ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'Magic Fountain'
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- Game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Nintendo, 1991, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Nixdorux
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): 'The Goddess Appears'
- Posted: 2010-06-27, evaluated by djpretzel
Man, yet again, it's been AWHILE! We last posted a mix from Nicolas Ferranti, aka Nixdorux, back in 2005, so it's great to finally be posting more, even if it is a half-decade later. I'm a huge fan of Nicolas' Super Castlevania IV ReMix, partly because I love the source but also because I love where he took it. Nix' last mix was from Link's Awakening, and now he continues to explore the Zelda universe with a mellow arrangement from Link to the Past. For some reason - I think it's the bells - this piece reminds me of the rather whimsical music that would play on Mister Rogers when he took us to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Lady Elaine Fairchilde was the shit. Softer melodic components, including acoustic piano and choir, are paired w/ deliberate water drops in sort of a "Zen Garden Lullaby" motif. The pacing & arpeggios remind me of the intro to McVaffe's Okami ReMix, in a good way.
Good meditation music, methinks, or something to just mellow out to after a hard day at work. A bit melancholy, perhaps, but also enveloping & warm - a simple but well-executed mix from Nixdorux!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Don't be so modest, chthonic, I have three of your tracks.
Kirby(Dream Warrior), WIP Dedede Trance, and Fleeting Ecstacy. The
latter two on playlists! And they're just from the games I know.
Guessing there are many more I've missed!
I wouldn't usually request this kind of thing but I like the track a lot and its such a simple thing to change so I can have it on playlist. I can understand if the artist doesn't want another version out there though.
- dfcentre on April 23, 2011
I wouldn't usually request this kind of thing but I like the track a lot and its such a simple thing to change so I can have it on playlist. I can understand if the artist doesn't want another version out there though.
- dfcentre on April 23, 2011
dfcentre;772942 wrote: I really love this track, I'm in the process of backing up tracks from last year and this one almost made the cut to my soundtrack playlist. The only thing that stands in the way is the droplets. I think they are wonderful and relaxing but on a playlist that could play at anytime with any company they might not understand the connection the droplets have to the piece. Would it be possible to host a version on some other site without the droplets.
Imagine perhaps a version that you might enjoy while looking back over old holiday snaps in twenty years. "The Old Photos" mix?? haha
If you don't want to that's ok it just means I can't put it on the soundtrack playlist. I'll still keep the track cos I love it.
you know I had a guy email me about seeing if I could remove a very specific sound effect from my super meat boy remix because he couldn't stand to listen to it in his car
I actually did end up removing it for him; it was really simple
too bad I didn't make this remix... it's way too good for me to have been responsible for it
- chthonic on April 23, 2011
I really love this track, I'm in the process of backing up tracks
from last year and this one almost made the cut to my soundtrack
playlist. The only thing that stands in the way is the droplets. I
think they are wonderful and relaxing but on a playlist that could
play at anytime with any company they might not understand the
connection the droplets have to the piece. Would it be possible to
host a version on some other site without the droplets.
Imagine perhaps a version that you might enjoy while looking back over old holiday snaps in twenty years. "The Old Photos" mix?? haha
If you don't want to that's ok it just means I can't put it on the soundtrack playlist. I'll still keep the track cos I love it.
- dfcentre on April 23, 2011
Imagine perhaps a version that you might enjoy while looking back over old holiday snaps in twenty years. "The Old Photos" mix?? haha
If you don't want to that's ok it just means I can't put it on the soundtrack playlist. I'll still keep the track cos I love it.
- dfcentre on April 23, 2011
The cavernous water droplets do some rhythmic wonders here. They
offer some serious serenity and purity where any other form of
percussion would have failed.
Rhythm is definitely this mix's strong suit, but that's not to say that all other areas weren't great. Production is super clean, and the piano is well above adequate for the minimalist/chill hybrid going on here. The arrangement doesn't get very adventurous, but I really appreciate the sparseness in the intro and how the melody slowly begins to form out of seemingly random piano tangents. Choir backing was also a really nice addition and is used with the utmost restraint.
