SwordBreaker Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 That just happened to me for the first time today. I was playing Star Ocean: First Departure (never played the original) when an extremely familiar track was playing in the background of a village. It took me awhile to remember where I've heard this before; Hale-Bopp's "Summertime" ReMix. As soon as I did, I appreciated the original and the remix even more. Anyone had the same encounter? BTW, First Departure rocks. Huge fan of Star Ocean 2 on the PS1 and I was glad that the prequel's remake is modeled after SO2. Star Ocean 3 sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasfen Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Actually, there are games that I want to play because of the ReMixes (and many that I want to revisit as well). This has happened more often with shows like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and Wolf's Rain where I listened to the soundtracks for years before watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hy Bound Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 This has happened to me a lot. I'm sorry to say I'm not as well-versed in old-school gamery as I'd like. After having gone back and played Metroid Prime, Chrono Cross, Mega Man 2 and several others, I've noticed a lot of music I hadn't remembered listening to in the first place but had nostalgia for nonetheless. Hell, FFMusicDJ's String Machine resonated so well for me that when I revisited the Corel Prison in FF7 (a song i didn't remember at all the first couple times i played through) I suddenly had a rush of nostalgia for that song. Not to go terribly off-topic, but I recently bought the Mass Effect album for the galaxy map music even though I didn't really enjoy the game. I ended up loving the entire album so much I went back and finished the game. Then I loved the game so much I've almost gotten 100% completion on a second playthrough. I never thought a game's music would color my experience so much with it; it brought back a game I was "meh" about to one of my favorite RPG's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pezman Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Personally, I like it the other way around. I like to know where the baseline came from before I start listening to remixes. Since the remixes are usually more complex than the originals, I find myself better able to appreciate them if I'm familiar with the source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 As a judge I'd say the vast majority of remixes I end up listening to are ones where I haven't heard the original first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Odyssey Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I like to do the same as Pezman, but zircon is completely right (of course, it rarely happens since nobody submits to OLR ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillRock Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 As a judge I'd say the vast majority of remixes I end up listening to are ones where I haven't heard the original first. Same here, the entirety of the final fantasy, chrono trigger games, some of the LoZ, etc, I first heard as remixes. Its like - whenever I hear TMNT's sewer surfin, (is it even called that lol) I think of sixto's remix, and terra theme, I always think of Terra in black etc... But then again, thats what this site does, introduces you to great music that you can download for free. God I love this site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobaltstarfire Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Yeah, a majority of the music I have from OCR is from games I have never played and probably will never have to opportunity to do so. I like it though, there's so much diversity in the music here it's always fun when something new comes in, especially if I end up liking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anosou Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 As a judge I'd say the vast majority of remixes I end up listening to are ones where I haven't heard the original first. Truth. Also since I'm born in -89 and never had a NES, SNES or anything I pretty much started from PSX and have heard only a fraction of earlier VGM. Heh. Yeah.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vagrance Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 My favorite is MAKING remixes to games you've never played before. Kinda puts a whole perspective on things when you don't know the original context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Agreed. I had never played Eternal Champions when I made my remix of that theme, for example, and likewise I had never actually played Mega Man 2 either (to my recollection.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnowhathuh Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Happens to me all the time. I've never played 2/3 of the games these remixes originate from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniacodepressif Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm lucky enough to know most games where remixes come from. That Corel Prison song remixed, StringMachine, is extremely different from the original. Well the first one is in 3/4, the remix in 4/4. It's one of my top 100 remixes from here for sure! It's better then the original, although it fits well in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salluz Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hearing a remix before the original can be good, considering that the person may/will develop an interest to hear the original or play the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entropicdecay Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 It's definitely inspired me to check out games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incronaut Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 That just happened to me for the first time today. I was playing Star Ocean: First Departure (never played the original) when an extremely familiar track was playing in the background of a village. It took me awhile to remember where I've heard this before; Hale-Bopp's "Summertime" ReMix. As soon as I did, I appreciated the original and the remix even more. Anyone had the same encounter? BTW, First Departure rocks. Huge fan of Star Ocean 2 on the PS1 and I was glad that the prequel's remake is modeled after SO2. Star Ocean 3 sucked. i think there needs to be more star ocean fans out there, i love the series and SO2 to death... 3 was pretty bad until the very end, you got some pretty cool skills... never played the first one, i guess i should haha... Truth.Also since I'm born in -89 and never had a NES, SNES or anything I pretty much started from PSX and have heard only a fraction of earlier VGM. Heh. Yeah.. weird, im born in -88 and i was well adept in the whole classic gaming scene, but then again having an older brother and an older cousin did help also... (streets of rage ftw) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binjovi Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 My brother typically doesn't want to hear a remix from a game he's not familiar with. I always counter with, "But if it's good music, it's good music, right?" I think that the music itself can shine through no matter whether you're familiar with it or not. Why should it be any different than anything else you listen to? Is the fact that it's a remix make it so different from hearing a song on the radio for the first time? I'd like to think that's not the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxx Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I love when this happens. Street Fighter 3 Third Strike was the case for me, listening to McVaffe's breakbeat piano car commercial remix was a tune I listened to a lot before actually playing the game. By the way, I am also playing Star Ocean First Departure. I am loving every minute of it, I'll have to play the rest of the series now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theory of N Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Truth.Also since I'm born in -89 and never had a NES, SNES or anything I pretty much started from PSX and have heard only a fraction of earlier VGM. Heh. Yeah.. I was born in '90 and I started out on NES very young...sho did like to shoot them ducks... EDIT: perhaps the foreign...ness contributes to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMetal Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I've heard a good number of remixes and unfortunately haven't played lots of games that predate the N64 (yes, I know, for shame). I actually playing started BOTH Castlevania and Chrono Trigger because of remixes. Edit: Also Mega Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palpable Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I'm playing through FFXII right now and for a while I was waiting to hear the source for avaris' The Winds of Inishmore, having forgotten where in the game it was used. Then I got my ass kicked by a boss and finally got to hear it. Agreed. I had never played Eternal Champions when I made my remix of that theme, for example, and likewise I had never actually played Mega Man 2 either (to my recollection.) But you've played MM2 now, right? (P.S. Answer this question wrong and you're off the panel.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Yep. Have it on Wii I did play MM3, MM for Gameboy, and MMX1-5 prior to doing the MM2 mix... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmr Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 My favorite is MAKING remixes to games you've never played before.Kinda puts a whole perspective on things when you don't know the original context. I wholeheartedly agree. I had never played Quest For Glory before doing my FBRC2008 entry, and it was the easiest remix I've ever completed. (I'm slowly working on revising that one for submission, but it's on ice for now... I'm hopefully getting a new audio interface in the near future, so I'm waiting until I can do a proper guitar recording.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XZero Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I bought a Greatest Hits copy of Chrono Cross due in large part to the remixes. Also, hearing the Xenogears ReMixes before playing the game really made me appreciate the music itself more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tables Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I was convinced to get Super Metroid on the VC because of all the beautiful remixes of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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