Saunders Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Ducktales 'The Amazon Session' Accordion? Cool. I love the instruments used in this mix. It gives it a feeling. What feeling I’m not sure, but it’s there none the less. The only thing that bothers me is that the right panned instrument (some guitar of sorts) was muffled. I’m sure that was done on purpose, but I didn't care for the sound myself. When the acoustic guitar comes in around the middle of the mix (~1:35) it sounds a lot better than the previous muffled guitar. The percussion solo at ~2:05 is really neat. The long drawn out ending suits the mix I found, along with the collective sound hit at the end. 3/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDRS Posted June 23, 2002 Share Posted June 23, 2002 This game is a classic for me, and to hear a remix of this song brings back so many memories. I loved how the song sounded like a live jam session. The different insturments switching soloing definately made it for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skawttieboy Posted June 24, 2002 Share Posted June 24, 2002 I've always thought this was a unique & fun mix. I've enjoyed it for some time, very smooth and relaxing. I place this high on my list...especially since I don't hear many mixes from this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woffester Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Gux Rox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pancakechef Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 i love this song. oh, and rob, in regards to your 'muffled' guitar comments, i believe a mellow jazz guitar is the sample being used, and it works perfectly, in my opinion. cheers, gux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woffester Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 I thought I should edit my old response to this song because it just didn't do Gux justice, but then I thought that this remix was so good that it needed to have some more attention brought to it. I love this mix, I think DJP should have given even MORE kudos to Gux in the description. It is smooth, harmonic, and as a piece, wonderful to listen to. I could leave it on repeat for hours. Download it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilHorde Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 This is a great remix! It had a huge impact on me and now I listen to this all the time. Gux has really managed to keep the feeling from the original NES song. The sounds are perfect as is the arrangement too. And the way the instruments are used is just perfect. The accordion has an incredible flow to it and the guitars couldn´t sound any better. This is SO SWEEEET! The original is an incredible song, but this is 100000000000000000 times better. One of my favourite remixes ever. And I´m sure it´ll always be just that. I want more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tekchip Posted November 24, 2002 Share Posted November 24, 2002 I'm stuck in the elevator and I can't get out. Partially because I dont want to. Awesome mix. I wouldn't mind elevator music if it all sounded like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eccles Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Wonderful instrument selection...love it. I love when it goes jivey, with the swing drums playin....brilliant I have to say I prefer the first part of the song...where the original melody is played on the electric(?) guitar...though Im not a huge fan of when the acoustic plays it...its the way the notes sound to me that does it...they sound obviously plucked...which Im not a fan of. The ending is good...and puts me in mind of those french films when something slow like that plays while a broody poet reccounts his life...like that. And the ending is pretty good too...the little one beat stab (for want of a better word) cant fail in making me smile.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epic1044 Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 I think "Amazon" was meant to be heard like this. The instrumentation is perfect, the execution is ALMOST. The mellow jazz guitar at the beginning sings the melody in front of a laid-back accordian. They switch for the second verse. The solos go well with the song too. Just a couple of hiccups. The first one is a judgement call, but I wish the awesome countermelody at 0:28 would've made it into this remix. The second one is more technical. The acoustic guitar in the third verse needs a little tweaking. It was obviously played on a keyboard, because it issues a loud TWANG above a certain volume. The result is sporadic twanging that covers up the melody underneath. (You'll hear what I mean). It's no big thing, just something that's always dogged a keyboard guitar voice. Props to the composer, and I love the ending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealwool Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I love this song, it's got to be at least my second favorite (after Star Selzman's own Incredible Singing Robot). I keep playing seconds 24-28 over and over again to here that great transistion. Seriously 10 out of 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deshrill Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Wow, this is great. It's Duck Tales meets Super Mario RPG! Very easy listening... Reminds me of some tracks from the recent Mario/Zelda Big Band album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lie Mf B Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Yeah, awesome! Great organic, genuine feel to it (on top of what everybody else said) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Reaper_ Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 Wow, what a great ReMix. I had almost forgotten about what Ducktales sounded like when I stumbled upon this piece, and it brought all the great memories of smacking anthropomorphic dogs on the head with a cane flooding right back. Good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordex Posted May 3, 2005 Share Posted May 3, 2005 Ah this truely is a great remix! I don't recognize the song but alot of it does sound extremely familiar. I just can't say how much I enjoyed this piece, it's so laid back but motivating at the same time, Gux just did an excellent job on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmauro Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Wow, this is great. It's Duck Tales meets Super Mario RPG! Wow, I was just thinking the same thing. Fun fun mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 This ReMix is quite brilliant. I love the instruments played here. Great arrangement, great composition. This is an excellent example of VERY NICE works. Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bummer Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Aloha! This is as the name says, a jam session, a very good session if I might say. Although it´s supposed to be a place that´s haunted by bees and gorillas that doesn´t like ducks with with tall hats, I´m agreeing with pretzel that this has more of an Hawaiian or at least beach feeling. I don´t really knows what´s playing the lead, but it sure sounds good. Tune in this great work from Gux while you can. Aloha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Kind of surprised I never saw Mustin comment on this one, but maybe he wasn't feeling it. This would sound great performed (and further arranged) by The OneUps. Great arrangement, Gustav. Volume was a little too subdued, but the ideas and execution are solid. Definitely an overlooked favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KogeJoe Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hah hah!!! I hated this song in the original game. But it's like, the only Amazon re-mix on here, and I was just curious to hear what they did with it. VERY surprised. I would have never thought of re-mixing it in this genre. The whole time I felt I was at this Hawa'iian luau. The chords of the song just lend themselves to it too! It WOULD be interesting to hear this live, with like a real slide guitar and everything. Kudos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladiator Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I loved this mix. It definitely got a 3 times through listen as I went through all the songs. Very lighthearted and upbeat without a random need for crazy dissonance to "spice" it up (except for a few times in the solos, but I guess I'll let that go). There weren't a lot of surprises here, and I don't have a problem with that. It started happy, ended happy, and made me happy. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucentas Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 A really awesome, fun piece. I love all of the solos, they're amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Hot arrangement that is brought down by it's dated samples. Even as is, it's still a pretty effective mix. I love the upbeat nature of this one, and even with the weakass samples, and bland production, there is a ton of personalization put into all the parts, and lots of velocity and mod changes. I seriously can't tell if the guitar is sequenced or live. That's care put into a lead line. While nothing will top the moon theme as my favorite track from the game, this is a pretty solid entry too, especially considering the age of the mix. Nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Wow, this is actually really good for its time! I'm getting that island relaxation feel from this. While some of the samples are pretty bad, the solo acoustic guitar was pretty convincing (isn't that sequenced?), and I honestly can't tell if the right-panned electric guitar is real or not. But man, that ending though. Could have gone without that last note! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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