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05-23-2002, 11:04 PM
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OCR00535 - Super Metroid 'Four Little Metroids'
Super Metroid 'Four Little Metroids'
As a general rule, anything from AmIEvil is worth getting, and that definately applies to this medley of sorts, covering (surprise!) four Super Metroid tracks. And (surprise again!) all four sound great, perfectly in line with the mood of the game - at times ambient, and at times rocking. Not much else to say other than "Get now!" 
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06-10-2002, 01:44 AM
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This is a definate 10/10. Get it, great transitions, great appropriate voices, great rhythm, great overall feeling, great originality, great everything... get it even if you hate supermetroids =D..
~dj carbunk1e
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06-10-2002, 05:48 AM
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AmIEvil's masterpiece. It's smooth, origional, and just works so well together. Good job! 10/10
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06-10-2002, 08:02 PM
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Don't judge a book by its cover. Don't judge a movie by its posters. And for the love of all things pleasing to the ears, don't judge a remix by its title!
I must regret to admit that I did that last one. But now I repent! I repent indeed! "FourLittleMetroids" sounds... flat to me. It sounds like a bit of kiddie music... child's play. Not serious music. And so I never even downloaded it until today, when I decided I just had to have some more metroid music, and kiddie stuff be darned, I'd listen to it anyway. This track is NOTHING like I imagined it from the title. NOTHING. If I was asked to say what one thing I would change about this mix, I would pick that you ditch the title and find something more appropriate. My friend standing over my shoulder suggests "BloodScrotum"... but I think that would be a bit over the top myself. Since the title is set though, all I can judge now is the music. And this... this my friends is perfect. I mentioned I was looking for metroid music. The beginning of this little medley destroys any doubt that this might not live up to the name Metroid. The first thing I thought when I heard that slight throbbing noise at the beginning was "Oh crap... that's what a metroid sounds like in real life. I know they don't really exist, but that's what they sound like anyway!" If you've heard the fiendish creatures in the actual games, and then listen to this, you'll know what I mean. It takes the ESSENSE of what you hear in the games with limited sound processing, and turns it into something truly frightening... And then it slowly puts in some shinning tones that I can only describe as "stars". In other contexts, you could call it crystalline, but this is metroid. We're looking at stars here. This put me right into the mood of the piece as a whole. Once I was irreversibly sucked into the piece... no... sucked into this WORLD, AmIevil evilly throws some distortion guitar at my head. The echoy... clangy... metallic sound thrusts the image of a rusty heap of a junker spaceship into my mind, complete with leaking pipes and cramped corridors. If there's a piece of music that can draw about the IMAGE of entering the first level in the first Metroid for NES, this does it. And there are these thud sounds that give you the sensation that there's something alive down there, and it's not friendly. And then we get into the heart of the music! The scene is set, we've got a gun, a powersuit, and breasts*. We're going to kill some alien scum all the way to 2:40! The action adventure music ends. Piano kicks in. Lonely, solo piano. Mournful. Creepy. Dark, dangerous. And then a flute adds ambience... sewer music. Brooding. Cramped. And you can SMELL the mildew and slime in the air. It's all put into this music right here. 3:35 brings sounds of your computer, scanning for life forms. Then, BOOM! Back to the adventure! The scene is set, we've got a gun, kill the blasted critters!! The guitar here really adds to the piece. Its shrill notes propel you through the soggy caverns with a forceful power that makes you (ok... maybe not you. But me at least) get up and run, shooting vaguely octopus looking aliens as I go! I mentioned earlier that the only thing about this mix I would change if I could suggest it would be the name. That was while I was still listening to it for the first time, I was only halfway through. Now that I've gotten to the end, I have one more small thing that could have made this track better: an ending. As it is, it ends with some clicky noises that remind me of alien insects, which is good, yes... but I want a rehash of what we just went through. I don't want it to end right here! If you aren't going to add more melody, go back to the old stuff, and mix some variety in or something... and then let me down gently! You've started me on this epic journey and given no climax! I want a climax darnit! End it AFTER we've slain the evil space pirate hoards, not BEFORE! Now I have to go find a song that has this mood, and contains a climax, so I can feel satisfied in returning to the real world. I was DRAWN IN dammit! Now I have to kill the bad guys or THE DAY ISN'T SAVED! Does anyone have any recommendations as to where I can go? Because for right now, all I can do is put this in WinAmp on repeat, and just stay here, never leaving. Ah well... it's not such a bad fate, when you get right down to it. Endlessly blasting away the bad guys... Here's a set of scores I made up on the spot. Metriod Look And Feel™ - 100% The "Oh Crap the Metriods are going to SUCK MY LIFE OUT!" factor - 94% (-6% because I'm sure I have that freeze gun around here somewhere...) Epic Quest - 98% (-2% for not having swords) Annoying Labyrinths - 70% (I beat metroid eventually... but that doesn't mean finding my way around identicle looking corridors wasn't annoying!) Pnumonia - 80% (Damp sewers are bad for the lungs. Fortunatly we have breathing units installed in this suit!) Big Guns - 100% (Oh yeah) Title - 10% (ick) Climax - 10% (there really wasn't one...) Predicted Repeatability - Three weeks nonstop. Then it'll get played when WinAmp finds it on random. Overall - Kickass! *I don't actually have breasts. But Samus does, and that's good enough for now.
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06-10-2002, 08:17 PM
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I lub AmIEvil's work alot, thatnks to him I have become an ambient fan and this is one of the reasons. It takes the holow feeling and lonnlieness of the game with an awsome piano and some rocken synthsand throughs it into a medley that is just awsome. If your an ambient fan get, if your a metroid fan get it, if your niether then get it anwyas I DONT CARE. Easily gains a 10/10 for me.
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06-25-2002, 07:20 PM
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Excellent remix!
 Well, Fieari summed it up, really, but in not so many words: When I first heard this mix I didn't like it all too much. I'm used to remixes being just "music!", so the beginning SFX kinda threw me off. But now I listen to it again and realize that it's perfect. Like Fieari said, that's exactly what a Metroid would sound like. ;) The variable pitches in the beginning add to the creepiness factor. Very cool. I think what AmIEvil did at 1:35 was pure genius: Layering the Metroid theme on top of the Super Metroid Brinstar (green area) music. It works so great. Brilliant! Then, after all that active music, everything stops at 2:40 with the Rocky Underwater Area Maridia music. This is my favorite music in the game; if you want music to set a mood, it's this Maridia music. And it does. Very nice transitions, too. The poco roll. at 3:40 resembles a sonata or something, neat. And the ending music piece is really cool, it sounds like it could accompany the green area of Brinstar. Overall, great mix, it does Super Metroid music great justice. Personal rating: 9/10
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06-26-2002, 04:46 PM
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I personally really enjoyed this mix...kind of a medley going on in a sense....which gives me, the listener, a feel for different parts of the game....I enjoyed this one a lot. Still do...great remix!
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07-08-2002, 02:25 AM
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Intro = 1337
You = n00b p3ri0d.
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#9
08-25-2002, 08:48 PM
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The mp3 is good, I was really getting into it... then, something happened in Maridia. I can't put my finger on it, I mean, the music was good, I was in the music as a story book... Maridia is kind of where it started. Then the ending, I have no idea, that just pulled me out. I suppose it didn't match, or something of the sort. The beginning through Brinstar was a good touch though. I was in it, I really was. Good work. 8 out of 10 stars.
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02-27-2003, 03:09 AM
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Great high quality stuff. my only complaint is that it really doesnt vary too much from the originals.
but it sounds great, especially the intro. note: i dont recognize the last movement. wheres it from?
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