ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Magus (Temporal Rehab)'
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- Game: Chrono Trigger (Square, 1995, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Children of the Monkey Machine
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda, Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): 'Magus Confronted'
- Posted: 2001-01-30, evaluated by djpretzel
Really, really weird avant garde experimental ambient frightening ReMix of Magus' theme from the legendary Chrono Trigger or 'CT' as many refer to it. Well. Where to begin. This is VERY VERY impressionistic, no melody, no harmony, very little rhythm, but establishes a feel and is rather disturbing - in other words, similar to Cotmm's (Children of the Monkey Machine's) own Silent Hill ReMix. This certainly isn't 'appealing' in any traditional musical sense of the word, in my own estimation, but it does feel DAMN evil, ominous, impending, and strange. You'll need a subwoofer or damn good headphones for the full effect. Not for everyone, but those that are into the 'edge' or very impressionistic ReMixes should love it.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I like how this piece sounds, but it is a bit strange at times. The
lack of Magus's distinctive melody hurts the song. However, it does
an admirable job sending you to the place between times that Magus
knows so well. You can feel the Black Wind blowing in distance,
stripping away all that does not have the will to survive.
- Irregular on March 3, 2008
- Irregular on March 3, 2008
Pretty gross, IMO.
COTMM has always been hit-or-miss with me, and more often than not, miss. This one is the biggest miss of all for me. It's like a terrible WIP, and I think it's on the site because of remixer reputation only.
3 :-('s out of 3.
:-(:-(:-(
- OA on February 21, 2008
COTMM has always been hit-or-miss with me, and more often than not, miss. This one is the biggest miss of all for me. It's like a terrible WIP, and I think it's on the site because of remixer reputation only.
3 :-('s out of 3.
:-(:-(:-(
- OA on February 21, 2008
Eh, not really the type of style I like. Way too sparse, sometimes
less is more, but it needs a little more here to hold my attention.
- DragonFireKai on March 1, 2007
- DragonFireKai on March 1, 2007
Intrestingly creepy though i feel it kinda pushes away from the
magus theme a little i still thought it was kinda cool...
- Ieru on December 19, 2006
- Ieru on December 19, 2006
interestingly enough, i really like decay of hope, but there's only
1 feature of this mix that i like, the flute\pan pipe thing that
starts at 0:28, who would ever think that such an innocent
instrumant could be so dreadfully creepy?? i LOVE it. sadly, that's
the only thing i like... :(
- Kulaman on February 27, 2006
- Kulaman on February 27, 2006
This feels an awful lot to me like the kind of stuff usually found
playing in a Salad Fingers cartoon. It's just that kind of creepy.
- Broken_Wind on November 12, 2005
- Broken_Wind on November 12, 2005
What does this song mean? Is Magus driving a lawn mover with a
radio that with a weird coincidence playing his battle theme in the
background. Eh?
The first had a liitle more hints that this was the "Battle with Magus", but at the rest of the remix there was just the melody played with a poor synth with some sort of scratch in the back. Is that really a remix?
I can only agree with Wanderer, this song has alot more potential.
- Bummerdude on September 26, 2005
The first had a liitle more hints that this was the "Battle with Magus", but at the rest of the remix there was just the melody played with a poor synth with some sort of scratch in the back. Is that really a remix?
I can only agree with Wanderer, this song has alot more potential.
- Bummerdude on September 26, 2005
I love this piece to death. I described it as 'Evil trance' to a
friend, and he quickly agreed. One of the main reasons why I love
CotMM's mixes so much is because they actually [i]feel like
BGM[/i]. I could imagine many of the scenes with Magus with this
playing, and so it puts me in mind of the game it sources from.
That seems like an integral part of remixing, to remind of the
source and expand into new directions.
- Trygon on August 4, 2005
- Trygon on August 4, 2005
Someone really needs to remix this theme. Enough Frog Theme, Main
Theme, and Zeal remixes, gimme some Magus remixes. There is so much
potential with it, and I hate to see it being wasted on weird songs
like this that don't even take advantage of the amazing atmosphere
of Magus Theme.
- Wanderer on January 26, 2005
- Wanderer on January 26, 2005
Had this been on vgmix, I'd say tier6. Yet it gets past the judges
here :S It's a crazy fkd up world. This was a waste of my valuable
bandwith.
While I'm not neccesarily a fan of CotMM's work, I respect those mixes that I've heard so far from him. They're different, to say the least, but this one just goes somewhere beyond the acceptable realms of experimentation and falls well short of the definition of "music".
- _Raijin_ on January 26, 2005
While I'm not neccesarily a fan of CotMM's work, I respect those mixes that I've heard so far from him. They're different, to say the least, but this one just goes somewhere beyond the acceptable realms of experimentation and falls well short of the definition of "music".
- _Raijin_ on January 26, 2005
Honestly, I'm afraid I can only agree with Zircon here. This song
is NOT a prime example of CotMM's work. It's not even the cool,
kind of "anti-music" that Eternal Derelict was; it's just crap. I'm
sorry, CotMM, but this remix was a waste of time and talent.
- SixthFlyingMan on August 11, 2004
- SixthFlyingMan on August 11, 2004
I don't know what to say. I have to be in the right mood to listen
to this, but on the other hand, it's a strange new work of art. I'm
not going to state that this is similar to Decay of Hope, because
it's probably already been said. Ok. Maybe I just stated it. :roll:
I'm rambling, but in the end I hope you'll get what I'm trying to
say. Like Decay of Hope, you have to either like this or not.
Personally, I like it, but I won't want to listen to it [i]too[/i]
often. Very good job. Strange, but good.
- SmudgeTheFirst on June 14, 2004
- SmudgeTheFirst on June 14, 2004
This sounds to me like a bunch of random samples were thrown in
first, followed by distortion, followed by some evil-sounding
effects, then THAT was distorted, then bits and pieces of the
melody were scattered throughout, then the whole thing is distorted
again. While I liked Decay of Hope (one of the remixes that led me
to this site), I cannot say that I find this piece enjoyable in the
least, nor can I say I appreciate it. I acknowledge CotMM's skill
(and there's plenty of it), but it seemed like it was just wasted
on this garbled remix.
- zircon on July 31, 2003
- zircon on July 31, 2003
This is very similar to Decay of Hope, so if you didn't really care
for that, you won't care for this either. I got this a couple weeks
ago and am just listening to it the first time now, and reading
CotMM's review, I felt that he was being a little too hard on
himself - and I was right. This isn't an extremely accessible
track, but it's very dark and painful -- I don't mean it's painful
to listen to, mind you -- and a suitable intro for Decay of Hope.
One thing with this mix is that it's not extremely long, and the
ending doesn't have the kind of climax that most of CotMM's similar
tracks have. However, this is a fun mix simply because it's
original, and I love all those grating sounds and the way this
makes the Magus theme seem so much more evil. The
samples/synths/etc in particular are incredibly cool, as CotMM's
usually are. This really is a song that will turn off a majority,
but is really cool if you can learn to appreciate its unique
beauty.
- mDuo13 on July 13, 2003
- mDuo13 on July 13, 2003
m68030 wrote: however I feel that
most people don't really get off on this sort of audio track, so I'm sure
it's been deleted more times than it has been listened to.
And then there are the curious few like myself who thoroughly enjoy this kind of stuff. In my opinion this one is far too short, but as an intro to "Decay of Hope" it does work very well. "Temporal Rehab" is far more chaotic, while "Decay of Hope" maintains a sense of control, yet still very dark. Great work, CotMM.
- Ginnsu on June 10, 2002
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