ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Sonik Elektronik'
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- Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Sega, 1994, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): Rayza
- Composer(s): Bobby Brooks, Brad Buxer, Darryl Ross, Doug Grigsby III, Geoff Grace, Jun Senoue, Michael Jackson, Scirocco, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Tomonori Sawada
- Song(s): 'Marble Garden Zone: Act 1'
- Posted: 2004-05-24, evaluated by djpretzel
OHYEAH. I hope you've all been working on your robot, because if you can't dance the man-machine something fierce, you'll only be able to listen to Rayza's latest Sonic 3 ReMix in frustration. You gots to get up and move like the men of steel, see, to truly appreciate the 80's electro-robo, vocoding TR-808 beatbox goodness going on. VERY retro. I think Rayza just decided to get all of his 80's angst out in one big sweep. I seriously hope he fluffed up his hair and wore jeans that were way too tight when he wrote this, because it could complete the mental picture perfectly. The ReMixer writes:
"This is a ReMix of the Marble Garden Zone (Act 1) theme from Sonic 3 done in an 80's electro style. I was inspired to write this after watching a movie called Breakin'. I know many people don't like the fade-out style endings on mixes, but this is true to the genre."
I think he nailed the genre perfectly, personally. The original lent itself well to this sort of breakdown, and the final result is something you can picture people in sweatsuits dancing to, with boomboxes the size of small cars on their shoulders. Let's face it, we lost something that was pretty cool when we left the 80's and moved into the 90's, and this mix does a good job of paying homage to that subtle quality with its plethora of staple-food instruments from the era. From the massive bassline to the 808 kit to the pure funkdom, Rayza's come up with something different from his usual gig but every bit as worthy, proven further flexibility, and contributed a very memorable and beatmatic arrangement. Rad!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - Crulex on June 3, 2011
- OA on February 25, 2010
I was an eighties baby, and Sega + 80s electronica/synthpop is pretty much my early childhood (before Nintendo corrupted me and made me their whore), so this mix nestles quite nicely into that part of the brain that controls nostalgia.
Really catchy beat, archaic as it may sound. Very nice pacing and momentum. I love how it just keeps on dancing and changing its style on the fly. That is so 80s. That is so Sonic.
I get the sense that Rayza could make slick, fun-as-fuck electronica like this with his eyes closed, but that might be discrediting the tremendous amount of time and effort that goes into making these. For what it is worth, I think the effort has brought about some very joyous payoff, indeed. Yay.
- Marmiduke on April 7, 2009
- MechaFone on December 3, 2007
Liontamer wrote:sonic_fan69 wrote: OH NO!!!, the link to this arrangement is broken. I hope a new one can be posted. This was a great piece of work.
The link was changed, and it works. You just haven't updated whatever link you're using.
Thanks, I got the new link, it works now. :)
- sonic_fan69 on December 3, 2006
sonic_fan69 wrote: OH NO!!!, the link to this arrangement is broken. I hope a new one can be posted. This was a great piece of work.
The link was changed, and it works. You just haven't updated whatever link you're using.
- Liontamer on December 3, 2006
- sonic_fan69 on December 3, 2006
- yellowcrunvky on May 10, 2006
- FinalGamer on January 12, 2006
- TX-419 on November 21, 2005
edit: if you like this style of music i guess.
i think it fits it well
hehe i wanna hear more remixes of this lvl from more artists. i think its cool
- Gekisen on November 17, 2005
- Harmony on May 25, 2005
- supertrunkten on February 18, 2005
