ReMix: Streets of Rage 2 'SID of Rage'
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- Game: Streets of Rage 2 (Sega, 1992, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): Gecko Yamori
- Composer(s): Motohiro Kawashima, Yuzo Koshiro
- Song(s): 'Under Logic'
- Posted: 2002-06-04, evaluated by djpretzel
Now here's something a little different. Gecko Yamori uses quite a few sounds from the SID sound chip, famous and infamous for thousands of Commodore 64 soundtracks, in this heavy techno coverage from Streets of Rage 2. Sorta neat, as it's using a chip that predates the Sega Genesis' own FM chip extensively :) Of course, there's also house piano, nice electro percussion, and (what made it for me) a great mono-glide analog synth that enters at 0'50". When that synth came in, the song went from alright to kickin' in a heartbeat - really added something that the melody is covered by a panning, chirpy analog synth that also does a cool pitchbend at the end of some lines. Piano actually has a played-through-a-speaker feel to it, which is neat, and the SID sounds, though very easy to spot, do work well with the other elements. If Yuzo had had a SID to work with inside the Genesis, some of his pieces might have uses similar textures in similar ways. Good clean fun, and a successfull and unique experiment. Recommended.
Discussion: Latest 13 comments/reviews; view the - MechaFone on April 14, 2008
- OA on December 28, 2006
- Pip is uh..... on March 13, 2005
- DarkWolf on July 11, 2003
MagFlare wrote: Rather mediocre? The original theme-- from the baseball stadium level, I believe-- happens to be one of my favorites from SoR2.
And, lucky me, this and McVaffe's version of the theme have different merits that make them both so very, very worthwhile.
Pretty good a little tomuch distortion for me but other than that great mix.
- The Berserk Fury on July 10, 2003
And, lucky me, this and McVaffe's version of the theme have different merits that make them both so very, very worthwhile.
- MagFlare on November 7, 2002
- SoUnDoLe on October 31, 2002
I love remixes that use SID.
This has lots of SID
I love this remix.
Simple as that.
- Eccles on July 25, 2002
Great Remix Gecko Ramori!
- Earl on July 25, 2002
On the one hand, I do like the way it turned out. The mix of old C64 sounds and modern instrumentation works well. The rhytm created is steady, rich and well crafted. As a whole, it's a well done mix.
On the other hand, I feel it's a bit too repeatative in that there isn't enough between the main rhythm before it starts up again. Some original material using the sounds and rhythms created within the remix, in my opinion, would have added greatly to the song. There's a strong rhythm here, and this tune nearly cries out to be taken into new ground, then brought back to the beat of the original song.
Despite the negative paragraph being longer than the positive, this mix is a good one.
- The Coop on June 17, 2002
Cool. I'm a sucker for C64-style arpeggios (even though that system pre-dates me =P ), and this mix has them going throughout almost the whole thing. Other aspects of the arrangement work just as well, and it all combines into a remix that, plain and simply, kicks ass. This has to be one of my favorite mixes of this theme.
- orkybash on June 5, 2002
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