ReMix: Castlevania 'You Gon' Get Whipped'
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- Game: Castlevania (Konami, 1986, NES)
- ReMixer(s): Dhsu
- Composer(s): Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima
- Song(s): 'Prologue (Start BGM)'
- Posted: 2010-07-26, evaluated by the judges
- Album: Featured on Jingle All The Way
Back on track! Thanks for all the kind birthday wishes, everyone. Anna left today for Roanoke to take the Virginia State Bar, so wish her well, too - it's been a long road through law school but the light at the end of the tunnel is visible! This solo piano Castlevania mix from Dhsu is another cut off the Bad Dudes' freely available concept album Jingle All the Way, which focused on some of the shortest bits of VGM ever penned. Mr. Hsu writes:
""You Gon' Get Whipped" is somewhat of a personal milestone, as it's the first time I've produced a track entirely on my own. Normally I only record the MIDI data and have to ask someone to actually add a piano sample and render it for me, but this time I decided to take Reaper for a spin and do it myself. Granted, it was more out of necessity due to putting it off until the night before the deadline (big thanks to SnappleMan for telling me how to use reverb plugins at 3:00am), but it's nice to be a little more independent.
I have to give The Bad Dudes a lot of credit for my musical development in general -- each track I've done for them has given me a chance to experiment with something new. Multi-track recording, punching in, and sequencing entire arrangements were all firsts for me while working with these guys. It's definitely an honor and a privilege to be in the company of such talented and downright awesome individuals despite my comparative lack of musical know-how. I can only hope I reach their level some day."
Oh, the humility ;) Cool, though - always great to see folks learning and expanding their horizons. There's a strong offbeat here, and stylistically it sounds like something the Addams Family might have on in their parlor. It certainly accomplishes the goal of fleshing out the extremely brief source material into a full composition with both clarity & panache. Vinnie writes:
"Great to see dhsu starting to put together tracks entirely on his own (and sounding just as good as his other tracks on this site), and also great to see another remix from Jingle All the Way that meets the site standards. Listening to the source, I was pretty baffled how someone could turn this into a full-fledged song, but this keeps the source going almost the entire time, with some chord/note tweaks to give the song a direction. Very nice ramp-up into a chorus of sorts halfway through - it's excellent to see so much done with so little."
Well said; enjoy this thoughtfully-embellished arrangement from Dhsu!
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - Verdegrand on August 24, 2010
- OA on August 16, 2010
chthonic;700359 wrote: I love the schizophrenic tempo swells throughout the mix
Same here.
I particularly like the fake ending around 2:00.
- Martin Penwald on August 12, 2010
GeneralJehy;702008 wrote: I'm seriously considering proposing marriage to you, Dhsu.
I love the Amelie-esque take on the Castelvania theme.
Brillant work, as always, excellent job.
Cheers.
J.
My girlfriend and I just watched that movie about a week and a half ago. I think it's a fairly good comparison to this piece. All it needs now is some accordion :razz:
- SiriusBeatz on August 1, 2010
GeneralJehy;702008 wrote: I'm seriously considering proposing marriage to you, Dhsu.
Don't do it! He'll take you up on it!
- Liontamer on July 31, 2010
I love the Amelie-esque take on the Castelvania theme.
Brillant work, as always, excellent job.
Cheers.
J.
- GeneralJehy on July 31, 2010
Also Dhsu does good pie-a-no stuff.
- Ajax on July 28, 2010
- Chernabogue on July 27, 2010
Great stuff!
- ktriton on July 26, 2010
I won't be downloading this version since I have Jingle All The Way, but it's a beautiful track and well done.
- Mirby on July 26, 2010
- Jewbei on July 26, 2010
- BlackPanther on July 26, 2010
