Morbidi Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Hiya! It's been a while since I last time did something with remixing, so... I was trying the new Monkey Island Special Edition, and remembered how cool the music is in that game. Just about the same moment i noticed the rhythm similarity in the MI theme and Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal". Are ya following me? So, basically here's the intro of Smooth Criminal remixed with MI theme, and then it changes to LeChuck's theme. At first I was going to make a complete "write-over" of Smooth Criminal, but it would've turned out rather boring. Instead, I used it only in the intro, and then changed to polka-ish proge-metal kind of thing, which changes to quite burdened thrash riff. It's still a work-in-progress. It's only a bit over one minute of length, drums are just "put out there" and the guitar parts are recorded on the first try. Well, I guess that's just about all I can say for now, please, criticize it. http://www.savefile.com/files/2156681 (Sorry for the host service, but I don't have any "better" place to upload, so... Just bear with it. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Needs more polka. Sounds ok, but could be better. Take it to #ocrwip. If you say it's metal or rock or guitar, you stand a better chance at hearing from snappleman, sixto, tensei-san, or one of our fellow finnish guitar remixers, they know this stuff better than most of the ppl on the wip board. Tho I can say I think the drums aren't loud enough... or rather, the guitar is too loud. Not much, but I think the drums should punch through a little better. Ask the guitar ppl. From what I can tell, it's pretty cool, tho I would like to hear a different guitar tone for some of the time, it gets old to have just this same one. With the the same part of source repeating a lot, it easily gets old. Sixto did it well in this remix. Tho he used a synth, I think it illustrates how a different sound makes it more varied. A hardpan effect like his intro could also work somewhere in your remix. I can hear Smooth Criminal in there, but it fits so well that I'm not sure I'd notice it if I hadn't read it already. Source is undoubtedly there too, tho I think it could be more creatively handled. It's got a lot of repetition, but changing the chords underneath the melodies could make a huge difference. MI needs more love. This track has potential. Good luck with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GorillaMatic Posted July 20, 2009 Share Posted July 20, 2009 Hey man, this is pretty great.......I was nodding my head to this. I don't want to go into any detail on what you should work on since I'm still kind of getting back into music myself; but if I were to crit something, I would have to say that the main guitar is a bit loud compared to the drums. But, of course you knew that since this is a wip, and you were probably going to make that adjustment in the final mixdown. Hope you finish it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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