OCR01231 - Legend of Zelda 3 'Ganon's Temple'

[djpretzel]

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

[Saxamaphonist]

Neskarvartten has got to be my favorite remixers of this community for Its awsome live covers of zelda songs... The group is VERY impressive with a great sense of communication between the bass drums guitar and saxophone. You guys rock... I hope to hear more from them in the future!

EDIT: failed to mention the Organ which is very tasteful and not overbearing as it sometimes can be in a jazz mix

[Less Ashamed Of Self]

Wow, while not entirely always in perfect harmony, this song shows great skill and incredible musical talent. At times it reminds me of the kind of 'free jazz' stuff I would only lend a patient ear too, but then throughout the mix you can hear that you kept very true to the original track giving it a great new flavour! A vast improvement on the original, and while not for everybody, should be enjoyed by everyone who isn't musically closed minded. Nice stuff Neskavartten; glad to see you're letting yourself run in more untame variations as well.

[The3rdMan]

Everything that's been said up to this point is precisley how I feel about it. But...I'd just like to add that this song envokes two words for me:

"Miles Davis"

Kudos.

[Navi]

Yet another excellent mix from Neskarvartten. Their style continues to impress me. If you love jazz, this is a mix for you. I look forward to more direct posts from them *hint hint*.

[PianoMan]

I'm a nÜb to these forums, so bare with me. :D I didn't really enjoy the first minute of the song, it was a little too dark and bare, but after that, the song mutates into a very beautiful beast, and just soars through new domains 'till the very end. Well Done.

[Icct Hedrix]

What is with this guy and his jazz? Well...for one thing he's damn good at it. I like the whole thing, the instrumentation, the quality, the melody, the beats, and the sax. Im suprised though, that this mix got through. That is, Im suprised that it didnt get rejected for its lack of core melody. I personaly have never heard the original, but if I know Nesk (and I do) very little of his mixes have much to do with the melody. Then again, that still wouldnt stop me from giving it a Yes

[DarkeSword]

What is with this guy and his jazz? Well...for one thing he's damn good at it. I like the whole thing, the instrumentation, the quality, the melody, the beats, and the sax. Im suprised though, that this mix got through. That is, Im suprised that it didnt get rejected for its lack of core melody. I personaly have never heard the original, but if I know Nesk (and I do) very little of his mixes have much to do with the melody. Then again, that still wouldnt stop me from giving it a Yes

Obviously you DON'T know Neskvartetten, seeing as how Neskvartettan is not one person, it's a jazz combo. :whatevaa:

Also, if you've never heard the original, how do you know it doesn't cover the core melody? Your thoughts on this mix are totally unfounded, seeing as how many of the groups mixes do cover the source material adequately, albeit creatively.

Do your homework before making such ridiculous statements. :roll:

[analoq]

beautiful. i am especially partial to the rhodes.

cheers.

[Saxamaphonist]

What is with this guy and his jazz? Well...for one thing he's damn good at it. I like the whole thing, the instrumentation, the quality, the melody, the beats, and the sax. Im suprised though, that this mix got through. That is, Im suprised that it didnt get rejected for its lack of core melody. I personaly have never heard the original, but if I know Nesk (and I do) very little of his mixes have much to do with the melody. Then again, that still wouldnt stop me from giving it a YesThe melody starts at 1:27 and succeeds in continuing through the sax solo via guitar... enough of the melody is quoted...

[Thornless Rose]

brilliant.

[CykoticZZ]

I LOVE this one. Its great how you can hear the sax soloing what sounded like zelda's lullaby while the guitars in the back played the temple theme. Nesk is a great group. These guys should seriously think about a CD label and some open gigs. Don't even tell people its video game music because that would turn off the old jazz crowd, just play it and see how they like it.

[Sefy]

Before 1:30 I don't like this song. :( After that, this is better. Anyway, I really don't like too much this kind of music, so don't kill me, guys :lol:

[Dectilon]

If you look at it musicaly, this is easily the best piece on the site. Looking at it in any other way doesn't change that fact very much. This is great jazz, and it would be great jazz anywhere, not only for a game remix (cover)

[damathacus]

I daresay this is my favourite Neskvartetten tune yet, and that's saying a lot. Briliance, truly. I'm happy to see something new from them again so soon.

