ReMix:Metroid Prime "Livin' Out Our Last Days" 3:36

Itching for some Gorillaz? Lucas Guimaraes, Ridley Snipes, and ZackParrish will have you dancing in your chair with this funky arrangement of two wildly different Metroidvania source tracks from last year's Game Set Mash 2 competition!

Collaborators:

• Lucas Guimaraes - Arrangement, Singing, Lyrics
• Ridley Snipes - Production, Mix, Master, Singing (first half of Verse 2 rap + background noises), Lyrics
• ZackParrish - Guitar, Bass
• Xaleph - Vocal Retuning

"Ooookay, so this one is a doozy. To start at the beginning, Zack and I just wanted to do something that aped the Gorillaz. I had some of the stems from the track, so we started digging into them. I posted up the first demo of me singing like Damon Albarn and Zack & Trevor (Ridley Snipes) started to get HYPED for this track.

Then everything got tricky. But what was really tricky was getting the arrangement to work. It reminded me a lot of making chamber music - I had very few pieces to work with and I had to make each one of them move correctly. I wanted the "Tallon" line to ape the vibe of "Feel Good Inc." but still be its own thing, and, y'know, still sound like "Tallon Overworld". I had to grab parts from the Castlevania 3 track that Team Whip picked (which, honestly, I think wasn't a great track, but I digress). And I had to basically fit 3 tracks into one while including enough source material and still getting that cohesive vibe. We went back and forth around a few times and we all started to vibe with what I threw down.

Then we got to production. A lot of the instrumental production went smoothly, or at least I thought so, Trevor *might* disagree. But vocals was where we really got into the weaves of it. Trevor and I bounced back a bunch of different lyrics, and this was my first time really getting back into singing on a track. We wanted the most minor details to sing through. Important mention: Xaleph did vocal retuning. I don't know if he wants full mixpost credits for it, but he is still definitely worth mentioning. We needed some of the chorus retuned at the last minute and he was the one that had the most bandwidth to handle it while we were busy getting our other two tracks to the finish line.

And, man, out of all 18 tracks, this was probably my favorite one produced the whole GSM. I've wanted to get back into original music and make more vocal tracks for a while, and this was definitely the kick Trevor and I both needed. I'm super happy to have made this track and I hope you all enjoy!"

Gorillaz enjoyer-slash-judge Hemophiliac was physically moved by this adaptation:

"When I heard this for the first time during the GSM voting period, I nearly jumped out of my seat when it started. I could not believe how well this adapted The Gorillaz, but also managed to intertwine both Metroid Prime and CV3. The singing fits this stylistically like a glove, perfect; kudos. The production is absolutely pristine, I expect nothing less from RID-LEY. At first glance there might not seem like a ton of source in there, but it's ALL over the place. It's just camouflaged as The Gorillaz. Absolutely fantastic work."

Fellow digital monkey person Chimpazilla particularly liked the vocals, noting that "all of these vocals are stupidly well done and processed". Personally I loved the lyrics and the adaptation of Castlevania's melody on the chorus sections - really surprising how well that worked. With that said, enjoy this totally unexpected arrangement of these two super-disparate tracks!