ReMix: Castlevania 'The Raven'

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goat pulls out the heavy stuff for this Castlevania metal mix that was actually made before his most recently posted mix and has a slightly rawer sound. The ReMixer 'splains:

"It was made before purple heart and the mixing is *slightly* more harsh, yet this contributes to a "wall of sound" quality that some people think makes it sound angrier and better. As far as composition (and hanging together) goes, people like it more than my other songs."

goat's got a great track record, and the thing about his stuff is that it's always satisfying - there's always enough instant gratification going on with power chords and meaty choruses, but also enough variation and risk-taking that lends his works direction and life. This piece works a bit more with incorporating some sound effects halfway through, and later on a massive bass synth comes in that makes the ending climactic and again gives the work cohesiveness and sense of narrative development - I can see why some might say this is goat's most successfully structured work, if it doesn't contain the slickest production, but you'll hardly notice the latter. Awesome, and very, very evil.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
Great breakdown section, and a good rendition of the theme, and lots o f variation to keep it interesting. Fantastic ending. Levels were good, but the guitar sounded too far back. It certainly doesn't stop me from rocking out, but it could have a lot more energy if it was up close. Some nice tapping sections, and overall a lot of great ideas. Drums are a little too canned; I think some additional velocities would help, but overall this is very nice stuff.
I am most certainly rockin'.

- OA on March 31, 2009
This mix is so layered with awesome, it's like a rock and roll casserole.
But seriously, the section from about 2:20 to 2:35 is my favorite. It sounds so alt-rock and grungy. 3:30 onwards is excellent also, but in an entirely different style.
goat does it again!

- glasfen on February 22, 2009
I share these quite a bit with the ScoreHero/Guitar Hero community, but for whatever reason not usually this one. I think that's a bit silly. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6PoXVNQRb0
Since I don't have remixing talent myself, this is the best I can do to say "thanks - this mix kicks ass."

- Inimitable on January 10, 2009
Man this guy is right up my alley of taste. You know i like a lot of things, but at my core im definitely metal. Goat i gotta know how you get such good recordings of metal guitar! That is single-handedly the most difficult thing for me when i make music.
Anyways about the track, i like the crunch of the guitars that gives it that sludgy effect which is executed nicely. Also, i dont know how else to describe it, but the solos are really nice and clean, almost like if eric clapton were to use real distortion :)
OH! and the use of sound effects from the game was simply awesome.
Let me just say thank you for representing metal on OCR. You got me inspired to do some kind of metal remix for the site and i cant wait to get started.

- davidicus on October 6, 2007
goat always rocks. He's always got something raw and powerful to throw at you, and some people just can't seem to catch it right off, but i love it. I'm also glad that he treats the castlevania games with such a respect, and i do think it's time that someone ReMixed Riddle from CV3 or Don't Wait Until Night and Cross Your Heart from HC, but that's just hoping. Rock on.

- darkmelee on April 24, 2006
nephi wrote: this is truly the best castlevania remix i've ever heard. i love the guitars, the drums, it all sounds so cool! Rock On!

I could not agree more the guitars remind me of metallica's and justice for all album, gerat remix keep up the good work and keep on rocken!
Link WOLF :D

- linkwolf on October 12, 2005
this is truly the best castlevania remix i've ever heard. i love the guitars, the drums, it all sounds so cool! Rock On!

- nephi on March 3, 2005
From about 2:17 is where this baby really shines...it gets an even darker tone to it, that also sounds vaguely cinematic. Y'know, it sounds like the leadup to something big. And it does leadup to something big. goat knows his shit. And I just wish he'd do more Castlevania stuff, because the soul of the original music seems to suit his style.

- BlueMage on March 3, 2005
Well... As we all know (or at least the lucky few to have seen the review board for "stained glass filth") Goat's the guy who showed me castlevania music kicks. In any case, this is no exception. Great rendition of "Wicked Child", though I think the screechy sound effects around 2:00 could have been done without. I mean, never before has a SOUND made me feel sick. No offense to Goat, of course. Also, a little more distortion on the less-distorted areas would be in order, but all in all... It's a damn good mix.

- SixthFlyingMan on December 11, 2004
What can I say? goat, I love you. This is, in my opinion, your best remix. The part beginning from 1:59 and continuing to 2:20 is my favourite with its cool computer sounds and somewhat evil beat.

- R-Typed on June 27, 2004
The meaner and louder it gets, the more i love this song.

- Raziellink on June 20, 2004
Not exactly the type of stuff that I listen to or like all that much, but I can listen to and appreciate pretty much any good piece of music (unless it's country, bleh..) which this is. Good stuff.

- tgfoo on May 24, 2004
Hogulus wrote: Great mix. More words would complicate this review needlessly.
For some reason, I can't put any of goat's mixes on my Minidisc. It says it doesn't support the file format. Any help?

Some of my songs are variable bit rate mp3's. This is the only way they could fit under the 6meg file size limit. I don't know anything about your minidisc, but I'm sure the answer is related to variable bit rate. good luck!!!!!
edit: I think the non-variable-bitrate version of this song can be found at www.vgmix.com, if you can't find a quick fix. As for purple heart, I'd try to get the version here to work because I made some production improvements in time for ocremix.

- goat on May 24, 2004
Great mix. More words would complicate this review needlessly.
For some reason, I can't put any of goat's mixes on my Minidisc. It says it doesn't support the file format. Any help?

- Hogulus on May 22, 2004
The production isn't perfect.. drums could be better, blah blah. But this is absolutely one of my favorite OC mixes that I've heard. :D Just beautiful. Plus you've got this mish-mash Maiden/thrash/hair metal sound which I just adore! This is just so fscking awesome.. Please, I beg of you, make more stuff in this style. If I was a girl, I'd want, no, [i]demand[/i] you to let me be your love slave, this song just owns way too much than should be legal ;)

- klm09 on May 20, 2004

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