ReMix: The Legend of Zelda 'UnderWorldPressureCooker'
- Game: The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo, 1986, NES)
- ReMixer(s): wRenchpilot
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'Underworld'
- Posted: 2001-09-02, evaluated by djpretzel
wRenchpilot ends a fairly long drought of Zelda ReMixes with this submission, a mechanical retooling of the underworld theme, that begins with a rising arpeggio that is built on and built on and built on, towards a climactic ending that layers some wild distortion in a very tasteful and inventive fashion. At first I thought the drums too minimal, but he builds on those as well, when at 55" he brings in more syncopated and distorted drums that play nicely with the cleaner sounds across the stereo field. The name is very appropriate - the structure and cumulative nature of the track do a lot to build up the feeling of claustrophobia and pressure. A nice and deceptively complex piece.
- rimco on January 1, 2009
Sorry, i'll pass. :-(
- OA on October 3, 2008
I liked the sound of it before that though. At least it was good enough that I didn't care about repetition.
- Chaotic Descent on July 9, 2006
- lady zelda on January 15, 2006
- jordex on April 30, 2005
- Hitman on April 30, 2005
I play it in the woods on my ipod at night, and trust me, it's fitting.
- Kemusabi on April 17, 2005
- SynthesizedStampede on April 17, 2005
- MrNemo on August 30, 2004
- Kapuran on July 6, 2004
- Drin Tragen on February 7, 2004
- Broken Enigma on January 10, 2004
But in all seriousness, I don't care [i]how[/i] interesting your drum loops are. If you don't change up the tune sometime, the piece dies. I felt like I was sitting in front of my NES again, driving myself insane trying to beat the final dungeon, and muting my television because the music was so fucking annoying.
[b]The blunt and fatal truth:[/b] Too repetitive. [i]Waaay[/i] too repetitive.
[b]The non-specific but morale-boosting truth:[/b] It's a great idea, just execute it more creatively.
-chth
- chthonic on December 10, 2003
- ladykaiyu on November 13, 2003
playingtokrush wrote: Ginnsu, have you ever heard Rimco's "Gannon's Hollow"? It's an incredible remix of the Zelda Underground theme, and it's relatively short, so it doesn't tend to drag the way Pressurecooker does. The Underground theme is a very short loop, so trying to turn it into a 4 minute song is generally going to end up with a tedious song. If you haven't heard "Gannon's Hollow", you have to get ahold of it somehow. That song wipes its ass with my face.
In case anyone wants to hear it, I'm hosting Gannon's Hollow here:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tcj/rimco/rimco%20-%20gannon's%20hollow.mp3
The synths might be too harsh or something for some people, but I really like this version. It still might be worth a listen for those who wanted something more out of the Zelda Underground theme. Maybe you'll be a fan too.
- playingtokrush on October 22, 2003
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