OCR00980 - Donkey Kong Country 2 'Assembly Line Apparitions'

[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[herograw]

almost seven minutes? it's looking more like 4:54 to me. hmm... nevertheless, very nice mix. it's always good to hear some dkc tunage.

[Protricity]

almost seven minutes? it's looking more like 4:54 to me. hmm... nevertheless, very nice mix. it's always good to hear some dkc tunage.

I use an uncommon form of variable bitrate that winamp doesnt calculate very well at all. The song is 5:07 by my watch. Winamp will say anywhere from 6 to 8 minutes ;p

Its a 'problem' with all my remixes, but I do it because the mp3 quality result is superior to the more 'standard' ways and still works on all players.

[richter]

Very nice. Liked it so much I'm downloading some of your other stuff. Long and varied enough that it feels like two songs without ever getting boring. I especially liked the guitars. (how'd you do those?)

[Dark Heart]

bah, I already heard alot of your songs and so far this ones great as well. Almost 7 minutes huh...according to my player it says almost 8 minutes...well anyways its good stuff...no time to post anything really indepth so I'll leave it as like so.

[Icy Guy]

Like I expected, this is quality. Or, more specifically, DKC2-Protricity quality. ;)

I recommend downloading this one. For starters, "Haunted Chase" itself is a cool song, but this remix makes it sound cooler. The guitar work in here is good, as well as the synth work. The drums really pop out, too.

A real "big" part is at around 2:52 when the guitar work gets just plain cool. If that was the only good part of the mix, I'd say download it, but as it's a great part in a mix with great parts, download the mix anyway. ;) It also gets nice and sweet around 4:07, and, for some reason, faintly reminiscent of Silver Junction/Launch Gully in Blast Corps. Nice heavy/grunge (?) part there. If you have the time (about 35 minutes on a 56K), this is DEFINITELY something worthy of a download.

And yes, it is only 4:54.

[Xaleph]

Although the guitars aren't the most realistic, I was highly disappointed...

This song didn't meet my expectations... winamp says 6:37, and I only got to hear 4:54...

I mean come on, if you're expecting protricity quality music for 6:37, you best get it ><

^_^

yeah this was an excellent mix done by protricity, very creative very interesting, and it's incredible how he can take any voice/patch/soundfont and make it sound incredible. I love the guitars, I love the synths, the orchestra, the drums, his arranging and notation is awesome.

I'd give this song a 9/10 by my standards. if not a 9.5

Download or die.

[EtherealXero]

Great stuff. Not gonna mention anything about the winamp prob hehe. Very good song. I was like O_O. The guitar work really was very well done, btw. :)

- EtherealXero / ManicMoogle

[AtomicP]

nice one! :]

[Nobbynob Littlun]

I should be liking this mix - I liked your others, and the way you put the song together is great here too, but too much synth - almost everything sounds synth. Bothers me somehow... especially the guitar and the horn. Still, quite a bit of skill obviously went into this, bothersome samples can't hide that :)

[Psionicist]

There's something incredibly cool about this remix, a particularly like the parts at 2:10 and the guitarrwork at 02:50 - 03:30 (or atleast winamp says so). The coolest part in the whole piece is deffenitely from 04:00 to the end. So damn kick-ass. :)

[Vig]

Ah this is cool stuff. I didnt remember the ost till i heard the mix, and if i remember correctly the original wasnt terribly meloidic, more moody, con mosso.


as for the mix, it definately maintains a sturdy level of movement and urgency. my only complaint (so far) is that some of the brass patches sound better than others.

As always, Prot does an exceptional job of keeping things interesting by mixing up the dynamics. as always, there is plenty of variation, and the mix never feels repetetive.

I'm not a huge fan of the guitar sound; i dont htink it has enough punch. but i say this as a guitar player, andi understand that it isnt easy to find a realistic sounding guitar patch.

good mix. i like it. Crunchy

[Kamikaze Noodle]

It brings a tear of joy to my eye that, as a drummer, someone has finally decided to pay attention to the drums in their song. Some of these fills are mind-blowingly well-done. Musically, fitting in very well. It's good to someone, who isn't a drummer, going beyond the simple "hi-tom, middle-tom, low-tom" triplet thing. I love this mix. Now if only I could hear the whole thing...

[neostormx]

Hey, I knew it was a mod early on, but obviously with more rich sounding processing (probaby from reason usage). Regardless, Protricity made me smile because of actually doing a mod and using reason and cubase to enhance it. That deserves my respect. My only gripe is that overly used synthetic pizicato (sheesh i dont know how to spell it) sample.

