ReMix: Streets of Rage 'Bare Knuckle Blitz'

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Heroes vs. VillainsStreets of Rage

Start your weekend off wicked fierce & get your Yuzo on with FRIDAY OF RAGE, featuring not one but TWO ReMixes from the legendary beat 'em up Streets of Rage!! How can you go wrong? You can't go wrong. Get punched in the face with beats and groin-kicked by fat, thick synths as we begin the fisticuffs with this cut by WillRock, off of Heroes vs. Villains:

"Heroes Vs Villians. OCR vs Bad Dudes. WillRock Vs Zyko. oh shit. As you have probably gathered, in a head to head I'm screwed, but personally I prefer my sources to his so hahahaha. The idea here was to be big. Big sounds, big production, big beatz, big solos blahblahblah etc. Now, in the name of Axel Stone, go and beat up somebody you hate and make sure you play this music while doing it.

....just kidding :P"

BIG. Like Tom Hanks. Only instead of playing 'Heart & Soul' on the floor piano at F.A.O. Schwartz, he's playing face synth... on your FACE. With a name like 'Bare Knuckle Blitz', you were expecting subdued, ambient, yoga/feng shui "tone colors"? Nah, son. Harby said big, and he meant Super Dynamic Cooking Time, as he chefs up an electronica track that embraces the original style of SoR while upgrading all the sounds and adding WillSolo + WillBeatz.

Judges did note that the arrangement starts strong and stays strong, never really letting go and building back up, which might have been more dramatic... but that too seems to echo the Streets of Rage aesthetic of non-stop action. It's not "Cul-de-sacs of Rage", aight? Vinnie pointed out that some additional low-end would have been nice, which I can dig, but I was too busy being distracted by the hooks, beats, and those shimmering, sizzling, cross-panned synths to give it much thought. VERY nice guit solo, too, just in case you weren't fully sated. Continued excellence from WillRock, who balances quantity & quality with truly impressive grace.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
One of, if not, the best Willrock song on the site. That synth is flat out terrific and I have to say that I'm in love with this arrangement. Near-perfect production, by my ear. Funny how I just now realized that I knew the melody to this for a while without realizing it was a Streets of Rage song. Hate to state the obvious, but this some pretty sweet work, that's really all I can say.

- Crulex on November 2, 2012
This is pretty much an insta-fave from the Heroes vs. Villains album - WillRock blows this out of the water. It's snazzy in a way that oozes of confidence and an attitude of can't handle this. This mix manages to maintain that high octane impression and never lets go throughout, and even the one brief pause leads to an even bigger build up. Definitely one of the best mixes on the site for 2011!

- Bahamut on December 17, 2011
This is one of my favorite (if not THE favorite) WillRock ReMixes I've ever heard. The amazing anthem at the beginning is just calling to be the opening of an action film. The entire track is a synth orgy. I LOVE IT!
There's a reason this ReMix showed up in the "Heroes versus Villains" trailer THREE times!

- Nonamer on December 2, 2011
I admit, I wasn't too familiar with WillRock's work before we did Heroes vs. Villains... but man, his work on this made me perk up and wonder "what else has this guy done?"
You have a new fan dude, and it's due to the high production quality, excellent mixing, sound remix structure, willingness to tackle challenging originals, and - like everyone else said - your way around the synth leads. I like. No wonder that this was a headliner track to the HvV promo video. :) Good stuff, keep it up.

- Mazedude on August 3, 2011
bobby1983;788898 wrote: everything Willrock does is amazing
Seconded.
This man can work the synth.

- PROTO·DOME on August 2, 2011
My jaw-dropped upon hearing this! I havn't heard the original music in ages but this brought back those fond memories of bashing that B-button.
So many great synth lines, Ear-candy at its finest! Absolutely lovin' it!:-D

- Magellanic on June 25, 2011
everything Willrock does is amazing

- bobby1983 on June 20, 2011
Oh! Oh oh!
C'mon! Come on come on come on! Hot! What a hot beat! Whooooah! Yeeeah! Yahoooo!

- docnano on June 19, 2011
Excellent track! a very strong arrangement; really awesome!

- DjMystix on June 12, 2011
First, WillRock amazed with the frenetic, but deliciously fun to listen to, 'Clockwork Criminal. Now, WillRock is back with a strong, bassline filled synth explosion for the first stage of Streets of Rage. I just had to comment on this musician's obvious talent. A round of applause for this great remixer. He deserves it.

- gandalf0987 on June 11, 2011
Awesome tune! Some really sick synth runs in this song, and generally great synths throughout. Pretty solid beat, too. Have this on my driving playlist :D

- Amphibious on June 10, 2011
As for the whole low-end debate, the bass actually sounds fine in my wireless headphones. They are usually super inconsistent but this song sounds good through them. Streets of Rage... I'm reminded of my childhood with these great mixes. :-) Nothing really to even say apart from that, it's a Willrock mix and it's good. (big surprise)

- Brandon Strader on June 10, 2011
The main reason i go to that album is this song.
Its so amazing i don't have words to describe it other then amazing.
I have this song on my phone its that awesome, and i only have a select few on there that i find are a cut up above the rest,
Keep up the good work will :D

- psychowolf on June 10, 2011
Loved in in HVV, still love it, and it's a mainstay on practically every playlist I have.

- eilios on June 10, 2011
What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

- djpretzel on June 10, 2011