ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Ocean Palace (Wave Breaker)'
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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): 'Ocean Palace'
- Posted: 2001-08-24, evaluated by djpretzel
Cotmm takes a break from his usual avant garde distortion-fetish ReMix style to give us . . . a jungle / breakbeat CT ReMix! He still manages to give the piece an edgy texture, but things are cleaner overall, and he covers the new genre quite well, with a well-constructed groove that a nicely ambient FM-ish synth pattern plays on top of, with a very low, guttural tone that also sounds like it has roots in FM synthesis covers the melody. Cotmm knows a good thing, so lets the groove he establishes repeat a couple times until he brings in the real melody, played on a cleaner synth again in the midrange. The whole piece is very well layered, and though not trance, achieves the same effect of musical hypnosis, until 2'46", where it deviates significantly in a little ending soliloquy. Good stuff!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the This piece was a very welcome addition to my Creative Jukebox Zen
player's paltry ReMix playlist back in high school. I just love how
aggressive it is. The melody can really only be described as
haunting. A lot of clever synth programming here, too.
- DusK on December 27, 2011
- DusK on December 27, 2011
0:00 some mean lows here. I like the hybrid of genres in this
mix.
0:31 nice metalic pad compliments the twangy synth plucking
1:15 very subtle addition, but that bright pad sounds really good
1:45 the melody slips in under the chaos of the rest to fill in the intriguing soundscape
2:40 love this melody section, nice contrast of clean (relatively) and distorted
- SubNormal J3 on February 21, 2011
0:31 nice metalic pad compliments the twangy synth plucking
1:15 very subtle addition, but that bright pad sounds really good
1:45 the melody slips in under the chaos of the rest to fill in the intriguing soundscape
2:40 love this melody section, nice contrast of clean (relatively) and distorted
- SubNormal J3 on February 21, 2011
One of the CotMM songs that I can really get into, and I've had
this one for a while. I love the bass opening, I thought it was a
cool intro. It does take a bit for the melody to come in, almost
halfway through the song, to be exact, but when it does, it fits in
well with the soundscape. The B section at 2:46 is cut short, it
feels, and I would have liked more development of that area, bu
alas it ends.
Still liking the bass throughout.
- DragonAvenger on December 5, 2009
Still liking the bass throughout.
- DragonAvenger on December 5, 2009
Never one to shy away from distortion, CotMM seems to distort just
about everything. Some of the distorted hihats and stuff just tend
to make it sound lofi, but an artist has to be true to themselves.
:<
This one is actually a lot more listen able for me than his usual experimental fare, though the changeup to a new section came in strangely late in the song. I think either the length needed to be extended, or the B section appeared sooner.
Regardless, it's a pretty good source and a decent sendup; I think an additional minute would have improved it, but it'll do.
- OA on January 15, 2008
This one is actually a lot more listen able for me than his usual experimental fare, though the changeup to a new section came in strangely late in the song. I think either the length needed to be extended, or the B section appeared sooner.
Regardless, it's a pretty good source and a decent sendup; I think an additional minute would have improved it, but it'll do.
- OA on January 15, 2008
Wasn't a fan of the changeup at 2:46 at all. I would have settled
for further development of the previous ideas. Wish this was
cleaner-sounding, but that was some really impressive dNb. Nothing
too complex, but very driving in terms of the energy.
- Liontamer on May 14, 2007
- Liontamer on May 14, 2007
Very different from the other Cotmm mixes. I like this one,
excellent use of drum and bass. Yet it maintains a feel for the
original song.
- DragonFireKai on March 5, 2007
- DragonFireKai on March 5, 2007
This song can be called a true remix with pride, for it manages to
retain the feeling of the song, yet it gives "The Ocean Palace" a
whole new static-tastic feel. I both envy and congradulate you ^^
- HoboKa on February 16, 2007
- HoboKa on February 16, 2007
I can't believe this has so few reviews. This one's an OCR classic
as far as I'm concerned. Hmm, as for a review from me ... all I can
say is that CotMM makes the source tune his bitch.
