OCR00577 - Super Mario Bros. 2 'Super Buck II'

[orkybash]

Super Mario Bros. 2 'Super Buck Jazz'

Estradasphere's cooked up a swinging version of the Mario 2 main theme, whose main highlight is lots and lots and lots of brass, including a great sax solo early on. And damn, does it sound good! These are real instruments people (i'm 99% sure they are, at least), and IMHO, Overclocked ReMix is honored to be graced by this remix. *Does Jedi hand motion.* You WILL download this mix.

[krispy]

I really think this is one of the best mixs on the site. Estradasohere does indeed cook up a very swinging jazz song complete with sax solo and chello solo. I came on this site one day thinking to myself "I could use a good jazz version of SMB 2", and bamn i get this and I have no complaints what so ever, its exactly what I invisioned and more. I really wish these guys would do anotehr song for us Jazz fan out there because they ahve raw talent. I give this song a 10/10 easy. Highly recommended.

[skawttieboy]

Being in a jazz band myself, I can tell you right now, I loved this one from the start. And I how it focuses around the tradional theme (and not going into different beats and stuff). Nice solo section too! :D
Great mix! :)

[BigDRS]

This song actually inspired a friend and I to make an arrangement of Super Mario 1 and 2 tunes for a group combo of our high school jazz band. We played it when we went on tour, and every crowd went crazy. Who dosen't know the Super Mario Brothers theme? Anyway, this song is mad stupid crazy, to say the least. It should be played on every major radio station world wide... but perhaps that's taking it a bit too far, I'm not sure.

[Woffester]

They have another one that I actually like better, except its TOO SHORT! I downloaded it off their site and uploaded it to my FTP for YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE!!! I wish they would make it longer and submit it!

http://24.25.12.191/_woffester/Estradasphere-mario.mp3

[Xaleph]

um, this is usually of the first songs I suggest to people who have never heard of ocremix..... GET IT... EVEN IF YOU HATE VIDEO GAME MUSIC!!! ITS TO GOOD TO PASS UP!!! 10/10

~dj carbunk1e

[WhalePorn]

I don't think there is a person on the face of the planet who could not enjoy something as well crafted and classy as this. Great Jazz, it not only hugs the original theme, but does it so well it works by itself. Even people who didn't grow up with mario will dig this, and for those of us who remeber the good old days of turnip tossing its just a blast. One of the best remixes on the site in my opinion.

[Dev]

This remix can be described by only one word. Perfect. Everything about this mix is incredible, from the brass to the bitchin' solos. Not to mention the instruments are real. A nice break from the ordianary. Even if you're not a fan of jazz, you should download it anyways. This is a definite 10/10. Download it now...

[CaVeDoG]

WOW!

[uglyhatman]

This one should've been in Smash Bros. Melee. Its awesome.

[aotearoa]

Yeah, this one's a classic...

oh, and the time is coming, SO SOON!!! (Look at my user info to the left and you may see a glimpse of the coming glory!!!)

[PassivePretentiousness]

This is definetly the best Super Mario Bros. 2 remix in existance. It doesn't mess around with doing (them) fancy techno tricks and just sticks to giving the melody everything it deserves. I can't stop cynical self from thinking that there's something missing in this remix... though my complete and utter lack of music knowledge keeps me saying exactley what it is :x ... 7/8

[Evilhead]

I bow down in humble worship of this song. Download this. Now.

[DrumUltimA]

godly

[Pancake]

I was just downloading songs the otherday from OverClocked, yknow, listening to them until you got sick of the regurgitated themes, (essentially it was the original song with a drum beat in the background) and then I stumbled onto THIS. I don't know how they did it, but this not only has one of THE SICKEST bass solos I've ever heard, but keeps the original tune so hopping and fresh that it merely entrances me everytime I listen to this. I've heard it probably 20-30 times so far, and all I have to say is: "By far, the sickest song on OverClocked to date." A must see for anyone that's into jazz or has played Mario 2.

[progressive]

Berr-ill-ee-unt.

[RichardSora]

Interesting. I can die happy now. It's like a jazz filled ambrosia.

[Cano]

incredible. awesome. amazing. kool in all the sense. the swingy mood and the brass lines are real cool. the sax solo is A-WE-SO-ME. the bajo solo is awesome too. you just cant go wrong, this thing is an amazing piece of swingy jazz. and the band perform it flawlessly, and with a real emphasis in FUN!!! a classic. if you ever played this game, it will bring tears and a fuckingly big grin to your face. if not, it will do it, too. this piece is so good that it could have been there 40 years ago when some band played dixieland. get it NOW.

