ReMix: Ragnarök Online 'Hamadatan'

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So, Joshua Morse is pretty awesome. Just last week my girlfriend Anna, who listens to mixes randomly once in awhile, expressed her love for 'Dan's Ice Cream Truck,' with po!, and I gotta agree. Mr. Morse recently celebrated a birthday, so wish him some belated happy Bs if you seem him. We mentioned his Ragnarok Online project back when his last mix, a collab w/ Anthony Lofton, was posted, and now we've got one of its tracks (originally 'Hamatan') being posted as our first ReMix from the game's soundtrack. And what do you know? It's great.

It's also somewhat different from jm's motif, although stylistically most his key ingredients - tight sequencing, smooth production, excellent soloing, and an overall impeccable sense of rhythm & funk - are here. Things get an Asian/Middle Eastern infusion here, though, with sitar and ensemble strings favoring ethnic intonations whilst bass, drums, EP and synth stick to relatively traditional jazz voicings; it's a nice juxtaposition, and works quite well. The bassline here is ridiculously huge and funky and always doing something interesting, and there's tons of little details in the breaks and transitions to listen for. Not much else to say, really; this game clearly has a badass soundtrack that's had particular appeal to a talented mixer, and he's done a great job putting together an album that pays it homage. Be sure to check out Ragnarok Online: Hybridism for more - you won't regret it, whether you're an RO nut or not.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
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Nice Asiatic grove vibe thing going on here.
Martin Penwald;420243 wrote:
Anyway, download this remix, and then download the whole album. You won't regret it.

Indeed, there's awesome stuff here.

- 42 on January 18, 2009
I love this beat! This is good stuff.

- Dafydd on October 23, 2008
I'm pretty familiar with the soundtrack, and I wouldn't have expected this track to get the remix treatment, and especially not this well. Actually it seemed like the whole project was more obscure themes from the game.
Great beats, solid bass grove, and tons of layered percussion give this a fantastic foundation to work with, and the subtle details added with inaudible voices and synth flourishes make this whole thing excellent.

- OA on September 17, 2008
I swear I heard pieces of Kirby Superstar and Mega Man thrown in during the middle sections. Someone back me up here! For the record, I've never listened to Ragnarok's soundtrack, so...
Dopeness all around, though.

- metaphist on September 9, 2008
Despite being a rather recent release, Hybridism is the remix album I've listened to most often, so that should make it obvious what I think about Joshua Morse's music.
The remix at hand, while having the typical JM groove, sticks out because of the middle eastern influence, and that makes it special. It actually reminds me of GeckoYamori & Rayza's "Planet Oil" remix from Sonic 2.
Anyway, download this remix, and then download the whole album. You won't regret it.

- Martin Penwald on June 24, 2008
I would have to say this is a really spicey remix. Energitic, sweet, and relaxing. That's how it should allways should be created@.@ Really impressive stuff. At first, the begining sounds really middle eastern like and goes of a nice beat and remic after 20Secs or so.

Other than that, awesome stuff guys!:nicework:

- ChaosPlayer on June 9, 2008
Ah ok, that makes sense. Still a great tune, I was just curious.

- Brak on June 4, 2008
Brak;414392 wrote: I loved the mix. It brings back memories of when I couldn't stop playing that game.
I've got one question though. Is the name of the track misspelled? Here on OCR it's called "Hamadatan." Over on the Ragnarok Online: Hybridism site (http://roh.jmflava.com/) and in the game's music directory it's called "Hamatan." Looks like someone threw in an extra syllable when it made it to OCR?

In order to better distinguish ReMixes as standalone works, mixes aren't allowed to have the same name as the source tune. In this case, Josh threw in the extra syllable for OCR to slightly change the title up, yet keep it similar.

- Liontamer on June 4, 2008
I loved the mix. It brings back memories of when I couldn't stop playing that game.
I've got one question though. Is the name of the track misspelled? Here on OCR it's called "Hamadatan." Over on the Ragnarok Online: Hybridism site (http://roh.jmflava.com/) and in the game's music directory it's called "Hamatan." Looks like someone threw in an extra syllable when it made it to OCR?

- Brak on June 4, 2008
djpretzel;413620 wrote: What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

Never hoid of it, but I'll look around for it.

- Salluz on June 4, 2008
I've never played Ragnorok Online, but I love this song. (and all his other ones for that matter) Joshua has a new diehard fan.

- munchi on June 4, 2008
I would have never expected a remix of this song, ever. Kudos.

- Equinox on June 3, 2008
Oh crap.. great stuff. Excellent production. I especially love the overall soundscape. Moody and awesome. And killer percussion. Oh yeah... SO-LID. Thanks a lot.

- EvilHorde on June 3, 2008
Probably my favorite source from the remix album and the original soundtrack. The original is there with the standard good style of Morse to really bring out a new and vibrant sound. I just wish it was higher bit-rate and included my favorite section of the original (it has all the other parts).

- Audity on June 3, 2008
I used to be a Ragnarok Online fanatic. I am very familiar with this mix. It felt a little like I was listening to the original. About half way through it finally starts to show some variation from the original, but only for a little bit.

- Hawkwing on June 3, 2008

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