ReMix: Maniac Mansion '[go wild]'
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- Game: Maniac Mansion (Jaleco, 1990, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Zeratul
- Composer(s): Chris Grigg, Dave Govett, Dave Hayes, David Lawrence, David Warhol, George Alistair Sanger, Tsukasa Tawada
- Song(s): 'Maniac Theme'
- Posted: 2000-11-28, evaluated by djpretzel
This ReMix is REALLY strange . . . it's appropriately titled, at the very least. VERY hardcore, with a noisy drum loop, strange filtered basslines, weird ambient sound effects, odd manipulations, unexpected fades. It's a maniac, maniac, and it's dancing like it's never danced before . . . errr . . . yah. Well, you've been warned. I think it's pretty groovy myself, but it's definitely not for everyone. As a totally unrelated sidenote, every night I watch something in the background to keep me awake . . well, awake enough. Tonight it's the original Record of Lodoss War OVA series on dvd. If you're an anime fan, you're probably aware of the ass-kickage this series contains. If ya ain't, and u have ANY interest in D&D / Tolkein-esque stories, do check it out.
Discussion: Latest 13 comments/reviews; view the This has quite a lot of strange things going on for it. Too much
for me, honestly. I can barely bring myself to finish it. I can see
why people might like it, but it sounds like a mess to me. Sorry.
- DragonAvenger on December 4, 2009
- DragonAvenger on December 4, 2009
Some of the samples are at a too high frequency for what you'd
expect, like the beats. The mix is a bit too chaotic to me. Some of
the drum loops sound very weird in that they're non-standard
patterns that you might hear or expect, so it becomes a bit strange
trying to follow things.
- Bahamut on October 9, 2009
- Bahamut on October 9, 2009
the drums and synths kind of remind me of Battletoads :)
like this mix a lot, actually. the meandering synth part around 2:40 was very cool as well. fun times.
- justinj212 on January 20, 2009
like this mix a lot, actually. the meandering synth part around 2:40 was very cool as well. fun times.
- justinj212 on January 20, 2009
The bass drum in the should require a license to use, it's that
potent. Sounds awesome!
It sucks that this was chopped off for such a long time, after the previous cutoff point is where things started to get really interesting. I suppose when I say interesting, I mean completely nuts. This song has been seriously abused in the processing department, and it doesn't sound like anything else i've heard on the site. There is a lot of off-beat lines tempowise, but it is pretty clearly intentional with all of the other "controlled" chaos smacking song bits around.
Very creative, very chaotic, and while not quite dance able, it will make you think.
- OA on June 21, 2007
It sucks that this was chopped off for such a long time, after the previous cutoff point is where things started to get really interesting. I suppose when I say interesting, I mean completely nuts. This song has been seriously abused in the processing department, and it doesn't sound like anything else i've heard on the site. There is a lot of off-beat lines tempowise, but it is pretty clearly intentional with all of the other "controlled" chaos smacking song bits around.
Very creative, very chaotic, and while not quite dance able, it will make you think.
- OA on June 21, 2007
Lizz;213588 wrote: How did I miss the fact that Zeratul reuploaded this?
I've had it since 2003.
This sounds wonderful :)
The full version was uploaded before OCR01500. There was never any announcement, I just noticed (while going through lockdown stuff) that the previous version had cut off and checked Benedikt[URL="http://www.ocremix.org/forums/../remixer/zeratul/"][/URL]'s homepage to see if the mix was indeed only 2:16 long.
- Liontamer on January 11, 2007
How did I miss the fact that Zeratul reuploaded this?
I've had it since 2003.
This sounds wonderful :)
- Lizz on January 9, 2007
I've had it since 2003.
This sounds wonderful :)
- Lizz on January 9, 2007
How fitting that I decide to make a comment wishing that he would
have finished it some time later, considering it's been a favorite
track of mine for quite some time, to find that the complete track
is up now!
Friggin' awesome.
- Red Shadow on November 29, 2006
Friggin' awesome.
- Red Shadow on November 29, 2006
For the longest time, this mix was accidentally cut off. You didn't
think Zeratul would just end the mix halfway, did you? Y'all should
download the complete song now and enjoy.
- Liontamer on August 8, 2006
- Liontamer on August 8, 2006
Man... older songs had a different standard. It cuts off suddenly
at the end and nobody pays it any attention.
Amazing song, 9/10... but I'm adding an ending...
Jerks...
- Less Ashamed Of Self on August 30, 2004
Amazing song, 9/10... but I'm adding an ending...
Jerks...
- Less Ashamed Of Self on August 30, 2004
The ending sounds like your mp3 export broke or something. Running
out of space was my second guess.
- Mocha on February 29, 2004
- Mocha on February 29, 2004
Only question - why does it abruptly stop at 2:18?
Simple answer :
I had no space left on my harddrive.... :)
- el Zeratulo on June 10, 2002
I love it! Very cool, reminds you of the original but is very crazy
throughout the whole piece. Only question - why does it abruptly
stop at 2:18?
- Hornpipe2 on June 9, 2002
- Hornpipe2 on June 9, 2002
Maniac Mansion '[go wild]'
Zeratul gives us a short but dynamic version of the bizzare Maniac
Mansion track with a throbbing, abused, filtered, cut, modulated bass line.
interesting.
- m68030 on June 2, 2002
Zeratul gives us a short but dynamic version of the bizzare Maniac
Mansion track with a throbbing, abused, filtered, cut, modulated bass line.
interesting.
- m68030 on June 2, 2002
