djpretzel Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Wow, lots of drum work. This seems like a mix I can like sometimes, but hate some others based on the percussion alone. However, this does have an excellent ambient feel, and that makes it worth it to me (the guitar sample needs to be changed though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arai Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I believe that the guitar fits in well with the whole neo-scary mood of the song. Neo-scary being a word I made up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capwn Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Not feeling the guitar..but i like the rest a whole lot. I never played the game, hell i never heard of it but it's good work...just need to change the guitar sample Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatformerMastah Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I'm really liking it, but I think those screams got really annoying. If the screams weren't there though, it'd be much better. But it is good enough already. (Especially considering it's virtually impossible to get a remix posted on the site anymore. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merquise Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I love Starcontrol 2, its one of my favorite old games. But most of these songs sound nothing like the original ones =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz the Cat Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I'm really liking it, but I think those screams got really annoying.If the screams weren't there though, it'd be much better. But it is good enough already. (Especially considering it's virtually impossible to get a remix posted on the site anymore. ) The Druuge deal in people, both as slaves and as fuel. When they need a boost, they just toss an expendable into the ship's reactor. This serves two purposes: it gives the ship a boost and the screams of the slave being taken apart on the molecular level tend to raise the efficiency level of the other slaves... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbynob Littlun Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I've probably spent more hours of my life playing Star Control 2 than any other game. I think I can say it with authority, that this fits the Druuge better than any old-school remix. You'd have to play the game to see The screams don't really detract from the song when you're actually playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeOmega Posted September 19, 2004 Share Posted September 19, 2004 Never played the game. Big fan of Industrial, and this fits the bill nicely. Very good stuff. I really, really enjoy this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Vagabond Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Awesom stuff and it fits so well when your actually talking to the nasty lil terds ingame. Gotta love the UQM project at soureforge (free game) especially with the added music (this included) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Holy drums, I have to agree the samples on this are excellent. I'm digging the machine gun bass near the middle. Very unique for an otherwise ambient mix and I think it works pretty well. The screaming and guitar really have to go, IMO. I can see how the screams would enhande the mix for some, but they just grate on me. PS. love the drums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphist Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I love how the drums at the end mimic machine gun fire and explosions to complement the screaming. Pretty creative, and a nicely executed track all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Nope, screams and guitar aren't doing it for me. I will agree with most everyone else that the drums sound quite good though. This one's more ambient/stylistic than melody driven, and I can't really bring myself to like it over the screams in particular. Too bad, percussion was quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Strange ambient source, but given Mark Vera's approach to Metroid in the past (being one of the first works I heard from him), I can understand the motives to adapt Star Control. It does indeed manage to capture more of an original melody on top of the rather disjointed sounding source material; not saying that's a bad thing but it takes guts to show some expansion on it for something short of 5 minutes here. The synth guitar, while not the best sound I've heard, could've easily benefitted with some modulation and envelope filtering to better realise itself; it's not too bad on its own though with the sustain and pitch bending in, so it's not too bad looking at it at a larger level./ I also have to mention that with the amount of intense double-bass kicks in there, some better kick drum realisation could've helped, most notably in the field of velocities, given the acoustic nature that the kit carries. That was easily transferred to the cymbals though, so it would've been good to hear it being carried over somewhere else. If I had more of an attachment for the game, or if the source was a more memorable one to me, I might've been more at home with something like this, but as it is it's definitely one of Mark Vera's more different works witnessed. Sadly I'm not going to keep this due to its age really sticking out with the production concerns and lack of attachment to the arrangement, but I do indeed see some good potential for the sheer amount of Star Control love given towards the site. It can be seen as inspirational if one is seen as a one-man army for covering a game like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crulex Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Strangely, I actually liked this ReMix quite a lot. The dark, creepy atmosphere was pretty evident in this and I can see what he was aiming for at least. I have to agree that the synth guitar should have either been tweeked a bit or taken out completely, but I thought the screams worked here. In a dark torturous ReMix like this, screams just sounded right to me here, though I could easily understand why it's not for everyone. The percussion work is obviously the best part of the ReMix, and while it overall does show it's age, I enjoyed it. Without the guitar, or with a better sounding guitar, I think this would have been amazing. On a side note, the video preview glitches up a little after the 3:40 mark. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansdown Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 I can't explain what draws me to this piece. Its melody and rhythm are very well done: it repeats its strongest melody at 1:00-1:30 and 3:00-3:30. In between that? I can't follow what's happening. Overall it's got a nice dark groove! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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