OCR01276 - Donkey Kong Country 2 'Set Sail'

[djpretzel]

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

[Impassioned Havoc]

From the second the theme kicked in on this ReMix, I knew I was going to enjoy it. The swamp theme has always been a very emotive piece, and... wait, what's this? COMPLETELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION. An interesting theme on the Topsail theme, with a nice spin on the original melody. This piece has some excellent flow to it, and I enjoy the wind instruments, which go nicely with the theme of the piece. Overall, a strong first showing, and the commitment to the work really shows throughout. It's nice to see something different done with the DKC2 source material; no offense to Prot, but it's nice to see the veritable monopoly being broken up. Well done.

EDIT: I'd also like to point out the irony in this pieces resemblences to Protricity's FFV mix, when DKC2 is undisputably Proticity's turf. I'll shut up now.

[Hobocop]

Ever since the early versions of this song and collecting numerous versions of it, it's finally on ocr. I really like the original, and agree with the style used in this song. Good to see new people makin DKC 2 remixes.

and bonus points cuz my gf will like it

[SirRus]

I said it once before, and I will say it again and again till the day I die: "You my boy Bliz!"

Wonderful first OCR song, truly something to be proud of. Larry did say it best: "Respect."

[PianoMan]

Wow...this was all from the source material? That's absolutely,completely, crazily awesome. This remix is amazing...I just love a nice feel-good song every once and a while, and this is most definately one of the songs I'll turn to.

Kudos.

[Txai]

This remix starts with the Swamp Theme, and continues after that with the Rigging Theme.

The orchestra is very pleasant.

The instruments move me of natural form.I do not hesitate. This is a good remix.The Rigging Theme is perfect to make an orchestra.

This remix is ingenious.

Blizihizake made a great work!!!

[Chris McGee]

Wow. Great stuff here, Blake. I've been a fan of this track since I heard the early WIP.

Orchestration is solid all around, dynamics, eq, articulation are all spot on. Excellent arrangement.

Congratulations. You're an inspiration to all of us too poor to spend money on samples. :D

[Trenthian]

good times man. It turned out really nice. :)


keep um coming Bliz.

[nodspaw51]

This mix has been up on the WIP's since god know's when, and even when I listened to it as a WIP, I still loved it. I think this is something even Protricity, the DKC master himself, would be proud of. Props to you, man.

[Navi]

I knew this would make it. Great stuff, Blake.

[thediabeticknight]

Yay for Bliz!

Congrats on your first song on OCRemix.

[ILLiterate]

Makes me happy :o Great job Bliz

[Moo2u]

I wish I was a pirate....yar...

Grand first mix! Hope to hear much more from you!

[Anonymous]

The source material is probably one of my favorite songs from a videogame ever. Needless to say, I was extremely happy when I heard this - I first thought it was the DKC2 swamp theme but then it turned into the awesome first area theme "Rigging". I am too excited to post an actual review with substance but rest assured that you've made me very satisfied by covering this song.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

This is how this tune was meant to be played. Absolutely brilliant, and one of the best-done orchestras I've heard in a mix.

[LiquidTrance]

great job and congrats

[RoeTaKa]

Haha Reading these reviews to the section at 3 minutes in your song, it's like you're coming home and everyones clapping!

*clap clap clap* great mood.

Great song Bliz wouldn't doubt it would get on. Orchestral definetly was your thing and let me say DJBlizihizake would have sounded...gay haha (no offense y'all).
This never gets boring, sounds amazing and never lets up.
I still have a gripe or two, but that never needs to come up as high as here. Haha congratulations.

[Nicole Adams]

I remember hearing this way back when during the early stages and have been keeping my eye on it ever since then. I had a feeling it would get accepted onto OCR because of Blake's determination. He listened to the advice given by the WIP forum and after many months of work "Set Sail" made it onto OCR...and it fits quite nicely into the list, I must say. Nice job, Bliz! I knew you'd make it! :D

[Diegox]

I love it!

[tyler_lucero]

Wow. The tone of this Remix seems to be indicitive of its reaction here on this msg board. Sort of an "underdog finally makes it" thing. :) I too am very happy for you, Blake. It's apparent that you worked long and hard to produce the best final product possible, and succeeded with flying colors...you should be proud. This is, quite possibly, the most emotive and emotional remix I've heard in a long time. It moved me, and I'm not just saying that. The oboe section at 2'03 almost made me cry...brilliant. I'm a sucker for good orchestral, but this is several noches above "good." This is truely great.

I can't wait to hear more from you in the future. You have a new fan. :)

[Skilless]

I REALLY like this song. I listen to it on loop for hours while playing World of Warcraft. It makes me feel like I am accomplishing something. It makes me want to replay DKC2 over agian. Nice work.

[Lacour]

It's gotta pirates of the caribbean tone to it...aaaarrrrgggghhhhh nice job matey

[RimFrost the Tourianist]

Loved this remix :o Now all we need is a few bottles of rum !

[Bladewing]

I love orchestrals! This one really did it for me.

[RazorVayne]

Sweet!! A very epic symphany.
I feel like this ReMix would've been perfect for the Wind Waker's ending credits scenerio. It also sounds a bit 'Christmasy' which is cool!

[Aninymouse]

This just kicked the Wind Waker's ass.
Beautiful, splendid. It puts Prot's old orchestral DKC2 mix to shame.

