ReMix: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project 'Turtle Wave'
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- Game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (Konami, 1993, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Mazedude
- Composer(s): Keizou Nakamura, Tomoya Tomita, Yuichi Sakakura
- Song(s): 'Let's Go Turtles'
- Posted: 2004-03-20, evaluated by djpretzel
Surf's up! ... kay, that was an embarassingly trite and predicatable fashion to intro, but at least it's contextual to the mix and not yet more blog-esque facts about my semblance of a life. Mazedude gets peppy, poppy, and heavily sequenced with this energetic ReMix from TMNT 3, rife with slap bass riffage, precision-timed brass hits, almost motown-philly style percussive intricate goings-on, more synths than you can shake an oscillator at, an unorthodox change in tone for a slower ending, and an extra helping of sugar. If this ReMix were a human youth they'd be prescribing a shitload of Ritalin, let's just leave it at that. If Chris can be said to have a "style" - his work spans multiple genres and he's proven quite flexible - I'd say it's that his pieces are consistently intricate, and are particularly polished in the arena of sequencing, with runs, modulations, breaks, transitions, and fills all implemented like someone who knows all the combos in SF3 and can apply them at will. This is very thick in terms of layers; it's not something you'll want to listen to if you need to concentrate on something else per se, as there's simply so much going on. Sort of an upbeat, new jack swing vibe to it, refreshingly indulgent and extremely ornate, this is a fun jam in the fairly irreverent style of the games and cartoon. Nostalgic but interpretive, in other words, and brimming with energy. Good stuff.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the I really like how some of the synths have a dulled feel to them
while others are are sharp/electronic. :3
This strike really nice balances between fast & slow and being conservative & going flat out crazy. In a Goldilocks-esque manor, this is juuuuuuuuust right. :razz:
All in all, this is just a funkily fun, "get yo groove on", "have a good day" mix.
- 42 on December 20, 2009
This strike really nice balances between fast & slow and being conservative & going flat out crazy. In a Goldilocks-esque manor, this is juuuuuuuuust right. :razz:
All in all, this is just a funkily fun, "get yo groove on", "have a good day" mix.
- 42 on December 20, 2009
Very fun and tight mix.
This mix remains very fun and upbeat throughout the song, which is always a plus, and the details just make it all the more delicious.
A shelltacular mix from the 'Dude
- Sir_Downunder on December 17, 2009
This mix remains very fun and upbeat throughout the song, which is always a plus, and the details just make it all the more delicious.
A shelltacular mix from the 'Dude
- Sir_Downunder on December 17, 2009
Really interesting progression of the source, and a lot of great
details that made it fun and eventful throughout. Cool beats and
great supporting parts round out this shelltacular mix. Be sure to
pay close attention to the bass, as it rocks out some pretty gnarly
solos. :-)
- OA on November 30, 2009
- OA on November 30, 2009
Wow, another side of Mazedude revealed. This guy seems to have more
sides than a cluster of zonohedrons. Which is to say, a lot. And
every side offers an askew stamp and oftentimes a personal take on
a certain influence. I like that a lot of Mazedude's repotoire
represents varied chunks of his own psyche, with this one being one
of the best.
It's very spirited and rollicks along at pretty kickass pace, until the end where it draws back into a fitting close. It pulls a lot of hefty punches in the bass department, and I loved the detailing with the vocal samples. It's clear that the entire track is aware that it has a nice, strong melody under its belt, and it doesnt care to flaunt it as much as possible, which is awesome.
It never actually transcends the sound of game music, but that's not a problem if that was the intention. There's not much at fault with this at all, which shouldn't surprise anyone who has been following OCR's finest alumni. Top notch, even by previous Mazedude standards.
- Marmiduke on August 27, 2009
It's very spirited and rollicks along at pretty kickass pace, until the end where it draws back into a fitting close. It pulls a lot of hefty punches in the bass department, and I loved the detailing with the vocal samples. It's clear that the entire track is aware that it has a nice, strong melody under its belt, and it doesnt care to flaunt it as much as possible, which is awesome.
It never actually transcends the sound of game music, but that's not a problem if that was the intention. There's not much at fault with this at all, which shouldn't surprise anyone who has been following OCR's finest alumni. Top notch, even by previous Mazedude standards.