Now that guitar sample at 3:00 was my favorite part regardless of what others say. Synthetic or not, its very enjoyable and sounds great. A matter of fact, if i can have that guitar vst/sample/instrument whatever, i'd love to have it :) :)

Throughout the remix, attention to detail was paid in each sequence, and it shows with the drum line. Another well done and fun remix from one of my site favs. this is game music!

my only complaint (so far) is that some of the brass patches sound better than others.

i've had a problem finding real sounding brass instruments, so i dont use em. I dont complain about them (if used properly i.e. NOT pitch bending them), and i realize how difficult it is to get GOOD brass's. unless you can afford to buy that memphis horns cd i heard about. Even my sonic synth pack doesnt do brass justice.

So far, finding a good trumpet vst, kicks me in the ass. forget it.

[Psycrow]

Spiffy stuff :) What was the style of the original? *too lazy to install something that recognizes the .rsn format*

[Daikun]

HOLY ****!!! I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS SONG! My legs are literally tired from dancing to this super-awesome beat! I think a quote from the song description of PheartheMonkey best suits my emotions for this ReMix: "Kick out the jams, muthafukaa!" This is one of the - no wait, make that THE - coolest rock song I've ever heard in my entire life! You've done a beyond-excellent job, Protricity!

[Mongoosedog]

Fantastic work! You really captured the feel of the game. For some reason it reminds me of that part where you get chased down that rickety old rollercoaster by that giant evil ghost pirate thing 8O

[NoahFrenzy]

Protricity, great work as always. I really enjoyed this mix.

I did notice you speaking of VBR troubles again though, VBR Fix from this site http://www.willwap.co.uk/ should fix the VBR header so that time is correctly displayed for players that read the header. If not that, LAME defaults to inserting a correct header itself, compared to some encoders that don't. It's always worked for me anyway. Thanks again for the 1337ness.

[maplejet]

Wow. This almost sounds like some boss music. I like the different variations, the beat, and almost everything. I never thought that the theme from the Haunted Hall level could turn rock/industrial like. Nice remix!

[Rodin]

Quite quite nice....high quality stuff from THE man for DK remixes.

I didn't like this one as much as Protricity's other remixes though. However, after some thought about this, I've concluded that its entirely due to the fact that this particular song was never my favorite from this game, plus the fact that industrial isn't my scene.

The fact that the remix still sounded pretty cool to me is really great, as it's the first industrial mix I've actually been able to listen to all the way through.

Keep them Donkey Kong Remixes coming, your fans are always ready for more Protricity :)

[illumina]

I really loved the guitar work, nice job!!

[Nintendo_Ace]

another excellent job by protricity. Very well done. everything fits together perfectly. i'd have to make this one a close second (a very close secnd) to brainsick metal.
fascinating. it never ceases to amaze me, how well some of the remixes can be done.

[Kabuki Dude]

Protricity! Damnit! make a remix of 'Kannon's Klaim' level!

[StarBLaSt]

Protricity has an insane attention to detail that's almost intoxicating.
This mix's percussion, melodic elements and layering are near perfect. The overall sound is very well put-together, while at the same time being ridiculously complicated. This is an extremely hard thing to do, and obviously a lot of thought went into instrument placement, frequency range placement, and dynamics. The panned elements are great, extremely subtle... but still leave a "holy crap thats neet" feeling. And of course, we get some nifty prot-style guitarage to round the whole thing off. Great job.

[Ultimo Hedgehog]

This mix comes in just roaring with action. Electric springs from little crevices, lightning, thunder, and it almost sounds like hell breaking loose. Drums going wild, tons of different instruments, helluva dance beat in some places! Starts slowing down towards the center, but I love it! Chalk another one up for Protricity!

[chocomog_moomba]

YEAH BABY!!!!!

But then again, it's what you expect from a ledgendary remixer like protricity.

Keep the beats rolling!!

[Ferret]

Wow. Again with the goodness. It actually seems like he snuck in a bit of the DKC2 'Lost World' here, at various points throughout the song. Way to be.

[ZenDadaist]

Another winner. Superb stuff! :D

I really need to get more of the original SPCs...

[theoutcast]

just like to add like many before me
amazing track you get the swinger gold cup

[Mongoosedog]

That one bit of distorted Guitar from 4:27 to 4:31 blew me away! You know it's a good remix when such a small part of it is so impressive! Petricity you are the man!

[The Protricity]

Awesome remix. I think this song was okay in the game, but this remix makes it one of the best.

[Pineconeboy]

Unbelievable. This one makes me want to pee my pants it's so good. The 2.5 words that come to my mind are 'omfg, totally epic.' I don't post here much although I do download a lot of remixes, and I had to come and comment on Assembly line Apparitions. Bravo, Protricity. Masterful.

[Mary_mari]

Heheheheheh...this is such a freaky mix. Man, it makes me laugh :lol: Itz so krazy! But really, it's a good track, reminds me of the 80's for some strangesque reason *shakes head*. It's great, though. King K. Rool probably listens to this in his spooky liar *que music* Haha! I love it!!!

~^~Mary_mari's seal of approval~^~

[Txai]

Yeah! The Protricity version from Haunted Theme is great. Nice guitar and trumpets. Orchestra excellent!