[jezon2000]

pimp stuff. :)

[progressive]

Eh... the work that went into this piece is probably the only thing that kept me from closing it out. Yes, it's a novel idea, and the melody is there, but I don't think Zelda was meant for the jazz club. I would call this piece, "Zelda Fitzgerald meets The Wiz."

[JJT]

this song is yet another reason these guys are my favorite mixers on the site.

Fender Rhodes = baby making music.

[south pacific islander]

Jazz and Zelda seem to go hand and ahnd. This seems to strenghen the belief. The mix is perfect when trying to mix Jazz and Evil Pig King realm music into one. Once again a perfect mix.

[blackmyst]

Maybe this sounds strange but....I can almost taste the music in this piece.

So relaxing.

[fetusboy]

The jaws of Jelly Roll Morton, Wynton Marsalis and Vince Guaraldi will drop if any of those guys are alive and listening to this. Nice stuff.

[Chuckles]

To be honest, I was really excited to see a mix of Ganon's Temple (my favorite piano piece to play) on the main page, by The N-squad, no less. Sahasralah's Homecoming was a great piece that I didn't expect out of a jazz mix. My ears would perk up everytime it came around on the playlist, but this song was much more ambient, almost neutral in that sense. I can tell that there's a lot going here, but the more obscure harmony and more pronounced "freestyle" brought it off my playlist fairly quickly.

[Koelsch1]

The bass is way too low frequency. It sounds fine on computer speakers, but when its played on good sound systems, the bass muds it up too much.

[GonTribal]

While agree with Koelsch on the bit about the bass, the song is still incredible. I love the intro, the suspense just keeps building until the song finally reaches a continuing point. Reminds me of watching some "thriller" movie when I hear this. Good stuff.

[jordex]

This one was great. It was nice and long and you don't hear many remixes of this song. Actually I think this is the only remix of this song. The jazz is very nice in this song, it'd be sweet if our band at school would learn this.

[tgfoo]

Man, this is some good stuff, I've always been a fan of jazz, especially small combos. I was a little skeptical when I decided to listen to this song. I've listen to some of the other jazzish remixes on this site, and i wasn't too impressed. But this is great. You could have told me that this was done by a pro, and I'd probably beleive you. Good stuff.

[The_Wind_Waker8]

It's harder to like the music if you've never heard it in the game before. And i didn't like this song until I played through Four Swords Adventures. So now I'm really enjoying this song. Even though i'm not a huge fan of jazz, it's great. Great work Neskvartetten! :D

[watkinzez]

I just bought a pair of Sennheiser HD555s, and this was one of the first songs I used for a road test. Now I already knew the quality prevalent in this song, but now I can say that Neskvartetten sounds awesome. Mustin is right to have this in his top ten ever remixes. Brilliant.

[Radiowar]

Neskvartetten (had to copy and paste that) are my new favourite remixers on this site. This remix is the one that I wanted to hear Sanctuary Dungeon made into, as soon as I heard the trumpet in the original.

[Kanthos]

Not just any Miles Davis either; it screams "Bitches Brew/In A Silent Way". The sax player's tone sounded a lot like Bob Mintzer from the Yellowjackets.

[KogeJoe]

At first, I didn't think this track could be mixed any other way... but the chords actually do well for a Jazz ensemble.

GREAT sax work.

[42]

Very smooth and ambient, and great jazz

I have to admit the intro wasn't to enticing for me;it's slow to start, but later on it gets going into something more substantial.

All in all, a great mix.

[AmzRigh]

Wow, this sounds like Miles Davis, John Coltrane and John McLaughlin all at once. It's fantastic. Terrific work.

[OA]

Interesting opening with some smokey sounding sax work and some rhythm section hints. Sounds all live, which is a plus, but i felt the arrangement was a bit meandering for my taste. I'm sure this will be a hit with a lot of people, but i'm not a huge fan. Sorry. :-(

[Basementwall]

This blows my mind. I love how in one sense it moves so far away from the original track, but in another sense (mood, chord progression) it stays so close to home. Perfect.

[PROTO·DOME]

Oh man, only recently have I discovered Neskvartetten, gotta say, some of THE best jazz I've heard. This one is a particular favourite, the arrangement is just fantasic, the melody is pulled about over the top of some wonderful chords.

Simply awesome stuff, wish I could play sax like this guy.