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Tecmo Cup 'Razors Theme (Guts Mix)'
A nice dance track. I wasn't too big on the vocal bits, but they fit well.
It feels kinda long though because it's a simple theme, but being
a technoy thing, that's all well and good. neat.
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I had fun writing this one.. As the ID3 states, originally I wanted
to write a slow peaceful stringshit track. That idea quickly
disolved when I realized the first chord sounded like the
overworld theme. Ideas are so fleeting sometimes. it was very quickly
downhill from there into my usual realms of laborously tweaked
distortion and destruction. One day I'll do something that is beautiful and
delicate. This would have been it, if I hadn't just gutterf*cked it
half way though. The transitions are quick and dirty.. I sort of
threw it together as I went along. "Hey, that sounds sort of line this
theme, and that one sounds like this one..." and Hey, this doesn't
sound half bad. I dont really think DJP likes my style, which is fine,
because he at least puts up with it. (: And I think enough of you get a
kick out of my little head trips that I'll probably keep churning out the
dirty bits for you for a while to come now. Anyway, I'm done ranting.
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I know i've given Praz a lot of stife over this mix... it's not that I don't
like it, because it's really a great arrangement and shift in style, as he's
stated... My problem is that it just feels like it's falling ever so short
of the beauty of the original, and that pisses me off violently because it's
so damn good, but there is that one undescribable something that
keeps it from being jaw dropping. It makes me fustrated to even think
about it, i love the original so much, and this is such a great arrangment,
but i'm repeating myself now and starting to get fustrated, so I'll stop.
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Zillion 'Inside the Roadhouse'
Dum dee dum dee dum dee.. Such a bouncy little bass line and a
wonderfulicious chippy lead line that makes me want to slap someone.
It's amazing, i can actually listen to this one with headphones, a first
for a djp track. Cool.
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OCR00673 - Chrono Trigger & Chrono Cross 'Molding of Destinies'
Beautiful. I really enjoyed this one. Nice and smooth. You know the
monkey machine isn't always a hardcore industrial grind your
ass on a rusted cog fan. No, sometimes I need something just
flat out gorgeous to listen to. and this would definitely fit the bill.
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hostile but cuddly? Like a giant concrete teddy bear that can rip
your arms off but knows no reason? I dunno, but this remix
definatly has some nice stuff going on. The break beats are particularly
hostile sounding. Very sharp and fast. The lead synth has sort of a
smooth coldness to it.. I wouldn't call it very cuddly. Maybe around the
1:33 mark when the drums walk off stage left it becomes a little less
evil hostilish. It's a little more cuddly there.. but we already know it has
teeth, so I'm not gonna go rubbing up on it. nice work.
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Final Fantasy 'Hostility'
Probably one of Pollard's rougher sounding mixes. The patches used
just don't seem to be up to the caliber we've all come to expect from
him. However, if you're looking for a good mix of FF1 battle music
you don't have too many options, so don't turn your nose at it so
quickly.
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Final Fantasy 'Beginning of the Fantasy'
Nice combination of heavy drum thumping with swelling and
sweeping strings. A harp covers a lot of the melody, occasionally stepping
aside for other strings to build up the theme. A shame it's only 3 min long.
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Final Fantasy VIII 'Liberi Fatali Overhaul'
Matt Pollard really knows his stuff. This is a great example of how
throwing a drum track over an original can sound great. And since he's
better than just slapping down some dirty looping he builds on it with
a chippish organ patch, sort of a dirty saw wave thing. Chewy.
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Robocop 'CPC Zone'
I love chip tunes. Absolutely adore them. And it's almost 6 minutes long!
Slowly developing into a ravenous dance track with an acidic bassline
and happy-go-chippy leads that chirp and blip all over the place. OCR
needs more music like this, but I doubt people really appreciate them.
I do, and I wubbles it.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 'Dub Island (Bashment Riddim Edit)'
Great arrangement here, with wonderfully clean instruments. I particularly
enjoy the steel drum section. It's a little too precise to really capture
the loose impromptu feel of a Caribbean steel drum performance, but that's
ok, because something fast and wild just wouldn't fit into this machine
tooled track. I like.
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Ninja Gaiden 'Vengeance'
It always depresses me to hear a song starting off with shredding
guitars and be less than 12 minutes long. I'm depressed a lot. Anything
less than 6 minutes just doesn't give you much time to develop anything.
