ReMix: Shadow of the Ninja 'Two Shadows Appear'
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- Game: Shadow of the Ninja (Natsume, 1990, NES)
- ReMixer(s): BrainCells
- Composer(s): Iku Mizutani, Koichi Yamanishi
- Song(s):
- Posted: 2006-01-10, evaluated by the judges
If memory serves, Natsume was founded by employees that left Konami (maybe some from Capcom, too), which might explain why Shadow of the Ninja's soundtrack bears a marked resemblance to Club Kukeiha's compositional style, specifically Castlevania. We've gone awhile without BrainCells, and we're glad to have them (him) back, as Marcos' initial Super C submission almost exactly a year ago was some hot stuff. This time it's gone from shootin' skillz to ninja skillz, though the weapon of choice is still balls-to-the-walls metal, apparent immediately from the crunchy, rolling intro. After some tradeoff guitar shrieks, the nicely harmonized melody comes in at 0'38", and at 2'01" you get a slick rising synth line that's straight out of the songbooks of Simon Belmont. There's even pipe organ later to seal the resemblance, but I ain't complaining, as it's not a ripoff of the CV series so much as it is music that happens to resemble it, but stand on its own two legs at the same time. Plus, if you're gonna sound like something to any extent, pick something good, right? The ReMixer writes:
"I always loved Shadow of the Ninja. The fast paced and so full of energy songs always were in my "arrange it" list. I had this arrangement almost ready when my studio was robbed a few months ago, so I had to redo everything from scratch when I put my equipment to work in a small room at the place I'm living right now. I chose to post this song on OCR rather than some of my previous material exactly because it's a very under represented game. I think it would be a good opportunity for the users around to go back and check this real hidden treasure for the NES!
This is a heavy, guitar based arrangement, with some slow and some fast paced sections. Some synth leads were added to bring some variation to the mix (OMG the Dream Theater influence everywhere), and I even ended up doing a guitar/synth lead duet in the end that is my favorite section."
Huge bummer about the studio being robbed and what not; major kudos to Marcos for going back and reconstructing this track, as it definitely deserves some attention, and should gain some new fans for the game as well. Larry said it best:
"Good expansive cover-style arrangement with tons of personal flair and expansion. I'm generally pretty short on words with Marcos's stuff, because he never leaves any doubt as to whether there's creativity and interpretation brought to the table. Great power, great energy."
If you've never played the game, don't worry at all - if you're into rock/metal mixes, particularly of the variety that Konami soundtracks tend to facilitate, then this will be very familiar and highly energizing territory, guaranteed.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the One hell of a remix, and Luke highly recommends it :D
- LuketheXjesse on July 7, 2009
Great work
- yosefu on June 8, 2009
[b]P O W E R F U L[/b]
Excellent playing all around, some great synths, and a tight, concise arrangement. I am completely baffled how something this rocking could be ignored for over 2 years. Oh wait, obscure game. The only percieved weakness in this is that the ending wasn't as strong as the rest of the track, and could have used about 2 measures of an ascending riff added to where it sortof stops.
This completely slays. [b]Highly recommended[/b] for anyone with a affinity for all things rock.
- OA on May 27, 2008
I wanna see more of this guy. Keep it up, man!
- DJ Magotrox Brazil on May 3, 2006
Kinda reminds me of Nobuo Uematsu and his works on the FFVII: AC OST, especially the solos in One Winged Angel.
Don't stop the urge if you ever desire to make another!
- camelchild on April 12, 2006
this mix rocks!
Can't believe somebody actually chose this game, total props to YOU Braincells. Shadow of the Ninja was/is an awesome game for the ol'NES, a game that got overshadowed by the Ninja Gaiden series. Seems appropriate that Natsume and Tecmo combined to make NinjaGaiden for gameboy which combined the best of the 2 games inluding the music. Will a S.C.A.T. remix be far behind??? :D
- Streets of Rage bum on April 12, 2006
- Beeperfect on February 17, 2006
- Speed Demon on February 14, 2006
- MrBogus on February 14, 2006
THREE thumbs up!!!
One, if not the best game remix I have ever heard.
I'm a big fan of the Revenge Shinobi and Shinobi III score, so I just love this similar composition and of course what the remixer did with it.
- Speed Demon on January 19, 2006
And I don't know why, but it reminds me somehow of the Castlevania 2 - Bloody Hell Mix.
- Martin Penwald on January 16, 2006
Red Tailed Fox wrote: Acho que os synths são uma adição fantástica, por favor explore mais esse seu lado eletrônico!!!=D
Yeah. This is really great. Faça isso mais vezes.
- Txai on January 11, 2006
My favorite NES soundtrack ever. And this version is just so absolutely FREAKING fabulous! Definetly one of my favorites in OCR ever.
For years I´ve been planning to remix tunes from this game, but now, like a shuriken to my eye, BrainCells makes all my material look so embarassing.
Everything here is just top notch. The sounds are excellent, and the synths are truly heavenly. This really pays tribute to the original and sounds very much alike. And to me thats only a good thing. The guitar sounds and the synths are so freaking Nintendo (and I mean this in a good..., no, in THE BEST way). I couldn´t ask for more. BEAUUUTIFUL.
This is just.. WHOAAAaaa...
Its about time OCR got this game covered..
AMAZING.
- EvilHorde on January 11, 2006
- Argle on January 11, 2006
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