ReMix: Rush'n Attack 'Purple Heart'
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- Game: Rush'n Attack (Konami, 1987, NES)
- ReMixer(s): goat
- Composer(s): Hevimeta Satoe, Iku Mizutani, Masanori Adachi, Shinya Sakamoto
- Song(s): 'Enemy Base', 'Enemy Boss', 'Harbor', 'Iron Bridge and Missile Base ~ Warehouse'
- Posted: 2004-04-10, evaluated by djpretzel
Alright! Good to see some more balls-to-the-wall guitar-based action from goat! Perfectly appropriate siren effects lend atmosphere to the heavy intro this piece begins with, as a chopper starts us off but guitar soon takes over and a nice machine gun effect segues into the melody proper. Guitar goes wah a short bit after, with some mean+funky riffage, then there's mucho power melodies aplenty afterwards, with goat not holding back. Style works great for the source material which, in true Konami style (for that era at least) is chock full'o motifs and riffs that are ripe for the picking. At 3'08" you get some rapid-fire chugging, reminiscent of a machine-gun itself, and then a downright evil minor-key section that any hard-rocking hair band from the 80's would be proud of, and with good right. This is a veritable smorgasbord of electric guitar technique and pure adrenaline - you can tell goat had fun making it, and it reinvents the original NES track with exponentially increased, electric machismo and verve. If you don't like electric guitars, stay far, far away, as this is jam-packed and vacuum-sealed full of 'em, but for those who do, you're in for a treat. Good to see more from goat and great to see this Konami classic covered in this fashion, which just clicks with the whole gung-ho, military mystique. Recommended.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - SoberIsland on July 20, 2009
- HoboKa on February 2, 2007
Jedi QuestMaster wrote: I listen to this when I go running - at night (or in the early morning, whichever you consider it) because it just makes me run faster!
You must be pretending you're a superhero and this is your theme song when running to this.
Love this piece. It all comes together really well. Never heard the originals and not really interested in hearing them. Next to Rimco's Doom ReMix, and most of Mazedude's work, this is one of my favourite all-time OCReMixes.
- The Orichalcon on December 5, 2006
The song itself starts out fairly subtle with the helicopter intro and the mysterious opening... and then... with a VERY old fashioned machine-gun sound... everything kicks into high gear presenting Goat doing what he does best!
I find this song has a very "final" feel to it... like it'd be perfect for some game's final battle theme or something like that. One of the things that give me this feel are those weird guitar riffs that are used throughout the song. They have that big, bad, evil feel that you'd expect from some kind of super villain out to destroy whatever.
Goat's lead guitar that he uses in every mix of his I've ever listened to never fails to be pleasing to my ears, and it fits well into this song just like all the others. This is one of those you just wouldn't listen to when doing something slow-paced... like studying for the Chemistry test you have the next day... >.>
I've never really played this old game, but all I know is... no NES music can compare with this kind of a remix. Excellent job Goat, and this mix is highly recommended by me to those fellow rock fans out there... and once again... severely not recommended for those that don't like heavy rock. :P
- Pink on September 27, 2006
What better way to get a rush than from a rush 'n kick arse game.
Great remix, Goat! Keep doing what you do.
- Jedi QuestMaster on May 11, 2006
Oh, and the ending is especially great. Fits the game quite well.
Now if I can just avoid getting kicked in the face...
-Austin Spafford
- DarkFrog on November 4, 2005
DUDE This is just simply awsome you should be up on stage man, you rock man keep up the good work and a request do metal gear next any one i would like to hear a good hard rock version of any metal gear song again you rock goat keep on rocken i hope to hear more remixes from you.
Link wolf
- linkwolf on October 15, 2005
- synthetic_realities on September 28, 2005
- redmantis on February 21, 2005
This mix is great.
- benevolensaurus on December 31, 2004
Nice work. 10/10 :)
- tyler_lucero on October 1, 2004
chocobojoe wrote: OH MY LORD. This has got to be one of the best mixes on this site. You take catchy themes from an underrated game (with great music) and turn them into a MASTERPIECE!!! I absolutely love that game and that theme, and you've made them infinitely better.
*bows ten thousand times to your greatness*
I couldn't agree more. I especially like the ambience he throws in. Helicopters, guns firing every so often. goat's still the man.
- A-RoN on October 1, 2004
- mrplaid on June 19, 2004
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