ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'IceCap Zone (Frozen Knuckles Mix)'

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Rayza, who gave us a kickin' Shinobi ReMix a long while back, returns with a blastastic ReMix of Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone, nicely titled "FrozenKnuckles". Those who follow the site will quickly recall that McVaffe covered this track, also in techno form. This is an interesting case of two techno-dance ReMixes of the same track from the same game. I don't pit ReMix against ReMix or ReMixer against ReMixer, but even if I did, this would be a good contest, as both submissions are really strong. You already know about McVaffe's, so: Rayza begins with a really goofy quote, presumably spoken by himself. I can't really account for this . . . so I'll move on :) A nice mixture of analog and digital timbres are highlighted, with your standard bum-ba-ba-bum house bassline laying the foundation for the FM harp patterns, a lil bit of house piano, 4-on-the-floor kick with nice hi-hats and snare rolls, a higher sine-type trumpety lead synth covering the melody (with vibrato), and later saw thicker pads reinforcing the melody. In addition, in-game sound effects are thrown in AND used musically as part of the percussion at points, which is sort of nifty. Sonic and Techno fans can't lose, and that's a lot of people, but I encourage everybody to check it out - a great track made greater . . . again! ^^

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Not my voice, just a clip I found randomly. Thought it was funny and threw it in. I'm a big fan of ridiculous, nonsensical humour so this fit the bill.

- Rayza on March 31, 2009
Pretty generic rhythmically and texturally, and there's nothing specific about this mix that stands out, except for the vocal sample at the beginning, and it doesn't really stand out in a way that is complimentary. :/
Gonna pass on this one, but Rayza has some good tracks you should try out instead.

- OA on March 20, 2009
I love most of the Sonic tracks out there. This one is not my favorite, mostly because of the intro. The reversed Sega effect was quite cool, however, and the ring sound effects were well-placed. The instruments seem a little off to me, but I can't quite place why. It's not a bad mix, it's just not quite for me though.

- Arwen on March 20, 2008
Definitely could do without the little introduction....although I did like when you added the jumping and ring sound effects in, that was pretty sweet. Seriously, just get rid of the intro, and it would be fine.

- Alexis on March 26, 2007
This remix is quite portable. Nothing special, I've heard arrangements that were lots better than this. Still, I like this. Ice Cap is always Ice Cap.

- Nineko on December 19, 2006
Not my favorite out of the current three Icecap remixes, starts out corny and kinda looses touch with the song for a while, but it could be worse. 2nd place.

- Veets on August 15, 2005
This is my Favorite Ice-Cap Remix.
All of Rayza's Remixes are awesome!

- supertrunkten on February 18, 2005
I thought the beginning was a bit cheesy. But the rest of the song is frickin awesome! The sound effects are used nicely and the end result is very nice.

- zdude255 on June 26, 2004
I like this remix. A lot. Icecap was one of my favorite levels, and a big part of that was the emotional music. :) I remember coming up with crazy stories about people being frozen under the ground in Icecap Zone. :p I downloaded this remix back about a year or two ago, and had to download it again for old time's sake.
I don't like the quote though. It's way too out of place.

- Troika on June 14, 2004
Oh damn how I love this song. The original and this remix. All the sounds fit together perfectly, this doesn't sound like video game music at all. I like the voice sample at the beginning too, it's funny. This is my favorite Ice Cap remix.

- Marte on January 15, 2004
There have been several mixes on this song, but this is probably my favorite. The intro is cool, and I just love the ring sound.

- BlackPhantom on November 24, 2003
I thought the intro was hilarious. It was what made me keep this thing on my PC. Mainly because this one isn't quite as smooth and poetic as McVaffe's Ice Capped, which I had just JUST downloaded before getting this. It's not bad; by itself it sounds cool, nice bass line, decent drums, neat game samples, and a modest melody. I would say there are better Ice Cap rexmixes floating about, but this one is still cool and worth a check.
And the SEGA reverb in the beginning is just plain awesome. I loved it.

- Ticadrius on August 31, 2003
This remix seems to be a pretty interesting take on the Ice Cap Zone theme repeated several times before. Like the harps and panning within the piece, as well as the sound bytes of jumping and grabbing rings inbetween. ^.^
But, as stated by Eccles, if the introduction was cut out this remix would have been perfect ;)

- Rexy on August 27, 2003
Once I got to listen to this it made me wanna pick up that dusting Genesis Controll and play Ice cap Zone one more time because of this badass song this song does justice to the Sonic Name. Great Job on this :twisted: remix :twisted:

- DarkLion on July 30, 2003
*sigh*
The harp sample is brilliant, as is the drum samples (though I think the hi-hat on every other beat is a little OTT sometimes).
The piano samples are good, as is the synth that plays the main melody.
Breaking the melody off for a bar to play the stereo effects, thats a nice touch, I really like that, especially when they go stereo...über sweet when wearing headphones)
But then there's the infuriating voice sample...though mercifully, this is easilly cut out with Goldwave.
Pretty good remix, though Jaded by the dumb intro.

- Eccles on July 3, 2003