ReMix: Super Mario World 'Da Phunky Forest'
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- Game: Super Mario World (Nintendo, 1990, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Adhesive_Boy
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): Map 5 (Forest of Illusion)
- Posted: 2003-01-22, evaluated by the judges
Odd in a good way. Erratic percussion combines with mellow electric piano and MANY other cameo instruments including steel drum, theremin, guitar fret-noises, and several others. The result is a spooky, somewhat slapdash, but ultimately intelligent & musical arrangement from SMW. Judges all admired the originality, with Dan-the-Man noting: "Yeah I think this is another keeper. Except for the deviation from the original chord progression (which is a personal taste thing) it's very HQ with nice variation from the original but also staying faithful." - this from the OverClocked ReMix equivalent of American Idol's Simon Cowell :) If someone described simply in words, in greater detail, what newcomer Adhesive_Boy was trying to do with this mix, I would probably have some serious hesitancy toward whether or not it could be done and sound halfway decent, but while at times non-sequitir, this is a decent arrangement that takes some risks in the arrangement AND instrumentation arenas and pulls everything off in the end. Kudos for something different - definitely memorable; not driving or dancing music by a longshot, but something you can listen to and focus on and not get bored with - effectively changing background music into foreground music. Artistic, and recommended to the more adventurous.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the This is a pretty experimental mix; Some sections are spot on, and some really don't gel, IMO. The first rendition of the theme was the best, I thought. SOme of the others get a bit too out there to really strike me as much more than a novelty. Maybe i'm just thinking too conservatively. I didn't think the chiptunes and flute section worked at all. There wasn't any anchor to that section. Maybe with a solid beat and a strong bassline it'd be a different story.
Soundwise, I really liked the kick sample used; it fit perfectly with the busy patterns you used. The epiano was also nice.
I strongly recommend listening to this one, as there are some really cool ideas, even if a few of them go a bit too far.
- OA on October 7, 2008
- Serenade on May 1, 2007
- Brand New Retro on February 11, 2005
- jordex on September 5, 2004
- Vash the Stampede on May 8, 2004
This is the original .it file, compressed (to 6.86 megs) because it's pretty big and I was really inefficient with the samples. I recommend that you use MODplug tracker (http://www.modplug.com) to open it instead of winamp, because with modplug you can view the actual notes and it plays .it files better anyway.
- Adhesive_Boy on September 1, 2003
- Nigel Simmons on May 10, 2003
- Prono on April 3, 2003
- Kamikaze Noodle on January 29, 2003
Great work!
- Unipulator on January 23, 2003
And someone mentioned Radiohead - I love 'em! One of the keyboard riffs is similar to part of "Morning Bell"...at least a little anyway.
Thanks again, guys :)
- Adhesive_Boy on January 22, 2003
Wow. I'm speechless. This song is totally unpredictable and freakishly bizarre. It sounds like a cross between an old German opera (with the Viking lady singing at the top of her lungs), a "ghost house/horror" tune, a bunch of old NES MIDI clips (which kind of sound like the first [i]Zelda[/i] game in one of the castle levels), and a slow trance mix all at once...and I LIKE it! Very, very nice job.
- Daikun on January 22, 2003
- King Dedede on January 22, 2003
good fun.
- DaleNorth on January 22, 2003
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