orkybash Posted June 6, 2002 Share Posted June 6, 2002 Gunstar Heroes 'Deep Mine' This remix is technically very good, but something's not quite right about it. It sounds like it's either trying to build excitement or suspense, but it really doesn't pull off either. Regardless, it's a *very* enjoyable listen, it's just too bad Malcos didn't go the extra mile to make it really bring out emotion in the listener. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartkusa Posted June 9, 2002 Share Posted June 9, 2002 Orkybash, the word you're looking for is pensive. I don't know this game, so I don't know if this is the mood the game is supposed to evoke. Then again, I love LousySpy's "Blue Vacation," which is a bastardization of the bleeding-edge guitar-wailing love of F-Zero, so I can't say this would be much of an impediment for me. Anyways, yes, this song is all suspense, no climax. I don't see that as a problem. What this song does, it does damn well. Whether or not you like what it does is up to you. As for me, I'll chalk up another one for Malcos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deryck Khusial Posted July 11, 2002 Share Posted July 11, 2002 groovilicious. you might as well get Malcos’ Earthworm Jim - Underground mix. it’s strange, but playing these two together just seem Right. they're equivalents. while the Mine steadily progresses, Underground steadily degresses, and it makes for an awesome effect on the ears if you're playing 'em at the same time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnov Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 This is my first ever post. Coincidentally this was the first song I listened to on this website when I found it. I like this remix, a lot. I really like what Malcos did with this song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpZone Posted April 12, 2003 Share Posted April 12, 2003 Yeah, if you're reading this, Malcos, I just wanna say you did a great job. This is more or less exactly what I hoped it would be like when somebody finally got around to maxing a Gunstar Heroes track. You didn't make up your own notes for half the song. You didn't mix in any movie quotes or make Banzi Buddy spell out your e-mail address. You didn't distort the hell out of everything, which can sometimes be pretty cool but usually just ends up being distracting. You just told it to us more or less the same way the Genesis's meager sound hardware told you, embeleshing it a little as you went. THANK YOU!!! I probably would have picked a different track, because I always thought this was one of the weakest tunes from Gunstar, but you've done wonders with it, man. Please, please, PLEASE do more in the future! I'd love to see what you could do with the music from the jungle stage or the airship stage... As for you guys up there who haven't played the game yet, unless your comp is incompatible with the current build of GENS, you have no excuse for not playing it. Look, if you're into video game music in the first place, you've probably played some version of Contra, right? Okay, picture contra, same guns, same basic controls, except you have a couple mellee attacks for use if you're surrounded by guys at point-blank range. Oh, and you have a life meter. The reason you need that life meter is because of the enemies you'll be facing. You know how in the first level of that SNES Contra game, you'd be walking through the first level, and an alien soldier would run along the ground towards you and occasionally fire a shot? In gunstar, eight of those guys would jump you at once. And as soon as you kill one, he explodes in a cloud of fire and a new one appears at the edge of the screen to take his place. And forget about just moving back and forth along the ground and releasing a bullet that travels in a straight line towards you. These guys swarm onto the scene and all but flank you. First guy on the scene stops and pulls out a blaster, while his buddies run, jump, and slide at you. If there's ledges in the background you can jump on, one or two of them will hop up there to come at you from above, and if you climb onto the scaffolding, they all follow you. Meanwhile, that guy with the blaster out is taking shots at you. Fortunately, the beam travels slowly cuz you've got a lot to keep track of. You blew up two of the soldiers like so much high-yeild explosive tissue paper, but one of them grabs you from behind, and his buddies close in and start kicking you. You mash the buttons to escape... and discover you can throw them like in a fighting game. More soldiers appear, and also a couple helicopter robot thingies. One of the soldiers pauses near the edge of the screen and actually recieves orders from the communicator on his wrist. And if you're playing on a hard enough difficulty level, right about now, someone lobs a grenade, sending you and a few of his buddies flying in all directions. But, see, this is only the first five seconds of gameplay! The game goes on like this for almost half an hour assuming no deaths, punctuated by insane bosses, the occasional jumping puzzle, and even one shooter level. .......... Um, anyway, great song, Malcos. Sorry. I love this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 Malcos did not reach the original melody. Maybe intentionally. But...this remix is good. The most important was to make one remix from Gunstar Heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordex Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 I remember playing the Gunstar game and it was awesome, as this song is! Some cool sound effects in the beggining then that crazy sounding synth comes in later with that sweet sounding bass! Malcolm just did an awesome job on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkWolf Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 This remix really doesn't capture the cool PSG and FM combination that the original utilized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoopyFrood Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I've had this mix for years and still listen to it on a regular basis. The only problem is that there are no other remixes for this game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 sweet as hell feel to this song, but it doesn't ever get kicked up to the level I expected it to. Maybe unreasonable expectations on my part, but I kept waiting for some sort of chorus or something with some harder hitting drums and it never came. Really cool synth sounds throughout, and though It never get's kicked up a notch BAM, it's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybell Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 This is the only treasure mix on the ENTIRE SITE? For shame, OCR. Gunstar Heroes had an awesome soundtrack (which I never really noticed because there's SO MUCH going on in the game), as does Dynamite Headdy. MOAR TREASURE MIXES PLZKTHX Anyways, the mix itself? Eh. It's not my cup of tea, to be honest. I agree with orkybash, it felt like "oh man this is so building up to something awesome", but it never really did. It's perfectly good, but it's just doesn't appeal to me. Still, props on being the only Treasure mix on the site in it's entire 8 year run. </whine> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uagrenadier Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 wtf? ..this is totally awesome (not the amiga game 'awesome') i mean totally rad (no wait not 'totally rad') this remix is friggin tubular those who do not appreciate this can turn their ears elsewhere because i will rock out to this until i am mortally gone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachi Risu Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Fun remix, good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Gonna basically agree with OA on this one. The sounds are great, the groove is awesome, but I would have liked at least one super hardcore section to come in and blow me away. Regardless, this one has some pretty cool stuff going on, and it's a neat listen. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emunator Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Yeah, for a 4 minute remix I can't help but feel like this is missing something critical in terms of the arrangement. The sounds feel very retro-OCR but they're not bad by any means. What you've got going at 1:50-ish feels like a nice lead-in to a great balls-to-the-wall chorus section, but it never comes, unfortunately There's still enjoyable elements to the mix though, so check it out and see if the lack of direction isn't off-putting to you, especially if you're a fan of the original Gunstar Heroes soundtrack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WesternZypher Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Another "sonic gargle" mix - put this between other mixes as a sort of palette cleanser to help you enjoy them more. It's good on its own, too; but it seems to work real well scrubbing audio after-tastes from your ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 I saw this back in April 2013 or so, and did actually play through 3 stages of GSH because of it. =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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