ReMix: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror 'Kirby's Mystical Mirror'
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- Game: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (Nintendo, 2004, GBA)
- ReMixer(s): Nav
- Composer(s): Atsuyoshi Isemura, Hironobu Inagaki
- Song(s):
- Posted: 2008-04-13, evaluated by the judges
Right then, on with the show. Newcomer Navij11, aka Jacob Naviasky, writes:
"I made many significant changes! Thank you to your comments on the original submission, and the #ocrwip channel on the IRC. They were really friendly, and helped me through this final version.
Personally, it doesn't matter to me whether this track passes judgment or not, as it was a necessary step I needed to take in order to become a better artist. I really worked hard on this, and I asked many people for second opinions before finally deciding to submit this, three weeks later, in its final form."
This piece is definitely on the liberal side, using its Kirby source as the engine for a d'n'b ish, percussion-centric arrangement that's got jazzy ride cymbal work, tweaked and tricked out meat-and-potatoes kicks, snares, and hats, and which - somewhat unusual for the genre - pulls a lot of tempo switches, with ritardando and accelerando executed smoothly over drop bass, a theremin-like sine, and mellow EP. There's also myriad FX, including intro static, plenty of filtering, bitcrushing on the drums at times, etc. that give the whole thing an excellent atmosphere. Touches like these are far more crucial for d'n'b than other electronica sub-genres, imo, where melodic and harmonic elements take more of a center stage, and Jacob delivers. The whole thing's very easy to listen to as background, but also rewards closer attention and scrutiny. Of the resub, zyko writes:
"this improves so much on the original sub; you took the suggestions on changing up the dynamics and the groove and gave us something that is constantly alive, moving and changing. personally, i love the slow down around 2.20 - very nice touch... it changes up the track on you suddenly and unexpectedly but ramps back up into the full fledged chill drive we had been listening to. reminds me of something i'd expect on the XM channel, Chill. or maybe even on sim city 4. in other words, killer.
the groove is still contagious as hell and the production is stellar. this is as sweet as cotton candy and i'm hooked."
Very cool... nice change of pace, and a good counterpoint to McVaffe's preceding melodic smorgasbord. Hope to see more, with perhaps a little more arranged material thrown in for good measure, from Mr. Naviasky, who's got a firm grasp on production and delivers a tasty slice of Kirby beatwork.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - ChaosPlayer on June 9, 2008
JustChris;400861 wrote: "intelligent" DnB
Exactly what I was thinking.
So yeah, the volume is a little low, but that is pretty much my only complaint. The style of this song took me by surprise, seeing as how it isn't exactly heard very often at OCR.
Best remix in a while. More please.
- Martin Penwald on May 4, 2008
JustChris;400861 wrote: I like the sounds and textures in this a lot. This sounds like the kind of "intelligent" DnB you had in the late 90's. Mellow and minimal, but not laced too much with the disco and funk influence. And the theremin is used to good effect here.
Congratulations, you're the first person to catch that! :)
This song WAS completely based, stylistically of course, on Omni Trio's early (circa 1996) works. So yeah, you got it!
- Nav on April 24, 2008
- JustChris on April 24, 2008
Anyway a very subtle and focus-rewarding piece.
Swift and still at the same time. Like someone standing in the wind.
Hoping to hear more from you.
- DramaNoMore on April 17, 2008
zprotects teh music rights!!! lol but yea songs good
course now i already have the songs since i got the one off newgrounds -.- eh
- metallix1 on April 17, 2008
metallix1;398061 wrote: ..............
this same songs been on newgrounds audio portal for a while:shock: so unless you are the one who made this and just now decided to post this then hm...:!::!:
Listen, I put this up on Newgrounds when I had finished it. At the time, my alias there was "Navij11," but its just "Nav" now on NG. Since djpretzel does a personal review of each track, there is going to be a considerable delay between track completion and track posting here.
So yes, I did put this on Newgrounds when I had finished, and it was only just put up here.
And yes, I am the one who made this.
- Nav on April 16, 2008
this same songs been on newgrounds audio portal for a while:shock: so unless you are the one who made this and just now decided to post this then hm...:!::!:
- metallix1 on April 16, 2008
The melodic content coming in so late is a pretty strange styleistic choice, in my opinion. It's like the first half of the track is the intro; I realize the need for setting up atmosphere in a track, but I think the amount of time used is a bit excessive. It's a pretty chill track overall, and the elements that are there throughout progress pretty well on their own; I guess in the grand scheme of things, it's good to go. I am convinced that a more concise intro would have been the way to take things.
Panning ideas is pretty cool on some of the arpeggios once things get filled out a bit more, but I think ultimately, this is a background track for doing stuff. Very nice production on this. :-)
- OA on April 15, 2008
<3
- Manic Cinq on April 15, 2008
DramaNoMore;396973 wrote: And, at 2:20, not only it slows down, but it changes from (correct me if i'm wrong) 4/8 to scherzo.
Well, not too sure of your terminology, but it goes from a simple time signature (4/4, etc) to one based on 3, I think its 3/4, but it could vary. Thanks for the feedback and interest! :D
- Nav on April 14, 2008
- Hy Bound on April 14, 2008
I love the ghostly vibratos in the background.
I love the constant mood swings. (someone else wrote: Changes are the staff of life)
And, at the same time, the whole thing seems so fluid and constant!
And, at 2:20, not only it slows down, but it changes from (correct me if i'm wrong) 4/8 to scherzo. Impressive, in my opinion. In short, I loved it.
- DramaNoMore on April 14, 2008
Anyway, this is a well-made ReMix. Very interesting sonically. Like djp mentioned, this is great background music, but when listening more intensively, there will be so many subtle changes throughout the track that it becomes very interesting. When I skip around the track, it's difficult to find sections that sound identical. I find those little additions, change-ups, tempo variations, and even quick one-second changes crucial in a track like this. There is a ton of subtlety in here to keep its listener interested, and with enough layers and/or intricacies to keep interest several times over.
Diggin' the track, man. So chill, and I like chill, yo.
- ProjectSpam on April 14, 2008
- The Derrit on April 13, 2008
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