ReMix: Super Metroid 'MegaDance Mix 2002'

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This story begins seven years ago, give or take a year, back when I was a freshman in high school band. Halfway through the year, a student transferred in named Chris Guirreri - French Horn player. I never really got to know him that well, but we did go on the annual band trip together (this year it was King's Dominion, I think) and he was in our room and we started talking. Turned out he was into electronic music and in particular videogame music. We talked about different artists we liked, and I remember clearly he corrected my pronunciation of "Jan Hammer". Anyway, he was telling me about how great some of the Capcom soundtracks were, particular Darkstalkers, and we actually stopped at an arcade and got to play match at one point. VERY long time ago. He graduated that year and I still had three more miserable years to go, so I never saw him again. But lo and behold, someone by the name of MIDIman started posting on our forums recently, and when he submitted this mix, the real name on the email rung a bell. Wow - certainly not THAT amazing a coincidence, but still pretty cool. Even cooler is this techno dance ReMix of the Super Metroid title music. Now, the title music is kind of . . . spartan, shall we say, so a good portion of this track is reminiscent of the melody if not clearly an arrangement. But it's close enough in my book - a lot of people still can't spot the original title theme in my Phantasy Star Alis Overture (it's greatly slowed down!), so I should be one to talk. Anyway, regardless, this is a great, professional track, with wonderfully warm and dynamic analogue textures matched with crystalline digital synth patterns, a vocoded version of the vocal sample, a daft punk-ish bass and relentless kick, and maahvelous phased pads. You want more? How bout a bitchin' retro analog synth solo at 2'40" with fantastic pitch-bending? A revealing ending that clearly shows the quality and detail of the underlying parts of the song? How bout just a great beat? You got it, compadre. Weird and wild that I crossed paths with someone so long ago that was into games, electronic music, and game music, and only through OC ReMix do I hear from them again. Viva la Internet :)

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