ReMix: Super Mario Bros. 'Mario'sTropicalParadise'

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I'm a bit of a movie awards junkie - every year I watch the Oscars, keep track of Sundance and Cannes as much as possible, and I just got done watching the Golden Globes tonight. I usually spend most of the time yelling at the screen, disagreeing vehemently with the decisions of the Hollywood Foreign Press, but this year was a big exception - Lord of the Rings finally got best picture, Lost in Translation got some deserved attention, and Angels in America pulled off a considerable sweep. If you haven't seen it, are open-minded, and have access to HBO, I highly recommend checking it out some time - amazing adapted screenplay, amazing production, superlative cast, and great music. It really was that good.

Digression out of the way, Dr.Fruitcake's latest takes his impressive arranging skills a level further, with improved samples, covering a myriad medley of merry Mario musical motifs with some inventive transitions and a good ear for genre-shifts and juxtaposition. The ReMixer writes:

"What I have here is probably my best-ever MP3 remix. It's a medley of several various Mario themes, all remixed together into a colorful, lively tropical-style theme! The samples are much higher quality than any of my previous submissions, and I feel that the general quality of arrangement is higher as well. I sincerely hope you like! =) List of Included Games and Songs: Super Mario Bros. ("Main Theme"), Super Mario RPG ("Battle with Bowser", "Main Theme"), Mario Party 3 ("Still Going"), Super Mario World ("Credits"), Mario Party 2 ("Western Land"), Yoshi's Story ("Main Theme")"

There's definitely an overall tropical vibe with steel drum and marimba and boppin' percussion, along with punctuated brass and a moving bassline, even introducing some latin percussion later on. Strings too, a piano cadenza, and an emphatic ending - there's just a ton of sheer sequencing going on here, and it's probably most impressive on that level, but the good doctor has as he mentioned improved his sound, and the mixing and production are enjoyable, too. I'm never extraordinarily partial to medleys, but I can still appreciate when one is handled with some know-how and the prescription here is dead-on. Good stuff from Dr. Fruitcake, a veritable cornucopia of goodness for fans of the Mario soundtracks in particular.

― djpretzel