djpretzel Posted August 3, 2003 Posted August 3, 2003 Hello, I made a breakbeat remix of the ending theme to Super Mario Land on Gameboy. It doesn't appear that it's been done on this site, so I gave it a shot. It was tough to remix, due to an odd bridge, but I think it works out well. The song can be downloaded here: *right click, save as* I don't have any remixes on OCR yet, so I guess I'm new. Artist name: DJ Ikronix Real Name: Robert Brooks Website: http://artist.amazon.com/djikronix Email: robertbrooks@hotmail.com I guess that's it...let me know if I left out anything.
Malcos Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 The arpeggio that the mix starts with and the main melody make good separate sections, but putting them together results in major off-keyness between 0.25-1.28. From 1.29-2.50 it was all good. Mixing was good, sounds were eq'ed nicely and mastering was ok. The off-keyness is the main issue here. NO
Protricity Posted August 5, 2003 Posted August 5, 2003 There is indeed a bit of off note-age stickin out through this song. Only other problem would be its rather repetitive nature. Beat is cool, but doesn't change up too much. The song has a very good feel to it though. I'm rather borderline on this one. Resubmit with the off-notes fixed and perhaps more percussive variation alone with melodict variation. NO
Digital Coma Posted August 17, 2003 Posted August 17, 2003 Nice dynamics and layered instrumentation; the intro is a good example of that. I'm afraid you haven't done enough with the original melody though, besides the unpleasantly off-key bits. The drums are also rather overused, especially alongside a 4/4 beat. Volume levels are a bit too low in the first half. The arpeggios and breaks are great ways of arranging the theme, but the interpretation is too strict as is. NO; am also interested in a resubmit.
Israfel Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 At times the harmony is rather interesting. The beginning sounds downright polytonal. Hard to tell if what's going on there was intentional or if you just got confused by the harmony. Might what to double check your samples to make sure they're in tune with each other, and double check the notes in that section. The section at 2:52 does the same thing. To be honest though, regardless of what you intended, I find the "off-ness" to be far more interesting than if it were traditional harmony. Seems to depend a bit too much on the drum (loops?) to propel the piece forward- but that's a fairly minor issue. Borderline for me- like the harmony, not totally digging the beats- but overall I thought this was pretty fun YES
m68030 Posted August 18, 2003 Posted August 18, 2003 Not a whole lot going on in this mix... just a melody and som drums... and the atonality in the opening just doesn't seem justified by the rest of the track.... and the genre doesn't seem to justify the arrangement. It's just not in a high enough gear for my ears. NO
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