ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 'Love Hurts'
Download MP3
- Game: Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega, 1991, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): djpretzel
- Composer(s): Masato Nakamura
- Song(s): Marble Zone
- Posted: 2002-06-28, evaluated by djpretzel
Okay, hope this don't piss anyone off - I know it follows pretty hot on the heels of my last mix, but for a couple reasons I probably won't be doing anything else for a little while, and this sort of happened by accident. My first Sonic mix, from the first Sonic. This is also, unless someone knows something I don't, the first mix that basically was inspired by an ad for Coors. That's right, the beer. Story goes something like this - I really dug that ad that Coors ran with Dr. Dre jamming on an Akai MPC in an airplane awhile back, esp. the bassline - it was HUGE. It could serve as an audio example for the 'phat' entry in your multimedia dictionary of choice. So I sat down at my Motif recently, and out of boredom wanted to see how close I could come to recreating a sound like that. I took an already deep synth bass, piled on the cutoff and resonance modulations on a simple riff I came up with, and fed that through a wah filter. Presto - instant Coors ad. Fiddled some more, and had the framework for a piece. Decided I'd try to turn it into something half decent - didn't wanna spend a lot of time, you know, just something fun. If the result was postable, I'd post it, if it wasn't, it'd go in the recycle bin. While what I ended up with has its fair share of deficiencies, it's fun in spirit, and the bassline came out exactly like I wanted. As Masato Nakamura is a bass player, and I was essentially writing an entirely new bassline for his track and making it the emphasis, this was important to me. So, you get a funk diddy, with acoustic drums, monstah wah bass, some pads that stay out of the way but add depth, some electric piano (also wah'd), some lead triangle synth, a funky resonant clav that acts almost like a second bass, an organ with a nice thick release, and - just for the damn hell of it - a shamisen. Who knows what bizarre use for ethnic instruments lies in the hearts of men? The pretzel knows. Anyway, things start with a mellow, melancholy version of the verse and then slide into funkland. This was mostly meant as a fun excursion, so I won't go into much more detail. I do like how the genre fit the source material, which I always wanted to cover but was never sure how. I don't plan on treading into Jivemaster, Malcos, or countless other's territory who have ReMixed songs from the Sonic series to great success too often in the future, but it felt good to cover something, as I did play almost all of these games - even Knuckles Chaotix, back when I had my 32x - and I always dug the music.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - ely_chan on October 26, 2008
Please never stop mixing..
- Ranch Doritos on January 30, 2008
I love the groovy 70s feel to it. Fantastic use of retro style instruments. Both the organ and bass fit right in (some have been complaining about this). Djpretzel has remixed this tune to perfection. Thank you for such a beautiful piece of music. There's so much more to say but I just can't find the right words.
My fav bits:
[LIST]
[*]0:48 - echoing guitars
[*]1:08 - I love the way how chorus is repeated 4 times unlike twice as in the original Genesis version
[*]2:15 & 3:04 - very emotional parts these two
[*]3:38 - lovely organ / leads follow through[/LIST]I salute you djpretzel, sir, for giving us a chance to enjoy such lovely tunes. God bless you and wish you all the best.
- kamran on October 25, 2007
absolutely ridiculous. who knew the shamisen was the master of the funk riff?!?!!
- ziwtra on December 31, 2006
- FrozenHope on December 29, 2006
- paperCrane on December 20, 2006
For reference, here's the Coors commercial that this song was based on, YouTube'd: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6OKvVCW3qE
- Orange Pylon on November 21, 2006
- kou_seiya_girl on November 14, 2006
Well, on to the actual song then. Tbh, I really don't know what should be done differently. I know I hear some things that don't blend in in my head (like the part at 1.49), but I just can't bring myself to think badly of it. If something was done differently, it might not have the same, melodramatic effect on me. I had it as my alarm-clock tune for like what, 2 years? Every single morning (not literally) I woke up to djpretzel - Sonic the Hedgehog Love Hurts. Yeah, I like it a little.. :D
So, as you might have alredy figured, I really, really like this song. I really don't know why, 'cause I know there are some things in this song that I'd usually hate. Might be the melody, might be something else. Who knows, who cares, the important thing is the fact that this is a treasure right here.
- FliE on September 21, 2006
OKComputer wrote: This song pulls me in like Air's "Playground Love" or Daft Punk's "Something [b]ABOUT[/b] Us"...
Better late than never.
:wink:
- just64helpin on July 14, 2006
But what's special with this one is that it's alot more groovy, cool basses and electric organs wah'd to the max, and some funky solos where the melody is being experimented with. This piece emitts so much creativity that it's almost toxic, and to think that it began with a beer ad adds some more humor to it.
What more is there to say, it would be nearly impossible to comment on every thing that this arrangement contains, so I'll just say that this is funky monkey stuff, download it now or regret it later.
demosthene wrote: Certain words and phrases have been overused in popular journalism, to the point where they no longer carry
........blablablablablabla.......
either be forced to re-assign any previous given scores, thereby implying some kind of de-valuation in enjoyment of those songs, or to give that mix 100% as well, even though I enjoy it more than this one, and I for one don't want to put myself in that situation.
We have a philosophy forum for this y'know, and there are none who expects to you set a grade on this piece. If you think it was very good, just say it, since many in this thread most likely shares your opinion.
- Bummerdude on July 13, 2006
- Kurokun1293 on February 14, 2006
- DeepChild on May 3, 2005
Content Policy
(Submission
Agreement and Terms of Use)
Page generated Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:38:47 -0400 in 0.039 seconds
All compositions, arrangements, images, and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Original content is
copyright OverClocked ReMix, LLC. For information on RSS and JavaScript news feeds, linking to us, etc. please refer to resources for webmasters. Please refer to the Info section of
the site and the FAQ available there for information about the site's
history, features, and policies. Contact David W. Lloyd (djpretzel), webmaster, with
feedback or questions not answered there.
