ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Her Azure Eyes'
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- Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega, 1994, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): DarkeSword
- Composer(s): Bobby Brooks, Brad Buxer, Darryl Ross, Doug Grigsby III, Geoff Grace, Jun Senoue, Michael Jackson, Scirocco, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada
- Song(s): 'Azure Lake Zone'
- Posted: 2003-03-07, evaluated by the judges
Our previous Azure Lake ReMix was a showstopper from analoq, featuring beautifully processed guitars and a moody, floating feel to it. This happy trance rendition from DarkeSword couldn't be more of a contrast, but is also enjoyable and catchy in its own right. Right from the dandy delayed flute intro that's soon underpinned by offbeat bass and a gradually filtered synth pattern, you can tell it's more about the happy-go-lucky, optimistic beat than anything more ponderous. Drums are fairly basic (great hi-hat pattern though), but fast-paced, and later on we get a nice harp, strings, and some different synths. This might be a little too major-key, "I just ran out of Zoloft and need a quick musical fix" for some listeners, but anyone that digs a good trance track that throws in some natural instruments very successfully and has some good, conscious programming work as well need look no further. Again, this makes a great partner to analoq's work to indicate the flexibility of the original and the extremely different ways it can be successfully interpreted. Good stuff.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the The filtered arp synth seemed to get a little hot a few times, but
the rest was pretty good. Nice textures, but they get a little
blurred in some spots. I do like the sunny and cheerful mood this
one conveys though, and the mix of flute and synth is unique and
cool. Drum samples are weak though.
Overall I enjoy the track, but DS has definitely done better. ;-)
- OA on March 16, 2010
Overall I enjoy the track, but DS has definitely done better. ;-)
- OA on March 16, 2010
I love this music, seems an amusement park n_n, has a nice sonidito
as "Dream pipe". do not leave your music mixed to please, are
wonderful:-P
- ely_chan on October 26, 2008
- ely_chan on October 26, 2008
Azure Lake is one of my favorite tracks in Sonic 3's OST. And here
is DarkeSword at his best. This song is catchy as hell.
- Nineko on December 19, 2006
- Nineko on December 19, 2006
This mix is good for maybe twenty seconds, but it gets really old
really quickly. The sounds used are pretty cool, but the
arrangement just takes about a five second riff and plays it over
and over, and the variations are insufficient to make it
interesting.
I'm not familiar with the original, so perhaps it's just because the original only has one riff and is really boring and repetetive as well.
I'm sorry to say that this is not one of DarkeSword's better mixes.
- Geoffrey Taucer on July 9, 2005
I'm not familiar with the original, so perhaps it's just because the original only has one riff and is really boring and repetetive as well.
I'm sorry to say that this is not one of DarkeSword's better mixes.
- Geoffrey Taucer on July 9, 2005
It's a good mix. Im not too crazy bout flute by I do like the way
his string section sounds in this mix. Its an odd but excellent mix
of musical styles. Classical/dance I never woulda guessed. Nice
work.
- Pip is uh..... on March 13, 2005
- Pip is uh..... on March 13, 2005
Beautiful flute. I don´t remember me from original. But I liked
this game. Nice work, man!
- Txai on January 6, 2005
- Txai on January 6, 2005
I don't even care if I'm saying the same things that everybody else
already has, this song deserves it. I always liked the Azure Lake
BGM, and this remix embodies everything I liked about the original
and instills it with much more emotion. I particularly like the
filter sweeps on that wet, fat saw that starts at
00:12--fabulous-sounding synthesis. This is wordless, yet it could
be a beautiful love song.
- Linearity on July 24, 2004
- Linearity on July 24, 2004
One could almost see an orchestra playing by Azure Lake...on Xanax
and with a deejay. Ha, ha!
In all seriousness, this is one of my fave remixes: a lovely, happy, bouncing rendition of one of my fave songs from Sonic III. You don't need Prozac -- just listen to this song, and you'll feel happy!
