMix sounds are more than enough to thrust them into my watch-for-future-ReMixes list.

Update: I checked their website and it says they've done Axelay - City Lights. Does that mean they've done a cover of it? I loved that ReMix. :)

[Mustin]

Hey there. Yeah, we do po!'s arrangement of Axelay, but with live instruments. It's really cool.

There won't be too many more arranements up here on this site, but we have an album coming out soon, and we have free tracks to download on our site, with more coming soon.

Thanks for your praise!

[Asterin]

Although I thought that the jingle bells medley for an ending didn't flow as well as the rest of the piece, I otherwise thought that this piece was magnificent. Besides the brilliant melody integration of both seasonal and game themes,(which has already been mentioned, I believe,) :D I love the way the trumpet and sax alternate in leading the melody. Extremely musical, and incredibly enjoyable to listen to over and over and over and over and... you get the idea...

Great Job! :o

[Nex]

Hey guys. Great job as always. Recomended + 2. I have always loved your guys' stuff (with exception of *ahem*...one mishapp *coughTheLegendofZelda2002cough*)...... :lol: . Excelent stuff. Greatly intergraded. Lots of little things thrown in there to keep it interesting. Now, as a trumpet player, i noticed a problem. When you record trumpets right up to the mic, they sound very loud, blant, and open. This is not a problem with the mic! When you record farther away, the sound matures alot more, making it sound brighter, fuller, and not as 'bleh'. Great trumpet playing, but i wish you had recorded farther away. Beside recording issues (note, this ain't against you at all), Great playing! Great Piano stuffs, I have tried getting the Game Over theme down on piano, and thats hard to lay back on. Kudo's there. Great Bass, not much to complain about there. Perc. is very tight. Sax was very nicely recorded, though it could have had a little more vibrato in other areas. Excelent Job guys.

~nex

[PassivePretentiousness]

How can you go wrong? Classic Christmas Music+Classic SMW Music+Dale North+Mustin=best mp3 medley EVER. Then again, it occassionally seems slightly forced, but it never gets too bad at all. I love the song tho- it's originality, faced paced, and FUN. TRA. LA. LA! 7/8

[BGBW]

This song id brilliant. It's great how it keeps wieving in and out of different Mario World songs and classic christmas songs. Well another reason I love this peice is cos I love christmas! :P

[Rapyer2986]

I'm getting so attached to Dale's stuff as of late. This one piece made the most stupid grin appear on my face. How he blended the "Mario" theme in an out of "Sleigh Ride"... I couldn't have imagine this in a million years. This is a great tune and a surprise for christmas coming!! (though I'm extra late for this review) Man, this band is sweet!!

[Mordicantflame]

Wow, I was really impressed with this remix. It does such a great job mixing "Sleigh Ride" and the Super Mario World themes into one real smooth job. I mean, how many people could have successfully pulled of this remix? Heh, great christmas tune, guys. Just listening to it put a dumb grin on my face. Perhaps it was just the absurd combination. Anyways. Two thumbs up, definately recommended. Sweeeeeet! 8)

[Anime Gamer 03]

This remix is awesome! the only thing I have to critisize is that the sax was way too sharp. other than that, I loved it! keep up the good work!

[Jythier]

Wow. This one was at the top of the charts, er, my playlist, for 4 months... along with some other songs by the One Up Mushrooms... I've wanted to buy a One Up Mushrooms album since I heard their Costa del Sol rendition on PMM. Keep it up and I can't wait Donut Lifts and Bossa Du Link full version.

The integration with the xmas songs was what kept it interesting so long, I think. Up until the jingle bells part the flow was perfect... and it was still close enough that it worked.

[Jonathon Striker]

I'm listen to this while eating my breakfast and... *cough, cough, hack, choke, swallow* HOLY CRAP! This remix is sweet. Its got the christmas and a mario medley together. And me being a jazz lover, 1:21 is where I'm chillin to a nice smooth ride on santa's sleigh. I love the sound, i love the mix, i love the overall idea. I detect no problems here. 10/10

[Sector]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!!

