ReMix: Columns 'MainTheme(BlueSquareMix)'

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Rayza's last ReMix was in June of this year, with an excellent Tecmo Cup ReMix. Now he returns, again with a ReMix from an unmixed game, this time Sega's Columns. This was one of many Tetris clones that inevitably followed that game's huge success, but it was one of the larger and more memorable ones at least. Being a Capcom / SF fan, I liked Super Puzzle Fighter, which of course came much later, but Columns was good for what it was at the time and had an interesting Roman motif going on visually. This is some good techno with a bit of an 80's flair to it - bouncy synth bass, good house beats, interesting rhythmic relationships between some gated comps and arpeggio-patterns, and a high and floaty monoglide synth lead. There's an unexpected and groovy transition at 2'16" to an ascending minor pattern that's a bit darker that cuts out to gated synth that gradually fades out as the lead fades back in - well executed passage. This is actually a bit more traditional electronica than we've seen from Rayza in the past, but no less coherent and fluidly constructed. I could have seen the addition of an original counter-melody or some variance on the chord structure on one go-round, personally, but I think we needed some Columns mixage, and I think Rayza's answered the call - perhaps not as memorable as his Top Gear, Tecmo Cup, or Tinhead ReMixes, but enjoyable and recommended to those who've been waiting for Columns to get some deserved attention.

― djpretzel