[djpretzel]

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

[Liontamer]

Great stuff by showdax here. I was lucky enough to lend an ear with some of the EQing on in when this was a WIP, so I think everything sounds well done. I know zyko was kinda critical on the guitar synth used here, but getting a guitarist isn't something that can just be done when you want it to be. Shadow did some nice work programming the guitar synth and giving it a lot of energy.

Compared to the original theme "Bazaar" from EB/Mother 2, "Funky Bookas" rocks out a lot more. Dax'll kill me for saying this too, but the EarthBound soundtrack is pretty strange. To me, it doesn't seem musically coherent, since everything's composed with weird sound effects. "Bazaar" is one of the better tracks from EarthBound, but Shadow succeeded in creating something more well-rounded musically.

As the resident EarthBound music enthusiast at OCR, Shadow's got plenty of great stuff coming up as well. I think you'll really enjoy "Live at Jackie's" as well as "Oceans of Mud". Check those WIPs out at VGMix or the OCR WIP forums and drop some comments on those. They're just as ambitious as Funky Bookas. Excellent stuff all around.

[Moo2u]

Shadow's done it again. He made a wonderfully funky remix to one of my favorit soundtracks. All I really have to say is keep up the good work.

[Dj Orange]

This one didn't really hit home for me until the birth of the kitteny soft organ. The guitar synth is pretty annoying at first, but the main lick that repeats throughout the latter half of the song is nice.

Where's the funk? I'm thankful that Shadow took the time to put a few rolls in there, but overall the rythym seems rather straight-forward. Cookie-cutter drums and bassline-hugging kicks. Meh, I'm hard to please in this area.

Zesty!

[DjKwiwwin]

This is fuggin' awsome. I'll be listening to this for a long while right along with Magnetman Goes West.

[Gonmon]

I've always loved Shadow's stuff. This final version of the song really out does the previous versions. As we in the SM.Net community like to say: Supar Awsuma!

[GrimmHooke]

I still have the WIP version. The final outdoes it, I agree. Nice work!

[Shhteve]

I love how melodic that guitar(?) sounds in certain parts of this song. Although I vaguely remember hearing the original song in Earthbound, this could very well be a song of its own. It might not sound half bad with some lyrics, even!

[nostalgic gen]

Another cool remix. Unfortunately I can't really apreciate it, or coment on any aspect of it very easily, since I'm listening on computer speakers. Anyway, I'll be back with my own system in a couple of days and this is one track I'll be making sure to download straight to my hdd. I'll post more thoughts once I've had a proper listen :)

[nostalgic gen]

Ah, that's better! Listening to it on my hifi. Well I have to say, the guitar synth fooled me, but never mind that :P

It's a great track but the lead guitar has too much presence. I'm guessing it's because of the thousands of processors you seem to have used on it. It's very sharp and heavy on the mid and high freq. It takes over the whole mix. The bass gets left out and I can hardly hear the kick drum for it. You might want to apply some mid-range cut with an eq and maybe process the kick drum too.

Otherwise, cool stuff :D