Posted 2001-06-03, evaluated by djpretzel


Okay people, lame as it is, I'm putting a huge disclaimer on this one: it was merely a test. Not only a test of my new setup at my new house, but a test of composing a song without a single sound coming from my trusty ASR-10 - everything here is Kawai K5000 or Gigastudio. It ain't great, and I'm not gonna count it as my Castlevania ReMix for the year as I wanna do something with more depth, but as a test run of my setup, and for two hours effort, I deemed it worth posting. Oh well, at least the organ's fun. Humor me and download it ^^

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Txai
on 2016-01-31 10:33:57

Not my favorite kind of lead as others pointed out. But it doesn't stop me from enjoying the track. As usual, I'm loving DJP's signature rhythm organ.

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kelvingreen
on 2013-09-30 18:12:10

It's like there's a secret Castlevania level hidden in Streets of Rage 2; or in other words, I like it! ;-)

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Marmiduke
on 2009-06-06 08:41:15

A djpretzel mix, through and through.

There is a sense that this was a "quicky", and there is overbearing sense of familiarity in the arrangement. There isn't a whole lot to it, but really, does there need to be? djpretzel does his thing, and then it's over. It's not crazy, it's not sublime. It's just a mix with an intent to please and I can't see a reason why it would fail to do that.

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goombapatrol
on 2009-06-06 03:56:46

decent remix, nothing amazing. but as you said, it was merely at test.

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OA
on 2008-05-12 17:17:50

The lead is pretty hardcore in the higher frequencies; I would agree that pain is involved. The arrangement here is really nice though. AnSo style before it was all the rage. :

Lots of crazy analogue funk, and some great counterpoint. I really think the star of this one is that organ, which does some great syncopated bits.

Cool stuff. :-)

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quoda
on 2007-08-24 22:25:54

So I just found this in my stash of Castlevania remixes tonight, and it's like being at a roller disco fighting the undead with a whip. It's ridiculous. In a good way. I really like it a lot, as my Last.fm profile will soon betray.

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meccaneer
on 2005-10-03 00:46:28

I dig this tune. I dunno what people are talkin' about with the weird noises and ears hurting... You people need to go listen to more music. For this song, it might be a little weird... The organ is purty slick, though. And the drum programming is timeless. Download it. Do it now!

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Shwenky
on 2005-09-11 14:17:13
:nicework: This was the first remix I downloaded form the site, and it's since dropped down the list in terms of favorites, but I still like it.
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FatedChild
on 2004-08-17 05:28:36

I love Castlevania 4's music, and this is a great remix :D

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Scrabble_Ship
on 2004-08-16 20:40:09

The original song from Castlevania 4 is one of my favorite songs in video games. It is nice to see it remixed this way.

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FatedChild
on 2004-08-16 15:27:54

I seriously like it, it sounds weird, but still good :D

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Julio Jose
on 2004-04-17 19:06:53

hashahaha this is funkafied, wows

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DarkeSword
on 2004-04-17 18:40:40

Hahaha, this is great. Certainly groovy and funkalicious.

Nicewerk Pretz.

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Xana Taol Vlas Nedak
on 2004-02-24 15:35:23

Groovy it is! This is one of my favorites.

If this was merely a test, it is a successful one!

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Gnam
on 2003-07-20 01:59:45

This is really frustrating... CV4 has some of the best music in the series (some argue the best) and yet there only 3 remixes for it on OCR... 1 of which is good...this one...but of all the songs it could be it's from one which has apeared in every game in the series since Castlevania one. So while djpretzel decided to tag it a SCV4 mix, it could easily be CV1, 2, 3, Dracula X, XX, or SOTN.

Anyway, despite djpretzel's disclaimer this mix actually is pretty good. A couple of those grinding sounds here and there are slightly anoying, but overally it's very catchy and has jazzy feel to it that gives it a sort of unique pizzaz. Great job, just I was expecting an actual Super Castlevania 4 remix.

If he has so little faith in this one, I'm eager to hear pretzel's next Castlevania mix, the one he puts "more than 2 hours of effort into".

Sources Arranged (1 Song)


Primary Game:
Super Castlevania IV (Konami , 1991, SNES)
Music by Masanori Adachi,Taro Kudo
Songs:
"Vampire Killer (Stage 10 Dracula's Tower 1 BGM)"

Tags (9)


Genre:
House
Mood:
Chill,Dark,Jazzy
Instrumentation:
Electronic,Organ,Synth
Additional:
Time > 4/4 Time Signature
Time > Tempo: Moderate

File Information


Name:
Super_Castlevania_4_House_Party_OC_ReMix.mp3
Size:
4,865,580 bytes
MD5:
2e387e07981e1204b758a82a912a41b1
Bitrate:
240Kbps
Duration:
2:39

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