ReMix: Crystalis 'House Leaves'

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Crystalis

Well, hey - no Crystalis ReMixes for two years and then two practically back to back, and good ones too. For those that were waiting for some Crystalis lovin', but may have found Ryan8bit's 'Calming the Angry Sea' too laid back, or just prefer electronica over guitar-based works, newcomer Neostorm has the answer. With a great swingy house piece that's well-mixed, catchy, and shows a little more attention to variety, interpretation, and originality than average genre submissions, Neostorm's got a funky thang going on. Key to the success are the sweetly filtered snare (and general variety and quality on the rhythm side of things), a high-quality soundset overall, some lovely playing on a synth-piano solo with wonderful trills at 0'50", the breakdown towards the end at 3'51" that keeps things interesting even at what I'd consider a longer-than-usual runtime for this sort of piece, and overall panache. Ending in this case didn't do it for me - sometimes this sort of "leave 'em hanging" thing works, and sometimes it doesn't. For this piece I would have preferred something with more closure, or even a fade out, but it's a brief portion of an otherwise memorable house piece that illustrates some formidable skills at constructing this sort of mix. Recommended.

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Extremely happy song! The tempo and sweet keyboarding are great throughout the song. One of my all-time favorite OCRs.

- Bip on August 11, 2009
intoxicating
A++++
I went back and downloaded the nsf. Really creative and natural solo'ing early on...

- uagrenadier on January 7, 2009
zpeterz63;285502 wrote: My friend has this playing at his wedding as he and his bride left. Simply amazing.

They're helping to make video game music not just for gamers...awesome!

- Mr Azar on November 21, 2008
zpeterz63;285502 wrote: My friend has this playing at his wedding as he and his bride left. Simply amazing.

That gave me goosebumps. *The good kind*
zpeterz63;285502 wrote: Cool enough on it's own to have my relatives dance to it, but kicked up a notch with 8bit awesome for me and my friends.

I never imagined anyone dancing to it except me! lol!!
Thank you guys for making my day today. I dont know what else to say other than I feel really inspired.

- neostormx on December 6, 2007
I was going through chiptunes this morning looking for some cool songs to potentially remix myself, and I was really impressed by a lot of the tracks in Crystalis so I decided to check out what remixes others have done on the game, and I have to say this mix is pretty frickin awesome.
I love how the melody is swung a bit, and the production is nice and clear. The beat is housey without being on autopilot, and he filtered percussion is a nice subtle touch. The piano solo is fantastic; tasteful and just a tiny bit funkified. The switched up B section is also really well done. Great arranging on this track.
I am actually horrified that I have missed out on this remix for so many years. It was released in 2002; that means I could have had it play at my wedding. ;_;
Well, I'm not so sure I'd have this at my actual wedding, but definitely at the reception. Cool enough on it's own to have my relatives dance to it, but [b]kicked up a notch[/b] with 8bit awesome for me and my friends.
[b]BAM[/b]
[img]http://oceansend.com/5502/bam.jpg[/img]
Both Emeril and I strongly recommend this outstanding track.

- OA on July 12, 2007
zpeterz63;285502 wrote: My friend has this playing at his wedding as he and his bride left. Simply amazing.

Uhhhhh.....

- Liontamer on June 20, 2007
My friend has this playing at his wedding as he and his bride left. Simply amazing.

- zpeterz63 on June 20, 2007
Nearly 5 years later, this remix still pwns. It's the kind of track that makes you want to check out the source if you never played it. Apparently I missed out on an awesome game that many say rivals the great Zelda series.
Good stuff, Neostorm. Come back to us ;)

- metaphist on May 4, 2007
itss crazy how neostorm made this entire song using the default FL songs
this sounds alott like something you'ld hear from that gunbound game haha but its awesome
i love the whole house feel and the percussion is just sweet
i think the solo parts were greatt! and especially that bass solo
i lloved the original crystalis music and you did a great job recreating it, neostorm :wink:

- jordex on June 27, 2005
This is an excellent song. There are some really subtle treats in here, like the bass lines he created. Wonderful job.

- MrNemo on April 6, 2005
Oh wow, this is simply divine. ^_^ Hella catchy. I love it! :D
I swear each time I've listened to the song so far, it has brought a smile to me face.

- Elex Synn on July 12, 2004
I really liked this tune... at the begining sounds as:
Space Megaforce Meets Crystalis.
Keep it up!!!
:o

- newrp on January 22, 2003
This is a beautiful remix of the Crystalis game music. It's airy, playful, light in sound, and stays very true to the orginial sound of the game. I read about some of notes weren't the same pitch as the original, but the theme is very recognizeable, and the pitch descrepencies doesn't bother me at all.
The sound quality of the instruments are extremely top-notch and very clear--easily distinguishable from one another. It brought back so many memories of all the hours i spent killing those monsters to save up enough money for the next best sword and armor.
I'm not a house music fan, and frankly i'd at odds at considering this track as "house" music. (perhaps i just had too much of my share of cheezy house music :D )
In any case. it's very professional sounding and for what it's worth, I highly recommend grabbing this. :D

- NetGyver on January 14, 2003
Crystalis was my favorite RPG on the NES (even besting Zelda) so it was cool to see a song like this from the game. This remix was done quite well, and has a nice, catchy beat to it. Great job. I give this an 8 out of 10.

- BMXJouster on December 2, 2002
i just wanted to say nice job! i was a big fan of crystalis back in the day, so i was excited to see it listed.
i've no musical talent, so i can't really comment from a technical perspective, but i felt that your remix was a catchy, lighthearted interpretation of the original track. perhaps you could call it pop-techno? anyway, it's a fun track. i downloaded it the other day and can't stop listening to it!
thanks, and keep up the good work!

- JC on October 3, 2002

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