A thumb up.

[Demko]

More Rock 'n Roll... GAH! Muy bueno mi amigo! 8)

[Bummerdude]

If the first one was adrenalinepumping, then how´s this?
Some of the instruments may sound a little bad, but at some point it doesn´t bother me. It may be that the original is so great that it does not matter. It may be that the guitar is so great together with the cool synths. It can also be that I´m sitting in front of my computer 8:00 a.m and really needs something that wakes me up.

Whatever the reason, this is a great remix with cool instruments working together with drums and beats to deliver a joyride of excitement to us.

I´m still too tired... :sleepzzz:

[KogeJoe]

This is a re-mix ala "Burning Heat!" Me like.

[Liontamer]

The sounds are pretty dated, unlike stuff like "Forest Birdcussion," and Ari would be able to come up with more fleshed out textures nowadays. But the arrangement is pretty good, even though I'm not a fan of the original at all.

Really awesome rock stuff from 2:51-3:41 with some awesome synth soloing. Everything from that point on carried the track home strong and sounded a lot more cohesive than the first half.

[Tensei]

Actually, Haunted Chase would happen to be a pretty blatant rip-off/arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_0GekZl7YA) ( The fast rising note passages at the start and the ominous brass are almost verbatim)

I always love the way Protricity's songs seem to progress throughout, but still keep a rhythmic and stilistic consistency. It's really hard to get a proper knack for that, and this song is a striking example of this style. Love it.

[Dj Mokram]

It really is 5 minutes of greatness.
I was expecting guitar wankery here, and I wasn't disapointed.

It has kind of a Castlevania-esque feeling to it ...mixed with a bit of James Bond too.
Some instruments or textures sound a bit fake compared to other, so it's a bit irregular here and there.
But its an epic and well structured take on the source.

As I was reading through comments, I've noticed on page 1 that Protricity is banned... really?!.
I mean, I don't know the story, but it's too bad, as he's got talent.

Anyway, nice 'Haunted Chase' remix.

[Jack Polo]

I love all of Protricity's Donkey Kong stuff; I think this might have been the first i heard... maybe even one of the first ReMixes I ever listened to actually... and weh, was I in awe.
I was anxious to hear this one especially, I've always remembered the Haunted Chase music because I used to be kinda scared about the Haunted Hall level (those damn ghost-skeleton-Kremling things always laughing evilly at you and such... even now, I shiver at the thought).
All reminiscing aside (sort of), I think this ReMix conveys the atmosphere of that level perfectly, perhaps even better than the original? methinks so.
Also, props to Prot for the ass-kicking solos.

[Emunator]

The thing I love about Protricity is the utter sense of respect he seems to have for the DKC2 soundtrack, and as a result the songs all end up feeling very true to the source but cranked all the way up to 11. This one's no exception, I love the rock/synth/orchestral hybrid, and the percussion during some of the breakdowns too. Whatever instrument you've got going at 1:41 and again later in the snog is my favorite part, though, it fits so well with the urgent mood of the rest of the song.

Killer work! :-D

[Nutritious]

Very industrial feel to start off, which is very appropriate given the source. Things kick in with the beat very nicely, keeping the energy flowing. Prot has a reputation for great arrangements and production and this is no different. One weak point in this song is the unrealistic brass samples, which are lower quality compared to most of the other elements. It's not to the point where it's really distracting as a listener, so I can live with it. Particularly good use of synth/samples guitar-ish sounds, which is VERY tricky to get right without recording them live. Good stuff here.

[Crulex]

So dark and machine-like, I love it! The guitar solo just sends this over the edge of pretty awesome to unbelievable! It still keeps the haunting feeling of the original and drives it into a wild spinning combo of haunted house, factory, and James Bond chase scene images. Whoo, thumbs up! Hands down, one of my top 3 Prot. mixes.

[OA]

Some balance changes would make this even stronger, but as-is, it's pretty great. I love the different style changes throughout but the overall feel was maintained. The solo was a little too much over the top, but the energy behind it was certainly there. There's a ton of great details in this that make it stand apart from other mixes.

A great track overall, check it out for sure. :-)

[Zannick]

I forget how exactly I came by this song originally, but I had it saved and forgotten in a random directory on my computer since August 2006 until I really got into ocremix a couple of years ago.

Still one of my absolute favorites.

[SubNormal J3]

Another classic track by Protricity. A good balance of cover and progressive takes. Like most of his work, the sequencing is impeccable. Just listen to the exact articulations on the solos. Recommended for any Protricity fan.

0:00 while sticking close to the original, it gives a new take on the general chaos of the track.
0:43 orchestra hits and rim shots work well
1:20 we get a new groove
1:40 at this point, the mix is decidedly more progressive
2:03 a dirty, resonant synth bass introduces a new chord structure
2:53 here come the solos
3:41 a bit of a reprise of 2:03
4:16 fills into another solo
4:50 ending is a bit abrupt