Edit: err, rather their bitch.
- Clumsy. on February 14, 2007
Edit: err, rather their bitch.
- Clumsy. on February 14, 2007
I love a good beat to a remix and paired with the semi-dark
backing, this was pretty much a perfect for me - I use a lot of OCR
stuff as 'writing music', something to write to that has the kind
of emotion I'm looking for in my writing, and this is being
listened to almost constantly right now for writing purposes. Huge
applause for this one, CotMM
- Turkaholic on March 29, 2006
- Turkaholic on March 29, 2006
Very impressive beats we have here, mmmyessss. They are a little
dark, which is perfect, it´s exactly what the original.
The beats were good, but if you repeat many times, you grow tired of it. It took one and a half minute to get to the melody, and that one itself was almost too low to hear.
Good job with the beats though. :wink:
- Bummerdude on September 26, 2005
The beats were good, but if you repeat many times, you grow tired of it. It took one and a half minute to get to the melody, and that one itself was almost too low to hear.
Good job with the beats though. :wink:
- Bummerdude on September 26, 2005
Pretty generic industrial music. Not really much happening here,
besides some looped drums/chord progression with the original
playing over it at different speeds. It's ok, but it really lacks
variety; and just when things start to switch up at around 2:45,
the song just ends abruptly. A little more creativity would have
gone a long way to compliment the good choice of instruments and
Ocean Palace melody.
Some major issues I have with this song:
- The treble hook introduced at around 0:14 doesn't EVER change it's notes, getting old very quickly (I was sick of it by 0:24 and again by around 0:53-1:14 when it was reintroduced)
- The drums loop with pretty much the exact same 3 second pattern way all the way from 0:33-2:35; how annoying! You could have atleast made it 4 different patterns cycling through, and switched the percussion up every now and than to keep it interesting.
The song also seems to lack punch/power for most sections in the middle, which is decieving because it appeared to be heavy and full of life (to some degree) from the 0:00-0:53 introduction. This remix has potential, and the background pads/strings/synths helped the atmosphere a little, but as described... it really lacks variety and attention to detail in other areas; in my opinion. I usually love this style of music, but this song seems rather cheezy and unproduced to me. Meh.
- chokst~1.bat on July 18, 2004
Some major issues I have with this song:
- The treble hook introduced at around 0:14 doesn't EVER change it's notes, getting old very quickly (I was sick of it by 0:24 and again by around 0:53-1:14 when it was reintroduced)
- The drums loop with pretty much the exact same 3 second pattern way all the way from 0:33-2:35; how annoying! You could have atleast made it 4 different patterns cycling through, and switched the percussion up every now and than to keep it interesting.
The song also seems to lack punch/power for most sections in the middle, which is decieving because it appeared to be heavy and full of life (to some degree) from the 0:00-0:53 introduction. This remix has potential, and the background pads/strings/synths helped the atmosphere a little, but as described... it really lacks variety and attention to detail in other areas; in my opinion. I usually love this style of music, but this song seems rather cheezy and unproduced to me. Meh.
- chokst~1.bat on July 18, 2004
By far one of CotMM's most [i]musical[/i] pieces. While I enjoy his
crazy, static-and-noise-driven remixes, this remix offers something
the others don't. Definitely a great listen, and recommended to
fans of CotMM and Chrono Trigger alike.
- Straziante on January 21, 2003
- Straziante on January 21, 2003
this has to be one of my favorite OC ReMixes of all time.
lol... how does rama come up with that stuff?
anyways... i like it because it is different. you got to hear this on 5.1 surround sound (if you havent yet anyways). it owns you.
lots of fun little blips and noises make up the "percussion", which by themselves probably wouldnt make much sense, but when you put them together and mix in some crazy filtered like mad synth, it all comes together to make one beautiful mindalicious (new word? delicious for the brain. or something. bite me.) groove that is great for chilling to while fixing yourself a nice latte, or smashing human organs to pieces with a tire iron.
either way.