- Royal Sovereign on July 15, 2004
In all seriousness, this is one of my fave remixes: a lovely, happy, bouncing rendition of one of my fave songs from Sonic III. You don't need Prozac -- just listen to this song, and you'll feel happy!
- Royal Sovereign on July 15, 2004
One word:
Killer
This is one of my favorites on ocr along with "Dream Pipe."
DarkeSword, you rock.
- SmartOne on May 11, 2004
Killer
This is one of my favorites on ocr along with "Dream Pipe."
DarkeSword, you rock.
- SmartOne on May 11, 2004
Light and bubbly, uplifting, and just wait until 2:11 when it
starts getting really good :wink:
- NekoKun on May 11, 2004
- NekoKun on May 11, 2004
What a great remix. I think the original song is catchy and
happy-go-lucky, this song just magnifies that so much. This song
pops into my head all the time, even when I'm not thinking of it.
- Marte on January 15, 2004
- Marte on January 15, 2004
This is awesome. :D I can't stop listening to it. It's just so
happy, I love it! DarkeSword is definitely one of my favorite
remixers. There hasn't been a remix he's made that I haven't loved.
- PlatformerMastah on January 14, 2004
- PlatformerMastah on January 14, 2004
Ok, just started the song [which is nicely done] over:
00:00 - Nice flute intro.
00:06 - Here come the synths.
00:12 - Here's where the trance comes in.
00:19 - You mixed the electronic trance beat perfectly with the flute. Starts going up from there.
00:34 - The flute still blends semalessly. I have to congratulate you on this.
00:59 - I like how you blended some electronic noises in the background there with the flute doing its own thing with the lower-paced melody.
01:04 - Here come the synths again.
01:12 - Perfectly placed break from the happy-go lucky melody...but it'll come back to haunt me...
01:24 - It's coming back from the break very fast, which is a good thing.
01:38 - You took out the flute there for a little bit and put a synth in its place flawlessly.
01:44 - Here comes the flute again.
01:56 - I like the underwater effect you put here.
02:09 - You aded more ambient electronic sounds with a few appearences from the flute.
02:22 - The flute's back as part of the main melody here.
02:48 - An electronic break from the happiness that's been building up. After that, most of the instruments from the song as a whole come back and build up to 03:26. After that, it's like some underwater percussion instrument leading the closing melody.
Overall, this is probably my favorite mix on OCR, even though I never played any games on any Sega system. Very, very happy. The flute is my favorite instrument in this mix.
Again, nicely done. 99%.
- Corporal Eschebone on January 4, 2004
00:00 - Nice flute intro.
00:06 - Here come the synths.
00:12 - Here's where the trance comes in.
00:19 - You mixed the electronic trance beat perfectly with the flute. Starts going up from there.
00:34 - The flute still blends semalessly. I have to congratulate you on this.
00:59 - I like how you blended some electronic noises in the background there with the flute doing its own thing with the lower-paced melody.
01:04 - Here come the synths again.
01:12 - Perfectly placed break from the happy-go lucky melody...but it'll come back to haunt me...
01:24 - It's coming back from the break very fast, which is a good thing.
01:38 - You took out the flute there for a little bit and put a synth in its place flawlessly.
01:44 - Here comes the flute again.
01:56 - I like the underwater effect you put here.
02:09 - You aded more ambient electronic sounds with a few appearences from the flute.
02:22 - The flute's back as part of the main melody here.
02:48 - An electronic break from the happiness that's been building up. After that, most of the instruments from the song as a whole come back and build up to 03:26. After that, it's like some underwater percussion instrument leading the closing melody.
Overall, this is probably my favorite mix on OCR, even though I never played any games on any Sega system. Very, very happy. The flute is my favorite instrument in this mix.
Again, nicely done. 99%.
- Corporal Eschebone on January 4, 2004
