ReMix: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 'TheTempleRevisited'
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- Game: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Nintendo, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Cimarron
- Composer(s): Akito Nakatsuka
- Song(s): 'Temple'
- Posted: 2002-09-10, evaluated by the judges
Cimarron aka Mathias Andersson composed this brief, unpretentious Zelda 2 Temple ReMix all the way back in 1999 using FastTracker II, but only submitted it here recently. There's some interesting panning and percussive decisions on the drums, and the arrangement overall, while not sonically groundbreaking, does have a certain solidity and tension to it. Almost sounds along the lines of a synth soundtrack to a good 80's/90's flick like Heathers (classic!) in tone + approach. Establishes its fairly singular idea well, doesn't stay around long enough where the repetition would be too much or a solo virtually required, and is mixed clean, with presence. That being said, it's not up to some of the standards in arranging complexity or sonic trickery that other mixes have displayed recently. But hey, sometimes something simple-but-solid can be a good, refreshing thing, and both myself and our Judges felt that this mix was of high enough calibre to fit into that particular niche. Good stuff.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Well, right off you can tell this is early-ocr stuff. Very simple
synths and a pretty cover-ish arrangement. It's a great source, no
doubt, which gives this a bit of listening power. There are a
couple elements which work better than the rest: namely that bass
synth which fills out the low end nicely when it comes in, and also
some of the drum work (though it gets really repetative). A synth
upgrade and much more expansive arrangement would really help here.
- Nutritious on December 15, 2009
- Nutritious on December 15, 2009
The atmosphere is cool and the drums are great, but yeah, this is
pretty much a midi rip. The source is good at least. :-)
- OA on March 16, 2009
- OA on March 16, 2009
If you're gonna rip off something directly, have the decency to do
it in the RIGHT KEY.
If you were creating an arrangements for real instruments, or just a differnt mix, MAYBE.
But this is clearly just the Nintendo track on MIDI.
- KogeJoe on February 2, 2007
If you were creating an arrangements for real instruments, or just a differnt mix, MAYBE.
But this is clearly just the Nintendo track on MIDI.
- KogeJoe on February 2, 2007
It's a good remix. I was just listening to because it appeared the
random remixs on the front page. About 2 minutes in I suddenly got
the feeling of how cool The Ledgend of Zelda 2 would have sounded
with a strong 80 synth sound. (I know it already had the wave and
square synth but you know what I mean.) The song then suddenly
ended. I had only just started to think the song was interesting
and it ended. All in all, it sounded more like a sample than a
song. With how strong it struck to the original, it wasn't a
necessarily a bad thing until it just ended abruptly because it was
trying to keep to close.
My five cents anyway.
- pizzach on September 23, 2006
My five cents anyway.
- pizzach on September 23, 2006
Nowadays, this would get rejected on account of not developing the
quasi-industrial approach here. Not to mention there isn't anything
meaningful done with the arrangement, and it has an abrupt ending.
Notice how Disco Dan had his head on straight when he voted on it.
Still, if you like the Temple theme, it's an easy sell even if it's
only a relatively minor upgrade.
- Liontamer on November 20, 2005
- Liontamer on November 20, 2005
I ran the ultimate VG-remix test - I went into one of the Zelda 2
temples and played through muted with this music playing. It... is
good. The drums definitely strengthen the song. *boom... boom
shick.... boom... boom shick...* Doesn't pass with so many flying
colors on this test as Batman Music of Funk, but the enemies seemed
somehow more threatening, the dungeons more imposing when this was
playing.
- Nobbynob Littlun on January 19, 2003
- Nobbynob Littlun on January 19, 2003
I'm one that like's too listen to hard, high-quality sound efects
so this isn't really my kind of remix, but I'm sure it could find
it's way into many other hearts. I do like the percussion part
quite a bit. "boom boom *clap*" yeeeah. 6.5 out of 10.
- Landon on October 7, 2002
- Landon on October 7, 2002
I`ve downloaded all of these remixes of Zelda 2 which has, in my
own and apperantely a few others who`ve written here, an extremely
beautiful soundtrack!
I think this one is the best of the remixes done so far for Zelda 2 but that`s just my opinion you know, the rest of you can think whatever ya like ;)
- Jugulator on September 30, 2002
I think this one is the best of the remixes done so far for Zelda 2 but that`s just my opinion you know, the rest of you can think whatever ya like ;)
- Jugulator on September 30, 2002
For all you guys who think my remix sounds like crap I must defend
myself by saying, I'm not a musician.
Back in 1998-1999 I wanted to "improve" some of my favourite commodore 64 tunes and ended up using an old [b].mod[/b] program called Fast Tracker II. All of the remixes I have done can more accuratly be seen as experiments and not as compositions. I always had great ideas how to arrange certain tunes, but I didn't always know how to do it. And of course FT2 is not the best program to do music with...
Thanx to all of you who actually liked this "experiment".
[i]// Cimarron[/i]
- cimarron on September 24, 2002
Back in 1998-1999 I wanted to "improve" some of my favourite commodore 64 tunes and ended up using an old [b].mod[/b] program called Fast Tracker II. All of the remixes I have done can more accuratly be seen as experiments and not as compositions. I always had great ideas how to arrange certain tunes, but I didn't always know how to do it. And of course FT2 is not the best program to do music with...
Thanx to all of you who actually liked this "experiment".
[i]// Cimarron[/i]
- cimarron on September 24, 2002
I simply love zelda songs.. especially this one... one of the best
of the entire series.. one of the best of the entire game music
universe!
oh well.. this remix is not THAT emotive as others like temple trance but.. hey! it's zelda 2 temple theme! and he managed to make a decent remix... good job.. 7.5/10
- Sir_NutS on September 19, 2002
oh well.. this remix is not THAT emotive as others like temple trance but.. hey! it's zelda 2 temple theme! and he managed to make a decent remix... good job.. 7.5/10
- Sir_NutS on September 19, 2002
Woo hoo, Zelda! I loved Zelda 2, and the temple theme was one of
the best themes of the game. This remix could suck(which is
completely does not) and I'd still love it simply for the
nostalgia. Ahhh, memories. 8/10 in my books!
- Z.Ryoku
- ZeroRyoku on September 17, 2002
- Z.Ryoku
- ZeroRyoku on September 17, 2002
Hm, I like it! Yes, it's very close to the original but I think
that's why the remix is not bad.
8/10 (1=worst; 10=best)
- Hamu-Sumo on September 16, 2002
8/10 (1=worst; 10=best)
- Hamu-Sumo on September 16, 2002
Im also in the camp that thinks this is not as good as many of the
other submissions to this site: I dont think I would want to put
this on a cd, as it sort of drags. There isn't quite as much
*feeling* as the original, and I would prefer nintendos
orchestrated version for SSBM over this one...
I dont think updating a song without a solid basis in theme or execution makes a good remix, and this is very ho-hum in those regards. Not recommended
- WhalePorn on September 12, 2002
I dont think updating a song without a solid basis in theme or execution makes a good remix, and this is very ho-hum in those regards. Not recommended
- WhalePorn on September 12, 2002
I'm not sure I'm a big fan of this. Not very much was arranged
here. A couple instruments slightly shuffled and a reverbed beat
added. I almost prefer the original better because I felt energy
from it. Maybe I'm just biased because there have been a couple
others of this same tune, most notably my favorite "Temple Trance"
by bLind.
- Ryan8bit on September 11, 2002
- Ryan8bit on September 11, 2002
