ReMix: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 'BukkisTango'
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- Game: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (Nintendo, 1996, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): McVaffe
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Yoko Shimomura
- Song(s): 'Welcome to Booster Tower'
- Posted: 2000-11-28, evaluated by djpretzel
McVaffe continues to carve out a deep niche in OC ReMix history with a level of quality and creativity so consistent that we have to wonder what caffeinated beverages or other drugs he takes to enable him to do anything other than ReMix, given his prolific output. This is our first ReMix from the 'surprisingly overlooked' as McVaffe points out, Super Mario RPG. At first I thought it was gonna be a more instrumental / orchestral mix, but a drum track does indeed come in, and it's a PERFECT one at that. Main melody played on a really nice oboe sample that is very believable, especially when it stays away from the lower register. I could go on for paragraphs just about the stereo panning on individual drum sounds and the novelty of the mix itself, but I don't have the space. Get everything McVaffe submits until otherwise instructed :)
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the The drums were fine, but the mix would have held its own with or
without them.
Awesome mix. Keep up the great work.
- dopefish on August 5, 2009
Awesome mix. Keep up the great work.
- dopefish on August 5, 2009
Nice mix here, but it seems like the drums are almost *too* punchy
for the rest of it. Typical McVaffe niceness here, a bit on the
conservative side for my tastes, but for the time period it came
from, this is great stuff.
- OA on March 24, 2008
- OA on March 24, 2008
Very, very smooth. The drums are rough, yet they seem to fit in
quite nicely. Nice when your in a calm mood :)
- TheDro on March 29, 2005
- TheDro on March 29, 2005
Ah I was sorta expecting the theme from Carmen to come in at the
beginning but once the Booster's Tower theme comes in, its all
good!
I loved the original theme and McV only makes it better
McVaffe always finds the mellow or classical songs and adds some funky techno beats to them which is what I love :)
- jordex on March 23, 2005
I loved the original theme and McV only makes it better
McVaffe always finds the mellow or classical songs and adds some funky techno beats to them which is what I love :)
- jordex on March 23, 2005
augh only if it woulda stayed with the tango and not of added
techno beats. It is still good. I kinda wanted to practice my
waltz.
- zhayslip on April 16, 2004
- zhayslip on April 16, 2004
all hail Mcvaffe another masterpiece of a really nice piece.
Classical mixed with some nice drums and i take it thats a cello
and viola if im not mistaken (could be violin i suppose)
download now
- Nixs on November 18, 2003
download now
- Nixs on November 18, 2003
Amazing remix, as usual, by McVaffe. All of the instruments meld
together perfectly.
Love the drum track too.
I give it a 9/10. :D
- Krythan on October 26, 2003
Love the drum track too.
I give it a 9/10. :D
- Krythan on October 26, 2003
I'm not a fan of classical music whatsoever, but oddly enough, I
love this track. Could just be the nostalgia, though. :P
Has a few modern elements in it. That gives it a nice touch.
85%
This mix just shows how easy it is to follow the open-mindedness policy DJP set forth.
- Corporal Eschebone on September 9, 2003
Has a few modern elements in it. That gives it a nice touch.
85%
This mix just shows how easy it is to follow the open-mindedness policy DJP set forth.
- Corporal Eschebone on September 9, 2003
This one gets my stamp of approval for sure...
I'm as much a fan of pure classical mixes as anyone out there, so I was digging this just fine for the first 40 seconds... then the drums came in and I was REALLY digging it. One thing that's common among most McV covers is that he distributes the percussion sounds well between the high, mid, and low ranges. No exception here, as the groovin' hip-hop-eque rhythm and orchestral instruments blend with surprising wholeness.
The only other thing I could conceive of any differently is the ending; it seemed to fade out too suddenly, especially for the laid-back mood it gets you in as you listen.
All the samples were flawless (including the often-poorly-done choral thing... epecially liked the windchime effect, used in perfect moderation) except the cello/bass thing when it's exposed for a few seconds at the beginning. Horridly minor nitpick, though, as the line sounds perfect as soon as it has something over top of it (when the upper strings come in a few seconds later).
