OCR01866 - Super Mario Land 'Why So Serious?'

[djpretzel]

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

[Jewbei]

its about time this got posted! man halc and cth you've done it again this time fusing both of y'all unique styles to create a epic ass mix. i find myself listening to your music alot halc and cth the same goes to you man keep at it i want to hear moar!

ps...damn halc we never got to finish our collab?? do you still have the project files? hit me up on aim when you can!

[DragonAvenger]

This mix is very cute, I'm really liking it. Very clever with the name, although for the first listen I was waiting for the evil clowns to come get me all of a sudden.

The 3:00 section was my favorite part, the slowdown was pretty trippy.

I'm on the fence on whether this was a tad too long, but I have to listen more before I make that decision.

Great work guys.

[Lucentas]

This is a great mix, very upbeat and quirky in a fun way (great use of the coin sound). It definitely reminded me of halc's Tetris Attack mix, which I also love.

Also, I appreciate his tenacity in playing through the first few levels just to access the source tune--I, too, am woefully inadequate at platformers and I know how much of a hassle that must have been, all to deliver to us this fine, fine mix.

Mad props.

[KyleJCrb]

Loved this so much I played it on an episode of NGI (http://kngi.org/2009/04/12/nitro-game-injection-113-revenge-of-the-podcast/) awhile back. Nice one, dudes.

[DuoNishiki]

Very nice. I love the retro sounding instruments. Been a while since I've listened to a mix that dominated with these kinds of sounds. Happy and catchy. *claps*.

[WillRock]

Oh man this was just one big nostalgia trip...

Its like i'm 7 again... :D

[Harmony]

Fun stuff, especially the second theme. Love the guitar too.

[Nicole Adams]

This is a super fun remix; very catchy.

Monumental review +1

[LuigiFan]

Oh man, I miss Super Mario Land - was one of my first games for the Game Boy as well (along with Donkey Kong Land and Game and Watch Gallery). This is a great, relaxing take on the theme - I seriously love the interwoven textures that you two managed to fit in there. It's a little quiet for me, but it definitely sounds great in the headphones. Keep up the fantastic work!

[MechaFone]

I've got nothing to say on this mix. I mean, other than I thoroughly enjoyed it in it's entirety. Get this mix now, don't ask questions, and let the good times roll.

[diamondfalcon]

That's a pretty cool song.
It sounded like Kirby music at times, you should remix one of those too. :D

[Txai]

Hell, yeah. Still awesome.

This should have direct posted. This is hot stuff.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

This is why I love chthonic.

[yosefu]

This mix brings back forgotten memories of my childhood. A great mix guys.

[K.B.]

Incredibly happy. The chiptuneness grows on you too... such a great medium when done right. And this does it right. I said it before, but solid work guys.

But, seriously, what did you do from 1:25-1:30? That sounds like you put bees in a blender... do I need to call PETA?

[Xbob42]

This is one of the few songs, here or otherwise, that just plasters a smile on my face. It's so relentlessly fun and happy, innocent and carefree. It's nothing short of a pleasure to listen to - just my type of music!

[Ascendancy]

pure fun, gosh been a while since i heard a track on ocremix that put such great emphases on enjoyment, fun, orginality, and did i forget to mention fun? =D

fits the summer mood so well, and yay for nostalgia. great work guys

[PROTO·DOME]

Freakin' awesome stuff, liking the liberal bits a lot. We need more chiptune!!

[M W]

It's about time this track made it to OCR. I've still been listening to the WIP posted a long while back.

[Geneson]

I think this is the best work of both of these guys, and I've probably listened to each of chthonic's mixes like 20 times. no wonder the past two years haven't been quite as happy for me, the dude wasn't posting mixes!

onward to more joyful days as I dance to this song!

[metalsnakejuice]

I can not stop smiling when l play this:-P

Good job.

[windkirby]

Very catchy and fun, but I do have a complaint that kept it from being the best of best for me: it seemed too long. Like there were sections were the music just sort of went along with it with little to say, relatively.
Others probably won't agree with my lack of concision bit; I will say that otherwise it's absolutely stunning and that the chiptune voice was really great - nice work on the whole. :]

[halc]

btw

super mario bros NES reference at 1:32 (think of the first few notes of the traditional smb theme)

we intended for it to be fairly obvious but i'm told it's hard to spot

[PROTO·DOME]

...but i'm told it's hard to spot

Really? I thought it was glaringly obvious (in the BEST kind of way! ^o^)

[OA]

Great stuff, tracks like this, AeroZ, Willrock, and some of AnoSou's stuff make me think we are seeing the beginning of a new OCR chip renaissance, and that sounds pretty good to me. :-)

Nice sounds and a great mood, like the game boy traveled to the future! This is like a modern take on old-school OCR; great arrangement ideas throughout.


