OCR04795 - *YES* Globulous "Astral Projection"

[prophetik music]

For years, I've been meaning to arrange something from Globulous, but I had never really gone through with it, not because the songs were iconic---actually it was because they are so hard to do justice! After watching a ton of Charles Cornell on YouTube about harmony and chord progressions (who is incredibly talented at jazz theory and analysis by the way), I finally just decided to make a ReMix combining Aurora Magnitude and Thicket Prism.

Generally if I were to arrange something, I tend to keep the melody and change the chords around it, but in this case the Aurora Magnitude melody is so particular that I stayed mostly faithful with the implied chord progressions, while the rhythms of the melody and bass were changed instead. Later on when I added Thicket Prism in here, it kind of just happened---I didn't expect it to work so well, but it was something I could only see in the moment.

Some notable key players in the ReMix are the bass (Shreddage 3 Precision), bell arps (Zebra2 + Drops of Copper from Omnisphere), piano (PEARL Concert Grand), and plucky lead (Modern Harpejji), with most of the other instruments from Zebra2.

Overall, I didn't plan on blowing away the OST as far as sound design or layering goes, but the partwriting and harmonic clarity are definitely some of my personal best. I'm really happy with how this went and I hope you enjoy too! :-)

- Timaeus

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Extra Info:

The inspiration for the title was to imitate the style from Globulous - natural phenomenon/object + math term. In this case it is a real term that means 'intentional out-of-body experience', but also matches the naming scheme.

Source Breakdown:
0:00.00 - 0:54.91 (Intro) = 0:00.00 - 0:53.01 (Aurora Magnitude, some rhythmic changes)
1:08.59 - 1:22.32 (Interlude) = 1:19.48 - 1:32.73 (Aurora Magnitude melody snippets)
1:22.32 - 1:49.76 (Verse) = 1:32.73 - 2:25.70 (Aurora Magnitude)
1:49.76 - 2:17.21 (Bridge) = 2:25.70 - 2:52.25 (Aurora Magnitude)
2:17.21 - 2:24.04 (Breakdown Section) = 2:52.25 - 2:58.69 (Aurora Magnitude Ending)
2:24.04 - 2:51.48 (Breakdown Section) = 1:56.76 - 2:09.91 (Thicket Prism Bass)
2:51.48 - 3:05.19 (Interlude 2) = 2:09.91 - 2:23.07 (Thicket Prism Santoor)
3:05.19 - 3:32.64 (Climax) = 1:19.48 - 1:32.73 (Aurora Magnitude melody) + 2:09.91 - 2:23.07 (Thicket Prism Santoor)
3:32.64 - 3:53.89 (Outtro) = 2:52.25 - 2:58.69 (Aurora Magnitude Ending)

54.91 + 13.73 + 27.44 + 27.45 + 6.83 + 27.45 + 21.25
= 179.06/235.05 = 76.18% Aurora Magnitude

27.44 + 13.71 + 27.14
= 68.29/235.05 = 29.05% Thicket Prism

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Games & Sources

Game: Globulous

Composer: Andrew Aversa

Source Tunes:

Aurora Magnitude -

Thicket Prism -

[prophetik music]

this is an exciting matchup of composer and remixer.

starts off with some smooth bass and lead work. actual drums come in at 0:27. there's some really delicate plucks going on here that i really liked. beat drops at 0:55 and there's a slow build back up with some funky chords to mix it up in there. doubletime beat at 1:22 feels really good under the more disparate melodic elements in this section. the track trucks through more Aurora Magnitude with some really fun synth work to a second break at 2:17.

this break serves as a nice shout chorus to transition to the second interlude of Thicket Prism, and also to transition back down from doubletime to the original tempo. 3:27 was really nice. 3:33 was the last big hit, and we get some more plectral bells over the AM chords before it's done.

looking at the overall mixing, as expected there's a lot of detail work that's highlighted throughout. i did notice that there's a lot of body in the low mid range, like around 100hz, for most of the track. this doesn't make it feel cluttered but it is certainly more dense than i'd have expected from some other tracks by timaeus.

this is an obvious pass to me. the two tracks mix together very well and the realization here is excellent. it's an enjoyable listen that doesn't do the mind-bending chord stuff that truong often does but still delivers on a high-quality product. excellent work.

 

 

YES

[MindWanderer]

Pretty similar tonally to the original, if a bit more mellow, but the components are laid out in a totally different way. I can see Timaeus's struggle in not finding anything he wanted to change. But it's still a fun take and clearly transformative enough. An easy pass, indeed.

YES

[Liontamer]

Overall levels are up there, but I'll live. Nice lil' syncopated perc at :13, loved the energy there. timaeus wasn't kidding about holding to the structure of the main source to start. Beats at 1:22 were feeling bland, so I was waiting for a pivot/adjustment to live things up more, but never got it, so 1:22-2:17 didn't groove as much as it could have, IMO. Same from 2:37-3:32, these beats feel plain as well. Regardless, even timaeus at 80% strength, he's crushing it. The parts otherwise sounds gorgeous and vibrant, and there's always an overall brightness and charm to his work. Nice source tune choices, and the instrumentation's personalized well!

YES

[Hemophiliac]

I can tell that zircon's work has been a huge influence on you. Both in this and much of your previous works. You still always bring your own creative inspired takes into the arrangement. This is no exception.

My only gripe is that the bass is really fat, almost to the point of muddiness. Fortunately it only toed-the-line and didn't cross.

1:13 is an unexpected chord change here but moves away pretty quickly.

Switching up to a sparser beat after having the beat drop for a while was a great choice for 2:37 it's a great way to ease it back in.

Would have loved to have more piano (other then just a melody line, maybe left hand too?) for 2:51-3:32.

In the end this is an easy pass, groovin' along.

YES