Cano

one of the best songs in OCR, and deffinately, the best Mario 2 theme by THIS far.

[Kamikaze Noodle]

Whoa, what an awesome song. And so well-recorded. It's everything you caould ask for in a big band rendition of the Mario 2 song. It's funny cuz I tried to get my band to do a jazz version of this song as well, with a guitar oriented focus. It didn't pan out, so I'll just have to listen to this song until I can maybe pull that project back together...
Very Nice Work. :nicework:

[nodspaw51]

Wow! I love jazz and this song just does it for me. This is some good stuff! I love this! All the different instruments and everything all playing along with one of my favorite mario beats! I tell ya, when we play in our jazz band at school, this is what i think of. I've already downloaded this. To tell you the truth, i think this is the song that dragged me into ocr community. Wow, this is a great song!

[UltraWill]

Rock on Estradasphere! I own this album, the rest of it is freakin awesome as well. If you like this kind of stuff, check out the rest of the Web of Mimicry. http://www.webofmimicry.com/ Also, check out Mr. Bungle. OR ELSE.

[MajinX]

being a fan of jazz, i was a bit skeptical. i thought it would be some crappy midi remix.


then i heard it. and i have never felt so gitty any time recently. it almost made me cry it was so fantastic.

to be blunt, i need more. please. more.

[TrueMagoo]

Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note. My high school is working on it currently. So if anyone wants a copy, just email me and I can get it to you.

[Saxamaphonist]

Email sent

[fishonthecarpet]

A brilliant song.
Now that it has been put in jazz it all seems to perfect :)
These guys obviously know what they are doing musically, and it's great to see some awesome solos knocked in.
One of my favourite songs on ocremix.
9/10!

[Dhsu]

Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note.
Isn't the point of solos supposed to be that they're improvised? :P

But yes...amazing arrangement. It's been forever since I've actually heard a real bass solo. They should be proud of what they've done here.

[neminem]

This is my favorite mix ever, and probably will remain so for eternity. Just wanted to say that. Also, I wanted to say that apparently Estradasphere has forgotten all about this, as I asked them about it last year at their show and they all got blank looks on their faces. So much for hearing more of them.

[Corporal Eschebone]

Real awesome, professional jazz here. Perfect execution.


Whenever I was younger I had always thought of jazz as being boring, uneventful music; but after listening to several jazz pieces on this site [i.e. AmIEvil's Battle Rocks, and Mazedude's Trippin' on Snails], I learned that jazz was the complete opposite of that. Now I'm interested in getting a lot more jazz...

[TrueMagoo]

Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note. My high school is working on it currently. So if anyone wants a copy, just email me and I can get it to you.

I just recently posted the arrangement on SibeliusMusic.com. You can listen to it and print it out right from here... http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=55070 . Thanks for all the emails I've receieved, and even more thanks to Estradasphere, who have created such an awesome arrangement.

[CC Ricers]

For a while I thought 'wait, that SBM2 song would sound great in jazz, or a piano ragtime'. My wish came true. I first heard this song over at VGMix, and it really is the stuff of legends.

[schwagnah]

Dang, this is one superb mix. Jazz fan or not, this is one of the best, if not THE best Mario mix I have heard so far. Everything sort of flows perfectly into this night-club style Jazz session where everybody is tapping their feet and swinging their heads.

Awesome stuff.

10/10

[doublejbass]

This is clearly the best remix on this site. Many of the posted songs are the result of glamer-kiddies who get their hands on a copy of Fruity Loops and have no feel for the music, and essentially just create a "techno enhancement" that ends up sounding manufactured, lame, and most of the time, I'd really rather just listen to the original NSF.

For this song, however, that is clearly not the case. It did not surprise me to see that this jazz band did mostly other things, "normal music." In their music, they demonstrate a clear understanding of the style, and take a melody that has always been one of the staples of great video game music and follow its natural evolution to give it the proper treatment in the style it was composed in in the first place.

The improvisational breaks, most notably the first solo, are a pure joy to listen to, as they build on the progressions in silky smooth fashion, and the way this performance pulls us back, keeping the intensity at full blast, and expertly builds us back up to their rocking finale leaves nothing to be desired. In the end, its artistry and expertise set it in a class above all the rest of the songs on this site, and far above all but the very best of the rest. It takes something like this to make a listener realize just where the bar should be. Highest recommendation. *****

[Blake]

JESUS CHRIST! WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD THIS SONG? HOWCOME NOBODY HAS MENTIONED HTIS MIX TO ME?!