This is a straight up guitar cover that fades out much too quickly.
Go ahead and grab it. You'll enjoy it, while it lasts.
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Secret of Mana 'Time in the Clouds DX'
An interesting mix.. moving around trying to decide just how it wants
to go.. switching between orchestral sounding arrangements to soft
ballad, then to piano and back again. The instruments don't
sound half bad either.
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Dragon Warrior 'Thou Art a DJ'
Ah yes, the classic four on the floor dance track with the 2 measure
long snare rolls and stabby lead. indeed it may be the backbone of
modern electronic dance music. If that's your thing, then this track
will do it. A great theme done in a cookie cutter genre.. Not the
highest energy mix I've heard, but it's not terrible.
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Bionic Commando 'ASSAULT'
*Insert obligitory comment about how djp can't hear high pitched
noises here* An early djp remix, this one is another classic djp track.
djp's style is usually pretty easily picked out among OCR tracks.
Nice instrumentation and arrangement that feels very much like
the original NES sound in timbre. Almost like someone ripped out the
CPU in an original NES and replaced it with a 50Mhz RISC or something..
interesting.
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Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 'AmIEviL Dark World'
A little bit more straightforward electronica than many of AmIEviL's other
tracks, this Dark World mix is short and a little less refined sounding then
many of his other works. However the last 50 seconds or so, when
the lead line finally breaks in, it's a nice solid feel. A shame it's only the
last 50 seconds or so when this one really shines.
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Final Fantasy VII 'Costa del Sol DANCE'
A wonderful Latin salsa mamba whatever dance track. The piano has a
little swingy up beat feel, and minimal vibes give this a nice open loungy
feel. Feels like it would fit in just fine at a club or bar in Costa del Sol.
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Tetris (GB) 'CheDDer'
Thud thud thud thud. 303 303 303 303. Hi, I'm a dance track,
and if you can't tell, i'm going to make it very obvious. Go find a DDR
pad and play Tetris with it, this song playing. I'm sure that'll make you
feel better.
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Shadow of the Beast 'Journey'
Such a nice clean sound. Very open and broad. The piano and bellish
pads have a wonderful ring and blend together quite well. The drums
also do not over power the rest of the sound. It's a little fragile sounding,
but it's such a great arrangement it just fits together. Cool.
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Castlevania II 'Bloody Tears Inspired'
Very nice interpretation of the Bloody Tears theme. The original aspect
puts a nice spin on the theme, building off of it in a totally new melody,
but still maintaining the feel of the original. Neat.
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Legend of Zelda 'Essential Links'
The reverbing on the drum lines causes a constant hiss from the higher
bits. The rest of the remix is a simple synth cover of the classic
Zelda theme song, backed by a simple bass line, and later a timpani
support line. Nothing too fancy.
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Super Ghouls'n Ghosts 'Ice Mountain Symphony'
Mythical sounding strings and flutes start out this light hearted cover
of the Ice Mountain theme. I rather enjoy the ethereal quality of the
instruments and theme. They fit together very well. A shame this one
is so short, but you can only get so much of a good thing.
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Punch-Out!! 'Dream Fighter'
Excellent work from Scott here. The reverbed piano intro plays
on the intro theme before bringing the original theme in a pizzicato
string lead. It all sounds soft and smooth. however You might notice
how hard the piano sounds. That's because he's about to bring
in some classic Peeples 'tear your ass up' break beats. Great
opposition in the smooth strings and piano and hard hitting beats.
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Final Fantasy VI 'The Atomizer'
Whatever Mustin was on, i want some of it. This three-car pile-up
of movie clips, guitar shredding, and saxophone seduction is
probably the single most bizzare thing we've heard out of Mustin.
Check out the Haunted Hell (IncuCujoKonda D. Bros Mix) for more
Mustin weirdness. Very cool.
OCR00682 - Sonic Adventure "Taikal Drum 'n' Ragga"
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Sonic Adventure 'Taikal Drum 'n' Ragga'
Mmmm.. Juicy. I like. Wonderful skittery drum lines and a beautifully
crisp lead instrument gives this track a wonderful atmosphere. McVaffe
continues to kick my ass with no remorse. Cool.