I was slightly confused, because I had just downloaded the torrent and found this in my playlist. Not knowing what to expect, I hit play. At 0:15, I burst out laughing and continued for quite a while :D . I never expected these two melodies mentioned in the same sentence, much less the same remix. I love the live instruments, especially the acoustic guitar. The main melodies of SMW are blended flawlessly with Sleigh Ride. A definite must download. Play it for your family at Christmas and see who can recognize the tune!

[mCee]

yeah i heard this some time ago and i was like, Wow! This is awesome!
I love the adorable 'horse' sound at the end ~_^

I've played it for all my friends during Christmas to see whether they could recognize Mario or not.

[Tecnalex]

me and my friends are going to learn it by ear and do a cover of it. hope you don't mind, dale and Mustin. BTW, we might also do a cover of Mustin's "la samba de agua" from SMB3.. good stuff.

[BlueEnvy]

Ahh, awesome Jazz medley that's pulled off excellently. One ever so slightly small problem: The parts were not always Exactly together, but i realize this was because it was all recorded....so actually it was integrated incredibly well. The arrangement is quite enjoyable, and has a great deal of variation. I love the way the Mario theme's are mixed in with Christmas music...makes me laugh. Great perfoming, the sax/trumpet/piano are wonderful. The tone of the trumpet is one thing however that coulve been improved. It sounded kinda bladdy (sp?) and didnt have a smooth clean sound. Although as Nex mentioned, this mightve been because of the mic distance. Im not sure, for i have never recorded my trumpet playing let alone any other playing. Anyway, great job, this is an amazingly fun Jazz piece that should be downloaded.

[Lizz]

Wow. Wow again 8O. This is pretty cool. One non-annoying Xmas song + video game music = holiday fun (insert cheesy smile here)
Seriously, I could probably get away with making a CD of Xmas music and slipping this on it.
OCRemix - Keeping me sane for the holidaze.

[King Matt I]

HOLY-FREAKIN'-COW! This is PERFECT! Perfection embodied in a song! Daaang, everyone around me is going to HATE me come Christmas time, when this is the only song I listen to and anything anyone sings or hums or whistles reminds me of this song. Hahaha! I can just see myself walking around in the grocery store, in the mall, in my house, humming this tune, wearing a santa hat and blue overalls. Amazing stuff. I give you all the thumbs-up sign.

[Mr. 47]

When everyone is listening to the same old holiday songs, pop this bad boy out, and it'll be chaos. Heads flying everywhere, the bonus stage theme will body slam your christmas tree into a wall, immediately turning it into a mushroom of sorts. You'll be jumping on little kids in green and red pajamas just like they were koopas. And presents? Forget about it. They'll be popping out coins like a jackpot at the Trump Taj Mahal.

Great job, the inventiveness blows me away. I think I'll just run up to Canada, chop me down a tree, light some candles, bake some cookies, and listen to this. And crap, it's April.

Amazing, I can't believe that a classic song like Sleigh Ride is now morphed into Mario. Proof that the big man can crush all like a small child going up against a Russian mafia metal man. Could I possibly use any more similies? No.

[Vash the Stampede]

OK, its official!!! This is now my absolute FAVORITE Super Mario ReMix on the ENTIRE SITE!!!! Kudos dudes, I can't even say how badass this tune is!! :D

[D.J. JediLink]

Whoa!

Hey, if you 3 EVER WANT HELP with a remix with live horns, let me know. I play trumpet.

[TracerX]

Well, I've been d/ling remixes from here for awhile but have yet to register and leave a comment (simply because I like everything I d/l so I thought I wasn't discerning enough :wink: ) but I simply had to leave a comment here after listening to this remix. As originally posted on the main page I also thought this was simply a "Sleigh Ride" remix from the way it started but the first time the SMW music kicked in I found a smile on my face that continued throughout. Great job guys, now I guess I need to start working on my "Christmas in June" cd :D .

