djpretzel Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLiterate Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Hmm, hells yes The strings are sexy, I love lo-fi synths, and the source material is so catchy/great that it makes it hard not to love this one, especially with the added original goodies that Snapple has provided Very solid EDIT: Snapple: What Snapple: ? Snapple: I did no such thing EazyPInc1: SnappleMan correct? Or am I going insane? Snapple: Yes Snapple: I've done no cave story EazyPInc1: ...what the funk... EazyPInc1: apparently EazyPInc1: you have EazyPInc1: *shows* SNK Freak: the fuck o_O So, Snappleman didn't do this one...still pretty hot OK Drum did it then, gg guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Yeah, don't know where you got that impression. This remix was ALLLLL DOUG! Go Doug! Woo! Brilliant! Sexay! Shake that thang! XD EDIT: Oh yeah, and your mom, too! I guess you didn't do it *completely* alone... Dougley Doo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atmuh Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I like it lots but can't say none else cuz I got no brains for music stuffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fridge Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 This is fantastic work here, all the synths used are ridiculously smooth sounding and wonderful. I don't know the source at all, so I can't say how much credit goes where, but the melodies here are all fantastic and the song as a whole just seems to drift past (in a good way). The flute and drums fit in fantastically, as well. Only gripe I had was with the string part around the 2:50 area, not for the performance itself, but just the fact that it stood out just for being far harsher sounding than anything else going on, and a bit loud as well. Still sounded great, just didn't seem to quite sit as well with everything else for me. Great track, if you're reading this to help decide, it's well worth the bandwidth for a download... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amayirot Akago Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Great atmospheric track from a great game. Thumbs up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Ascher-Weiss Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 YOU RULE DOUG!!!! AWESOME WORK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-san Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Awesome mix. Great beats and really relaxing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoeTaKa Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I never knew DrumUltimA was so damn cool!! Love this mix dude. Violin/Viola melts my heart. Ace drum programming . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 OMG DOUG TEH DRUMS WERE SEXAY DO YOU PLAY DRUMS IN REAL LIFE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 As I've said before, awesome mix. Percussion is brilliant, live instruments (especially the violin and viola) are absolutely beaufitul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audity Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Having heard the main melody about 500 times before, it's gotten a bit boring, so it playing by its lonesome during the beginning wasn't great for me. Due to me knowing how the whole song sounds now, listening to the newly incorporated melody at about the one minute mark, despite it being quite lonesome as well, has me enjoying it now, due to its very remixed nature of "Balcony", so it's appropriate for buildup obviously, whereas I might not have understood it upon first listen. It's not until the Balcony section at 1:30 or so starts playing that the whole song piques my interest, regardless of what listen # I'm on. It reminds me of the calm piano section in Corran's Cave Story mix. Sounds more like a remix of Terra's theme from FF6 at points, with a hint of Metroid Prime atmosphere. I'm not a fan of the great increases in volume. Strings are pretty nice otherwise, and I like the synth solo (that area of the mix sounds like a smooth rendition of some Mega Man song). The song follows no real genre guidelines, which has me really picky picky about things. But ultimAtely (lol) I find the combinations of instruments occasionally to not work out well to my liking; this is teamed with the volume issues. This remix is what it is, but personally I would have liked some additional elements thrown in somewhere, or some kind of other driving force (besides the bass), since as I mentioned before I don't really like the melody. The whole song's not really much of a solo Cave Story mix than it is Cave Story, Mega Man, Secret of Mana (the Balcony source tune and melody in and of themselves reek of SoM), and FF6. Okay okay it's a Cave Story mix . Regardless of any of my possible harshness given with my spoken opinion (perhaps I need to listen with speakers instead, or listen with a higher volume, which would probably be painful given the 2nd half of the song, something I very dislike [the bass is really nice at higher volumes, no matter the section of the song]), I will completely and eagerly await more submissions by DrumUltimA, since I think he's capable of a very wide range of techniques and genres. Edit: actually listening to it with higher volume really makes me not think of the instruments having an out-of-place feeling anymore. However I still feel uncomfortable listening to those strings when they first enter. 1:14-1:19 right ear has some issues. I can somewhat hear some kind of musicality that was trying to be done with it, but it sounds a bit cluttered. Luckily besides the string volume, random singular synth-note volume increase, and possibly cluttered ending, this is pretty much the only "flaw" in production that I can spot, with my highly trained (not) production-noticing ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadmusicion Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 5 out of 5 in my book. BIG thumbs up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Shadow Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 been waiting for this to be posted for so very long :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumUltimA Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Sounds more like a remix of Terra's theme from FF6 at points, with a hint of Metroid Prime atmosphere. yaaay someone noticed Thanks a bunch for the feedback guys! I'm totally psyched Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Man, weaksauce ending. It's like an Olympic figure skater beautifully starting a run that everyone in the stands knows, just KNOWS is going to get a perfect ten points, and then just stopping three-fourths of the way through and going over to the refreshment stand for a hot dog. (they have hot dogs at Olympic ice rinks, right) I agree with a few of the J's (oshit reality collapsing) on the drums, too: good writing, but more BEEF would've been nice. Breakdown at 1:34 is awesome. Kick in the crotch at 2:51 is awesome. Solo at 3:08 is awesome. Penultimate section at 4:21 is awesome. XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VRemedyz Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Glad to see this up here, I knew you could do it Doug! I really like how you kept the atmospheric feel of the original Moonsong, yet you definatly developed it to give it your own unique style. You and Jill have to collab sometime... BTW Doug, Shiran says hi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Fox Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Stylish! The drum programming is excellent for most of the mix, the violin at 2:52 is great and the synth solo afterwards is awesome. Congratulations Doug, looking foward for more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Damn, this is a fantastic mix! I've been listening to it over and over for the past two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamato2299 Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 It's a beautiful song and I love the violin. Not much else to say that hasn't been said already so I'll end it by saying I look forward to hearing more stuff like this from you in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Damn, that violin at 2:50 is great. Sends shivers down my spine, alas only for a short time. This mix could have used a little more energy, and both flute as well as violin can deliver that. So yeah, nice song, but more POWER next time, plz. And more violin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indrik Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 If the violin took a bigger role throughout the whole thing, this would be on my playlist forever. If you don't intend to do another work like that, at least edit this one use more of the other instruments that only briefly appeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted September 25, 2007 Share Posted September 25, 2007 Beautiful arrangement, good changeups throughout and classy use of live instruments, synths, and samples. Great drum programming too (though, what do you expect with that kind of name?). This should've been on my playlist earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I wish the drums were a little forward in the mix, as they are really tasteful and groovin, but otherwise this is good stuff. Nice live instruments, some cute track cameos that aren't too obvious, and a great written bass part. Some excellent drum fills near the end as well. Ending was ever so slightly abrupt, but throughout, this is a very classy arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosefu Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 My fav Cave story mix. I really love this mix its just so relaxing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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