OCR00077 - Chrono Trigger 'Revival Day Impoetus'

[Joe Redifer]

Chrono Trigger 'Revival Day Impoetus'

This track kicks ass. I demand that you love the hell out of it, no "if's" "and's" or "but's" about it!!! DJP lays down a really cool percussion track that goes great with the funky bassline. This is a classic ReMix on the site and many people hold it in high regard... for good reason! Great ReMix!

[mDuo13]

This is an unusual (and very cool) interpretation of The Day the World Revived, which was originally done with harps. First a butt-whoopin' percussion beat comes in, then the strings which carry much of the original melody, and then comes the sweet bassline and something that sounds like a honkey-tonk piano. Cool. Only criticism I could make is that I would have liked to hear one section where the ever-present drum beat dropped away so the bassline and strings took the forefront of the mix momentarily. Still, very good mix.

[Emjay]

Pretty good ReMix, one of my favorites on the site so far. I like the soft streaming towards the beginning and end backed up by the deep beat. It was a good choice to kind of let the song taper at the end, then just sort of fade off after the beat stopped with that slight echo. Very cool.

[AnotherOneBitesTheDust]

This is the song that got me started to listening to this site's remixes. It sounded so epic, hearing my first actually GOOD video game remix, and from CHRONO TRIGGER. This song includes massively hypnotizing beats and techno-ey strings with a familiar melody (that had me guessing what part of chrono trigger it was).

Can't really describe it except epic....for me anyways.

[AlwaysAlone]

Now, I don't usually use slang like this, but I feel it is an appropriate time to say, "Phat Beat!" I don't know, something about how the beat is done just makes me go "Oooohhhh"
I love it.

[Protricity]

I just want to point out that this IS my favorite OC song. It has been since first I heard it.

[suzumebachi]

This is probly the best song on OCR.

[Nex]

Very kickin, awesome beat, sweet drums, pure brilliance from djp. Possibly the best Square mix ever.

I cant belive how few reviews this has gotten.... :P

~nex

[Geminipilot]

Very good, music from my favorite game of all time. The only problem with it was that I found it too short, it made me hunger for more. I'm afraid that I can't say that this is my favorite remix (7YearsBroken is currently my favorite), but I still would give it at least an 8.5 out of 10. You had some very nice effects in there, very well spaced breaks, and it was so well done that I actually had trouble tying it to the original game. You had a very good feel of the whole Chrono Trigger mood, and I felt that more than one song was actually put in there, even though it was based upon only one. The pace was perfect, and combined with the instrumentation and short breaks, this remix was great. I think that I'll give it a final score of 9 out of 10. I just missed hearing you sing after your Xenogears mix.

[Beatdrop]

WHAT THE F---

Why haven't I reviewed this song yet?! Well then, here it is:

This was the first OverClocked Remix I ever heard. I downloaded it entirely on accident while searching on WinMX for some Chrono Trigger music. Sure enough, checking the ID3 gave way to the origin of it and the rest is history.

This song is the H4RDC0R3 R0X0R. If you don't like it, there's something wrong with you. Very melodic and very rhythmic, it all just blends really well... There's just some mysterious fullness that DJP has in all of his remixes and this one's no exception. Absolutely great.

[Elvenstar!]

One of the better remixes on this site. It made it to my Favorites A-E CD. Good stuff pretzel. The piano solo is too slick.

[I Eat Time]

Dj pretzel does one thing consistently with his ReMixes that I consistently enjoy. They're always full. While minimalist, 2-3 instrument/sample pieces work and are good, his are always complex, lovely, robust, and flowing. This is a GREAT ReMix of a good song, possibly, no, definitely ranking among the best on the site.

For the sake of honesty, there IS one thing that kinda bugged me. There's a sample towards the beginning, every four beats, that kinda sounds like "cheow" and is bent and wobbled a lot. It added a small.. silliness to the piece for me.

But overall, this was an incredible remix, between the bassline and that wonderful, wonderful piano that I would have in a million years never thought I'd dig as much as I did. 5/5 points.

