ReMix: Tetris 'McVaffeQuasi Ultimix'

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Tetris

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!!

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
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
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
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
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
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
Tetris really is da best.

- Xx~~Zangetsu~~xX 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
Another great quality remix by McVaffe 8)
Extremely catchy.

- RimFrost the Tourianist on August 19, 2005
Best Tetris mix.

- Magical Ninja 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
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
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
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
top ten man.. top ten..
I forgot how much I liked tetris.. or maybe it's just ur song I like.. anyways.. it makes me wanna say
"GO... GO... GO... GO.." while someone is breakdancing to this junk.. ROX man ROX

- djBOB on October 17, 2003
mcvaffe has been responsible for two firsts on this site that i thought no "one man" would ever be able to accomplish: first remix by a woman and first collaboration remix. surely, he must be unstoppable :wink:
-rob

- herograw on May 10, 2003

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