It is pretty obnoxious, isn't it? Hahaha...
I agree completely. I think I'm going to have a hard time getting away from the original track. Before I started, I took the time to transcribe it by ear, and I guess I kind of worked it from there, adding the 'boom-whack' track and the synth parts and a few minor things.
I keep forgetting that remixing is more rehashing than embellishing.
Still, it's a first draft.
On a side note, do you think the use of game sounds is plausible, or is it too 'gimmicky?' I mean sparsely, not as a solo...