ReMix: Final Fantasy 'Matoya's Hot With Destiny'
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- Game: Final Fantasy (Square, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Shael Riley
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu
- Song(s): 'Matoya's Theme'
- Posted: 2002-03-10, evaluated by djpretzel
There once was man who sang of his groin. He sang of his groin, and of Zelda, and of their similarity. He sang and people listened. That man was and is Shael Riley, whose Zelda 'Music of my Groin' ReMix has achieved notoriety and acclaim the world over. Or at least with people that have visited this site and listened to it. But Shael has moved on, and contributes now a second mix which does NOT feature anatomical comparisons of any kind, and is in fact bereft of lyrics. While we may miss Shael's genital musings, his new style is mcuh more electronic, and highly musical, so do take a listen. What we got is a nice breakbeat techno style, a very dense mix with multiple synths and highly layered drums, on Matoya's theme, replete with filtering, nice breakdown section at 1'33", and some floaty pads and choir patches. A nice ride cymbal sits in the center of the percussion track, an interesting alternative to the standard hi-hat (which does have its bits as well), and the mix starts off fairly centered in the stereo mix but expands outwards as it progresses. The melody is played on a hauntingly high echoed synth with delayed drum hits at 2'20", which was especially well-done. I'm impressed that as much variety and discrete passages were extracted from this original theme, which is tres brief. Good combination of effects, synths, arrangement, and drums from Mr. Riley, who amply proves with this mix that there's more to him than his groin :)
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Matoya may be blind, but she's not deaf, and Shael gives her a reason to shake her thang.
- Polo on September 6, 2009
Some of the samples are sounding dated, and the production gets muddy in some sections, but It's still a interesting arrangement and demands active listening to catch all of the layers.
Good stuff for sure.
- OA on January 22, 2008
2. There is an awessome variety of sounds throughout, and nothing is overdone or overused. This also keeps the relatively short melody from becoming repeptitive.
3. Underneath the whole thing, the bass and percussion lay down a mad groove.
All in all, it's on my winamp playlist and will likely stay there for a long time.
- PumaJones on February 11, 2006
Zipp wrote: This is one of the older remixes, right? I personally don't like this one very much. It came about at a time when Shael was still figuring out his style and I'm glad this didn't become it.
It was a different time.
On a seperate note, was it him that did the Groin song? Now that's a classic for reasons that are utterly unknown to me. Defenitely a classic.
It was a different time.
- Shael Riley on February 5, 2006
On a seperate note, was it him that did the Groin song? Now that's a classic for reasons that are utterly unknown to me. Defenitely a classic.
- Zipp on February 5, 2006
- Jimstander Drago on January 8, 2006
- Bummerdude on October 2, 2005
- ghaleon on April 2, 2005
- Vash the Stampede on May 8, 2004
DM Lee wrote:
I am against fanboyism, but man, i cant help that shaels so freakin awesome. He did a funny song, which i think could always bring some fun to ocr. He does breakbeat. He did the mega man songs with clips from the show and i loved that show. That remix is the best breakbeat i have ever heard. Matoyas theme is my favorite theme. Man, its like shael is like out there to mix for me, lol.
keep it up.
Thank you very much, Mr. Lee. That's some serious high praise. :)
I've been doing some stuff on an old computer and I'm going to reformat my other, better computer and look at my soundcard physically tommorow to see if I can't get back to mixing on the machine I did all those songs on, except Music of My Groin. That was done in like, Goldwave on a 486 ^_^`
- Shael Riley on August 14, 2003
matoya is my favorite theme of all time, and this just makes me love it more.
I am going to submit a happy hardcore version of the matoya theme soon after i fix a lot of things in it. I am also doing an IMC mix which starts out with, in my opinion, matoyas theme at its finest. But it switches into the ff1 battle theme, and from there who knows where it will go.
I will submit other matoya mixes in the future as i make them as well.
Matoyas theme is so freaking awesome. I love this mix.
I really really love shaels work a lot. His mega man mix is top notch as is this.
There are issues in this which get to me, but nothing "bad". I love the instrument and percussion choices... except that 80's sounding tom in some spots. I think everyone should listen to this, and this needs more reviews.
Also, i spoke with shail about a month and a half ago to find he was unable to do any mixing, but then i seen a post of his a couple weeks ago, if that long ago, pretty much saying hes mixing again.
I really look forward o more of your work shael.
I am against fanboyism, but man, i cant help that shaels so freakin awesome. He did a funny song, which i think could always bring some fun to ocr. He does breakbeat. He did the mega man songs with clips from the show and i loved that show. That remix is the best breakbeat i have ever heard. Matoyas theme is my favorite theme. Man, its like shael is like out there to mix for me, lol.
keep it up.
- DM Lee on March 29, 2003
- Antics on February 23, 2003
- skawttieboy on July 7, 2002
OK, if you don't get the reference in the title, then I'm revoking your gamer liscence. Now onto the mix... it's a shame Shael didn't sing about his groin, but this mix is great without anatomical references. My only complaints are that the melody gets old fast, and the little flute thingy is kinda overpowered by the other instruments (not to mention I don't like the delay on it at all). It's techno, it's fun, and it's a must-download (at least for FF fans :)).
- orkybash on May 22, 2002
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