[Mog]

Too great for words, so all I have to say is:

[Blak_Omen]

This. Remix. Best. Ever. Download. Now.

Well perhaps it isn't the "best" but it's that damn good. Drums are slick, the programming is slick, the tunes and countermelodies and all the stuff djP added in to extend and develop the original 16 bar melody is just fantastic.

The organ solos. Are. The. Best. They are just soooo groovy you could almost put on an afro and dance. Almost.

Only one thing to complain - I don't like the ending. Doesn't resolve. Just my personal thing.

DjP changed so much that the first time I heard this I didn't realise what part of CT it came from. I didn't realise until I remixed the same song. :P That's a good sign because the original melody became the backbone and DjP's own creative material was the focal point.

Anyway, DOWNLOAD. You MUST.

One Word ReView - ORGAN!

[ecco]

it was ok not my favorite though...... I never really cared for the song much in the game though.....yeah..... but i enjoyed the drums :)

[Nex]

I've been listening to this song for a long while now and I finally got around to reviewing it :P. I love everything done with this track. Solos are seamless... drums are top quality... Its great. Only thing I would suggest is the main lead right when the theme comes in to be slightly less dull/bland. Nice work overall though.

-Nex

[[Paladin|Steve]]

When I heard the start of the song I swear it had subliminal messaging, I expected it to break into Brinstar every time it peaked.

[HumpteeFree]

Sounds unique, the song really gets you into its own universe. Aka great.

[arias]

Do you know what the biggest problem with lousy fucking speakers is? You never get to hear the bass. I had this song on my computer for 5 months, loved it entirely, kept it on my playlist for more than awhile and today, I just got an MD player. This song was one of the first to get into the MD.

And what did I hear? Bass. Fucking good, funky, smooth bass. This is fantastic; hearing new stuff just because I'm using earphones :D It makes the song even more interesting now; and the addition of the bass (because I can hear it now) really changes the entire context of the song; it becomes less serious, more funky, more driven, heavier; and the general tone changed. Still fantastic; and I'll be sure to enjoy this on my MD for a very, very long time.

Cheers, DJP!

[jonnydingleburg]

i love this song

[jordex]

I've never heard the original version of this song but that doesn't matter 'cause I love the remix!! The melody is killer! It's depressing but djp makes it hyper in a way. Gooda Job djp!!

[Bummerdude]

This aint techno, this is Jazz!

If you compare the fact that the original just was a sad melody echoing and looping around and around, and the fact with that pretzeldude turns into a beatdropping jazz/blues mix with a synth that kicks.

Good that you shows who´s owning this site. YEAH! :D

[synthetic_realities]

I really like what you did with this. The drums really make this song, but the solos are nice too. A solid mix, and it's definately on my mp3 player!

[ph0sphorousgobu]

I love Chrono Trigger. I never beat it, though..maybe I should go do that before I die.

But this mix? Killer. I love breakbeat, you captured that nicely. The crazy jazzy thingies are great too. DJPretzel pwns this site, and my soul too. So Lord Pretzel, keep makin' awesome remixes and I'll keep making blood sacrifices to increase your prayer power.

[DragonFireKai]

This was the second OCRmix I downloaded. The first was Ziwtra's Downwind mix. I love the perussion line that DJP lays down here. This is proof positive that DJP knew what he was doing when he made this site.

[bartleby]

the only reason i registered was to say this is the dopest song on this site.

hell yes.

[AeroZ]

I grew up with this track.
Don't know why I haven't written on this before.

Bring backs lots of memories this one.
Really love this mix. GJ!

[vindkast]

Definitely an all-time favorite. A great example of layering-- I love the buildup as it adds instrument after instrument, dives into solos, then adds more-- only to take them away for dramatic effect. The moment when then bass kicks in still kicks my ass, and the lead hasn't even shown up yet. Very well put together, and very rewarding with a great progression. Would love to hear more like this!

