ReMix: Mega Man X 'The Zero Sacrifice'

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There's really no denying it - the electric guitar, initially panned hard right, that enters at around the minute mark is definitely the high mark, some might say saving grace, of this Mega Man X arrangement from Vigilante. The rest of the instruments aren't bad, and the ReMixer does an especially good job of muxing with the theme and even bringing in some other earlier Mega melody, but the guitar's on a higher level. I do appreciate the very brave use of the solo trumpet, even if it's not the best patch in the world. The drums are rockin' but do sound, as one judge noted, a little GM-ish (General MIDI) - not the highlight. To round things out, I take some issue with panning decisions and mixing - some elements are cut above or below where it seems like they should be, and panning - while discrete and obviously at play - is sometimes overly polarized. BUT, but, but, there's some mean classic rock electric guitar noodling that blends in really well that truly compensates and turns the ReMix into an overall success, with portions being downright great. In essence, the arrangement is (more than) there, the guitar is definitely there, and while some of the other players may be catching up to varying degrees, this is enough. Also dig the very enigmatic, moody ending quite a bit. As our newest judge Beatdrop summarizes: "Well, about 50% of this song sounds very General MIDI-ish (especially the drums), but the guitar work more than makes up for that. The arrangement also happens to be top-notch, which helps cover up for the samples used." - my sentiments exactly. Mega Man nuts ( . . . as in "fans", yo) need ask no questions, and lovers of rock in general should find this some satisfying, crunchy, driving stuff. Kudos to Vigilante, with the constructive suggestion that improving his sampleset somewhat could yield devastating, downright scary results. Cool.

― djpretzel