ReMix: Frogger 'StompBox'

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This is only our second Frogger ReMix here, our first being my own 'Funkiphibian Dub' which mutagene pointed out wasn't actually a dub but that nevertheless I feel did a pretty good job of covering frogger. Scott, who is our second female ReMixer to date, succeeding Jade Gemini, gives us a VERY different take on the same exact theme with this 'StompBox' mix. What a strange concoction she's come up with, too! A really unusual drum pattern, some bizzare moving lines, a truncated piano bit - it's almost like an experimental electronica piece. I dig it, you may not. Again, with these short themes (pacman, frogger, etc) I really think it shows creativity to be able to do a ReMix and keep it pretty fresh throughout, and she does that here. Check it.

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Discussion: Latest 11 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
So this is another one of those quirky mixes. The piano rubs me the wrong way - the playing sounds quite fake. The drums or whatever other main sample contributes to its quirkiness.
But arrangement-wise, I feel like this mix is mostly just take one instrument, play a particular looped melody, toss in another instrument at the start of the second loop, and repeat. There's little rearrangement to speak of here, and that bothers me.

- Bahamut on September 24, 2009
No.
Just no.
The dinky piano plus those random beats and electric guitar equals not good.
It would be so much greater if it just focused on the piano arrangement.

- 42 on December 13, 2008
Hmm.... not a great mix here imho.
The piano that opens sounds so dry and midi-like.
Then a weird drum pattern comes in with unusual panning :S
The strange thing about that drum part is that it is in triple time ( 12/8 ) where all the other instruments are in 4/4, which creates timing issues that reminds me of bad tuna, although it wasn't anywhere near as bad, at least the tempo was correct here.
After a while, the piano starts playing arpeggios as a variation of the main theme if you follow. You have to listen to it to understand, but its weird in my opinion.
And what is with that guitar sample? very random :P
not to mention it sounds like it clips when it goes down in volume in for each step.
more random piano craziness after
no bass as far as I can hear.
A very strange and weird mix.
Not recommend.

- Willrock on December 11, 2008
this has me trippin
i don't really know what to say... it's extremely random. it's sorta hard to get through the whole song without hitting the next button.

- halc on December 11, 2008
Yea...not a fan.
This is one of those things that you submit a contestent of Survivor and award them money if they somehow get through 4 hours of it alive.

- DragonAvenger on December 14, 2007
I usually try to emphasize on positive things when I write a review here, but I honestly don't think I can do that in this case. This mix consists ONLY of a repetitive piano and drum loop. I'll admit that at the end it did have some mildly cool sounds, but for the most part, I really didn't care for this.

- about:blank on December 4, 2007
Where to begin...? This one certainly hasn't aged well.
What we have here is basically a repetitive piano loop with an equally repetitive drum loop. The piano and drums fit together in a 'Bad Tuna' sort of way. The only real arrangement comes in the form of annoying arpeggio effects, and even then, it's essentially the same loop. At the halfway point, we are subjected to a guitar-like distortion applied to the piano, after which the same loops from the first half repeat again.
I'd like to say something positive about this remix, but I can't find a single redeeming quality (except for the fact that it ends.) It's not good when things start getting annoyingly repetitive in the first 30 seconds, much less in the first 15. I don't really like saying this, but I feel it's warranted in this case: avoid this one (unless you are a sucker for punishment).

- jmr on December 2, 2007
I have to agree with the rest of the crew here; i'm not a fan of this mix. It basically sounds like the main theme was cut and pasted about 25 times and then random effects and accompaniments were added.

- OA on January 23, 2007
Thumbs down for this mix. Sorry, but this seemed like a sad cover of another mix on this site of the same game.

- Blue_Drac on August 16, 2005
This is VERY repetitive. :? The arpeggiated/octave variations on the melody really don't sit well in my mind. The drums are kind of bizzare and I really dislike the offset (odd number/4) time signature. I wouldn't recommend this ReMix.

- chthonic on February 8, 2003
Frogger 'Stomp Box'
This one kinda feels like it drags on for a long time.. Most of it
consists of just a piano covering the melody, accompanied by a
repeditive drum loop. In the last minute or so some bizzare sound effects
mix in to give a bit of variety.

- m68030 on June 2, 2002

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