ReMix: The Guardian Legend 'The Scarlet Halls of Night'

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The Guardian Legend

I don't know about you, but when I think "Wingless," I think "effeminacy"... no wait, rather I meant "multitalented"... ahh, heck, since he and co-host pixietricks have taken over the reigns at VGDJ and seen fit to mock me (the utter audacity!) in their very first episode together, I figure I'll go with both, just to be safe. John's starting '06 off with a bang, scoring two-for-two in both January and early March, as (relatively) hot on the high heels of his World of Warcraft mix he brings us this take on the Guardian Legend, his third arrangement from its score. The ReMixer writes:

"MENTION THE SITE AND I"LL LOWER MY CAPS"

At this point I'd like to mention that John Allen Burnett, aka "The Wingless," has never had his own personal website, and never will. Moving on... this is an arrangement that essentially sounds like what you'd expect it sound like, given the title - relatively mellow, piano-led, waltz-tempo orchestral arrangement. One half-expects Anastasia (as voiced by Meg Ryan) to pop-up and start dancing in slow motion as the camera pans around her, with a CG background. Have you heard? There's a Wingless in St. Petersburg! Not that either of his efforts from 2002 were bad - far from it - but I think comparatively you can hear the polish and maturity the years between those mixes and this piece have brought; the overall work is more cohesive, piano is no longer battling acoustic guitar for melodic supremacy, the last metroid is in captivity, and the galaxy is at peace. The arrangement does have a Russian flair to it, strings are used effectively, the initial pauses with chimes in the intro are tasteful, things develop fully and the progression becomes more challenging at around 2'13", plus we get some epic brass thrown in for the mid-section pushes. One potential glitch - the entry at 2'41" seems to abruptly expose a too-swift attack on the samples being used, making the entrance artificially sudden. This might be the type of thing that only bothers people like me, but in a sea of otherwise appropriately tranquil waters, it rocked my boat momentarily. Well-handled ending, however - piano gets exposed at 3'32", and at 3'52" the left hand cuts out as well, leaving the music-box melody all alone. Midrange piano comes back in to keep it company for the conclusion, a nicely drawn out, ritardando arpeggio thang. I'm personally glad that with his new job at Midway John's still found the time to remember the little people and continue creating excellent ReMixes. You'll most certainly wanna check this out if you're a fan of TGL, Wingless, or small dancing Russian ballerina girls (and who ISN'T!?!?), and also be sure to witness John and Jill in all their podcasting glory in the latest, 100% less-Canadian (for better or worse) episode of VGDJ.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
WTF. Why haven't I heard this yet. This is awesome.

- Blake on December 5, 2006
Excellent piano work as always, Mr. Wingless. Great mood, not too simple, not too complicated. Dare I say better than your Super Metroid Girl/World duo. A

- DukeNukem007 on May 29, 2006
Marou. wrote: I'd like to know what the original song(s) was. >_>

NSF Track 3. Doesn't have anything I'm aware of that I can use as an official title to add into the database.

- Liontamer on April 22, 2006
I'd like to know what the original song(s) was. >_>

- Dahlia on April 22, 2006
Heard it on VGDJ, and I fell in love with it since.

- kittykar on March 31, 2006
The piano could be a little less "wet," but other than that very high quality. I needed only the first few seconds to know that this would be great.

- Corporal Eschebone on March 30, 2006
Holy crap, Wingless. I sure do envy your awesomeness both in design and composition.
This mix: it's simple, beautifully harmonic and relaxing. You get a gold-star! Don't you go a-changin'!

- meccaneer on March 26, 2006
This brings a tear to my eye. Because it makes me think that this game deserved a manga, or an anime, yet it was never released (or at least none that I knew of..) but there are plenty of other animes out there with this kinda genre of video game. For example, Gundam Wing and Robotech. Bubblegum Crisis comes to mind also, forgive me, I am just speaking my mind.

- Kantir on March 18, 2006
I'm already hooked on it. :D

- kittykar on March 15, 2006
Very well done. I wish I could elaborate more, but my ears are still dining on the orchestral feast that is this song. Seriously, my brain can't process anything else right now because of how well this track was made. Piano is silky smooth, and the orchestra being slowly let in is exactly what set this track off for me. 10/10 and may god have mercy on your soul for being so awesome!

- MasamuneX on March 11, 2006
This is great stuff! Is it only me hearing some super metroid tune in there? Like at 0.50 something, and perhaps somewhere else too.

- Alianger on March 11, 2006
Fantastic!
To me, this song conjures up images of snow drifting past street lamps in the night. Thank you for the experience!
-Austin Spafford

- DarkFrog on March 9, 2006
rshinra wrote: What's the opposite of "rolling over in his grave?"
Because Chopin and Strauss are doing that right now.

being dead?

- myf on March 9, 2006
What's the opposite of "rolling over in his grave?"
Because Chopin and Strauss are doing that right now.

- rshinra on March 9, 2006
I really like this song, after playing it once, I kep repeating it the whole time, I just can't get enough of it... Perfect!
Definetely one of my favourites now

- D.Stretch on March 5, 2006

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