Super Mario World "Original Koopa" 3:12

Dat boom bap goes BOOOOOOooom bap! Our second Halloween mixpost of the night is much more "groovus maximus" than "spooky-ooky-ooky," but it still hits all the right creepy notes with Super Mario World. Ridiculously Garrett is ridiculously skilled at creating a super-cool vibe (while using actual vibes in the arrangement!), and the production here is absolutely luscious. The beats and scratching have me dancing and grooving in my seat.

I'm amazed at how much Garrett was able to do with such a frightfully short and minimal source. Larry's timestamping indicates that the remix is actually source-light as per our standards, but he gave it his wholehearted YES anyway... HAS HELL FROZEN OVER? I exaggerated, but evil Liontamer judge Larry had some ominously complimentary words about this mix:

"Great job [...] having original beat-writing that was obviously inspired by the overall flow of the original track; everything fit like a glove. [...]

The sound design was awesome; loved the scratches, voice FX, vibes, beats, shakers, everything about this. What a commendable job giving such a minimal theme -- only 16 beats -- a coat of personality [sic]. Boom bap goes the dynamite. Ridiculously good, Garrett. :-D"

While all three judges had some production nitpicks, primarily that the sax sample was on the evil and uncanny side, they all concurred that grooviness wins the day. Fellow judge Hemophiliac weighed in on the eerie-fun nature of this remix:

"A strength of this is that despite it being simple and doesn't have much variation in the actual patterns played, there is always something changing up the texture so it doesn't just seem identical to what just preceded it. [...]

The genre adaption was done well, and the interpretation was unexpected. Very neat idea. [...]

This was rad and unexpected."

No tricks here, this one's a treat for the ears, for sure!