ReMix: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'TeenTurtleTryp'
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- Game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Konami, 1989, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Kain Minter & Roddy Toomim
- Composer(s): Keizou Nakamura
- Song(s): 'The Streets of New York'
- Posted: 2002-01-18, evaluated by djpretzel
The bouncy TMNT NES soundtrack was like musical prozac - you coulda just lost your left arm and upon hearing it, you'd almost have to smile. Perhaps not. Regardless, it was classic NES Konami tunage in the best sense of the phrase, and is well-handled here by first-time contributors Kain Minter and Roddy Toomim. With a nice disco-style beat, replete with handclaps and some VERY creative breaks using manipulated samples as percussion quite cleverly, the duo lays down a mono-glide synth solo over top the slightly filtered and criminally boisterous bassline. Especially love how the upwards pitch-bends leave a trail of just-noticeable delay behind them. Great construction, intelligent sound choice, and a song that needed to be covered - great submission in its own right, especially impressive as a first submission. Hope to see more!
Discussion: Latest 12 comments/reviews; view the - Bahamut on October 9, 2009
The feel is cheesy, but makes you feel happy, i'd say that its the tracks strongest point.
The instruments sound very simple.
Drums are too loud, and the bass sounds weak as well as the drums.
The lead being programmed well - i'm hearing pitch bends and legato in the lead sound - is too quiet. Once again mixing problems.
The panned sample in the middle sounds weird as does the end. They don't mesh at all with the source :(
Its very simple (drums, bass, and lead/rhythm synth) and the original sections are so different its unnerving but there is a unique charm there that makes you want to listen to it again. Not a keeper, but certainly listenable.
- Willrock on December 12, 2008
The bassline was fun, it might be what I enjoyed most about the piece.
Aside from that, the sound choices didn't really grab me. It seems that it was more a stylistic choice, but I wasn't crazy about them.
Cute, worth a listen, not sure if it's a keeper yet, though.
- DragonAvenger on November 16, 2008
I'm not sure how a mix can be both boring and annoying, but this one did it.
Sorry dudes, this isn't a fav of mine. :-(
- OA on June 25, 2007
- KogeJoe on January 29, 2007
Has that "old-school" sound to it. ^_^ Lovin' it.
- Azure Dreamer on December 13, 2005
It's a very happy and catching tune. It's make you headbang like the guys in "Night at the Roxbury" =)
- OneHitWonder on May 19, 2003
- typhoidmary66 on May 16, 2003
But enough with that. This remix has it all. Remixing is done at a level most never dare go. Drums really bring out the song. No, what REALLY brings out this song in its fullest is the base. Kudos to you both. Short interms give the song flip flop the song, while the handclaps bring out the beat. Its a shame no one really pays attention to TMNT songs, they give room for so much.
NINJA POWER! COWABUNGA! ok. I'm done.
- ScytheML on September 24, 2002
Cowabunga dudes! This piece is awesome, with a very interesting sounding, sliding lead instrument. Doesn’t remind me too much of Turtle power, but very well done all the same. Great music Kain Minter and Roddy Toomim, keep it coming.
- Ginnsu on May 26, 2002
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