ReMix:Adventure Island "Higgins Goes to Miami" 3:22
By Jake Kaufman
Arranging the music of one song...
"Remote Forest"
Primary Game: Adventure Island (Hudson Soft , 1986, NES), music by June ChikumaPosted 2001-12-03, evaluated by djpretzel
If you like it hot, virt brings the heat with his energetic Latin rendition of the first stage theme from NES cult classic Adventure Island. Bookended with just a hint of chiptune, the keys, vibes, brass, and hand percussion all come together for a sophisticated soiree under the brights lights of Miami. The original guitar writing at :30 intricately interplays with the dance-inducing percussion and bass, before handing the soloing off to the trumpet at :58, then vibes getting super vibey indeed at 1:45. Just when the percussion might have started overstaying its welcome, it mostly pulls back to just handdrums to make way for the bassline to do most of the interaction with the vibes, and the band revs up for the strong last hurrah at 2:33. Fluid timing, spicy rhythms, and fun energy throughout. That's some tasty salsa!
Discussion
on 2024-03-25 16:04:11
You'd never guess this came out more than 20 years ago, it's really snazzy and cool! It feels like it would fit in right at home in a Mario or Donkey kong game!
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on 2023-11-30 17:32:34
This ReMix came back from the dead on 11/29/23, hence the lack of reviews.
Having not really been someone with a lot of Latin music in his diet, I don't feel like I can quite get between the cracks of this salsa number in terms of instrumentation and setup, other than to say that June Chikuma did a lot of the initial work and Jake Kaufman realized it with a soundset beyond the 2A03. These days, a ReMix like this would be considered quite conservative. But for what it is, when it was, the production values on this ReMix are very high indeed. The trumpets have that brassy ring. The vibes chime sweetly without drowning in reverb. The tune's repetitive, maybe a little so, but the solos and instrumentation break up its monotony very well and it barely seems like all the different iterations go by before we're ramping up to the end. I particularly like that chiptune integration at the end – while finishing with a death jingle can be rather trite (assuming it is that as I've not played the game), it's done very tastefully indeed.
Here is a master at work.
Sources Arranged (1 Song)
- Primary Game:
-
Adventure Island (Hudson Soft
, 1986,
NES)
Music by June Chikuma
- Songs:
- "Remote Forest"
Tags (4)
- Genre:
- Latin
- Mood:
- Jazzy
- Instrumentation:
- Brass
- Additional:
- Time > 4/4 Time Signature
File Information
- Name:
- Adventure_Island_Higgins_Goes_to_Miami_OC_ReMix.mp3
- Size:
- 3,321,561 bytes
- MD5:
- a6762908a7909f4a7812c5fa44b93c11
- Bitrate:
- 128Kbps
- Duration:
- 3:22
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