ReMix: Wizards & Warriors 'Kono Sekai De'
- Game: Wizards & Warriors (Acclaim, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Jovette Rivera
- Composer(s): Dave Wise
- Song(s): 'Title'
- Posted: 2002-09-30, evaluated by djpretzel
DJ Crono proves that his initial, unique + excellent (even if the rapping wasn't him) Final Fantasy 6 debut ReMix wasn't just a fluke with this excellent follow up from Wizards & Warriors. This is the oft-mixed main theme, so expectations were already riding high in my mind as we've seen several quality iterations of this theme over the years. Fortunately, Crono's is distinct enough to carve its own niche - actually "distinct" may be an understatement as - love it or leave it - Dj Crono himself raps to original lyrics . . . in Japanese. Now that there's something you don't see every day. The vocals are mixed a little loud, but to me it was passable and mad props for even attempting something of this nature have to be given. Check out the lyrics + translation to see what's what. On to the music - LOVE the bassline here: elastic saw overtop a pounding house beat, extensive vocal samples in addition to the actual rapping (which is actually layered with singing too, btw), monoglide and thin, isolated piano, with lots of other synth textures and rhythmic vices appearing, and some brief solos as well. I think you have to get into the general atmosphere of being slighty goofy (i.e. the shouts of "DJ Crono!!" and the "Give it to me" bits) and just having a lot of fun to appreciate the entire package, but the music itself is on the level. Crono is definitely doing his own thing, in more ways than one, and I think that's great, esp. for source material like this and his FF6 Terra mix, which are both songs that have been covered up and down and (arguably) don't need "yet another techno" mix. I don't know, this'll probably be a love-it hate-it mix for a lot of people, but I had fun with it and I think the lyrics are pretty dern respectable. Recommended, if you've read this far and are still on board :)
Sorry dude, you are a talented mixer, but this one didn't work for me.
- OA on December 8, 2009
- yosefu on April 20, 2009
Congrats to Jovette on his work outside of OCR!
"DJ Crono" wrote: Hi all,
This is for anyone who is interested in JPOP.
Japan's #1 boy band, KAT-TUN, is releasing their new album "Break the Records - by you & for you -" this month on the 29th.
I wrote the bonus track for this album. My song is entitled "MOON", it's track 16. It's a heavy metal / classic Japanese shamisen song.
You can hear the "leaked" version of my song here (if you're interested)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlDb85bfDec
or here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiJ2lKw16A8
And for those interested in purchasing the album itself, here are some helpful links. It's on pre-order now.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JACA-5143
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/3566224
http://forest.kinokuniya.co.jp/ItemIntro/185883
Thanks for reading.
Here's hoping for good sales opening week =)
~Jovette Rivera.
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Nevertheless, this song has single-handedly made me into a DJ Chrono fan, almost specifically for the originality (Like the "DJ Chrono!" shouts).
I was surprised that one could do something so original and fresh with such a simple theme. True, OC Remix has seen several choice renditions of this piece, but most of them lack the sheer unconventionality of this remix, which is why I adore it with all my heart.
There's so much to say that I can't make up my mind what to write, so I should probably just stop right now.
Stellar work, Chrono. Keep the foreign language tracks coming.
- rebirth9283 on January 16, 2004
To me at least, the parts of the song with lyrics sounded very much like a Korean style, like what you'd hear on games like Pump It Up. This isn't a bad thing, but it just amused me to no end to hear Japanese lyrics with a style that I normally associate with Korean songs.
- ACDragonMaster on December 14, 2003
http://www.lich.cs-sites.org/index.php
That's the Anime Remix site, hosted by DJCarbunk1e, who also has mixes here.
- DJ Crono on December 11, 2003
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