ReMix: Final Fantasy Adventure 'Chocobo!'
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- Game: Final Fantasy Adventure (Square, 1991, GB)
- ReMixer(s): Big Giant Circles
- Composer(s): Kenji Ito
- Song(s): 'Birth of Chocobo', 'Theme of Chocobo'
- Posted: 2006-09-10, evaluated by the judges
I'll be totally honest: I often find the Chocobo theme to be, quite frankly, Chocobnoxious. It certainly seems to have a time and a place, and if you're not feeling chipper and perhaps a bit whimsical, it can have the approximate effect of combining extensive dental work with a migraine headache. That being said, I approach Chocobo ReMixes with a cautious optimism, as many artists to date have been able to do some pretty cool stuffs with Big Bird's little ditty. The latest to join the ranks of yellow avian musicality is BGC, whose acronymized moniker could easily be misconstrued as "Big Giant Chocobos". Jimmy writes:
"...I have a few of these FFA remixes that have been growing stagnant for the past year, so I thought I would go ahead and share the Kenji-Ito-love. This is a well-known tune that has earned it's keep in the FF series. Source is tracks 9 & 10 of the .gbs file, I present the Chocobo theme(s), the hatching and the riding music. This mix is fairly short and sweet. Not a whole lot of deviation as far as arrangement goes, but enough that it's not just simply an upgrade in sound quality."
Speaking of .gbs files and chiptunes in general, we've been working on getting more of them directly available here on OCR; there's a dozen new RSNs for SNES games, we've switched our Genesis files from RGM (rar'd GYM) to zipped VGM, and we've added zipped VGMs for Sega Master System titles as well, where available. All of these formats are playable with Chipamp and other players as well. Good stuff. Jimmy does them chiptunes sweet helpings of aural justice with an electronica arrangement that doesn't make the mistake of taking the theme too seriously and incorporates some fun hits and underlying patterns as the mix progresses. That's key, as this is one theme that essentially any mix is going to end up repeating several times, making monotony a deadlier pitfall than usual. BGC's Pitfall Harry swings deftly over this and other risky substances without landing on scorpion, retrieving diamond in the process. Jon jigged:
"holy crap, you actually had me unconciously tapping my foot about a minute into this. very creative, very unique. you should be proud of this."
Jon's foot rarely puts out without a lot of coaxing and quality time, so clearly said pride is warranted. The arrangement doesn't have lofty aspirations of turning the Chocobo theme into a new anthem for our generation, nor does the artist mistakenly operate under the belief that the success he's had with a three minute track could have been extended to a six-minute opus. This is a short, sweet, but most importantly fun take on a well-known melody, and Jimmy's jam-packed it with a variety of cross-panned, filtered, and otherwise lovingly modulated tidbits.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Strong counterpoint changes that tie into a new section all work really well together with a energetic bassline and an entire kitchen sink full of percussion. Of course the Hoo hoos get most of the attention, but where is even a samba whistle and a multitude of toms.
I can understand many people being sick to death of the theme, but give this one a listen, it's about as good as the chocobo theme is going to sound. :-)
- OA on February 13, 2008
Listening to this on headphones I see all the friggin panning, nice job. As usual tons of good composition goin on all over the place.
If i had to think of something this song reminded me of it would def be the Robin Williams movie 'The Bird Cage.' If anyone has ever seen that movie you'll catch my drift...
Kudos on takin one crazy source and making it listenable and something to enjoy.
- avaris on December 29, 2006
The chirping at the beginning has too much treble. The log drum sample is the first sound that sounds really authentic. All of it should have been longer and more arranged. The background is really arranged, in almost an appropriate way to give a new style to a well-known, now-tired source tune. But the melody is still there, too much the same. The ending is good, the best part, except for the lead-out (rephrases the part that's been played the same, throughout the whole), but maybe one more original section in the middle would have sealed the deal to perfection. It makes me wish the whole song had the ending's energy. I love me some energetic music, but I'll have my doubts with future listens of this. But not until I give it some more chance! Just like how the song's given all the select semi-juxtaposed samples a chance to sing in harmony while they're neglected in other people's songs =(
- Audity on September 15, 2006
- JT673 on September 13, 2006
10/10
- A-RoN on September 12, 2006
- Frictional Antidote on September 12, 2006
- JustChris on September 11, 2006
pixietricks wrote: The hoo hoo's! YESSSS!
lmao, say that to a Tongan and see what happens :lol:
- big giant circles on September 11, 2006
9 out of 10
Yeah, I am that famous. I know.
- Fraggy on September 11, 2006
- moogleboy64 on September 10, 2006
When it comes down to this one, it took its time to build up enough energy to start. When the conga drums began to make their move at 0:30, it caught my interest immediately, which made me want to listen to the rest. I'm glad that I did.
I don't know what kind of instruments it is, I believe it's pan flutes, but no matter what the case, it sounds awesome with the other african samples. I like it how the instruments are being added one by one, it starts with just a lonely synth and a small drumroll, and then ends with something that could resemblance a brazilian football game.
I like it alot, ya?
- Bummerdude on September 10, 2006
I have to agree that the Chocobo theme is quite inane. Great intro, but this track still too repetitive to me (I did like Bionic Electronica tho now that I think about it, and that was really repetitive). I want to like this more, because percussion heavy tracks always rule.
- spineshark on September 10, 2006
Nice arrangement of the theme with steel drums.
Is not the kind of music I'm used to hear, but a nice work anyway. You've done an outstanding remix if we compare to the source tune.
- John Revoredo on September 10, 2006
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