ReMix: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior 'Go Home and Be a Family Man'

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Been just over two years since Norrin Radd's initial Ninja Gaiden submission - something of a hiatus, to be sure, but fans of The Man With the Comb, aka Guile of SF2 fame should dig this rock take on his stage's theme. As a sidenote, I think ALL of us noticed how, in Guile's stage's background, that one woman's hand was awfully close to the area of the dude she was leaning on. No? Just me? Go back and take a second look. Norrin gives the theme a guitar upgrade, with some acoustic kit and electric bass underpinnings. Sound quality isn't ace, which ended up causing something of a split in the judges panel, but I like what he does especially towards the end in terms of the arrangement, and the guitar itself sounds crunchy enough to me, if the other elements aren't as polished. Around the 1'45" mark the arrangement becomes more inventive and original, incorporating some soloing and mucking about with the original. Some felt that was too long to wait, while others suggested that regardless of the mix having that period of less interpretive coverage, the world needs some good solid rock SF2 action, and that this piece delivers. I'm somewhere in between said stances - though I don't find the arrangement itself particularly jarring or incoherent as some did, the sound quality on everything but the guitar is prohibitive at specific times. However, you can tell that's what here, the core elements, have been worked on and refined, and there are a good number of quality moments packed in to the three-and-a-half-minute playing time. Gray apparently didn't like the mix title but I think it's kinda fun :) At any rate, it's cool to receive submissions from people who've been relatively quiet for awhile, and this is some great instant-grat rock Guile that should be enjoyed by many.

― djpretzel