ReMix: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island 'CrystallineCaverns'

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Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

Beautiful, and an imaginative and thorough overhaul of the caverns theme from Yoshi's Island. As a fan of McVaffe, trip-hoppish downbeat, piano-driven pieces, and Yoshi's Island, this ReMix is obviously partial to me on several levels. I loved the theme in question back when I was playing YI, sometimes referred to SMW2 - minimal, but neverending and cavernous . . . as a cavern theme should be, no? McVaffe takes the essence of that and imbues it with a life and character all his own, layering fantastic, organic processed drums, subtle pads, atmospheric synths and some nice slice fx circa 2'20". But the anchor and meat of the melodic portion of the track is a very strong acoustic piano. This must have taken some restraint for McVaffe - at least it would have for me - as the piano never really belts out into a full-blown solo, but is instead consistently strong throughout, with variance and ornamentation to avoid straight repetition. I have to confess that I do consider this a missed opportunity for what could have been a bitchin' two-fisted piano solo, Billy Joel-style, forming a clear climax to the work. But I have my style and McVaffe has his, this is a very good thing, and I respect and admire the restraint. This is a shimmering work that creates a complete audio universe, and represents some of McVaffe's best beat work (esp. in the 'intriguing percussive textures' category) to date. It's also quite different in style and execution from most mixes of the Mario series at large, adding something new to the compendium of Kondo creations. Highly recommended.

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Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
This is one of my favorites of McVaffe. Thankfully justice has been served.

- TheKrow on March 6, 2009
Ha, thats pretty funny. Btw the guy removed the song from newgrounds, he sent me a message saying he was gonna remove the part that wasn't his. Then he said he was just gonna get rid of the whole thing.

- elegantend on March 6, 2009
Well, thanks to that controversy, I got to hear this tune. :) Is good.
--Eino

- evktalo on March 6, 2009
What was a good song was ruined when he put that awkward synth over it. I didn't listen to more than a few seconds of it, but being a huge fan of McVaffe's stuff I knew what it was. Are you the one who also gave him a 0 on newgrounds?

- elegantend on March 6, 2009
elegantend;514967 wrote: Thought I'd let you know that some guy added a crappy Zelda tune overtop of this and is hosting it on Newgrounds claiming it to be his work. People are giving it 10's because of the great original track (yours), and he is replying acting like he did all the work. Really burnt my toast if you know what I mean. Here is the link http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/172297 Kick his ass seabass

I dunno what's worse, the fact that this guy did that, or the fact that people liked it...

- DCT on March 5, 2009
Thought I'd let you know that some guy added a crappy Zelda tune overtop of this and is hosting it on Newgrounds claiming it to be his work. People are giving it 10's because of the great original track (yours), and he is replying acting like he did all the work. Really burnt my toast if you know what I mean. Here is the link http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/172297 Kick his ass seabass

- elegantend on March 5, 2009
Very 'chill' remix...although I wish the melody was able to be felt a bit more. Sometimes it seems lost in the other instruments.

- Talgoran on July 5, 2008
I was searching for the original version of the Caverns theme when I happened upon this one.
Then I forgot I was looking for the original.
This song is so wonderful. I thought the original was good but this remix proved me wrong.

- Diamond_Ice on January 5, 2008
This remix is by McVaffe and I love it so much! It's very calm and peacful beats with the drums and piano make it the most beautiful oc remix in the world in my opinion. It's so soothing and I love it.. It's my favorite remix ever. It's just soo beautiful. ^.^!

- Joseph8276 on December 13, 2007
This was probably my absolute favorite remix on the site when it first came out. Even now, while I'm not quite as fond of it as before, I can still feel the undeniable beauty that most use to describe this mix. Definitely a hall of famer.

- metaphist on April 26, 2007
Love it. Can anyone make a midi for the piano parts?

- Dionyseus on March 20, 2007
Yeah this song is definately in my top 100 fav. OC remix songs :D And trust me that's a good thing, cuz I have a collossal amount of 'em on my harddrive :D. Musta taken a helluva lot of work - good job :)

- HoboKa on January 22, 2007
Sure stood the test of time. It just [b]works[/b]. The cut up piano is genius. The way every element perfectly melds together.. sublime.
One of the best.

- watkinzez on January 22, 2007
Almost 2 full years after I first downloaded this song..... it still brings my whole soul down everytime I listen to this magic song.... Sometimes I feel like crying, sometimes I just feel so happy... it's like it's making the way I'm truly feeling at the time I'm listenning to it to emerge!
It's still on top of my Top25 playlist in iTunes (you know, the intelligent playlist keeping my 25 most played songs) after all this time!!!! Now THAT'S a proof of how good this is! After 2 years I'm still in love with it!
I would like to thank McVaffe for all he has done on OCR since the begenning with his marvelous remixes.... I miss him a lot..! It was always a kick to see his name next to a new remix.... :(
Thanks for this gift... it's a song I'll never stop listenning to...!

- YoshMaster on October 14, 2005
Hi I'm looking for the Piano Sheets to this song is it possible that I can get them?
This song was SO good I have spent days looking up the sheet music for the piano but I still haven't found zip. VERY GREAT MUSIC MCVAFFE

- CloudSLover23 on July 20, 2005

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