ReMix: Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos 'InTheAtrium'
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I really like what Jason Merrill, alias silent, is bringing to the game arrangement world; his combination of original vocals and extensive rock/ballad rearrangement basically turns the source material into entirely new pieces of music, but if you listen, sure enough, the original game melodies are there in full force. The vocal parts he writes for himself are pretty difficult, and there will be occassional falters or areas that aren't as polished, but this arrangement of the Atrium theme from Ninja Gaiden 2 does more to compensate for that than his previous 'Tororian Love Song', which was a more spartan mix that gave the vocals less company. Here, we get a more energetic arrangement that also branches out sonically a bit more, with layered solo and rhythm guitar, nice B3 organ, and an appended section that goes into acoustic Extreme 'More than Words' territory (as in, get your lighters out and start wavin' em) - great stuff. He's also a good lyricist, and manages to come up with words that flow perfectly in context and sound very natural, which is always the trick. There's some rockin' guitar soloing as well, and even some synth backup at 2'52" that gets thrown competently into the mix. Recording is cleaner than before, and the stereo imaging is very intimate and powerful - the acoustic section towards the conclusion in particular. At the very end some vocal self-harmony is introduced that doesn't really work; this would be the one primary beef I have, and would have preferred he ended on the really rather beautiful high note hit just moments before. Ending criticism aside, this is really quite a unique and creative thing to have done with a piece of Ninja Gaiden 2's BGM, and Jason's style produces a very singular type of ReMix you won't find from other artists. This is the logical 'next step' beyond what he did with Tororian in terms of arrangement, and the extra bits only add to the effectiveness of his style. Recommended; this is pretty much the type of mix you'll either be into or not, like its predecessor, but has some truly great musical ideas that are very well executed.
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