ReMix: David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia 'Cyborg Blobby'

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David Crane's A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia

The first of the last ReMixes of 2002 has arrived, in the form of a sort of joke / mad, twisted experiment from Mazedude. I'll let Chris explain himself:

"As it says on my page - http://listen.to/mazedude - The reason I did this was quite a joke - this game and its music both have graced several "most annoying game" and "worst music" polls in the OCR Messageboards. So - someone had to remix it! :-) Might as well be Mazedude. Also, I dunno if you've ever messed with shoving EXE, TXT, FNT and whatever else format files into the sample bank of a tracker, but the results are quite fun sometimes. Most of the time it's garbled white noise, but now and then you can find a pitch! Ah, and then you can track with it. There are several moments in the tune where that's what you hear - ONLY non-Wav samples. Files that were never, ever meant to be samples. Garbage! Bwuhaha! Quite a fun twist of irony, eh? Most annoying game music, remixed with garbage! And to top it off, I made it Happy Industrial. Like - the techno folks have Happy Hardcore, but what about the industrial people? Heh, so yeah - all in all this was a fun and silly experiment, I don't expect a ton of folks to dig it, but it just had to be done."

So there you have it - how can one argue with the impeccable logic of one Chris Getman? Seriously, this is pretty "avant garde" in its usage of . . . alternative sound sources. But it's amazing just how musical this mix actually is, when you consider the lackluster original and the somewhat random pallette of sounds at play. It's certainly not what I would ever call "smooth" - many of the textures are abrasive and will hurt and maim you if you have weaksauce ears or what not. I definitely recommend checking this out, if only to hear how a talented dude of maze can take .exe and .txt files and one of the less memorable NES soundtracks ever and end up with something good, at times downright inspired. Truly neat.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
The synths' textures are so oddball - sharp-edged, crackly, beeping, rubbery, what have you - that their collective bursts of energy are like confetti showers. Those bursts blow away creepy-spelunky moments like 1:26 - 1:30 (love that chipper synth that returns from the outset) as if to reiterate the party atmosphere. And that atmosphere gets packed to the next level when the drums at 2:06 enter. All the while, leads trade off between staccato notes and tenuto/pitch-bent notes. In the latter, the source's emotive inflections come to fruition, like when the mood turns starkly serious at 0:37 - 0:40 before conceding to optimism. So for all its chaos, Cyborg Blobby has plenty of interconnecting strengths.
In the end, the Blob bids the boy farewell as it turns into a Root Beer rocket and gently jets away into the night sky. Really puts things in perspective. :)

- Polo on September 2, 2009
Even when one doesn't know this one was created (at least partially) using .exe and .txt files it still sounds pretty good while still staying pretty close to the original source material (yes, I was one of those who owned the game) which was really not too bad (if absurdly repetitive). The static and other random noises really seem to fit well. Overall, nice one Mazedude!

- uthlu on June 22, 2008
That's just crazy. A crazy idea, and even crazier result. Some of the levels (and sound choices :-P) made things too abrasive, but this one is definitely a winner. Just gotta make sure my ears are ok afterward! ("Broke 'em when you joined the panel," I hear someone say.)

- Liontamer on May 14, 2007
Nice song as always, Mazedude--thanks.
And I loved the game for its sheer silliness, even though the play was glitchy and all-around awful--why was it I always wanted to go eat some jellybeans after I gave up on playing it? :)

- DukeNukem007 on March 31, 2007
I think that this song is really cool. I thought that the baby squeak? at the end was funny. :)

- jelloegg on January 28, 2007
What can I say that hasn't been said before? Awesome, original work, and easily among my top favourite Mazedude mixes- and that's saying a lot. That sound at 3:09 (what is it? A baby squeaking) is alone worth downloading this mix.

- watkinzez on September 19, 2005
This song reminds me of 9-Volt's theme from Wario Ware: Twisted!... It's really cool. Multiple thumbs-up from me.

- Kefjkarp on August 1, 2005
This is one of Mazedude's best intros, surprisingly. The scratchy clicks perfectly roll into the rest of the song, I'm very impressed. Innovative and fun, Cyborg Blobby belongs in every collection!

- [blunai] on June 20, 2005
Don't EVER play this mix after listening to some cool song with the volume way up before. The strange noises from the not-so-music-files kind of hurt. XD However, being that those strange sounds were intentional, one must give due credit to Mazedude for somehow managing to mix them into a song that works. While I won't be jamming to it on my mp3 player, the mix certainly IS interesting.

- Cyan_Ide on February 10, 2005
Yeah, I liked. This remix has some strange noises. But they compensate in the good melody.

- Txai on January 5, 2005
It's like you struck the original soundtrack with a Do-Better-Ray. Whereas I couldn't stand ABAHB without ripping the speakers out of the TV (not that the gameplay was A+ material), this ReMix can keep me company all it wants.

- Tarrasque on November 19, 2004
Sweetness! The distortion is what makes up this song. Awesome job on this one Mazedude!

- jordex on October 26, 2004
I was very entertained by this mix. I love the sort of psycho Mario feel. It's fun and silly, but that works well here, and the mix is a kind of feel good tune that you can't put down.
I really enjoyed this one despite its faults.
8.5/10

- schwagnah on September 14, 2004
Strange remix, but I like it. it's... unique, to say the least. I wonder just what kind of files mazedude used to get those bizzare sounds...

- DragonFireKai on August 24, 2004
Definitely one of the happier, jumpier beats I've heard recently.
I recommend this for [b]anyone[/b] who has had a bad day and needs something to fill their heads with joy. At least, that's my impression.

- Puffman on August 9, 2004

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