ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Down to the Hydrocity's Nightclub'

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While he (hopefully) doesn't walk around naked in public while emanating a blue glow, Hugo Vinícius da Silva - aka "Dr. Manhattan" - does make some damn fine music. At least, if his debut mix, which won DoD back in February, is any indication. Judges unanimously agreed the brass samples here were hurtin' a bit, but only because everything ELSE was so durn good. Funky rhythm guitar, organ licks, and especially a meaty, dirty bass. And, hey, if that's not enough, there's also: blues/rock lead guitar, sax screams, growls, and noodling, wah guitar a bit later on, a clav solo, leather bucket seats, and a sunroof. Except those last two. And just check out the excellent attention to detail - notice the brief, subtle phasing/flanging on the drum fill at 3'36", one of many such examples. Basically, you can tell Dr. M cared about this mix, and the level of polish easily outweighs the discrepancy with some of the ensemble brass stuff. AnSo writes:

"The arrangement is terrific. Personalized, great part-writing and performance too. I said it before but I'll say it again, the sequencing is really well done here. These are some of the most varied drums I've heard in a while. Yeah, this is an easy pass for me. You could probably make it sound even fuller production-wise but it's not holding the track back when the overall production is good and the arrangement's this rocking. Great stuff!"

OA adds:

"While I agree with the others that the brass samples won't be fooling anyone about their realism, they do have a certain charm, and they blend well into the track. A/Bing it with some somewhat similar style tracks, like old school Chicago or Earth, Wind, and Fire, the scooped bass sound is actually pretty authentic... Arrangement emphasizes all the good things about the source and adds even more. This is nice stuff."

I agree with these guys - love the source, love hearing it fleshed out in what is a fairly straightforward direction, perhaps, but difficult to execute this damn well. Definitely looking forward to seeing what else Dr. Manhattan has in store for us mortals.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
This is just awesome. Just out of curiosity did the Wheel Of Fortune theme inspired you to make this remix? cause I'd swear some of the parts of this song sounds make it sound like I'm watching Wheel.

- bmhedgehog on November 19, 2009
I haven't checked many mixes on the front page for a while, but I'm glad I stopped to listen to this one.
Very cool track, and great guitar work especially. Nice job!

- Sole Signal on November 19, 2009
Geez, guys! :oops:
Thank you all! Really!
I am now remixing some of my old stuff so i can submit them too...

- DrManhattan on November 13, 2009
Good arrangement with a nice variety of instruments; especially the wah-riffs are great (e.g. around 2:40). In fact, all of the guitar-work is really good.

- Martin Penwald on November 11, 2009
No complaints from me, this is just so brilliant.

- metalsnakejuice on November 6, 2009
Funky... I like it! :)

- jintoreedwine on November 5, 2009
This track totally deserved to get the Duels win, and it was pretty good DoD month, so it wasn't a freebie. Great work overall, I really liked the solo section. Highly recommended to all. :-)

- OA on November 2, 2009
Love the bass, it keeps the track together throughout. Plenty of other awesome stuff going on. The track is never serious, and yet has a great production throughout, even in the 'noodly' sections.
The change of styles throughout is another great point going for this. Just when you get settled into one feel, *bam* there's a change-up. You're on your toes throughout he mix, in a good way.
I'm gonna agree with OA here, the brass isn't great, but it works for what it is, and I honestly didn't find it detracting at all from the overall mix.
Nice work.

- DragonAvenger on November 2, 2009
Man, this song makes for some sweet remixes. While I still have to give my favorite to housethegrate's Project Chaos piece, this is really great. Love the Funk/Rock approach, its a lot of fun.

- cloudkitt on November 2, 2009
Wow! Great funky stuff...and yeah...as I wrote in a previous review, great brass samples are hard to find. The way they're used here is as at full potential though. The guitar here has some great wah riffs while the lead sucks you right in.

Great stuff! 10/10

- A-RoN on October 31, 2009
The brass is my only complaint.
Hydrocity is definitely one of my most favorite songs from any game. It's remixes have been few and far between, all of them awesome...and this one fits right in that category. Awesome work! Major kudos!

- MechaFone on October 31, 2009
This...is...awesome....

- BlackPhantom on October 31, 2009
This is a winnar! Crazy job there Hugo! : D

- Scaredsim on October 31, 2009
awesome. i absolutely love the source tune. it's refreshing to finally have another great hydrocity mix to listen to :grin:

- halc on October 31, 2009
I'm pleasantly surprised that Dr. Manhattan decided to sub this track here - I heard it back when it won DoD for that month, and it kicks ass.
So one thing that kind of amazes me is that this was kept to 4.7 MB with the 160 kbps CBR compression. This is a really nice funk approach to this song - brass samples could use some upgrading, but this is clearly quality stuff regardless, something I cannot say about the majority of the really old stuff.

- Bahamut on October 31, 2009

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