[Ajari]

Wow...ok this got me too. :D I wasn't even going to start posting anything until my remix was up and running. But this is worthy of my first post. Very clever. I don't even like this kind of music but I couldn't help but smile when I heard how well each song was blended with each other. Amazing. Well done.
-Ajari-

Edit: You should be proud of yourself. You just popped two cherries with one song. lol

[jordex]

This is plain awesome!

Reminds me of the music our school band played at the christmas concert last year and hearing Mario music as background makes the song even better!

Here's to Mustin and others for this one-of-a-kind mix!

[Arek the Absolute]

Really really nice job guys! At first I thought this would just be another Normal Mario mix, but the way you guys incorporatd the mario songs into actual christmas songs is pure genious. I loved every second of it.

Another great mix from great mixers. Its all good!

[Cyan_Ide]

I never really liked Christmas music. But I have liked OneUpMushrooms, at least from what i've heard on vgf and now with this mix. I now have something to listen to when Christmas rolls around. The most amazing aspect of the song is the surreal dance of the song between this fine line of SMW and Christmas, and such a blurred line, you have to listen several times to truly appreciate the points where they blend. This could be the overworld theme to a secret SMW level, and Santa is the boss! Great live work, stuff I wish my lazy h.s. jazz band were able to come close to playing. Great mix!

[diamondfalcon]

I played "Sleigh Ride" in Band too, and all through this song, I was laughing and enjoying the Mario blend with the song that I remembered so well...it even had the horse neigh at the end!

[geno_beam]

This mix is a real treat and fun to listen to. Amazing job. It not only incorporates multiple Mario themes but just about every major classic Christmas favorite as well. The only part I didn't like was at 0:52 where the Super Mario World theme started playing over Sleigh Ride. It just seemed like it didn't match up there. Everywhere else it was a pleasant and refreshing surprise to see how well Mario and Christmas music blended. A great remix that's stuffed with holiday goodies!

[Four Swords]

This is a great remix. I listen to it all the time.

[Dynamite Raver]

I have to say this is honestly one of my favorite remixes on the site. Excellent blend of Mario and Christmas, and it's so incredibly awesome. It doesn't need to be Christmas for me to listen to and enjoy this.

[Link's Big Brother]

Even if you aren't a fan of Super Mario World, this delightful conglomeration of Jingle Bells and SMW tunes will leave you tapping your feet and asking for more hot cocoa with those little marshmallows. I love this song. Period.

6 stars out of 5.

[CE]

Puts the feeling in christmas. One of my personal favorites.

OneUps +1!

[Burger Deluxe]

definitely a good song for Christmas. Superb, really helps set the mood for the gamer crowd. :D

[Kozmo]

great christmas song in general, beautiful musicianship, perfect integration of mario themes into classic holiday songs

[Koelsch1]

Now this song is great and all, but doesnt it break a certain rule about not using non-game music?

[Liontamer]

Now this song is great and all, but doesnt it break a certain rule about not using non-game music?
That policy came about after Xenogears "A Star Freezes Over" was subbed. It's not a retroactive policy, so anything posted before that with similar usage of non-game music stayed.

[HoboKa]

this and the super metroid "christmas mixes" are just sexy. I love the actual christmasy feel to it :D Kinda reminds me of jingle bells - seeing as it was part of the song's motif :P

[Kitsune90]

Excellent blend of Mario and Christmas, and it's so incredibly awesome.
I second that...8-)

[maelkashishi]

one of the best remixes to date, period.

[Steben]

Dude, guys. It's hard to believe that this song has been on OCR for five years now. I remember it was the second to really grab my attention to this site, after SuperBuckJazz.

Anyway, it's just as awesome as ever.

[Lucentas]

This is such a fun and innovative arrangement, and the fact that it's live just adds an extra level of panache. I could listen to this all year.

