Neblix - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition "Sonic Boom (American Mix)"
Street Fighter II - Guile's Theme
Street Fighter IV - Indestructible
Neblix: FOR APEX TW-TW-TWENTY FOURTEEN!!!
When Shariq started recruitment for Apex 2014, I figured I would do another Street Fighter remix since SF is my jam (not SF2 though, Third Strike is where it's at). I had Gen's theme in mind, but I kind of let it sit for months. When the deadline crept closer, I realized that I would just not have very good ideas for Gen's theme. I looked at Ken's and Makoto's theme after that, but then I realized that Guile is a character in SFIV (and derivations). Knowing the sheer popularity of the song, I decided to do it, for some sort of shameless artist "LOOK I MADE A GUILE REMIX" stunt.
This was a really fun remix, though. The first half of it was done the night I got back from Thanksgiving break, I was up until 5:00 AM, mixing and tweaking instruments. The next morning and afternoon, all I had to focus on from there was the arrangement and part-writing. I like to mix as I write, because then I can hear how the parts will actually sound before moving on. I started with the verbatim Guile's theme and harmonized it, also trying to add some piano flourishes here and there. Later on, you hear the original SF IV theme song so that I could tie it to the current Street Fighter for Apex and not SF2 way back when. I added improv wherever I could, in the leads and the drums especially. Lots of syncopation. Love syncopation. And solos. Love solos. ALSO NO REVERSE CYMBAL TRANSITIONS OP
I focused on a piano lead (Piano One is a really good free piano VST, get it!) and a sYnerGi GS GM soundfont for the lead guitar run through Guitar Rig 5 Pro. The other tools and instruments I used were FL effects and Komplete stuff (drums, bass). The rhythm guitar is the free Shreddage from the ISW trial pack. Surprisingly, this is I would say my best remix to date, and it only had literally five or six instrument tracks. It's quality, not quantity. c:
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