ReMix: Donkey Kong Country 'Ambient Gemini'
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- Game: Donkey Kong Country (Nintendo, 1994, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): McVaffe
- Composer(s): David Wise, Eveline Novakovic, Robin Beanland
- Song(s): 'Aquatic Ambiance'
- Posted: 2000-10-12, evaluated by djpretzel
Hey, Jade Gemini comes in for a double-strike with her second ReMix, a great tune also from a Nintendo game, also ambient, and also, if I remember correctly, played during a water stage. Wow - coincidence or psychic phenomenon? Who knows. What I do know is that, like her Mario64 ReMix, it's good high quality stuff, with especially nice drum sounds that are very deep and have a clean, punchy sound to 'em. The great thing about ReMixes like these are that they sound so pro you could probably play them at a singles bar or cybercafe or somethin' and no one would stand up and say "wait a sec - that's VIDEOGAME music!" . . . unless they were regular visitors here :)
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the It's strange to think that this track probably would be rejected
nowadays, OCremix has evolved quite a bit :) It's really close to
the original, but hey when the original is THIS good that's fine by
me. Plus it's a historical song on OC being that it was the first
Aquatic Ambiance remix before everyone did one *goes off to remix
Aquatic Ambiance*
- kingpiano on June 22, 2011
- kingpiano on June 22, 2011
While conservative.. this is definitely a great track. When
listening to the original, I always find myself preferring to just
listen to this instead.
It's kind of like an update I could say. Not McVaffe's greatest.. but it still is fun to listen to and makes great background music for studying.
- urdailywater on March 30, 2011
It's kind of like an update I could say. Not McVaffe's greatest.. but it still is fun to listen to and makes great background music for studying.
- urdailywater on March 30, 2011
Real close to the original on this one. Almost too close. But
seeing as how the original was terrific, I can't really fault it.
Sounds like a ramped up version and I can dig that. Really chill
and relaxing.
- Crulex on December 29, 2010
- Crulex on December 29, 2010
This song is so wonderfully... well, ambient. Each little thread of
melody seems to be coming and going out of some hazily comforting
fog. Everything just screams, "Yo, chill out..." Definitely a very
appropriate mix to just mellow out to. It strangely feels cyclic
yet not repetitive... huh....
Still it's a great mix to have in any OCR collection.
- 42 on December 23, 2009
Still it's a great mix to have in any OCR collection.
- 42 on December 23, 2009
McVaffe is definitely my favorite artist on OCRemix and I always
look forward to seeing his name show up on random playlists, but I
must admit being a little underwhelmed by this track. It's way too
close to the source material.
- dopefish on August 14, 2009
- dopefish on August 14, 2009
I love the source; I love McVaffe, but this one seems to be
somewhat inferior to a lot of his other tracks.
Things are decently enough produced, but there are some samples that even though processed, sound really cheap, like the lead "guitar". I guess I was hoping for something more ambient than this, with a stronger mood. There is some good panning on the track, but the sound field doesn't feel very deep.
It's still a good track, but it seems like it wasn't quite complete, or perhaps one of his earlier works.
- OA on February 7, 2008
Things are decently enough produced, but there are some samples that even though processed, sound really cheap, like the lead "guitar". I guess I was hoping for something more ambient than this, with a stronger mood. There is some good panning on the track, but the sound field doesn't feel very deep.
It's still a good track, but it seems like it wasn't quite complete, or perhaps one of his earlier works.
- OA on February 7, 2008
This sounds better on my laptop speakers than on headphones. That
lead synth feels warbly and airy either way, but thankfully the
kick sample isn't intimate with my right ear. The soundfield sounds
incomplete, but when played through my computer's speakers, the
distant, low-fi flavor feels more natural and less intimidating. I
won't compare this to other Aquatic Ambience mixes, but this isn't
my cup of tea.
- Polo on December 9, 2007
- Polo on December 9, 2007
I´m sorry. McVaffe has always been fair to me, he makes great
remixes, I download them and have a good listening moment, but this
song sounds hardly arranged. It´s like:
"Hey, nice gamesong...what? It´s a remix? Oops.":oops:
Vaffdude is one of the best remixers we have, but this one didn´t just cut it.
- Bummerdude on September 27, 2005
"Hey, nice gamesong...what? It´s a remix? Oops.":oops:
Vaffdude is one of the best remixers we have, but this one didn´t just cut it.
- Bummerdude on September 27, 2005
I actually like the original better than this piece too. Tho to be
fair it's hard to beat some of the tradcks from any DKC. :) I also
tend to agree that Blue Vision is a better remix of this track. Not
to say it's bad or anything, but just decent.
- Pineconeboy on July 14, 2004
- Pineconeboy on July 14, 2004
great mix. as the name implies, it has an awesome ambient feel to
it. makes you want to just lie back and drift away on the
waves...
the lead synth is the only quirk... as pitch-bending would have helped it flow TREMENDOUSLY. it came off a little choppy. definitely would have suggested some reverb/delay as well. other than that, it really is a beautiful piece of work. keep it up!
- big giant circles on July 12, 2004
the lead synth is the only quirk... as pitch-bending would have helped it flow TREMENDOUSLY. it came off a little choppy. definitely would have suggested some reverb/delay as well. other than that, it really is a beautiful piece of work. keep it up!
- big giant circles on July 12, 2004
This was one of the first remixes that I ever dowloaded and it is
STILL the only remix that gets looped to death in the house. It's
so easy to chill too and get lost the th ambient sound. It was the
only song on DKC that I liked! High recommended!
- Rapyer2986 on December 23, 2003
- Rapyer2986 on December 23, 2003
This mix sounds great apart from one thing......
The synth playing the main melody..... I'm sorry but to me it just sounds bad. Apart from that one niggle this is a fantastic rendition of, in my opinion, the best song in Donkey Kong Country.
- Omega Xi on November 22, 2003
The synth playing the main melody..... I'm sorry but to me it just sounds bad. Apart from that one niggle this is a fantastic rendition of, in my opinion, the best song in Donkey Kong Country.
- Omega Xi on November 22, 2003
Good remix, but if you want a true underwater remix for DKC, check
out Blue Vision by bLinD.
- maplejet on May 17, 2003
- maplejet on May 17, 2003
Ahhhh... Fresh and cool. As the name suggests, this is almost
relaxing enough to stop your heart. Drum beat is pretty neat, loved
the little electric instrument and piano. I can't identify many
instruments, but I do know that they blend quite well to create a
mix that you can literally go to sleep on. Loved it.
- Ultimo Hedgehog on May 12, 2003
- Ultimo Hedgehog on May 12, 2003
