ReMix: Tetris 'McVaffeQuasi Ultimix'
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- Game: Tetris (Nintendo, 1989, GB)
- ReMixer(s): McVaffe
- Composer(s): Hirokazu Tanaka
- Song(s): 'A-Type (Korobeiniki)'
- Posted: 2000-10-27, evaluated by djpretzel
Alright boys and girls, here's another first - fellow ReMixing comrades McVaffe and Quasikaotic - both dangerous men in their own right - have teamed up to throw some group glasnost at that immortal Russian puzzler Tetris' equally immortal (and sometimes painfully unforgettable) theme music! Yes, it's our first known ReMixer combination, and I think it was quite a successfull experiment. I'm assuming that the piano break is primarily McVaffe's work, as piano is his forte, and I think the transition using the sound effects carries nicely. I also LOVE the latin-esque rhythm on what sound like filtered bongo slaps, panned right, when the full drumline first enters. A great example of taking a theme and playing around with it quite a bit!!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I still think it's hilarious all the irony of the various McVaffe
remixers. Overall, interesting take on the theme while staying true
to the chiptune sound. I always laugh at 3:13.
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
- SubNormal J3 on February 19, 2011
Ok, so, after talking to Willrock about how McVaffe turned out to
be using several remixer names, he found this for me. It's pretty
funny how the writeup still says this was made by 2 people
(according to Willrock it's the first collab in OCR's history, and
it turns out to be made by only one guy. Bummer), while searching
for one of them yields no hits in the database. Maybe that's why
DJP seems to prefer referring to remixers in writeups using their
real names nowadays...
- Dafydd on August 6, 2009
- Dafydd on August 6, 2009
A little too generic for me. There are some creative parts, where
the tetris noises are used for percussion, but the beginning is
pretty bad by comparison. I'd have loved to hear more tetrisized
percussion.
- OA on March 19, 2009
- OA on March 19, 2009
OMG8O That is the tetris theme song I know and love! It is a little
altered but it even had the gameboy noise when you turn it on and
the sound when you lose on it too. Brings back the greatest
memories of those long car rides and I had for entertainment was my
gameboy and a few games (one of which was tetris of couse)
- drew2794 on August 23, 2008
- drew2794 on August 23, 2008
Yay! Tetris goes Lambada!
Not a COMPLETE rip-off, at least there is his own base and percussion. It's alright!
- KogeJoe on January 29, 2007
Not a COMPLETE rip-off, at least there is his own base and percussion. It's alright!
- KogeJoe on January 29, 2007
Mimeblade wrote: I don't know if anyone knew this, or if they ever bothered to check it out, but the Gameboy Version of Tetris actually has something somewhat secretive to it's music. If you pause the game while the music plays and unpause it, the baseline for the music seems to increase or alter itself. Just something I found a long time ago that I'd share.
Whoa...it's interesting how it happens that way. It's either a glitch, or something that was intentional...I think it's a glitch.
Okay, anybody know the name of the Bach piece that is apparently what Song C is based off of? I can't seem to identify it.
So back on topic. I really like the game sound effects that you add here. I like how it goes from the original tune and eventually adds that amazing Russian beat. An awesome salute to the original. Good work.
- lady zelda on March 23, 2006
I don't know if anyone knew this, or if they ever bothered to check
it out, but the Gameboy Version of Tetris actually has something
somewhat secretive to it's music. If you pause the game while the
music plays and unpause it, the baseline for the music seems to
increase or alter itself. Just something I found a long time ago
that I'd share.
- Mimeblade on October 18, 2005
- Mimeblade on October 18, 2005
Another great quality remix by McVaffe 8)
Extremely catchy.
- RimFrost the Tourianist on August 19, 2005
Extremely catchy.
- RimFrost the Tourianist on August 19, 2005
Very fun indeed. The block sounds as percussion is soooooo cool.
lovely piano and a piss off ending :wink:
- TheDro on July 26, 2005
- TheDro on July 26, 2005
hard to believe, but they actually managed to take this extremely
catchy tune and ump it up to be even more catchy. you guys are my
official heroes of the day!:D
- quiet assassin on July 11, 2005
- quiet assassin on July 11, 2005
I first heard this mix as the background to a StarWars Kid video,
and I get a chuckle every time I hear it. Both inventive and
hilarious, it's a wonderful piece to listen to if you have some
extra energy.
--Sij
- Luprand on December 2, 2004
--Sij
- Luprand on December 2, 2004
Irresistable. A good, if somewhat elementary, intro leads into a
straight-out awesome sfx section. Then it's piano time. Mmm. I
could listen to this track all day. That's saying a lot; I must've
listened to this theme for about a million hours by now. Another
great track from McVaffe.
- Ashgad on July 29, 2004
- Ashgad on July 29, 2004