This is the first REAL non-synthesized jazz mix on OCR that I've heard, and this is some real skill. The sax and bass player have some amazing improvisation. Great arrangement, all the players really can swing. Me being in a jazz band, it's nice to finally have a jazz song with a feel of swing on OCR. Good stuff, I'm really excited. This stays on my playlist for a long time.

[Txai]

How pretty music! This work is very amused. I liked to hear this Great Plumber/Jazz!

[Blake]

Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note. My high school is working on it currently. So if anyone wants a copy, just email me and I can get it to you.

I just recently posted the arrangement on SibeliusMusic.com. You can listen to it and print it out right from here... http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=55070 . Thanks for all the emails I've receieved, and even more thanks to Estradasphere, who have created such an awesome arrangement.

I love you guys. Thank you so much for doing this. I gotta give this to my band teacher first thing monday morning at jazz band.

[neminem]

JESUS CHRIST! WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD THIS SONG? HOWCOME NOBODY HAS MENTIONED HTIS MIX TO ME?!


In fact, nobody (where by nobody I mean myself, if that wasn't clear) has repeatedly plugged this song as probably the best that OCR has to offer. You must have just not been listening ;).

And yes - this is pretty much the best song on OCR, no joke.

[Bilde]

Bloody nice! :D
Must download, must hear, must own! 8)

[Bahamut]

For those who never listened to this song, go download it now! And then go buy the band's CDs! A version of this song is found on their CD Buck Fever, which is a pretty frickin sweet CD, and is worth what you spend on it.

This remix does indeed kick ass though, gotta love their homage to video game music.

[Brim]

Holy crap, this song is the most awesome song I have ever heard, wow. I can't express my love for this song, I love every single moment of it.

[the_mayor]

i once proformed in a jazz band but we didn't play video game tunes. :cry: hearing this mix makes me wish we did. this is a really sweet song.
a must download

[jordex]

OMG I just love this song! It's too damn good, I wish I knew about it earlier! I just love that bass solo :lol: One of the best jazz, bass solos I've ever heard! This is perfect

[Nite_Moogle]

I stumbled on this in a random lineup of the first 1250 mixes and it's probably one of the best things I've ever found on the internet. I can't express how much I love this one.

[Abstractication]

I just had this remix on for the 9835840th time. I liked this song a lot from the start. One of my favorites. And I love jazz to start with. It'd be so awesome if the highschool jazzband performed this. Damn excellent it is.

[pilif]

well.... I always found that music in SMB2 kind of strange on my NES. This remix shows how great it actually is - once you play it like this. Great!

[lady zelda]

Gotta love it! Those improvisations give it that extra authentic jazzy flare that just gets it swingin'! Imagine this: you're in a schmancy nightclub, spring of 1927, fancy dresses and flapper bob hair dancing freely Chicago style to this amazing (drastic understatement) remix! Now what can top that?

[linkspast]

this is sweet with a plus 5 to coolness factor,
I created an account just to say how cool this is

[Burger Deluxe]

....wow. 8O

finally, my love for jazz and video games have united, and truly given me a masturbatory moment of bliss. That bass solo is unbelievably sexy. I had to go back just to make sure I heard it right. Too much good stuff here.

Ha, I can't stop smiling. This has to be THE best remix on this site. Not to slam the others, but this is just exactly what I think when I think 'game remix'. Sooooo good. Almost too good for words. 8O

[zpeterz63]

I'm currently on a trek to listen to every single OC Remix (well, the one's that have been put up in torrents at least) and I can honestly say that this is, without a doubt, still my favorite OC Remix track out there. The theme music is preserved, yet it sounds like this work is completely original. Not a hint of being forced into the jazz mold and then the jazz itself is top rate. The solos are to die for and just the whole big band feel in general is enough to make this both my favorite and most listened to track.

I give it a solid five out of five sporks and if I could give it more, I would.

[Liontamer]

Both classic and classy. That is just some sick (and slick) rearrangement. Dunno why I never gave it its due before. [/shrug] Very nice stuff.

[isthan]

Okay, let me say this: I know nothing about jazz or remixing. I just happen to love music. And THIS is the stuff I love.

Especially the solo is TEH AWESOMENESS.

Easily 10/10.

[Hyperion5182]

Bumpin this back up for the people who dont know.

This mix just owns. End of story if ya love good music download this!!

[Atmosk]

This song is so awsome its so F'n happy! i registered on this site just 2 post that 8) and i have been a long time listener here and this was the song 2 motovate me!