A wonderfully restrained working of a classic Zelda theme. Though anyone after a bold reinvention of the theme wont find it here. This is more of a gentle deconstruction of the melody, with some killer rhythmic ideas that are as technically triumphant as they are thematic fitting.
- Marmiduke on September 10, 2010
Rhythm is definitely this mix's strong suit, but that's not to say that all other areas weren't great. Production is super clean, and the piano is well above adequate for the minimalist/chill hybrid going on here. The arrangement doesn't get very adventurous, but I really appreciate the sparseness in the intro and how the melody slowly begins to form out of seemingly random piano tangents. Choir backing was also a really nice addition and is used with the utmost restraint.
A wonderfully restrained working of a classic Zelda theme. Though anyone after a bold reinvention of the theme wont find it here. This is more of a gentle deconstruction of the melody, with some killer rhythmic ideas that are as technically triumphant as they are thematic fitting.
- Marmiduke on September 10, 2010
Level 99;695173 wrote: I love these chimes. I love the bells, all the bright and dull tones that are produced. It's so soothing and relaxing, almost to the point of being meditative.
Seconding this. Furthermore, I think that the water-fx mesh really well with the bells and the overall rhythm of the song.
The stings later on in the song, which Level 99 mentioned, sound like a choir to me. I quite like it.
- Martin Penwald on July 14, 2010
I'll come right out and say it: I love these chimes. I love the
bells, all the bright and dull tones that are produced. It's so
soothing and relaxing, almost to the point of being meditative. The
piano is a fantastic compliment. The strings later on are great as
well. The water stuff is pretty cool but I can see where it might
get annoying since it happens through the whole song. I made that
choice way back in the day with a rejected mix. However, here, it
actually doesn't bother me much, due to it being quiet and it
usually meshes rhythmically with the rest of the song. I listened
to this in the car yesterday and suddenly everything just seemed to
be "alright": the traffic was no longer bothering me, I wasn't too
tired from work. If a mix makes me feel like that, I'm giving it my
approval.
Going on my sleep/relax playlist for sure.
- Level 99 on July 9, 2010
Going on my sleep/relax playlist for sure.
- Level 99 on July 9, 2010
I really love what you've done with the source. Admittedly, I never
really cared much for the source, but if it had been like this in
the game, I would have spent a lot more time around fairy fountains
and the like :-o
- UnveiledOsiris on July 2, 2010
- UnveiledOsiris on July 2, 2010
Definitely not what I was expecting, but it was very pleasant and
well done, with a lot of subtle layers. I think doing something so
exposed is very brave, and you had the skills to back it up, so it
ended up beautiful.
Nice work, and some cool SFX too.
- OA on July 1, 2010
Nice work, and some cool SFX too.
- OA on July 1, 2010
Mmm, very relaxing. A new take, but it still evokes the feel of a
magical safe haven hidden in a mountainside. A great lullaby.
- docnano on June 30, 2010
- docnano on June 30, 2010
Really nice chillout music.
Could fall asleep to this.
Source is harder to hear in the first half than the second but its there... have to know what your listening for to hear it, and I thought I heard a slight variation of zelda's lullaby in the intro.
Production is pretty great - only crit I have is that the mid highs on the vibes need bringing down slightly, gets slightly much at the loudest velocities.
Great remix however, Strongly recommended for zelda fans and fans of chillout music.
- WillRock on June 27, 2010
Could fall asleep to this.
Source is harder to hear in the first half than the second but its there... have to know what your listening for to hear it, and I thought I heard a slight variation of zelda's lullaby in the intro.
Production is pretty great - only crit I have is that the mid highs on the vibes need bringing down slightly, gets slightly much at the loudest velocities.
Great remix however, Strongly recommended for zelda fans and fans of chillout music.
- WillRock on June 27, 2010
