neminem Posted May 13, 2004 Posted May 13, 2004 This is my favorite mix ever, and probably will remain so for eternity. Just wanted to say that. Also, I wanted to say that apparently Estradasphere has forgotten all about this, as I asked them about it last year at their show and they all got blank looks on their faces. So much for hearing more of them. Quote
Corporal Eschebone Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Real awesome, professional jazz here. Perfect execution. Whenever I was younger I had always thought of jazz as being boring, uneventful music; but after listening to several jazz pieces on this site [i.e. AmIEvil's Battle Rocks, and Mazedude's Trippin' on Snails], I learned that jazz was the complete opposite of that. Now I'm interested in getting a lot more jazz... Quote
TrueMagoo Posted August 2, 2004 Posted August 2, 2004 Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note. My high school is working on it currently. So if anyone wants a copy, just email me and I can get it to you. I just recently posted the arrangement on SibeliusMusic.com. You can listen to it and print it out right from here... http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=55070 . Thanks for all the emails I've receieved, and even more thanks to Estradasphere, who have created such an awesome arrangement. Quote
CC Ricers Posted August 3, 2004 Posted August 3, 2004 For a while I thought 'wait, that SBM2 song would sound great in jazz, or a piano ragtime'. My wish came true. I first heard this song over at VGMix, and it really is the stuff of legends. Quote
schwagnah Posted September 14, 2004 Posted September 14, 2004 Dang, this is one superb mix. Jazz fan or not, this is one of the best, if not THE best Mario mix I have heard so far. Everything sort of flows perfectly into this night-club style Jazz session where everybody is tapping their feet and swinging their heads. Awesome stuff. 10/10 Quote
doublejbass Posted December 15, 2004 Posted December 15, 2004 This is clearly the best remix on this site. Many of the posted songs are the result of glamer-kiddies who get their hands on a copy of Fruity Loops and have no feel for the music, and essentially just create a "techno enhancement" that ends up sounding manufactured, lame, and most of the time, I'd really rather just listen to the original NSF. For this song, however, that is clearly not the case. It did not surprise me to see that this jazz band did mostly other things, "normal music." In their music, they demonstrate a clear understanding of the style, and take a melody that has always been one of the staples of great video game music and follow its natural evolution to give it the proper treatment in the style it was composed in in the first place. The improvisational breaks, most notably the first solo, are a pure joy to listen to, as they build on the progressions in silky smooth fashion, and the way this performance pulls us back, keeping the intensity at full blast, and expertly builds us back up to their rocking finale leaves nothing to be desired. In the end, its artistry and expertise set it in a class above all the rest of the songs on this site, and far above all but the very best of the rest. It takes something like this to make a listener realize just where the bar should be. Highest recommendation. ***** Quote
Blake Posted December 25, 2004 Posted December 25, 2004 JESUS CHRIST! WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD THIS SONG? HOWCOME NOBODY HAS MENTIONED HTIS MIX TO ME?! This is the first REAL non-synthesized jazz mix on OCR that I've heard, and this is some real skill. The sax and bass player have some amazing improvisation. Great arrangement, all the players really can swing. Me being in a jazz band, it's nice to finally have a jazz song with a feel of swing on OCR. Good stuff, I'm really excited. This stays on my playlist for a long time. Quote
Tex Posted December 26, 2004 Posted December 26, 2004 How pretty music! This work is very amused. I liked to hear this Great Plumber/Jazz! Quote
Blake Posted January 1, 2005 Posted January 1, 2005 Hi, I'm a Music Ed/Composition major at SUNY Geneseo. This song is truly awesome. Seriously, when I heard it I was in shock. So much shock that I arranged it for Big Band. If anyone wants to use my arrangement, you can e-mail me at mrm12@geneseo.edu and I can send you the Sibelius file. Everything is all written out, including the exact alto sax solo and the bass solo, the solos are transcribed note for note. My high school is working on it currently. So if anyone wants a copy, just email me and I can get it to you. I just recently posted the arrangement on SibeliusMusic.com. You can listen to it and print it out right from here... http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/cgi-bin/show_score.pl?scoreid=55070 . Thanks for all the emails I've receieved, and even more thanks to Estradasphere, who have created such an awesome arrangement. I love you guys. Thank you so much for doing this. I gotta give this to my band teacher first thing monday morning at jazz band. Quote