- fisherman on February 27, 2003
I'm as much a fan of pure classical mixes as anyone out there, so I was digging this just fine for the first 40 seconds... then the drums came in and I was REALLY digging it. One thing that's common among most McV covers is that he distributes the percussion sounds well between the high, mid, and low ranges. No exception here, as the groovin' hip-hop-eque rhythm and orchestral instruments blend with surprising wholeness.
The only other thing I could conceive of any differently is the ending; it seemed to fade out too suddenly, especially for the laid-back mood it gets you in as you listen.
All the samples were flawless (including the often-poorly-done choral thing... epecially liked the windchime effect, used in perfect moderation) except the cello/bass thing when it's exposed for a few seconds at the beginning. Horridly minor nitpick, though, as the line sounds perfect as soon as it has something over top of it (when the upper strings come in a few seconds later).
- fisherman on February 27, 2003
This is one of my fav Mario mixes, it just pure rocks. A part of it
kinda sounds like the music in a part of Lotr:TT (when there at
Thedoen's castle or something) After hear that part i thought it
sound familiar.
- Super Miles Prower on January 11, 2003
- Super Miles Prower on January 11, 2003
This mix is awesome. For the first few seconds I heard the
familliar tango tune, and wondered what was gonna happen that was
going to make it at all SMRPG-like. Then we get the "Booster's
Tower" theme, adn the first thing I thought was, "Kick Azz!",
becasue I always liked that theme. Then the drum track kicks the
ReMix up to the next level. This mix is awesome.
EDIT: lol - I said it was awesome at both the beginning and the end!
- Bass Clef Man on January 9, 2003
EDIT: lol - I said it was awesome at both the beginning and the end!
- Bass Clef Man on January 9, 2003
McVaffe is (or at least was) one of the more prolific contributors
here on OverClocked ReMix, and that is certainly not a bad thing.
So saying, the piece Bukki's Tango is a very well-done piece by
most standards. The string introduction was excellent, very
befitting of the atmosphere that the original Booster's Tower
imposed on the player. The drums that come in after about the 45'
mark were not required though and took away from the classical
effect that could have been achieved by our McVaffe. The strings
and clarinet/oboe (I can't tell which off the top of my head;
leaning towards the latter) compliment each other well, and the
drums and other effects work, but if the drums had been left out
the piece would have taken on a very nice and well-appreciated
classical air. Oh well. When one has the occasion to get such an
excellent piece, one must take the bad with the good, must one not?
All in all, Bukki's Tango was a very nice piece assembled by one
the best ReMixers on OCR, the highly-acclaimed McVaffe.
- Jimmy the Lip on November 17, 2002
- Jimmy the Lip on November 17, 2002
z-Lo wrote: It's a great remix...but hasn't it been around for quite some time now? Aren't we a little late here?
You can post reviews any time you want to. After all, the remixes are all new to the people who are just discovering this site.
Anyway, McVaffe is an awesome contributor (as we all know), but some of his remixes are better than others. This, imo, is one of the better McVaffe remixes - it's pleasent to listen to, has a fair amount of variation, and the sound quality is very good.
- Adhesive_Boy on September 11, 2002
It's a great remix...but hasn't it been around for quite some time
now? Aren't we a little late here?
- z-Lo on September 11, 2002
- z-Lo on September 11, 2002
Unbelievable remix, Oustanding. This is definetely one of my
favorite games in the world, I always love to hear remixs from
SMRPG.
Great, great stuff Mcvaffe. I actully downloaded this sometime ago, I didn't really listen to it. Browsing my files again I heard it and could take off the loop button. I just had to write about how much I liked it. Very nice work my man.
- Ace-Of-War on September 10, 2002
Great, great stuff Mcvaffe. I actully downloaded this sometime ago, I didn't really listen to it. Browsing my files again I heard it and could take off the loop button. I just had to write about how much I liked it. Very nice work my man.
- Ace-Of-War on September 10, 2002
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