[orkybash]

Rez 'Fear (Arrakis: Giga)'

I have a confession to make: I've never seen Dune. Or played Rez

*stunned silence*

Now on to the mix... it's very intresting, but not my cup of tea. I'm never fond of mixes where the voice samples seem to take center stage as they do in here (unless it's Daknit finding some great innuendo in innocent StarCraft lines. ^^) but maybe I'm biased cause I'm not famailiar with any of the source material. Once the music takes center stage it gets a tad better, but it plays the same short theme over and over and over... I'll be humming it in my sleep now. :) So I guess there's not much stuff here that I really enjoyed. But if you're into Dune or Rez, you might.

[Ebonyks]

I'm not a big fan of this one either. The only thing i like about dune is the astral projection song. There isn't too much substance to this remix, IMO. I find it extremely rare that samples are used well enough to warrant being used at all in a song.

I'll pass on this one, thank you very much.

[joe_cam]

This mix is fucking awesome!!! I love it! I'm a huge fan of Rez and this is an awesome remix. Captures the feel of the level VERY well. I dont think people enjoy it much because most of the other music in Rez was upbeat and MUCH faster and happier. Not Fear.
The ONLY think I will nitpick about this kick ass remix is the lack of the greatest sample in the song. "FEAR...is the MINDKILLER"

Anyways...still a great remix and if you're into slower and darker industrial/techno music, you'll LOVE this. I DO!

Cam

[m68030]

totally farking awesome. Definatly one of the better technodustrial type
goodies i've heard on ocr for a while. I simply must dig out my copy
of rez and give it a whirl again.

i must not fear
fear is the mind killer
fear is the little death that brings total obliteration
i will allow my fear to pass over me and through me
and when i look back to where my fear was,
only i will remain.

[Legion303]

I dig this remix. I've never played Rez and it's been many years since I've seen _Dune_ (and I didn't even like it...books are usually better than movie adaptations anyway, but at least the book made sense), but the voice samples really work well here. Also, the "fear is the mindkiller" sample is here, near the beginning.

-steve

[PerLichtman]

Cool mix. The sort of thing I like to listen to while chillen out by the old monitor and keyboard or would be happy to play in the background at a party, no explanation neccesary. Songs of this nature can often suffer badly from their emphasis on vocal samples, but I thought this mix pulled it off quite effectively. This is not drama, not metal, etc. Its a slow groovin piece with industrial elements, etc. and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. Some may find it repetitive, but that's really mostly because of the style the piece fits into: the samples keep it fresh. So, fire-it-up, take a seat, and get ready to move out of it in an ever so suave fashion to yet another strong mix by MR_44.

[Joe Redifer]

I don't know why this mix has "Dune" samples when it could just as easily have "Gilligan's Island" samples instead.

[Mr_44]

Just to fill people (Joe Redifer) in:

The original song as it appears in the game uses the phrase "fear is the mind killer" over and over again, spoken by some random dude. That line is originally from Dune. When I decided to make the mix, I figured i'd include the line, but instead of having some hip-sounding techno catchphrase guy saying it, I included the line from the movie version of Dune. Thus, Dune samples. [edit: Though I may have gotten a bit carried away.]

Although, there's certainly nothing wrong with Gilligan's Island samples. In fact, you may have given me an idea for an Adventure Island remix.... :)

Anyway, thanks for the feedback everyone.

[Joe Redifer]

Mr. 44 surely you knew I was joking with that comment. Can you imagine Gilligan samples in a Rez remix? Just the thought is insane! :)

[Mr_44]

Of course. :)

I only used it as an opportunity to mention the origin of the samples because I've had a lot of people ask why a Rez song has anything to do with Dune.

I figured i should mention it somewhere, so I used your post as a lead-in.