neminem Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 JESUS CHRIST! WHY HAVEN'T I HEARD THIS SONG? HOWCOME NOBODY HAS MENTIONED HTIS MIX TO ME?! In fact, nobody (where by nobody I mean myself, if that wasn't clear) has repeatedly plugged this song as probably the best that OCR has to offer. You must have just not been listening . And yes - this is pretty much the best song on OCR, no joke. Quote
Bilde Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Bloody nice! Must download, must hear, must own! Quote
Bahamut Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 For those who never listened to this song, go download it now! And then go buy the band's CDs! A version of this song is found on their CD Buck Fever, which is a pretty frickin sweet CD, and is worth what you spend on it. This remix does indeed kick ass though, gotta love their homage to video game music. Quote
Brim Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Holy crap, this song is the most awesome song I have ever heard, wow. I can't express my love for this song, I love every single moment of it. Quote
the_mayor Posted March 13, 2005 Posted March 13, 2005 i once proformed in a jazz band but we didn't play video game tunes. hearing this mix makes me wish we did. this is a really sweet song. a must download Quote
jordex Posted June 10, 2005 Posted June 10, 2005 OMG I just love this song! It's too damn good, I wish I knew about it earlier! I just love that bass solo One of the best jazz, bass solos I've ever heard! This is perfect Quote
Nite_Moogle Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 I stumbled on this in a random lineup of the first 1250 mixes and it's probably one of the best things I've ever found on the internet. I can't express how much I love this one. Quote
Abstractication Posted July 26, 2005 Posted July 26, 2005 I just had this remix on for the 9835840th time. I liked this song a lot from the start. One of my favorites. And I love jazz to start with. It'd be so awesome if the highschool jazzband performed this. Damn excellent it is. Quote
pilif Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 well.... I always found that music in SMB2 kind of strange on my NES. This remix shows how great it actually is - once you play it like this. Great! Quote
lady zelda Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 Gotta love it! Those improvisations give it that extra authentic jazzy flare that just gets it swingin'! Imagine this: you're in a schmancy nightclub, spring of 1927, fancy dresses and flapper bob hair dancing freely Chicago style to this amazing (drastic understatement) remix! Now what can top that? Quote
linkspast Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 this is sweet with a plus 5 to coolness factor, I created an account just to say how cool this is Quote
Burger Deluxe Posted January 2, 2006 Posted January 2, 2006 ....wow. finally, my love for jazz and video games have united, and truly given me a masturbatory moment of bliss. That bass solo is unbelievably sexy. I had to go back just to make sure I heard it right. Too much good stuff here. Ha, I can't stop smiling. This has to be THE best remix on this site. Not to slam the others, but this is just exactly what I think when I think 'game remix'. Sooooo good. Almost too good for words. Quote
zpeterz63 Posted March 1, 2006 Posted March 1, 2006 I'm currently on a trek to listen to every single OC Remix (well, the one's that have been put up in torrents at least) and I can honestly say that this is, without a doubt, still my favorite OC Remix track out there. The theme music is preserved, yet it sounds like this work is completely original. Not a hint of being forced into the jazz mold and then the jazz itself is top rate. The solos are to die for and just the whole big band feel in general is enough to make this both my favorite and most listened to track. I give it a solid five out of five sporks and if I could give it more, I would. Quote
Liontamer Posted May 10, 2006 Posted May 10, 2006 Both classic and classy. That is just some sick (and slick) rearrangement. Dunno why I never gave it its due before. [/shrug] Very nice stuff. Quote
isthan Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 Okay, let me say this: I know nothing about jazz or remixing. I just happen to love music. And THIS is the stuff I love. Especially the solo is TEH AWESOMENESS. Easily 10/10. Quote
Hyperion5182 Posted July 21, 2006 Posted July 21, 2006 Bumpin this back up for the people who dont know. This mix just owns. End of story if ya love good music download this!! Quote
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