[OCR00867 - Ninja Gaiden "Death of a Legend"]

Well, tetsusan (Gustavo), we hold extremely different opinions about Ninja Gaiden I see. I loved it. I don't recall asking your opinion of the game, however.. In any case, I really have nothing more to say regarding the argument.

[OCR00867 - Ninja Gaiden "Death of a Legend"]

Hah. This is hardly the place for this, but I don't see how, by explaining why nobody recognizes the track, I am insulting anyone's intelligence, or ruining the experience for them.

It was not your comment about who recognized the track that was insulting, it was, "probably the only people who are going to recognize this song are people like me who cheated to beat the game." There is an obvious negative connotation in the statement that proposes a positive correlation between recognizing the song and cheating.

Both DarkCecil and djp were stumped, so it's hardly common knowledge.

DarkCecil and DJ Pretzel are two individuals--they do not embody the majority. Because they know or do not know something does not indicate that most people should or should not know it also.

And I'm sure there were plenty of people just like me who weren't able to beat this game. The fact that several people didn't recognize this track is evidence enough.

No, it is not evidence enough because it's not evidence at all.

But we're all so proud of you that you beat it on your own, good for you.

I never said I did or didn't beat the game on my own.

[OCR00867 - Ninja Gaiden "Death of a Legend"]

"Bad transitions"?

Not all classical music follows strict guidelines for key changes. Try listening to anything at all from the Romantic era (Mahler, Stravinsky, Schubert, et. al.)

You may be right about the key changes of classical music, but what does that have to do with the Ninja Gaiden remix? It's orchestral, not classical--right? I thought classical music was specifically FROM the Romantic Era, not music LIKE that in the Romantic Era. Am I wrong?

[OCR00867 - Ninja Gaiden "Death of a Legend"]

I liked the song, but that's not why I'm posting -- I'm here to say that the reason nobody recognizes this song is because it's from the end of the game. And considering the fact that Ninja Gaiden was probably one of the hardest games in the history of mankind, probably the only people who are going to recognize this song are people like me who cheated to beat the game.

Spoken like a cheater. How dare you insult gamers of true skill and intelligence. I was hoping no one would reveal the song's place in Ninja Gaiden in hopes that it would not ruin the experience for some, but oh well.

Just because you cheated doesn't mean you have to right it by feeling you are among the pathetic majority.

[OCR00867 - Ninja Gaiden "Death of a Legend"]

I would describe most of this song as being emotionally powerful. Anybody who has experienced the song originally during the game may feel similarly. Without the listener's mental/emotional attachment to the game the song could loose much of its strength.

Russel Cox has created a wonderful orchestral composition considering the given material (the original song, Requiem) is a mere 22 seconds repeated to make 44 seconds, total.

This is the second remix I have heard to correctly resurrect the essence of Ninja Gaiden. Job well done, but there is always room for improvement--I can only hope to hear it in your future Gaiden remixes.