ReMix: Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos 'Sprinting Riffs'

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Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

Alright! This so perfectly fits the kickass-ninja-on-an-epic-quest mood of the Ninja Gaiden games! Kaijin teamed up with EgM for this ballsy rockfest with a great electric lead and relentless rhythm guitar chugs as well. The authors leave it up to us to guess, but apparently several instruments in the mix were played live. A very dynamic rock drum track here as well - plenty of fills, dynamics, etc - something you don't often see with backing drums for these sorts of pieces. The perfect evolution of what originally WANTED to be a rock track but couldn't really due to the NES's sound quality - immaculate + a must have. I can listen to this one several (hundred? ^^) times in a row.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 12 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
The energy of the entire mix works really well with the melody. Live instruments are always a plus, so this one definately retains its quality after all these years. I'm a little dissapointed that the mix is basically two repetitions of the same thing, but I'm willing to overlook that as it is a good melody to listen to twice.

- DragonAvenger on September 13, 2009
Hi everybody lurking since Dec.04.
One my first songs I dl here, Always enjoying the sound of the guitar and keyboard etc.
Also some people mention a touch reverb all around made it sound nice.

- 7-kurgan-d on September 15, 2007
A galloping Rhythm section and tight leads with a bit of orchestral goodness? Sign me up! The track was well produced, though I would have prefered the Strings to have a little more bite to them; the attack is too slow for this driving style of music. Other than that, there isn't much to complain about. The guitar performance is good, and there is a ton of energy.
This one is going on my workout mix.

- OA on December 27, 2006
NICE! VERRRY NICE!
i love this track :)
and i first heard it in a video made by the stunt people called stuntblade alpha (neo-modus.com/stuntpeople)
i was suprised to hear it was ninja gaiden remix posted here(don't know ninja gaiden 2 too well so i didn't recognize it).
major thumbs up
wicked track

- junker on January 4, 2005
This sounds like something you would want to play in a nice, big room. Cool reverb on it.

- Corporal Eschebone on December 17, 2004
I'd bump this while playing Ninja Gaiden (Xbox) any day.

- Mirai Gen on August 3, 2004
yes, DJpretz was right, if Gaiden ever appeared on PS, this would've been the soundtrack they tried to make on that stage. Upbeat, and fast, you can envision Ryu's boots sprinting away at the grass while he's rushing onward to save Irene! totally wicked track!

- Streets of Rage bum on July 28, 2002
ShirazGT wrote: The second to last level has 3 random songs when you start it; this is one of them.
Yes, but it also appears earlier in the game, stage 3-2 to be exact (the tower after the lightning flash level). Anyway, I love this mix. Simply awesome cover of an already awesome tune from an awesome game. Hmm, I used the word "awesome" a little too much. Doesn't matter. Well done and highly recommended.

- Bluebomber4evr on July 24, 2002
Rob Saunders wrote: Ninja Gaiden 2 'TheParasprinterNG2X'
More upbeat than most of Kaijin's stuff, I wonder how much he had to do with this mix really. This mix made it onto my 3rd or 4th OCR-CD. Some impressive electric guitar work and cool background tunage, this is an overly excellent tune. Recommended.

to be honest, I didn't do most of the work on this. I worked on the drums here and there and did the background ochestration. The rest was done by my good friend Eric Hache http://www.gamemusic.ca
I'm glad you liked the track though, as it was one of my childhood favorites.

- kaijin on July 23, 2002
The second to last level has 3 random songs when you start it; this is one of them.
Also, as constantly as I download NES remixes, I'd easily have to put this in the top 10. It'd be better if there weren't so many MegaMan 2 ones, but that's BubbleMan for ya.

- ShirazGT on July 12, 2002
I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what level this was from in NG2....:lol:
But yes, great electric guitar in this mix. And the beat is awesome, I think it helps make the mix that much more interesting. Great job! :)

- skawttieboy on July 11, 2002
Ninja Gaiden 2 'Sprinting Riffs'
More upbeat than most of Kaijin's stuff, I wonder how much he had to do with this mix really. This mix made it onto my 3rd or 4th OCR-CD. Some impressive electric guitar work and cool background tunage, this is an overly excellent tune. Recommended.

- Saunders on May 22, 2002

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