ReMix: Ecco: The Tides of Time 'Another Seascape'
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- Game: Ecco: The Tides of Time (Sega, 1994, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): halc
- Composer(s): András Magyari, Andy Armer, Attila Dobos, David Javelosa
- Song(s): 'Heart of the Giant', 'Two Tides'
- Posted: 2010-04-14, evaluated by djpretzel
Another Seascape... like Soundscape. Get it? Of course, I personally would have titled it "Another Swedescape," but what do I know? Mr. Wheeler writes:
"Much love to AnSo for being a huge, huge inspiration. This mix is my response to his indescribably wonderful Ecco 2 mix 'The World's Smallest Giant' - a song that truly moved me and was the entire inspiration for this track. My intention was to create a spiritual 'sister' track; one seascape among another, if you will.
I'm mainly arranging 'Two Tides' from the Genesis version of Ecco 2, and 'Heart of the Giant' from the Sega CD version makes a cameo appearance. This is my first time stepping outside of FLStudio for a ReMix - the bass, a few pads and various bits of percussion were designed and sequenced in Reason 4."
So we now have mixes from the Game Gear, Sega CD, AND Genesis versions of Ecco 2. That's a whole lotta dolphin!! Different soundtracks, in each instance, so it's a testament to the developers/composers that they put the extra effort in to personalize the music for each platform's release.
It's always cool when one ReMix inspires another, and this is great stuff, but before I go much further I'd like to announce new staff members Emunator, halc, and Nutritious as workshop moderators. What's a "workshop moderator," you ask?? Basically, these individuals are here to provide focused, structured feedback for mixes posted in the workshop "Post Your Game ReMixes!" forum. They're not judges, but they might be one day, and either way they've been selected specifically because they've got a lot of experience mixing and/or providing feedback to others. Give 'em a warm welcome and, if you're looking for feedback on a mix you're working on, feel free to request their assistance - there'll be an additional announcement in that forum w/ specifics!
Now, it's fitting that halc use Reason after being inspired by AnSo's mix, since Matthias himself swears by it. This mix intros strong with mangled, echoing chip textures and establishes an underlying synth pattern that Andrew uses to develop bell-tone melodies over. Check the descending, cross-panned gated breakdown pattern at 2'23" - love that shit, wanna steal it and insert into my next five mixes. The snare is a little 808ish, lending an old-school flavor to the beat, to go with the old-school synth textures, and towards the end we get what sounds like some birdcussion in there. Tasteful filter/fade ending leaving a nice chip percussion groove running ends the whole business with style, and the final product is a really hypnotic, enveloping arrangement. There's not a lot of dynamic/tonal contrast, so it's not particularly narrative, but for zoning out and being ensconced in a chipscape of percolating sound, you could do a lot worse. Great stuff from halc, who brings his A game (along w/ Reason) for an AnSo-inspired night on the ocean.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - WesternZypher on January 19, 2012
Regardless of the funny title, it's a nice mix. I enjoy it thoroughly, and it really showcases some great chipwork.
EDIT: Earlier tonight, I was a bit angry. Then this song came up on my randomizer... and soothed my rage. It's like he captured the calming power of water in his chips. Phenomenal!
I'm actually headed to the beach, so if I see any dolphins I'll play this for them. I won't, but still. :D
- Mirby on December 26, 2011
It actually reminds me strongly of a desert for some reason. It's just one of those mixes where I can close my eyes and be transported. Powerful stuff, these chiptunez.
- Modus on April 4, 2011
halc;673265 wrote: run away with me <3
*runs away with halc*
SO LONG OCR, IT'S BEEN FUN~
- anosou on May 3, 2010
Another Soundscape;667673 wrote: halc, love you long time! This means the world to me.
all i could have hoped for :)
You're also a million times more talented/creative than I am.this is an overstatement but i love you for it
Let's be best friends for life :nicework:run away with me <3
- halc on May 3, 2010
Other than that, nice ambience (birds!), good choice of synths/effects on them.
- Martin Penwald on May 3, 2010
- Mtlbro on May 2, 2010
Great job on this one Halc.
- Flare4War on April 22, 2010
- phantasia on April 18, 2010
- anosou on April 17, 2010
can u mak me a remix now?
- PROTO·DOME on April 15, 2010
This mix really grew on me since the first time I heard it, I love listening to this one at high volume so all the detail work in the drums and synths, it's a very cool experience. Just like AnSo's mix, I don't think the brilliance of this mix was evident to me until someone else pointed out how much they liked it, and upon a repeat listen I actually ended up loving it!
- Emunator on April 15, 2010
chthonic;666995 wrote: I'd just like to add that this will definitely be your most professional-sounding posted mix
until great job!
fixed that one for ya
- halc on April 15, 2010
