Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind "Furry Beat" 3:03

Time for attitudinal animal action! The 80s & 90s were full of 'em, but as far as OCR representation goes, a new furball has finally entered the fray! B-laze brings it to Bubsy with his bombastic brand of bravado:

"I just made myself a template to make some new video game music, and wanted to do a remix using my new template.

I was looking through YouTube for inspiration, went through a few Final Fantasy games, some Donkey Kong, and other stuff, but couldn't really find a melody that inspired me at that moment.

Then, I stumbled across Bubsy and got some real nostalgia instantly.

I had a very toxic relationship to this game... very...

So the first level it was, that melody.

Perfect for my new template, and in an experimental style, not entirely sure what to specify it as, maybe something in the "electro" valley or something.

Song isn't too long, I wasn't being too creative with it as I just had to adore the original melody as I was having all the flashbacks, where I died in-game, for no reason.

Now after I finished the remix, I also go all week having this melody stuck in my head as well. Haha. Was great fun."

Props to B-laze (a.k.a. Fungist) for reframing his childhood flashbacks of continuously losing lives in Bubsy in a positive light. :-) He mentioned not being "too creative" with this, yet fashioned a fresh take that sounds as fun as it sounds intense. Nothing wrong with bread and butter either, a sentiment shared in judge prophetik music's bobcat-based blow-by-blow:

"quickly into the melodic content on this one - the beat's in almost right away, along with some snappy sfx. there's a lot of space in the initial beat and it feels really bouncy and open as a result. melody is pretty straightforward but i like the burbles behind the synth lead. there's some playing with time at 0:45, and we're into a more consistent beat at 0:51. 1:04's got a half-time section - i love the bass here, and the lead tone is great too.

1:27's where the half-time section ends and it gets back to melodic content soon after. i like the focus on the beat there for a few seconds to get us back into the original time sig before going after the melody. there's a drop at 2:25 to give us a break before the ending blow, and then the track goes through one more bit of half-time section before it's done.

this is short and sweet. it's a catchy melody and you did a nice job highlighting that. i like the way you mixed up the time a bit - like when you were playing with where the downbeat falls, or when you did the halftime section. this isn't anything complicated but it's fun and enjoyable. nice job."

The drop at 2:24 was nice and spacious with totally different instrumentation (including some chippy spices), so kudos for a nice bit of contrast there (and for providing a "let me up" moment). Nice original writing at 2:47, which turned out to be the finish rather than an set-up for more treatment of the melody; a lil' unorthodox, yet a viable resolution, and also better to leave 'em wanting more rather than overstaying the welcome! It's not a B-laze track without going over the top on the volume, but this upbeat bop was hitting the listener hard in a good way according to then-judge Flexstyle:

"Fun, bouncy arrangement that never wore out its welcome, the master compression was AGGRESSIVE but livable, and my toe tapped along the entire time. Percussion is simple but effective, never getting too old nor going overboard. [...] This is NoCopyrightSounds meets OC ReMix, style-wise, and I'm 100% here for it."

Heavy as a sumbitch, B-laze brought the power to this theme! AND... Bubsy's earned some long-overdue spotlight here, that's awesome! (Maybe one day we'll get Stemage's soundtrack from Bubsy: Paws on Fire! represented.) :-)