ReMix: Ristar 'OceanFlameGroove'
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- Game: Ristar (Sega, 1995, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): 4-Eyes
- Composer(s): Masafumi Ogata, Naofumi Hataya, Tomoko Sasaki
- Song(s): 'Break Silence', 'Formation Lap'
- Posted: 2001-12-10, evaluated by djpretzel
Our second Ristar ReMix comes from the man behind the first, 4-eyes. This is a tricky lil piece that does some very click syncopation bits on the breathy square-wavish lead synth sound, has nice drums, schnazz brass hits, and some flavorful filtered pads to back things up. It's short, but it gets its point across and is intelligent in its use of rhythm. Elements are well chosen as well - compact, concise, and quality stuff - they type of track they could well use on a sequel, if they ever had the wisdom to develop one ^^ . . . uh, 4-eyes wants me to mention he's 13 years old. Wurd.
Discussion: Latest 14 comments/reviews; view the Very nice, you definitely do justice to what was my favorite game
on the Sega Genesis. I like at about 0:35 when the original really
kicks in. Shame there aren't more Ristar ReMixes on the site... IMO
the best complete soundtrack I've heard in any video game, bar
none.
- zyxomma100 on July 1, 2007
- zyxomma100 on July 1, 2007
Very creative synths, but ends up being too repetitive for my
tastes. The lead sounds was very nice, and there was plenty of
interesting sound choices, but the source was just too much of the
same thing.
- OA on January 26, 2007
- OA on January 26, 2007
I always loved this game and it did have great music.
Fantastic job not as repetitave as intension and still much like the classic vers. 2 thumbs up!
- Teh Anti Bison on August 12, 2005
Fantastic job not as repetitave as intension and still much like the classic vers. 2 thumbs up!
- Teh Anti Bison on August 12, 2005
Way better than "Intension," first off. I'm glad you've given us a
better ReMix from Ristar. That was such a cute, fun game. And
Planet Undertow is about the only song from it I can remember off
the top of my head :(. Anyway, it's a nice, heady original song,
and ya done good things with it.
You took it in a jumpier, faster, groovy direction, away from its dreamier original quality, and it comes out sounding cool. I also am interested by the "stabs," or whatever you call them; they stay fresh through the whole thing. I especially like the long-release sawtooth sweeps jumping around in front of the drums. They sound watery to me, for some reason, yet funky. They tie the old to the new. Good stuff.
- Linearity on April 28, 2005
You took it in a jumpier, faster, groovy direction, away from its dreamier original quality, and it comes out sounding cool. I also am interested by the "stabs," or whatever you call them; they stay fresh through the whole thing. I especially like the long-release sawtooth sweeps jumping around in front of the drums. They sound watery to me, for some reason, yet funky. They tie the old to the new. Good stuff.
- Linearity on April 28, 2005
Wo0t! Ristar was so cool! Too bad not a lot of people know about
it... Anywho, I dl'ed this song because I actually had the original
stuck in my head. It's so great. I like the feeling of this song a
lot too, it definitely feels underwater-y and peaceful, but it
skips the "chorus" of the original if I'm thinking of the same
underwater level. (That's hardly a complaint though, as you don't
have to use 100% of the source material.) Still, I agree with
everyone; the instrument used for the melody is very fitting for
both the original and the techno style of the song. I also made a
DWI for this song because it's so cool. ^^; Good Remix!
- JorJorMogBoi on August 29, 2003
- JorJorMogBoi on August 29, 2003
This song's pretty good. You can really get carried away by the
tune. It starts to get repetitive, so 4-eyes was wise to keep it at
about 2 minutes. A worthy remix :)
- GregHead on July 13, 2003
- GregHead on July 13, 2003
This remix is good. Turns the original which is kind of laid-back
into an energy filled tune.
- DarkWolf on July 11, 2003
- DarkWolf on July 11, 2003
Ginnsu wrote: Ristar 'Ocean Flame Groove'
This is a cool mix here, I especially like this instrument stabs. It’s been a while since I’ve ever heard stabs used so continually in a song, never mind being the basis of that song. Great mix here, 4-Eyes.
Quoted that because it gives such a nice little blurb for the review excerpt ("Recently OverHeard") at the bottom of the song page. I agree completely. Interesting to hear all the staccatos. Different from yer factory-made techno.
EDIT: Oh, and it fits Ristar's style perfectly. Sounds like something you'd hear in a sequel. A sequel that is much needed - Ristar had the same kind of FUN too it as did Yoshi's Island (and most likely Yoshi's Story, which I still needa play).
- Nobbynob Littlun on March 29, 2003
Ristar 'Ocean Flame Groove'
This is a cool mix here, I especially like this instrument stabs. It’s been a while since I’ve ever heard stabs used so continually in a song, never mind being the basis of that song. Great mix here, 4-Eyes.
- Ginnsu on May 25, 2002
This is a cool mix here, I especially like this instrument stabs. It’s been a while since I’ve ever heard stabs used so continually in a song, never mind being the basis of that song. Great mix here, 4-Eyes.
- Ginnsu on May 25, 2002
