ReMix: The Legend of Zelda 'UnderWorldPressureCooker'

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wRenchpilot ends a fairly long drought of Zelda ReMixes with this submission, a mechanical retooling of the underworld theme, that begins with a rising arpeggio that is built on and built on and built on, towards a climactic ending that layers some wild distortion in a very tasteful and inventive fashion. At first I thought the drums too minimal, but he builds on those as well, when at 55" he brings in more syncopated and distorted drums that play nicely with the cleaner sounds across the stereo field. The name is very appropriate - the structure and cumulative nature of the track do a lot to build up the feeling of claustrophobia and pressure. A nice and deceptively complex piece.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.

OMG... does anyone here happen to still have a copy of Gannon's Hollow? I'm the guy who wrote it, and I lost my only copy of it years ago... if anyone still has it, I'd be eternally greatful!

- rimco on January 1, 2009

I hope you like the dungeon theme, guys, because you are going to be hearing it a lot with this track. There are some effects that come and go to have each variation *slightly* different from the one before, but really it just goes on and on.
Sorry, i'll pass. :-(

- OA on October 3, 2008

that flute at the end was way off-tune. in some parts it doesn't sound too bad being off-key with the rest of the song, but I wonder if it changes keys and becomes more off-tune at some parts, because it seems worse.
I liked the sound of it before that though. At least it was good enough that I didn't care about repetition.

- Chaotic Descent on July 9, 2006

Okay, so maybe it could've gotten more variation, but at least there is some extra icing on the cake i.e. you've got this single tune that prevails throughout, but you still have other cool sounds that build and build to this complex mixtutre of stuff at the end and it still keeps its composure and the main tune is never lost, which is good. The beginning is fun, it gets you into the mood quickly at least.

- lady zelda on January 15, 2006

No... I'm afraid this was a terrible song, far too repetive and the drumloop and all those effects the artist tried putting in just got annoying. The guy's probally producing some quality stuff now but this older song is just awful

- jordex on April 30, 2005

the drum beat was good, it could have been shorter but overall it was a good song

- Hitman on April 30, 2005

I don't know if it's my deep rooted heritage into Zelda or something else, but this is my favorite song I've heard anywhere.
I play it in the woods on my ipod at night, and trust me, it's fitting.

- Kemusabi on April 17, 2005

This is a good remake of the Zelda 1 Dungeon Theme. The sounds fit the mood perfectly, yet, I have to agree with everyone else in saying that it is repetitive. By around 2:26 it got quite "boring" because it was the same thing we heard just a minute ago, and at that point I think you should've just faded it out or added a bridge or something SIGNIFICANTLY different. Good stuff tho. 7/10

- SynthesizedStampede on April 17, 2005

There is something about the sound choice, as well as the repetition, that just seems to work well. The pad-like bass and the bottom end in general makes the song sound menacing. Pretty cool stuff. I can't say it is repetitive. There is some dissonance that helps the buildup at the end that I really enjoyed.

- MrNemo on August 30, 2004

I love it, this song just blows me away. Zelda is sweet, and this song just picks it up to a new level. The way the song ends is sheer brilliance as well. I give it a 9.5/10

- Kapuran on July 6, 2004

good.....maybe sometimes a little variation is better.....because i agree with everyone else and say that this mix is to repetetive. :whatevaa:

- Drin Tragen on February 7, 2004

O-o this just goes to show how annoying the orignal was....this just has better devices used to create it...only thing about it is at the end where it does the little death music.

- Broken Enigma on January 10, 2004

Jesus tap-dancing Christ. It does the [i]exact same thing[/i] for 4 and a half minutes... :banghead:
But in all seriousness, I don't care [i]how[/i] interesting your drum loops are. If you don't change up the tune sometime, the piece dies. I felt like I was sitting in front of my NES again, driving myself insane trying to beat the final dungeon, and muting my television because the music was so fucking annoying.
[b]The blunt and fatal truth:[/b] Too repetitive. [i]Waaay[/i] too repetitive.
[b]The non-specific but morale-boosting truth:[/b] It's a great idea, just execute it more creatively.
-chth

- chthonic on December 10, 2003

I like this piece, I like how it was mixed, and I think the little "Link just got killed" bit at the very end was a nice touch...but it's just a teensy bit too repetitive to be as long as it was.

- ladykaiyu on November 13, 2003

playingtokrush wrote: Ginnsu, have you ever heard Rimco's "Gannon's Hollow"? It's an incredible remix of the Zelda Underground theme, and it's relatively short, so it doesn't tend to drag the way Pressurecooker does. The Underground theme is a very short loop, so trying to turn it into a 4 minute song is generally going to end up with a tedious song. If you haven't heard "Gannon's Hollow", you have to get ahold of it somehow. That song wipes its ass with my face.

In case anyone wants to hear it, I'm hosting Gannon's Hollow here:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tcj/rimco/rimco%20-%20gannon's%20hollow.mp3
The synths might be too harsh or something for some people, but I really like this version. It still might be worth a listen for those who wanted something more out of the Zelda Underground theme. Maybe you'll be a fan too.

- playingtokrush on October 22, 2003

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