- Marmiduke on August 27, 2009
Classic stuff, I've always been a big fan of this one. Chris's
stuff is always unique, and the sound choices really gave it a
retro-style while moving away from the actual sound of the NES. I
really liked the pacing and energy here, and this mix introduced me
to this soundtrack. I grew up on Turtles in Time, but never played
Turtles 2 or 3 on the NES (and I hated 1!), so I'm always glad when
a mix is intriguing enough to make me take notice of new game
music. Mission accomplished.
- Liontamer on February 22, 2009
- Liontamer on February 22, 2009
Audity wrote: My sentiments exactly. Only...is there a higher bitrate version of this? I think a couple of my friends would be like ARGH THIS IS TOO HARSH 128KBPS LOL. Please thanks. Dunno if it would actually sound better. I never really get higher bit rate versions from OCRemixers so I'm just assuming it could be a lot more enjoyable when it might sound a lot the same.
playingtokrush wrote:
Mazedude, would you ever marry a man with a vagina?
I wonder if people who say such things as this realize how freaking weird it sounds.
I do realize that. That's the point.
- playingtokrush on August 6, 2006
Audity wrote: My sentiments exactly. Only...is there a higher bitrate version of this? I think a couple of my friends would be like ARGH THIS IS TOO HARSH 128KBPS LOL. Please thanks. Dunno if it would actually sound better. I never really get higher bit rate versions from OCRemixers so I'm just assuming it could be a lot more enjoyable when it might sound a lot the same.
playingtokrush wrote:
Mazedude, would you ever marry a man with a vagina?
I wonder if people who say such things as this realize how freaking weird it sounds.
Sometimes, remixers will skirt the file-size limit on OCR by posting their songs on VGMix.com, which is unfortunately down right now.
The other option is to go to the remixer's home page. which you will frequently find at their profile page.
In this case, there is no higher bitrate version of this song. The one at Mazedude's site is also 128kbps. You could probably ask him to make a higher bitrate encoding of the song, but don't expect him to give that request a high priority.
Now, this song is quite energetic and smooth. The lead synth works really well, and all those vocal shouts really get the body moving.
Edit: I just listened to Jeroen Tel's NineOneOne that Mazedude has on the download page for this song on his website. There are definitely elements of Tel's style in Turtle Wave.
- I.Medley on April 15, 2006
My sentiments exactly. Only...is there a higher bitrate version of
this? I think a couple of my friends would be like ARGH THIS IS TOO
HARSH 128KBPS LOL. Please thanks. Dunno if it would actually sound
better. I never really get higher bit rate versions from OCRemixers
so I'm just assuming it could be a lot more enjoyable when it might
sound a lot the same.
I wonder if people who say such things as this realize how freaking weird it sounds.
- Audity on April 14, 2006
playingtokrush wrote:
Mazedude, would you ever marry a man with a vagina?
I wonder if people who say such things as this realize how freaking weird it sounds.
- Audity on April 14, 2006
This is indeed an unique stuff, like Mazedude's music. He captured
the essence of a slap bass. Those elements proposed are pure fun.
The brass did a too satisfactory justice.
Very good instrumentation. Very cool ideas. Great and nice stuff.
- Txai on November 4, 2005
Very good instrumentation. Very cool ideas. Great and nice stuff.
- Txai on November 4, 2005
This song is so good that it kicked me in the balls so hard that it
turned my balls into a vagina.
Mazedude, would you ever marry a man with a vagina?
- playingtokrush on January 31, 2005
Mazedude, would you ever marry a man with a vagina?
- playingtokrush on January 31, 2005
Just love your work Mazedude. This is no different, in fact, I put
it as your best remix on this site (Which is saying a lot
considering how good your other mixes are.)
- The Orichalcon on November 3, 2004
- The Orichalcon on November 3, 2004
Very fun and flavourful mix. Definitely doesn't sound amature...
good show. :)
- Less Ashamed Of Self on July 13, 2004
- Less Ashamed Of Self on July 13, 2004
Its amazing. I used to play the game as a child, and this is a
brilliant update. Love the voice samples.
- Paladin-01 on March 27, 2004
- Paladin-01 on March 27, 2004
wow, someone finally remixed this, and it ended up being
mazedude.
Nice combo. Good job.
- Protricity on March 27, 2004
Nice combo. Good job.
- Protricity on March 27, 2004
