ReMix: Wizards & Warriors 'CheDDer'

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Wizards & Warriors

Wizards and Warriors just about drove me insane in my younger years, as it had a lot of those vertical platform levels where you can fall ALL the way DOWN and have to start over again. I believe it emotionallly traumatized me. "CheDDer Nardz" comes in with a beautiful FIRST submission that reeks of creativity. Using lots of vintage drum sounds, and jumping to different styles (especially at the end), this W&W ReMix is a fun ride, and features an excellent sound selection in addition to the creative arrangement. Bravo!

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 11 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Excepting the creative stuff that happens before the 1 minute mark near the 2 minute mark, this song rubs off as a rip from the game with drums and a synth layered on top. I definitely would've favored more work with the source, as it seems like this is more of an original piece than a rearrangement until the last minute of the song kicks in, but that's way too long to wait until it takes hold.

- Bahamut on September 14, 2009
Dungeon -y and Medieval -y.
It sounds to me like every stereotypical Medieval song I've heard redone in techno.
I just wish the piano at 2:38 had been playing the entire song. :-(
I think that there's too much going on in this mix, but it keeps it interesting.
Not one of my personal favorites though.

- 42 on December 11, 2008
Very sinister first minute. A lot of the source tunes here (or is it just a synth line that sounds similar?). The bells parts have an ethereal quality to them. The piano part has this cool alternating intensity underneath it. First the bass drum hits and then a synth line comes in.
So much going on here, combining to form a quality ReMix.

- Lint on December 11, 2008
this is trippy. both of your remixes are called CheDDer...?
not familiar with the source. hearing some classical references at 1:08 that carry until the end.
percussion break at 1:50 is killing me, that clap has gotta go. the break at 2:20 was much more enjoyable for me.
I like the low-bit sounds a lot, but when that piano comes in... i wish you had used another chip sound or at least a more realistic sample.
the ending left me down.
some of the other reviews were a bit harsh. there is some good stuff in here, but not up to par with OCR's current standards imo

- halc on December 11, 2008
"Sonic vertigo", as OA put it, describes this well at the beginning. I feel like I could be standing on a building looking down through 100 stories of sound. Actually, it's kinda cool, but not the most pleasing sounds.
The rest of the mix really isn't bad. The percussion is a bit cookie cutter, but it's alright.
The variations on the theme aren't bad, though I'm not crazy about all the sound choices. Oh, and where's the ending?
An alright mix, not as bad as I expected when reading the reviews. Worth a listen, at least.

- DragonAvenger on December 11, 2007
Very creative ideas, but it might suffer a bit from too many effects at once in some place. The intro section is the main culprit here, as I was getting some sonic vertigo. It got a lot nicer when it broke down to just beats and chiptunes. I love them chiptunes mmmmm.. except it's just the main melody and no real expansion. From here it goes onto a little theme and variation segment, where some cool ideas finally come out. The ending was way too abrupt as well.
Best remix ever? Not quite.
Best remixer name ever? Yeah, I think so.

- OA on June 21, 2007
I could fart and make better music then this.

- Atom45 on January 23, 2007
Trenthian wrote: ... this is absolutely dreadful.

Yeah, I would recommend giving this one a pass.

- Ichitootah on October 22, 2005
... this is absolutely dreadful.
... Perhaps only by todays standards... but yegh.

- Trenthian on September 4, 2004
excellent job, CheDDer Nardz. this has the whole early 90s oldschool dance feel (Technotronic, Culture Beat, etc). starts off almost industrial-like, the lead melody enters (and man, the string-y/triple layer to it is g00d). then an awesome handclap solo steals the attention; very befitting of the genre

- DeryckAK on October 28, 2002
Wizards & Warriors 'CheDDer'
Pretty good stuff here, though not fantastic. I imagine if you enjoyed the game you will enjoy this tune more. I did not enjoy the game. Lots of NES sounds are used.

- Joe Redifer on June 2, 2002

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