Highly recommended. :-)

[rainmanbk]

Holy crap... This is one of those mixes.. You know, the one you download and you're like how was my life complete without this? And then you listen to it for days and days and it never gets old. You wonder, how could two people turn that simple Gameboy melody into this sweet nectar that is caressing my ears so gently, making me want to fall into an eternal state of orgasmic aurel pleasure. I can't tell you because I am not a God that these two are. This is easily in my top 10 oc.r of all time.

Thanks for single-handedly demonstrating all the reasons I love video game remixes with this one mix.

[Dafydd]

This is great. It's very liberal without ever straying too far from the source, and the gameboy leads really help there. Relaxed and fun - very enjoyable.

[Matt E. Waldman]

Wow, awesome job you guys! Normally I'm against chiptune/lo-fi remixes, but this is definitely an exception! This is how it SHOULD be done, not overly simple!

The arrangement is absolutely creative. It feels very retro, but yet it has a big modern pop influence on it. It works very well! I absolutely love the new bass lines you've added in and how they lend well to the source's melody. The tempo changes at about 2/3 in were a nice touch and very well-timed. And the huge combination of different beeps and bloops was just as refreshing as listening to a full orchestra of instruments. In a way, it reminds me of many Katamari Damacy songs.

Overall, no complaints from me. You guys have done an excellent job rearranging one of my favorite childhood themes! I can't wait to hear more! :D

[jintoreedwine]

Until I saw this remix posted I had all but forgotten about Super Mario Land. I really enjoyed the remix both because it was a great remix and because it was fun to remember my experiences playing this game when I was a younger lad than I am currently.

Fantastic job!

[chthonic]

Thanks for single-handedly demonstrating all the reasons I love video game remixes with this one mix.
double-handedly*

also fun fact I originally wanted to title this mix "why so serious (business)"

[Martin Penwald]

Upbeat, happy, fun. This remix is all of this. I hadn't heard the source in more than a decade, and hearing it again in this beautiful, chiptune-y rendition is a pleasure.

Nice work, guys.

[Lint]

I really enjoy this track (now and when it was posted as an R:TS Mix). The beat is pumping and the melodies are really nicely arranged. That slowdown during the middle of the song is a neat part that makes the whole thing feel like some kind of slow-mo matrix leap over an enemy or something. Creative use of samples as well.

Actually, listening to this track made me wonder why there aren't more remixes from Gameboy titles.

---------------- Now playing: chthonic, halcyon - Super Mario Land: Why So Serious? R:TS Mix (http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/chthonic%2c+halcyon/track/super+mario+land%3a+why+so+serious%3f+r%3ats+mix) via FoxyTunes (http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/)

[moonra]

Even only knowing the site for about a month, I already got hundreds of ReMixes (I use a dial-up connection). And chthonic works are the techno ones I liked most, BY FAR (along with some other random ones, like bLiNd's Jade Catacombs). It made me very sad to see that that he only had five ReMixes and that the last one was submitted almost 2 years ago. I thought "he was probably abducted by some aliens for his awesomeness."

Then here I am, listening some musics on my PC and one of his plays. Then I say to a friend of mine who's also a musician: "Man, it's so sad he only have 5 ReMixes and the last one is from almost 2 years ago...". Then I google his alias to see if he had a homepage or anything like that. Only to find that ChthoniC is a melodic black metal band from Taipei... So, as a rare struck of rational thought gets to my mind, I remember that there are links to the ReMixer homepage and such on their page on this very site.
And to my surprise, when I look in his page I see a "6".

Now, this' starting to become longer than I want it to be, so I'll cut the crap...
As you can see, I LOVED this guy ReMixes. He's my favorite on the techno remixes genre.

Welcome back chthonic and please, don't go on tripping with aliens again (at least not for so long).

