ReMix: DuckTales 'Harden the Duck Up!'
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- Game: DuckTales (Capcom, 1990, NES)
- ReMixer(s): norg
- Composer(s): Hiroshige Tonomura
- Song(s): 'Control Room', 'The Moon'
- Posted: 2008-02-26, evaluated by djpretzel
Well, the Oscars are over... I was cheering for There Will be Blood but the Coen Brothers are awesome and deserve praise whenever and wherever it can be found. Nice to see Jon Stewart playing Wii tennis, too. norg's previous submission was his collab with Snapple for Voices of the Lifestream; if you haven't already, definitely check out the recently posted music video contest entries. The winners are awe-inspiring, but ALL the vids are worth watching - congratulations and thanks again to all entrants!
This ReMix is norg's first solo submission, arranging the Moon and Select themes from Ducktales. We still don't know the original composer(s) for this game - Larry mentioned that some suspect Junko Tamiya, which would make sense, but there doesn't appear to be hard evidence. At any rate, it's a soundtrack that has yielded some excellent mixes, and norg continues that trend with this jamfest, which came in second place out of over fifty entries at MAGFest 6's Dwelling of Duels. norg writes:
"I’m going to try to work up a few more arrangements that I’ve done to be OCR-worthy and try to hang out there more often so that I can get to know everyone a bit more and not freak out over all the OCR shirts that invaded magfest. (:"
I actually saw him today, talking about bacon and fast food with Snapple, in #ocrwip, so he's making good on those intentions. If this mix is any indication, I'd personally love to see more of his stuff here. Solid production, creative arrangement, and wicked soloing combine for an over-the-top piece that even works in a cameo from the cartoon's intro theme at the very end. I watched the hell out of that show back in the day... each time I saw Uncle Scrooge swimming in his vault, I could hardly contain my envy. If ever I become a millionaire, that's what I'm doing with my money. Screw investments and portfolios and all that nonsense... nothing says "I'm rich and I couldn't care less about the problems of the world" than swimming in your own opulence ;) But I digress... shimmering bells intro, but the second that bass guitar comes in, you know it's gonna be a rock track. I love the repetition/crescendo at 1'59" - the guitar might be playing the same thing over and over, but it's different each time, builds in intensity, and the stuff underneath is changing up more than enough. In general, both the soloing and overall arrangement has a lot of same-note runs and fills that add a lot of variation. The bass solo fill at 3'10" is just one example of keeping things fresh and not losing energy; it's one thing to rock out, which this certainly does, but it never gets in any sort of rut, thanks mostly due to arrangement that's constantly throwing new ideas into the mix. Awesome stuff.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Deathtank;430527 wrote: Am I the only one that thinks this song is sooooooooooo Daisuke Ishiwatari??? o_O?
Actually its more in the style of Jun Senoue. I could easily see this track playing in a Sonic Adventure stage. Props to norg. This mix is just an all around rocking, fun loving track!
- Mikeaudio on July 17, 2012
Edit: And the title is just the cherry on top :D
- Magellanic on June 24, 2012
Also, guitar solos, FUCK YEAH. :D
Totally loving it.
- willdayble on May 18, 2009
Your guitar tone sounds really good too, something I'd certainly like to replicate. I probably shouldn't have to say this, but the mastering here is top-notch. I like the progressive, acoustic part at 1:47, and the rest that goes on to 2:26. Gives the mix flavor and keeps things rolling, in other words keeps me interested in it. You gotta love that solo at 3:01, too.
Not only is this a creative mix, the production values here are top notch. Highly recommended.
- LuketheXjesse on April 26, 2009
- Lucentas on December 6, 2008
- Deathtank on July 20, 2008
Not too over the top not to dull simply put this is a rock remix everyone can enjoy. Pure and simple say no more.
Score 10/10 "Even Scrooge McDuck would like it"
- FlamingTP on May 3, 2008
I mean, my duck's hard. Is yours? :<
Nice theme and variations.
I thought the ditty at the end was cute! I mean, it appears in the game when you die, but also whenever you were watching Ducktales, it would play whenever the show would cut to a commercial break.
Great start, middle and finish. Brought back memories of me playing my NES and watching Ducktales.
- KogeJoe on March 29, 2008
- Martin Penwald on March 14, 2008
there's alot of Moon Remixes out there in the Swarm and this is definitly the best rock version ive heard so far
liked it at DoD and am liking it here .. keep it up!
- Platonist on March 6, 2008
- Shadow Wolf on March 6, 2008
