OverClocked ReMix...

orkybash · #1 09-10-2002, 03:42 PM

Castlevania: Circle of the Moon 'Technomancy'

Again, just posting this topic to add the ability to review this mix. Will listen later.

binster · #2 09-10-2002, 05:50 PM

This is ace! I love it a lot.

I'm a big fan of crunchy SID style synthness. This really floats my boat - there are some lovely harmonies in there, and the percussion work's top notch. It's really inventive - a lot of changing segments.

Nice work, feller!

Binst

Shael Riley · #3 09-10-2002, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by binster

This is ace! I love it a lot.

I'm a big fan of crunchy SID style synthness. This really floats my boat - there are some lovely harmonies in there, and the percussion work's top notch. It's really inventive - a lot of changing segments.

Nice work, feller!

Binst

w007! Thank you very much! All the percussion- with the exception of the "ghostly" metal hit, which really functions melodically anyway- is sampled from a Casio Sk1. I got the idea to do the chip/not chip thing from the DDR MAX2 Remix of Burning Heat. (Very, very awesome.)

I suggest that anyone who enjoys this song, in any of it's incarnations, head over to VGmix and check out Nukkus's Kiss the Abyss, which is a really great counterpart to my piece as it's more in the original style of Awake and really rocks fairly hard.

JustinShaltout · #4 09-10-2002, 07:19 PM

hmm not bad.. but I was hoping there'd exist more orchestral mixes of that particular song and many others from circle of the moon like the outer wall and the machine tower.. I really like all the themes but sadly it doesn't have an OST cause it's a GB advance game :/

This mix isn't bad but lacks the orchestral awe of the original.. could have been even better if over tthose synthetic instruments there was a chorus rise.. some church organ.. some piano here and there.. a Samba beat, and maybe some guitar too :P (maybe I'm goign too far lol) .. but it would be even cooler if so ^_^

Not bad though.. wish to hear more COTM Mixes :)

Nanaki · #5 09-10-2002, 10:05 PM

About time someone remixed a song from Circle of the Moon! And it just happens to be my favorite song from the game too!

Really good remix, although personally I always thought it should be more of an Orchestral remix, but I like this a lot. Great job!

Shael Riley · #6 09-10-2002, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JustinShaltout

hmm not bad.. but I was hoping there'd exist more orchestral mixes of that particular song and many others from circle of the moon like the outer wall and the machine tower.. I really like all the themes but sadly it doesn't have an OST cause it's a GB advance game :/

This mix isn't bad but lacks the orchestral awe of the original.. could have been even better if over tthose synthetic instruments there was a chorus rise.. some church organ.. some piano here and there.. a Samba beat, and maybe some guitar too :P (maybe I'm goign too far lol) .. but it would be even cooler if so ^_^

Not bad though.. wish to hear more COTM Mixes :)

I originally had a chorus pad swell up at the crescendo of each motiff- not that my stripped-down, electronica version has anything resembling that sort of dynamics ;)- but I thought it conflicted with the retro, hollow, cold and mechanical sound I wanted so I ran it through some heavy duty aliasing and it became that "watery" effect you hear in the background.

As for the piano, church organ, guitar and samba beat, it sounds like a fucking awesome mix. Why don't you do it? :-p

Kabuki Dude · #7 09-10-2002, 10:55 PM

Nice to see some Circle of the Moon Remixes. I've been playing this game a lot lately (That damn thief isn't strong enough!). Anyway, Quite an interesting take on it here. I didn't really hear a percussion backup, except for the snare drum quarter note repitition... And I can't help but feel this was made on the Game Boy Camera Dj Mode. Not bad overall, but I would suggest doing a more orchestral take, and improving your sound slightly.

7/10

Nukkus · #8 09-11-2002, 06:14 PM

I've always been a fan of this song, as you can tell from my former vgmix "Kiss the Abyss". two thumbs up, three if i had another =D

Ryan8bit · #9 09-12-2002, 03:22 AM

I haven't played CotM, but I really want to. I know, I'm a heathen.

Anyways, I like this mix and some of the retro style within it. It jumps around, but I like that. What about that ending note though, was it supposed to be like that?

Shael Riley · #10 09-12-2002, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Ryan8bit

I haven't played CotM, but I really want to. I know, I'm a heathen.

Anyways, I like this mix and some of the retro style within it. It jumps around, but I like that. What about that ending note though, was it supposed to be like that?

No! Good ear, to hear that it sounds a bit "off" during the last chord. I believe it's called a Pickedilly 3rd- resolving the last chord as major when the rest of the song isn't in a major key signature.

I wanted to capture the pure, innocent joy of the FM music that came out of the old NES, especially as heard by us when we were kids and to contrast it against the hollow electronica feel of the non-chip sections of the song. So, I raised the last interval a half-step to end on a major- rather than a minor- 3rd for a sort of beat-the-game feel. ;)

... You were talking about that, right?