ReMix: Gradius 'Perfect Selection'
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- Game: Gradius (Konami, 1986, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Parn
- Composer(s): Miki Higashino
- Song(s): 'Beginning of the History (Stage Start - Air Battle BGM)', 'Challenger 1985 (First Stage - Volcano BGM)', 'Free Flyer (Fourth Stage - Reverse Volcano BGM)'
- Posted: 2000-03-20, evaluated by djpretzel
Alright! A great Gradius medley put together by Pablo Vasques, who has done quite a few tracker remixes of videogame themes, particularly MSX ones - be sure to visit his page for more goodnes . . this covers several different Gradius themes, hence "medley" and is definitely worth a listen . . .
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the people complaining about fades need to actually play the game and
realize it fades between songs too. It's how its been done in every
gradius game...ever.
- Lucavi00 on April 23, 2012
- Lucavi00 on April 23, 2012
The track that starts at around 1:00 sounds pretty much the same as
from the Gradius minigame in Legend of the Mystical Ninja (which
you can hear here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiY1vZoEX1w )
Not tremendously impressive.
- Samildanach Emrys on April 9, 2012
Not tremendously impressive.
- Samildanach Emrys on April 9, 2012
Nice and catchy, but a wee bit too close to the original. I could
almost picture it being from the game itself rather than a ReMix.
But it's not bad and it sounds good. For when it was made, this is
nicely done.
- Crulex on October 26, 2011
- Crulex on October 26, 2011
Pretty vanilla, but there's a few moments where this track
harmonizes pretty nicely. I have to agree with everyone else, what
the hell was with the fadeout in the middle of the track? :<
That really was hilarious, at first I thought this was just a 45
second track with a crappy fadeout tacked on the end, and then it
jumped in with a brand new song.
- Emunator on October 4, 2009
- Emunator on October 4, 2009
The transitions are pretty atrocious - it sounds like I'm listening
to a preview to some album, not an actual song.
Can't say I'm familiar with the original source, but I get the impression that there wasn't much rearrangement here though.
- Bahamut on September 10, 2009
Can't say I'm familiar with the original source, but I get the impression that there wasn't much rearrangement here though.
- Bahamut on September 10, 2009
Not bad, actually.
It sounds like it came directly from a game.
The fade at 0:56 is like changing levels/areas in the game.
Highly reminiscent of late 80's/early 90's 16-bit game soundtracks and nicely energetic and fast paced.
It's a very interesting track and definitely shoot 'em up worthy.
- 42 on December 13, 2008
It sounds like it came directly from a game.
The fade at 0:56 is like changing levels/areas in the game.
Highly reminiscent of late 80's/early 90's 16-bit game soundtracks and nicely energetic and fast paced.
It's a very interesting track and definitely shoot 'em up worthy.
- 42 on December 13, 2008
That fade after the first tune is so strange to hear.. Otherwise, I
actually really enjoyed listening to this. Obviously it's not much
of a rearrangement, and not a radical re-sounding of the material,
so that too is strange to hear among OCR tunes, even the older
ones. This one sticks out. Luckily I liked listening to it.
:)
--Eino
- evktalo on December 12, 2008
--Eino
- evktalo on December 12, 2008
Don't know the original, but apparently I'm pretty much listening
to it. Sounds like it could be in a NES/SNES game, and sounds like
little samples of each track to boot. What the heck fades?
Sorry, but no thanks.
- DragonAvenger on September 14, 2008
Sorry, but no thanks.
- DragonAvenger on September 14, 2008
Well, the first few seconds are almost a direct rip of the game. As
has been said above, the game's soundtrack is one of the best of
the generation, so that's not neccessarily a bad thing.
However, the remix doesn't ever seem to stray from the original at all. In addition to that, there aren't transitions between pieces, so this ultimately sounds like a few short MIDI rips instead of the cohesive remix that the panel pushes for today. Cohesiveness has allowed mixes with this level of production to pass in the past, but even then, if this was mix #500 instead of #0034, it would be rejected as a midi rip outright. It's good to know the site's history though, but not worth a second listen. As Chickedwarlord says above, just go play the NES game and you'll hear 95% of the same things.
- BardicKnowledge on December 9, 2007
However, the remix doesn't ever seem to stray from the original at all. In addition to that, there aren't transitions between pieces, so this ultimately sounds like a few short MIDI rips instead of the cohesive remix that the panel pushes for today. Cohesiveness has allowed mixes with this level of production to pass in the past, but even then, if this was mix #500 instead of #0034, it would be rejected as a midi rip outright. It's good to know the site's history though, but not worth a second listen. As Chickedwarlord says above, just go play the NES game and you'll hear 95% of the same things.
- BardicKnowledge on December 9, 2007
This sounds like it was released in an arcade in the mid 80's, and
is the sound test or something. Nothing but the three original
tunes back to back with weak ass fades inbetween them. I wouldn't
even call this a medly, sorry. It sounds like a triple midi
rip.
Weak. :-(
- OA on June 21, 2007
Weak. :-(
- OA on June 21, 2007
This piece is catchy. That's probably the OST doing the work, even
trying to rope me in with the lofi synths. But the thing that's
great about it is the tune. I might as well just listen to the
original. It has everything this mix has: lofi samples, catchy
tunes and repetition.
In short, just get the original. This isn't much of a sound improvement anyway.
- Chickenwarlord on January 21, 2007
In short, just get the original. This isn't much of a sound improvement anyway.
- Chickenwarlord on January 21, 2007
This song is way too short, but it still is one of my favorites.
The gradius soundtrack always sounds great when it's remixed.
- Shwenky on September 11, 2005
- Shwenky on September 11, 2005
Here's another MODule gone MP3, this time it's an XM but I highly
reccomend this one! Why? Because it's freakin' KONAMI! I swear, if
you hate this, you've got absolutely NO soul!
- Mahjong No OujiSama Yoshi on November 18, 2003
- Mahjong No OujiSama Yoshi on November 18, 2003
well i never heard the original... so i cant do ne comparing.. but
what im hearing is reaal good. this mix sounds very solid and the
8-bit quality of the sound just compliments the mood of the song.
very well done.
- SsaiskK on May 4, 2003
- SsaiskK on May 4, 2003
Gradius 'Perfect Selection'
Gradius has almost always had awesome music. Every single track is not a winner, but usually the music kicks ass. This mix starts out sounding like it was straight from the game itself. Then it starts sounding a bit better, but still sounds like an 8 or 16-bit game machine. It goes through some various Gradius tunes. If you like Gradius music you'll like this. If you want to hear some good ideogame music from the late 80's you'll also want to download this. Melody is king.
- Joe Redifer on May 8, 2002
Gradius has almost always had awesome music. Every single track is not a winner, but usually the music kicks ass. This mix starts out sounding like it was straight from the game itself. Then it starts sounding a bit better, but still sounds like an 8 or 16-bit game machine. It goes through some various Gradius tunes. If you like Gradius music you'll like this. If you want to hear some good ideogame music from the late 80's you'll also want to download this. Melody is king.
- Joe Redifer on May 8, 2002
