Chimpazilla Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Remixers: Emunator, Chimpazilla Emunator's Comments: This is one of my most ambitious arrangements to date. The original File Select song from SM64 was only about 20 seconds long, but it served as a warm, gentle prelude to a grand adventure that left a huge nostalgic imprint on my mind. It was a challenge expanding such a short source to a full-fledged 5 minute arrangement. To accomplish that, I shuffled between several styles here - because it's me, it's full of layered, watery pads and a dozen different bell sounds, but I wanted to really flesh out my style with some synth/pop influences, and also bring back more of the ethnic overtones that were featured in my first two remixes. The last section is a (hopefully very obvious) homage to 'Africa' by Toto that I had an absolute blast writing. This has been in the works for over 2 years. It was sitting at about 90% completion for the longest time, but something was missing. I showed it to my good friend Chimpazilla and she just ran with it. She filled in the gaps in my track with some original melodies and harmonies, additional percussion and pad layers, and gave it a dynamite mastering job that really made it shine. She helped me get over that last hurdle and truly do justice to the original concept I had in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Rubber stamp. Y'all dun good. YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Yep, this one is firing on all gears: nice, clear production and strong source usage and interpretation. Nit picking: string(?) lead around 1:55 had some awkward note changes. Not sure if it was intended to be an organic instrument, but it works as a synthetic one. Sounds sweet. Great job YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 nice mix of themes, cool production, it's good. Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_NutS Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 This is very good and I wasn't expecting any less when I saw the remixer names. There are several traps we can fall into when we take such a simple jingle and try to expand on it: repetitiveness, including too much original content, breaking familiarity with the source, among others. None of these are present here and instead we get a remix that truly extends the arrangement in a natural way. Loved the percussion and groove, and the usage of wind instruments throughout was spotless. LOVED IT. If I had to nitpick, I'd nitpick the strings at 1:50, which sounded a bit odd and stiff. But that doesn't take away from the flawless job you both did. Loved the smb theme references as well, Nice work.YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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