The swell at 1:24 is especially wonderful. Good stuff, man. Not only did you pick a great track to go orchestral, but you really kept it interesting and at a good length. :nicework:

[Txai]

It's gotta pirates of the caribbean tone to it...aaaarrrrgggghhhhh nice job matey
Loved this remix Now all we need is a few bottles of rum !

The Captain is satisfied...

[Demko]

It's gotta pirates of the caribbean tone to it...aaaarrrrgggghhhhh nice job matey
Loved this remix Now all we need is a few bottles of rum !

The Captain is satisfied...

Yeah! Pirates! RUM! Hey, Captain...Good Job!
"Blizihizihizizake"

[Falcovsleon20]

Yay! A Jib Jig mix at last! While it doesn't exactly portray the word piratical like I pictured it to, it certaintly captured the theme of DKC2 which was basically pirates. Oh and it gets points for that nice piece of Bayou Boogie at the beginning. You should do another Jib Jig mix if Kong In Koncert 2 is decided to become reality. 10/10.

[Daikun]

I just listened to this ReMix for the first time today, which is bizarre; I normally NEVER miss DKC2 ReMixes, because I check the site every day and DKC2 is one of my favorite video game soundtracks. :?

Anyway, this has to be the BEST ReMix I've ever heard on this site. It sounds very strikingly lot like something you would hear from Disney. It'd make the perfect song to hear while you watched one of the nightly fireworks shows at Disneyland.

Oh, great, now this song has me yearning for some classic Disney nostalgia, for some odd reason. :? Maybe Blizi should get a job at that company and work on the music for some of their animated films... Agh, I've gotta get out of the house!

[Krythan]

Wow, I'm so glad that this mix got accepted! I kept a close watch on it through the WIP phase, and its great to see that it has found its rightful place on OCR. Yeah, I know its been on the site for some time now, I just haven't had the chance to check OCR in a good while.

This is definately one of my DKC2 favorites - it rivals the work of the great Protricity. This mix flows together seamlessly...kinda reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Stellar job, Bliz! 10/10!

[heineken]

DKC remixes are my fav dunno why they're great! especialy this one this one's beautiful! keep it up Bliz! :D

[Super Metal Mario]

Great remix.

[Bummerdude]

This is so great that it can be an
opening theme to a movie!
Great orchestral Blizdude! 8)

[Magnum_Thunder]

This a mix that sounds like you actually held an orchestral concert to record this piece. The flow of the moods this mix brings sounds almost exactly like a piece by a video game-loving, 15th century musician. What surprises me, though, is that this sounds so close to something for a Wind Waker remix than one for DKC2. You did a good job, but the only problem was that it was a little shorter than I thought it would be.

Final Grade: 7 out of 10

[Yamato2299]

As a fan of Donkey Kong Country 2 and its soundtrack I have to say I like how this song turned out. I was surprised to find the forest theme used with a sailing themed song but the execution was done really well. I remember seeing a Set Sail 2 on vgmix.com back when the site was still up and hope it makes it to OCR.

[Dr.d]

Ahh yes Dkc this is one of my favorite songs from the many DK songs there are. I've downloaded this song a long time ago I just never got around to reviewing it. 2 thumbs way way up.

[ResEvil07]

Hooboy this is my first review in a while and I have alot of songs to catch up on.

Anyway, I found this piece to be very enjoyable. I particularly like orchestral mixes. The beginning section was done very beautifully and the transition was good into the faster part. To be honest I felt that it was a little strange to start it of so quiet and then go into a louder more active section.

The bass lines (namely the cellos) were wonderfully written and went well with the overall piece. I mostly enjoyed the use of dynamics and tempo changes. As always as I percussion major I feel that a strong background with lots of toys and gadgets going on gives a piece the extra excitment it needs.

Overall I felt the song went very smoothly with few errors.

[setzertrancer]

This is one of my favorite songs ever on OCR seriously. this song is beautiful and very faithful to the original. I mostly enjoyed the upbeat bit in the middle and then I tend to restart the song when it gets to the slow brooding bit towards the end. Not that it's bad at that point it just starts turning away from my preferred genre.

Anyway this song well deserves getting the FIRST review I've written on this site in more then 4 years.

[Lucentas]

Sometimes, in my journeys on this site, I find arrangements that are perhaps the epitome, the pinnacle, the apex of the piece's original essence; what the track was trying to be, what it yearned for in the years it was trapped by the limitations of primitive sound programming.

This is one of those arrangements.

It takes everything I liked about the original track and turns it into a beautiful symphonic piece that could easily be used for a movie about adventure on the high seas, pirate-induced or otherwise. With minor tweaking, I would love to hear this performed by a live orchestra.

[42]

Heh...
This is a cute sea shanty. Reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean to a degree.
It also reminds me of Wind Waker/One Piece/Monkey Island to a degree also (in general thematics that is, not musical themes). It has that innocent/hopeful streak running through it as well in addition to that grandiose "We're off on a Grand Adventure" type feel to this.

I like this; it's very light hearted and inspiring.

[OA]

Pretty pleasant work here, I enjoyed the adventurous melody and the transitions between sections. The use of free samples was very well done, and the level of work put into them was very nice. Strong articulations and nice humanization.

I like this one. :-)

[Crulex]

I don't know about Pirates of the Caribbean, cause that was darker and a bit more....pirate-ty. But I can easily imagine a ship leaving the docks with a light-hearted sea crew. A great little tune that's perfect for doing a (jib) jig on the deck and drinking good rum to other sea shantys. Well done, you've earned your "DJ" title as far as I'm concerned.