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Amazing piece. Definitely one of the all-time greats.

[metaphist]

Such a talented remixer with only one track. He should return to us to serve up some mo' jazz goodness, me thinks.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Such a talented band with only one track. They should return to us to serve up some mo' jazz goodness, me thinks.
Fixed. And check out their site for more jazz goodness.

[Pink]

*bobs her head continually and taps out that swingin' beat* This one here is definitely a classic. This song is a real treat to jazz lovers out there, and myself, having been a percussionist who's played a lot of jazz songs before, can really appreciate the talent behind this work.

The arrangement, rhythm... everything is crisp, clear, and very professionally done. I could listen to this song for hours upon hours and not get bored (In fact I already did that this afternoon while playing one of my games. XD)! This remix really brings justice to that old catchy overworld tune from Super Mario Brothers 2. Even though the game was my least favourite of the series... it still had catchy music.

Every element of jazz is put together nicely here. From swingin' saxes, to raunchy bass, to peppy and high-energy trumpets! I could easily picture the band just swinging left and right and bobbing to the beat of the song.

Methinks they should submit more of their works. :P

That's all I can really think of to say, but hey, this here song is EXTREMELY recommended! Especially to those jazz fans out there! Listen now!

[Shenlon]

It's extremely refreshing to see a professional band, with very talented musicians, making a remix like this. I second the sentiment of a previous poster about most mixes on this site being done my gamers who happen to know how to press buttons on a software synth. This shows that there are talented people out there who still care enough to make cool VG remixes.

This, since I first heard it, has been right up there with my other favorite, "Spekkio the Brave" by Spekkosaurus. :)

[Liontamer]

It's extremely refreshing to see a professional band, with very talented musicians, making a remix like this. I second the sentiment of a previous poster about most mixes on this site being done my gamers who happen to know how to press buttons on a software synth. This shows that there are talented people out there who still care enough to make cool VG remixes.
Yeah, clearly all desktop musicians have to do is "press buttons." This comments only shows there are still ignorant listeners out there who don't know anything about what makes good music.

[WesPip]

Yeah, clearly all desktop musicians have to do is "press buttons." This comments only shows there are still ignorant listeners out there who don't know anything about what makes good music.
Ooh-hoo, defensive?
To be fair, that is all you have to do. Granted, he's downplaying the time it takes you to do it properly, but if you're sequencing on the computer, you have all the time in the world. Playing a live track, you're constricted by time.
I'm not saying one requires more skill or talent than the other, just that time isn't necessarily a factor if you're creating music on your computer.

[tweek]

This is without a doubt my ABSOLUTE favorite track on OCR. If I ever get to work with these guys, I will be a very happy man.

[Lovely Peach]

This is a really fun piece that makes me feel like dancing. It makes me want to choreograph a full dance routine to go with it. I especially like the bass section in the middle that utilizes the "pause" music well. I only wish this piece were longer since it's so enjoyable!

Incidentally, this reminds me of one episode of the Super Mario Bros. Super Show, "The Unzappables", in the scene where Bowser's running a jazz club. This would fit in perfectly.

Fantastic remixing. This is one of the first songs I ever downloaded from OCR and I still love it.

[42]

oh, this is like, ok, so I can't think of any good analogies, but
this is
freaking
awesome.

Download this now.
I just wish Estradasphere would come back and give us some more of their divine experience for the ears. :-(

[Jack Polo]

This is without a doubt my ABSOLUTE favorite track on OCR.
(Because saying it again would have been redundant)

Wow, so so soooo good. Download immediately if you haven't already. If ever Estradasphere decides to return and grace us again with their excellence, I will be very, very happy indeed.

[Mr_Timelord]

I'm from New Orleans, and we know awesome music when we hear it!! I'm going to blast this song on all the parade routes I'm tailgating this Mardi Gras!! Keep up the awesome songs, and keep on swingin!!

[Swann]

Wow. How have I not heard this until now? NICE WORK.

[OA]

Energetic and fun, exceptionally well performed, and pretty well produced. I think a little more high end would have been icing on the cake, but this track just feels good. Incredibly competent and tasteful, this mix is amazing. Check it out!

[SubNormal J3]

The source tune has been waiting for the proper treatment since the 80s. Honestly, this is incredible. If you like the sound of the OneUps along with some big band, then you'll feel right at home here. This has everything you could ask for: live instruments, the solos, the finale. It's all there.

[Protricity]

If you enjoy this remix I highly recommend checking out every single Estradasphere album.
Definitely one of my favorite bands.