[halc]

thanks for all the great comments, everyone :D

[stkyle]

This is one of my favorite mixes. The first day I downloaded it, I listened to it 21 times ... and that was only in the brief periods in my car or walking between classes. Excellent job guys! The title makes me happy ^_^

[Red_Link]

This is, as rainmanbk said, one of 'those' mixes. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MIX! And actually, this was the mix that convinced me to join this site finally :razz:. One thing I did notice was that while it said that it was a mix of the second stage, it seemed to me, at least in the beginning, that it more resembled the credits music, which incidentally is also a really good song. Anyways, THANK YOU CHTHONIC AND HALCYON (ack, I keep thinking it's spelled 'Halycon')!!!! This is one of those that makes me go back and look up others by these remixers, regardless of whether I've played that game or not. And, incidentally, I find that all the ones they've done in other games I looked up were all ones I thought were good enough to keep, no exceptions.
Now to actual critiquing.
The intro was nice, with the coming in on those broken chords, and I liked how remniscent it was of the actual music. The slowdown later in the piece was a nice touch, and I also liked the 'background' type synth. As to negatives.... Well, this is one where I actually can't really catch much of anything. The coin sound was a bit annoying as it happened at irregular intervals, and was fairly quiet, making you listen harder for it, but not finding it. I also wish this had lasted longer... it seemed to end too soon, and the ending didn't really match the tone of the rest of the piece. Other than that, great job!

[halc]

Loved this so much I played it on an episode of NGI (http://kngi.org/2009/04/12/nitro-game-injection-113-revenge-of-the-podcast/) awhile back. Nice one, dudes.

wow, i guess i never caught this. you guys are awesome - i definitely enjoyed that. and larry, you are the man.

also just a comment on this whole live collaboration situation; ben's one of my good buds - not only do we live in the same 'general' area, but we actually went to high school together and have been within that proximity ever since.

anyway, thanks! glad you guys dig our mix. you'll certainly hear from us again. :-D

[MaxxAndrew]

This track is just awesome. Yeah it kinda has some emo kid feel to it, but that doesn't diminish the fact that is done well. I wish some of the melodies were a little louder and the bass was a little sub woofer oriented, but this is a style and mood Id like to see much more of on ocremix. Most similar tracks come off as a little too simple rave repetitive beat. This one stays true to the style with the snare drum, but has many ambient drums that just flow each part together and build up to the leading snare... ahhh its great. There is kinda this static orchestra to the whole track caused by maybe compression Idk but it creates a progression and a introduction to each new section of the song which is cool. DOWNLOAD IT. I know I did.

[Polo]

The arrangement's personalized every step of the way, crafting hills and valleys through natural, invigorating transitions and an expanse of old-school sounds. This in turn helps channel one's imagination as they enjoy a pleasurable romp through Retro Land. Top it all off with a calm ending of guitar strums and you have an enticing masterpiece.

[Pachi Risu]

Nice Remix. Very enjoyable.

[Zombie]

Great remix! This was THE mario game that got me into videogames when I was kid. I love it.

:D

[Emunator]

I remember seeing this one in the judge's queue and thinking "WTF is with the hackneyed, year-old Dark Knight reference? I can't think of how this could possibly be appropriate."

Then I listened, and I realized that I was taking it too seriously myself :-P This is a plain happy remix and, between the infectious dance beat and the chipper chiptune style, I can't help but feel a bit more joyous while I'm listening :-)

The subtle use of the guitar toward the end really inspires me, and I plan to blatantly rip that off in a coming collab of my own ;-)

Great Job!

[Marmiduke]

Interesting lo-fi approach to the chiptune formula. Fuzzed production and a slew of more traditional sounding synths give this a feeling removed from the chip mixes I've heard lately. Which is actually refreshing. In exchange for oomph and clarity, there's an array of texture and density to music.
I think the mix gets better and better as it progresses; the arrangement certainly takes on a life of its own, moving into unfamiliar tangents that complement the nostalgic melodies quite nicely. This is constantly keeping things fresh, despite the fact it is the length of an average dance mix. Sustaining happy, lo-fi electronic music that long and never having it grow tedious is a commendable achievement.
The chiptune scene on the site seems to be going from strength to strength, and this very enjoyable collab mix is a definite stepping stone to the current awesomeness.

[Nario]

Whoa, I loved ALL of chthonic's work back in the day, and I'm so surprised and so happy to discover that a new song was made! Of course, seeing as how halc worked on it too, I'll definitely have to check out his stuff too!

In any case, this song is just as enjoyable as any other chthonic song! No gripes, always interesting, always charming, nothing short of genius! Yeah, I'm a total fanboy, and proud of it!

Great song, you two! Now I'm off to check out halc's music! :D

Seriously, I'm so excited to find more chthonic material!

[Geoffrey Taucer]

One of my girls will be competing a floor routine to this mix this season.

[halc]

One of my girls will be competing a floor routine to this mix this season.

o_o epic!
youtube link when this happens