Then again, I'm one of those crazy people who could listen to Christmas music all year anyway. So I suppose that's not saying much.

[WesternZypher]

Never get tired of listening to this winter after winter =) So cozy & warm!

[Jedi QuestMaster]

I think it was this very song that made me start seasonalizing my music. I mean, I don't listen to Christmas music all year like normal people. :p

[Skullbullet]

Yay, it's time to bust this song out again!

A classic in my Christmas playlists. Probably one of my favorite Super Mario Bros. remixes, too. :D

[Marmiduke]

I've always been more of a classical Christmas music lover, rather than the more contemporary holiday fare that is interwoven in this. That being said, splice them with some Koji Kondo favourites and I'm all over them.
Just like most other people, I was extremely surprised how compatible the two fields are. It creates a real melodic sensation that is both rewarding to listen to as well as highly amusing. Not laugh out loud amusing, but in a way that it makes you want to concentrate on the music, rather than just let it wash over you.
If I was in a band with my friends, this is the type of music I'd want to be playing. Not just for the self-satisfaction, but also those WTF? facial expressions from the audience must be priceless.

[Nearly]

Amazingly played. Having performed sliegh ride several times in different formats with the school orchestra, this is the best arrangement easily ;)

[Jack Polo]

This season marks my first time listening to this when there's actually snow on the ground (as I only got it this past summer), and even though it was awesome in summer/fall etc, it's about 82977 times better now. I love hearing those Christmas classics woven in with the awesome SMW soundtrack...
Definitely an integral part of my winter playlist.

[Crulex]

I'm really surprised that the SMW soundtrack blended so well with Christmas music. I'd never imagine the music fitting in with a sleigh ride, but I'm glad someone did. This is pretty sweet and a nice surprise.

[OA]

From the first bass notes, I knew this was going to be amazing. It is definitely a christmas song first, but there are so many well integrated SMW references, that it really works on both levels, and being familiar with all the sources involved, it's twice as good. :-)
Very medlyish, but a whole lot of fun. An excellent remix!

[MixMasterMario]

Cool remix! It sounds like something Mario and Luigi could sip hot cocoa to cozy up next to a fire place.

[RECKENEFIN]

It always amazes me when sources that you would never imagine together end up blending so well. The instrument selection not only creates that Christmas mood, but they also represent the Mario tracks quite well.

When the song switches to the Map theme, I can't help but picture the tree shopping scene from the Charlie Brown Christmas special for some reason. :<

[meboeck]

This is so full of win that I don't even know where to begin. Basically, I love all the source material (and boy was there a lot!) and I'm amazed at how well it was all organized and put together. With so much source material, it would have been easy for this mix to feel disjointed or bogged down. Instead, it's just a joy to listen to.

[kevinb1229]

Some music never gets old, does it?:smile: November finds me and my iPod in a couch, listening to a VGM Christmas playlist. Among the songs are two remixes found on this site: "Merry Little Christmas" from Christmas Nights... and this song. They both remind me of when I opened a wrapped present in 1999 to find a Game Boy Pocket inside.:grin: Amazing how it's come a long way since then. Where will it lead next...?:wink:

[zarbit]

Every single time this song comes up in my shuffle rotation, I think "Eh, I really don't want to hear this right now." But every time I leave it alone and let it play, I'm glad I did. The arrangement really is top-notch - great work guys.

[SubNormal J3]

This has definitely gone from popular to legendary status among many in the VGM community. After all, what else could you ask for in a Mario Christmas mix? It's got everything: live instruments, solos, familiar carols and familiar Mario music. I'd have to say that my favorite part is the the 'Overworld Theme' section circa 1:20. It fits the genre nicely, and the play between the sax, trumpet, and guitar is beautiful. This is definitely a mix that the majority of VGM fans will enjoy.

[moosegg3]

I really like it... I just wish the last melody went on for a bit longer :-D