9.7/10
- suzumebachi on June 21, 2002
lol... how does rama come up with that stuff?
anyways... i like it because it is different. you got to hear this on 5.1 surround sound (if you havent yet anyways). it owns you.
lots of fun little blips and noises make up the "percussion", which by themselves probably wouldnt make much sense, but when you put them together and mix in some crazy filtered like mad synth, it all comes together to make one beautiful mindalicious (new word? delicious for the brain. or something. bite me.) groove that is great for chilling to while fixing yourself a nice latte, or smashing human organs to pieces with a tire iron.
either way.
9.7/10
- suzumebachi on June 21, 2002
HOLY PRIMATE MECHANICS BATMAN! DRUM AND BASS MY RIGHT IN THE
POOPSHOOT!
This song is WITHOUT A DOUBT my most favoritest song in da whole wide world! This song is so harcore it's make Mick Folley mess his diappies!
What you say? You want detailed description? I SET YOU UP DA BOMB!!
This song opens with crazy ass drum and bass niceness. Holy geez I which I could drop I beat like this muv. at 0:09 it's joined by some cool little instrument that at this point you'd THINK would be the lead. You WOULD think that, wouldn't you? Well sir, THAT'S where you'd be wrong! See, up until here you're like, "Well this is a cool ass fricken song...but hey...wait...this barely sounds ANYTHING like the Ocean Palace?" well, don't doubt teh Monkey man, because at 0:33 the super bass melody hits you like a brick that got throw off a 5 story buildin'. Then, perfect balance of drum, beat, bass, and backup throughout. GOOOD SHEEIT. There IS a short melodic break at 1:47, that introduces the counter melody from the Ocean Palace theme, and continues to play this until 2:46. HERE it stops being SO extreme, and takes more of a "Hey, this is Chrono Trigger music, we're gonna take it down a notch for a sec" kinda style before it ends.
All and all, THIS SONG ROX0RS UR SOX0RS! Call the uncles, aunts, chitlins, neighbors, friends, and casual aquiantences! This song is the real deal 100%, pure platinum quality stuff so thick it'd take you 4 years to digest but so smooth you can butter you toast with it!
Translation:
This song is DAMMN GOOD. You can't be a good citizen without hearing it at LEAST once...
- Ramaniscence on June 20, 2002
This song is WITHOUT A DOUBT my most favoritest song in da whole wide world! This song is so harcore it's make Mick Folley mess his diappies!
What you say? You want detailed description? I SET YOU UP DA BOMB!!
This song opens with crazy ass drum and bass niceness. Holy geez I which I could drop I beat like this muv. at 0:09 it's joined by some cool little instrument that at this point you'd THINK would be the lead. You WOULD think that, wouldn't you? Well sir, THAT'S where you'd be wrong! See, up until here you're like, "Well this is a cool ass fricken song...but hey...wait...this barely sounds ANYTHING like the Ocean Palace?" well, don't doubt teh Monkey man, because at 0:33 the super bass melody hits you like a brick that got throw off a 5 story buildin'. Then, perfect balance of drum, beat, bass, and backup throughout. GOOOD SHEEIT. There IS a short melodic break at 1:47, that introduces the counter melody from the Ocean Palace theme, and continues to play this until 2:46. HERE it stops being SO extreme, and takes more of a "Hey, this is Chrono Trigger music, we're gonna take it down a notch for a sec" kinda style before it ends.
All and all, THIS SONG ROX0RS UR SOX0RS! Call the uncles, aunts, chitlins, neighbors, friends, and casual aquiantences! This song is the real deal 100%, pure platinum quality stuff so thick it'd take you 4 years to digest but so smooth you can butter you toast with it!
Translation:
This song is DAMMN GOOD. You can't be a good citizen without hearing it at LEAST once...
I'm doing MY part!
- Ramaniscence on June 20, 2002
