ReMix: Space Harrier 'BITLiveArcade'

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Space Harrier

Words cannot describe my love for Sega's first-person 'dude running real fast' shooter, the one, the only, Space Harrier. Its main theme was one of the very first I ReMixed on this site, and certainly deserved a revisit. In this case, Slow Poison, with Chris Abbot (the man), have done the track techno justice extraordinaire, with pseudo filtered synths doing insane wakka-chikka patterns, gated pads, great vocal samples, fantastic use of the intro 'welcome to the fantasy zone' sample (how could I have forgotten it? shame.), and just a feelin' good vibe with all parts interacting how they should. Chris is a major player in the c64 arrangement scene, so do check out his sites, you'll find more where this came from. If the build part at 1'50" and the release that comes after doesn't get your head doing that chicken-thing lookin' all goofy, something's broken. Thanks to Chris for submitting and covering an old classic that I'm particularly partial to in a major way. Highly recommended.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 11 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Another Soundscape;351817 wrote: Un-tss un-tss un-tss un-tss!
Energetic and happy. Would do well on Japanese dancefloors ;)
I'm not too keen on the synths, they're a bit muddy. Still, this is solid fun

Hay guys, this is the perfect example of mix OCR only has!
Kidding aside, I'm personally not familiar with the source. I'm definitely not a fan of how the song ends, with the voice saying something and the subsequent fadeout - I feel like there was room to take the song onto another level at the end. The production is of course rough too.

- Bahamut on September 14, 2009
A lot of times I can forgive repetition in tracks when I put them in the context of something other than a standalone song. The problem here is I just can't figure out what mood I'd want to be in to listen to this. I just don't find this particular style and set of sounds to be very enjoyable. Not my cup of tea, so I can understand why there aren't many reviews here since I don't think it's a very mainstream or accessible song.
Still though, it's a good take on the source, I'll give it that.

- Master_Yoshi on December 30, 2008
I criticized [URL="http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00858/"]"Spaced"[/URL] for lack of energy, here's the same material done in a very energetic and uplifting way. Unnts unnts yeah, and I don't particularly like unnts unnts, but I can't help enjoying this one.
--Eino

- evktalo on December 12, 2008
the sounds seem to bleed together a little bit. pretty standard techno in my book. i'm not familiar with the source but im reallllly hearing something sonic-y from 2:10-2:30ish, which I enjoy quite a bit. enjoyable, but it doesn't stand out among other techno-trance stuff.

- halc on December 11, 2008
Don't know the original, but this rocks.
Everything's a bit top-heavy, would have liked a bit more bass, but I can deal with it.

- DragonAvenger on December 13, 2007
Un-tss un-tss un-tss un-tss!
Energetic and happy. Would do well on Japanese dancefloors ;)
I'm not too keen on the synths, they're a bit muddy. Still, this is solid fun

- Another Soundscape on December 6, 2007
Man, i love this theme. If it hadn't been remixed a million times already, i'd take a crack at it.
This one is pretty basic, but has a few nice flourishes. Like Larry mentioned above, the synth counterpoint is what really drives this one along.
I don't really like the bass drum sample used, I think something a little more hardcore sounding would have fit a bit better, but thems the breaks.
Great source, btw. :P

- OA on June 29, 2007
Overly straightforward but effective genre adaptation for the day. Good job with the original synthwork on counterpoint, though I would have liked it to be louder. Would have loved more creative twists and turns here so-to-speak, but them's the old days.

- Liontamer on February 8, 2007
attn n00bs: no more favorite threads.
starting after I finish my review. that wouldn't be long, I need only 3 or 4 words.
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ONE OF THE MORE MOST BESTEST WONDERFULEST AWESOMENESS GREAT SONGS TIME EVER
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:D
let's fill the streets with crowd of people dancing under the stars and add some neon(s) for your listening/viewing compared pleasure +1
[img]http://digilander.iol.it/sambevolley/disco_02.gif[/img]
([i]↑nineko's discoteque seal of approval[/i])

- Nineko on November 20, 2005
As fun to listen to as Bomberman ChipTrip or Zanac SpaceDance

- artificialist on June 23, 2003
Space Harrier 'BIT Live Arcade'
I like that very interesting sounding well done voice work in this one. The synths that lead this song take it to an excellent climax. The bassline has an awesome very original sound. Keep doing this great work Slow Poison.

- Ginnsu on May 26, 2002

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