(tho I must admit the climactic 2:36-2:39 and 3:00-3:06 buildups now reminds me of (link) Trenthian's "have-to-do-the-same-damn-thing-again!" (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01665/))

[Marmiduke]

Wow. Un-freaking-believable.
As the site chronology exists today, this is the 50th mix. And yet I wouldn't be complaining even if it were the 1500th mix.
This is impeccable stuff. Drums still pack oomph, the bass is still killer and of course you can't ignore the amazing step forward in term of soloing. This is pretzel soloing at its most unadulterated and pristine state served piping hot. I can't get enough of it; it has addictive qualities.
As good as the mixes that came before, I do think this really solidified the calibre of future djpretzel mixes. It's super interpretive, it's melodic and it has a timeless quality to it. An early prototype of what every mix should hope to be. A perfect mix, and an important one at that.

[OA]

I love the opening percussion, and the overall mood is great- excellent solo as well, before breaking down into some strings and more beats for an outro. The mix feels way shorter than it actually is, but it has a lot of interting parts, and an especially good bass part. Seems that there is some of the (in)famous early DJP highend in some of the percussion which makes it harder to loops, but this track has held up really well.

[ella guro]

This track fucking rules! My favorite djp mix, even being only the 77th mix on the site. The amazing thing about this mix is that it has this really spastic percussion that's kind of this swirling industrial stew and even manages to throw in a slightly cheesy jazzy electric piano without ever taking away from the somber atmosphere. It even adds to it in a weird way! The sounds are also totally out-of-this-world great, especially that lead synth string/choir sound. DJP has done funky many times, but this is one of the times where he combines it really well with something else and it forms a crazy pseudo-genre.

The production maybe isn't up to the standards of a lot of mixes today. Otherwise I got nothing else to say here 'cept this is a must hear.

[K.B.]

I remember when I first heard this. "The Day The World Revives? Pffft. No way." Took me several comparisons before I finally caught it. It's all there, but rather than being the obvious lead in the mix, it's the foundation.

And it couldn't work any better. The original is mournful, and here it's similarly somber in the lower-end organ and chilling in the higher-end, synthy strings. That gives the entire soundscape a distinctly melancholic feel, and the bass and keyboard tones are mellow enough to avoid jarring the mood. But juxtapose that with energetic drums and grooving bass and keyboard lines and you've got the Saturday night track for the hopeless. Hungry people get down.

But that fusion of infectious groove into a bleak atmosphere is just one of the ways that this track gets its depth. The layering is superb, the drumwork is disgusting, and the alterations of the melody for each instrument are fantastic. And it's the lattermost that really makes this click: having that focus in each layer - and keeping even the highly interpretive keyboard lines grounded in the melody - unites the track. Speaking of, I have to comment on the keyboard work. Keeping left hand restrained while the right goes wild... damn that's hot. But it's those slightly delayed double-notes afterward that really tops it off. Air-plink them every time.

As if that's not enough, this is one of the most repeatable tracks ever created. Because that final fade-to-intro instrumentation, you don't simply have one of the best remixes ever, you have one of the best remixes that never has to end.


Part of me feels silly, though, for commenting on a djp track, even one that's a favorite of mine and is this sorely under-reviewed. I mean, his work is consistently excellent, and telling someone on ocr that they should listen to djp's mixes is like telling a tourist visiting Paris that they might want to check out the Louvre.

Then again, if you're looking for a specific exhibit, this might very well be the Mona Lisa.

[JadeAuto]

What else can be said about this track that hasn't been already? Like many others, it's one of the first that really hooked me on OCR. I stumbled across the site in 2002 from napster, I think (looking for final fantasy vocal remixes, srsly), and this was pure bliss back then. Took me 3 years to register on the forums, and another 4 before posting semi-regularly at all. But this song is one of two or three that I can point to and say "this started it all for me".

The high end has to come down just a little bit when I crank it on my car stereo (for reasons previously noted by others), but this thing just grooves so well, I can't stop but play it.

One of my personal top 20 remixes on this site (and no, I'm not listing them :nicework: ).

It's just that good. If you've never heard it... stop. Right now. Stop. Download it. Stop. Listen to it. Stop. And enjoy.

[SubNormal J3]

Stands out among the plethora of Chrono Trigger ReMixes.