ReMix: Marble Madness 'Marble Dancefloor'

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Our second Marble Madness ReMix is the first submission from Palpable, who gives us a techno/disco arrangement of the innovative classic's intermediate stage music. Digital Coma sorta summed things up well:

"Ok, I'm up to 1:10 and everything is rocking; good layer-ups, introduction to beat, sexy rhythm. Gotta love the rowdy drums and bassline. A little original section comes next and is quickly replaced again by source melody. I keep listening for these little alterations (harmony, counterpoint) snuck in here and there like complimentary vanilla wafers, and I say to myself, "hey, the NES tune is like six measures long and this guy's managed to expand upon it to make beautifully simple electro pop within four minutes."

There's a slight Daft Punk feel, though anything disco/house could probably said to have such a likeness due to that act's common association with the sound. The octave bassline and heavy kick / snare downbeat are the tell-tale ingredients, but there's also some good percussive accoutrements (with nice panning) and an overall attention to keeping things both funky and interesting. Interesting volume gating on the lead towards the middle and drum dropout/break towards the end - there's still some inevitable repetition, but it's totally appropriate both for the genre and considering the relative size of the original. Good stuff from Palpable, very accessible and a distinct style of electronica that's not so common as well.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.

Thought I'd give this another closer listen, after playing the arcade version of Marble Madness last weekend at Katsucon ('til my hands were red--slight aside, the NES version is [i]much[/i] easier, though not as much fun sans the trackball).
Anyway... Honestly, it's a bit repetitive, especially the 10-20 seconds before it gets into the main theme. The bassline is pretty good, though, and it's at least as catchy (if not more so) than the original theme. Overall, it's an okay piece.
I should say, though, that Palpable has a really great and unique style that I enjoy. You can hear early elements of it in this remix, and everything hereafter by him has just been getting better and better. KF

- Kizyr on February 18, 2009

The comparison to Daft Punk isn't off at all to me - this is both stiff and groovy which definitely reminds me of them! The track doesn't need a comparison to Daft Punk, it's great anyway. =) Dancing!
--Eino
btw, I remember Supaplex too!

- evktalo on February 14, 2009

I feel like I've been transported into a Freezepop song. I can hear the vocoder already...
That's a good thing, by the way.

- Dhsu on October 2, 2008

Contrary to KogeJoe, I thought this was a very fun and challenging game. I remember playing it when I was little and never being able to beat the 4th? level, i think it was. I'm not sure, but it's the one that you think is impossible. If you've ever beaten that game, you know there's no better feeling. I've always liked the music, but I figured no one would ever even THINK of remixing it. I constantly listen to this mix when i need a little pick-me-up.

- Bozlifyme on February 9, 2008

I've got to say, this was the WORST buy. A waste of my money. However, I've got to say, the music was pretty cool for a game in which you maneuver marbles in a physically impossible way...
GREAT elaboration on good music to a BAD game...

- KogeJoe on January 24, 2007

This song would be perfect for a DDR stage.

- Nineko on December 19, 2006

When i heard this remix for the first time it made me think of a commercial of Rimmel London :P.
Maybe that's wat inspired Palpable?
Nice remix, though.

- Katmaï on April 28, 2005

Basically a combination of disco/electro/funk. While some people will love this, others won't care for it.
As for myself, when this was posted a looong way back, I didn't like it initially. But when I listened to it more, it grew on me a lot, and I'm just now writing a review of it. I see the judges were also split on it. Good stuff though.

- Corporal Eschebone on February 19, 2005

HA! I go to be honest with you, djpretzel. When I listened this mix in my headphone, in 02:44, I thought that my home phone ringed: [i]Trrim-trrim[/i]. But was this mix! This mix deceived me! :P
Okay, I think that this is the second Stage from [i]Marble Madness[/i]. Nostalgic game! I liked the electronic/exotic style of this mix. This deserves a compliment...good work!

- Txai on February 16, 2005

Been humming this all day. :)

- Poison_Quill on February 13, 2005

I love it. Brings back that oldschool feel with the standard 4/4 beat. Nice work.

- The Orichalcon on October 31, 2004

Funky is one word to describe this remix. Original also comes to mind. Repetitive? Yes, but joyfully so. This remix hits me with a fresh, sound, a modern mix of of techno sounds and good ol' fashion groove. The break at about 2:20 was unexpected..but builds back into the main groove and theme in such a fun way that I can't hold it against the remix as a whole. Sometime I play this bad boy several times in a row..increasing the volume everytime. One day neighbors and co-renters will murder me in my sleep because of it...but it will have been worth it.

- esden9 on October 26, 2004

Oh man, this is good. It's the best remix from Marble Madness I ever heard, but that's logical because I only found 4 remixes (the 2 here, one WIP at vgmix and one in the list by Saunders) from the game. I think it's time to create more remixes from Marble Madness. The song doesn't start very well, but it's getting better when the first minute has passed. I'm going to like it more and more and the nice tune close by the end is wonderfull.
Good song, great job.

- Bundeslang on June 28, 2004

nice to see a marble madness song that bumps gets down dance fever anyone? lol :D

- Hydro~Sonic on June 26, 2004

I thought this mix was prrety cool. Really upbeat and funky! I never imagined this kind of spin to be put on the only song on the 8-bit cart I deemed worthy of likng! Disco Funk w/ a bit of Daft Punk! It's cool!

- Rapyer2986 on February 21, 2004

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