ReMix: The Legend of Kyrandia 'Kyrandia Medley'
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- Game: The Legend of Kyrandia (Westwood, 1992, WIN)
- ReMixer(s): Ryan8bit, Xaleph
- Composer(s): Frank Klepacki
- Song(s):
- Posted: 2003-02-07, evaluated by the judges
Alright, first off: if you like crunchy, satisfying guitars, come with me, keep reading, and download this ReMix. They're very much Ryan8bit's forte, and in this collaboration with DJ Carbunk1e they figure heavily. But first, some background: before becoming rich, famous, and highly-acclaimed for his work with the Command & Conquer games, a certain Frank Klepacki scored this and a couple other games in the early 90's. Kyrandia was a sort of King's Quest-ish thing, and Ryan8bit and DJ Carbunk1e pay tribute to its adventurous score with a rock ReMix that covers different portions. Carbunk1e's work meshes well with Ryan's guitars for most of the mix, and it's the places in the arrangement where this symbiosis peaks that work the best on a musical level. There are some issues with synchronization and tuning, the former being the bigger problem to my ears, that makes the foundation a little shaky, but it never totters so far as to become unenjoyable. Protricity sums things up well:
"A few sync problems here, a few tunage problems there. But man, good job with the guitars! Not only the way they were played, but the way they were implemented in the song. I would say the weak points are the drums. Also, the guitars should be louder. Other than that, very nice mixing/medley ability. A better ending could have been better, me thinks."
Sounds about right. It's good to see earlier work from now-established composers getting some lovin', and this is different stuff from the usual Frank fare (though you can still tell it's him). As per the collaboration between DJ and Ryan, most of the time it works out quite well, with the body and crunch of electric guitar melding with Carbunk1e's synthetic contributions, but more polish would be needed to surpass the better individual efforts of either artist. Nevertheless, cool stuff, and worth checking out for a look back at the original composer's roots and the collaborative result of two talented ReMixers.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Big ups for midisoft though; I used midisoft 3.0 (as in the windows 3.1 version) for about 10 years before getting garageband and then logic.
I think this is a good look back for both mixers, as they are both pretty accomplished nowadays, and a remix of an obscure is always something worth listening to.
- OA on March 19, 2008
Westwood's somewhat forgotten adventuer series are hidden gems- they may not be up there with King's Quest or the Curse of Monkey Island series, but they're still fun, quirky and a good way to spend a rainy afternoon.
The tunes from the first two games, which I played back when I was around ten or eleven, were quite memorable, and pretty catchy (I sometimes catch myself humming them unconciously). Ryan's remix exceeds the awesomeness borders by a few hundred miles, and then some. Gotta love that crunchy guitar!
Now I wish someone would turn their attention towards remixing something from the Quest for Glory series, or the second Legend of Kyrandia game (Hand of Fate).
- WesternZypher on November 26, 2007
2:54? How the hell did you come up with that transition idea? Wasn't expecting it at all. Neither was I expecting that massive insanely fast guitar run shortly after; thats some awesome playing.
Some nice piano/harp fills going on in the second half. Hi-hats and bass get a bit old after a while, but that's alrite, lots of variation in the other parts. Pretty good stuffs.
- Fishy on December 17, 2006
You have no IDEA how long I've been looking for either a copy or a remix of the Kyrandia theme music....I go to OC Remix....and there it is waiting for me! THANK YOU.
....If you ever feel like doing ANOTHER remix of it, I'd be tickled even pinker.
- dmarling on April 15, 2006
the beginning had a nice melody and then this great guitar work came in
and the piano makes up so much of this song as well as the guitars
- jordex on January 3, 2005
- Amayirot Akago on June 30, 2004
Also love you Wizards & Warriors 2: Iron Foundry song. I'm a huge fan of the series and have searched around for songs from the game, but I have yet to hear a remix as good as that one.
Good Work!
- NecronC'tan on February 17, 2003
This is a dream come true and a beautiful Mix. Great work. I just wish I thought of it first! :D
- TheArmaniNinja on February 10, 2003
- Alfador on February 8, 2003
Sephiroth Lives wrote: Orororo, how come i wasn't informed you guys were doing this song? =(
People may not know, but this mix was finished in the summer. Before I even finished Ironsword which was right around then. It wasn't submitted until later because of miscommunication who was submitting it. And by the time it was accepted, both Carbunk1e and I had grown as artists and producers of music. We realize many things now that could've been changed. If it had been released around when we finished it, you would've better seen the progress of our work. We could probably fix it, but might make better use of our time by bringing something new as part of our collaboration.
- Ryan8bit on February 8, 2003
0:01 - hm..Im not sure about the quality right here at the beginning.. but .. it seems nice.. the incoming Strings REALLY help this out.. sounds a lot better.
0:29 - HELLO! pretty big switch here.. The Guitar work is Fabulicious.
1:06 - Needs more. The Backings work okay.. but the Guitar needs more Support i think, the drumbeat sounds pretty cool, but a bit soft in comparisin with the rest.
2:10 - That guitar lead is getting a bit boring by this point, even with all the backround.
2:40 - What are you building up too?
2:51 - Hm.. not sure if i like that..Im not a fan of the Drumbeat for this point..but .. after everything Comes in..it sounds much better.
3:23 -whoa.. Guitar is a bit.. Loud, and drowns out a lot of other stuff, i can tell you wanted it to take center stage, but.. tone it down a bit..
4:12 - I love the backround at this point, What i dont like is how the guitar is panned directly infront of everything, it pulls your attention to it, while that can be a good thing, i DONT like it here.. They don't balance with each other, and they Could balance. needs a bit more volume and panning work, i think.
- k-wix on February 8, 2003
You can check out more DJ Carbunk1e at the Anime Remix site, if you didn't already know.
-LiCH
- Sephiroth Lives on February 7, 2003
what I used??
midisoft!!! OH MAN MIDISOFT IS SEXY, that and my creative sound card sound font fun =D. Then I just recorded it analogly into acid 3.0.
Same with ryan, from what I hear, he's gotten much much better since. I hope we can either re-do this song, or coop in another song later on.
~djc
edit: note that I submitted this months before I submitted my luigi's mansion mix, if you want to hear the progress
- Xaleph on February 7, 2003
Protricity wrote: Also, the guitars should be louder.
I couldn't agree more. I can't complain musically, it's a great remix, especially from about 2:40 on. The synch problems didn't really bother me much--I actually liked the looseness to it. But for Pete's sake guys, turn the guitar volume up a notch or two. An electric guitar should never be overpowered by a piano. I think that's a sign of the apocalypse or something.
- Tappy on February 7, 2003
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