ReMix: Street Fighter Alpha 2 'Dan's Ice Cream Truck'

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Dan, dan, dan. You have to love the entire concept of Dan - simultaneously a cheap shot at SNK from the true kings of 2D at Capcom and a way to demean your opponent like never before, by beating him silly with the unending taunts of a man in pink whose fireball has Freudian connotations I think we can all detect - sometimes a cigar is, in fact, just a cigar, but not so hadokens/gadokens. Some of my fondest gaming memories date back to playing Alpha 2 in the arcades and roughing young rapscallions up with mean dankuukyakus. Of course, some of my most painful gaming memories involve brief matchups with Mr. Esquivel over Kaillera, where yes, sadly, my saucy self was schooled in the ways of the true warrior. Yin and yang, dark and light - Dan works both sides and comes out on top in the end, embracing good and evil and transcending both. One can only sit and reflectively ponder in continuously smaller, concentric circles of thought why Capcom haven't given him his own franchise. But enough about Dan, let's talk about mix: former partners in crime Joshua Morse and po! team up yet again, JM the Andy Bogard to po's Terry (or vice versa), to provide listeners with our second SFA2 mix and our first lovin' for Dan the Man. Commenting on Mr. Yan's Sheng Long-quality violin solo while pointing out some minor issues, Brandon writes:

"Nice. I’m a becoming a huge Regina Carter fan but sadly her work and that of other jazz violinists often goes underappreciated, even in the jazz community. It’s always a rare pleasure to hear a good jazz violin performance. Great work po!.

The rest of the instruments are nice as well. Very thick bass, great piano sample, and groovetastic Rhodes. The percussion leaves something to be desired though. For a hi-hat that is as repetitive as this, I’d like to hear much more interesting samples and processing. What’s here gives off a slight metronome vibe that is especially apparent when exposed at sections like 2:24-2:40. Still, I think the other elements overcome the shortcomings of the percussion."

Let's not forget the mix title either - when your piece is called "Dan's Ice Cream Truck", you get special bonus points right off the bat. Not that they're needed - everything's tight as can be, with a funky syncopated groove, disco string stabs to accompany a nice moving bassline, EP and AP comping/soloing, monoglide sine lead, and last but far from least po's fiddlin' around. The addition of the sweet-sweet solo violin pushes things over the top in a Sylvester Stallone, arm-wrasslin' sort of way, and is really better than Dan could ask for, hope, or expect. I love this treatment of the melody; this is right where I think it needed to go, and I think the dynamic duo of Morse/Yan were just the fellas to take it there. If you savored the watermelon, you'll love the ice cream, as the ReMixers continue to serve up a culinary jazz/funk/rnb/lounge smorgasbord. As Steven Tyler once said: "Pink - it´s not even a question."

― djpretzel

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

"Chuck Norris drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls."
I state that to say that whenever I come by this mix, I mentally mix up the mix and the preceding Chuck Norris Fact for some reason...
Bizarre, I know...
Aaannnyyway, this is very unique; this has a nice driving beat.
:shock:
Ahhh....
This mix just came very clear to me now. I can recognize both Joshua and po!'s hallmarks on this mix.
A Very Nicely Done Mix. :nicework:
Also, the world needs more jazz violinists.

- 42 on March 20, 2009

Aquas Magus;244850 wrote: When I found out that po! and Joshua Morse had done a remix together, I was ecstatic! I can't really find anything to complain about here. Everything just flows together so perfectly in that upbeat yet mellow jazzy way...You two make an excellent pair and I really hope you get together for another song in the future. ^^

You know about their other mix, right?
http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01411/

- Martin Penwald on March 15, 2007

When I found out that po! and Joshua Morse had done a remix together, I was ecstatic! I can't really find anything to complain about here. Everything just flows together so perfectly in that upbeat yet mellow jazzy way...You two make an excellent pair and I really hope you get together for another song in the future. ^^

- Aquas Magus on March 12, 2007

DCT wrote:

Selios wrote: where the hell did u get this violin sound from?

From a violin.

:lol:

- Mr. Fox on April 25, 2006

Selios wrote: where the hell did u get this violin sound from?

From a violin.

- DCT on April 25, 2006

nice funky bass, cool piano and... where the hell did u get this violin sound from?
drums [i]do[/i] need some more work, though...

- Selios on April 25, 2006

This is a very unique and awesome mix. You've got that rhythmic fight vibe going on at the beginning and then it's onto some sweet, mellow-but-upbeat-at-the-same-time jazz. In short, it's really enjoyable throughout. You two make a good mixing pair. Keep it up!

- lady zelda on January 30, 2006

I like this. Everything about this is good and does what it's supposed to, although the piano solo can't really follow the bitchin' violin.
I don't know about anybody else but when the violin is playing, the music sounds like something you'd hear from the old SNES RPG Robotrek. I loved that game and bringing back feelings of that game only makes me like this mix more. Good job.

- Wicked on January 3, 2006

Yea I actually like to play dan rather than anyone else, simply because beating the crap out of people with him is very hillarious. This song is really well done with the stage song. It just reminded me of the old days where my friends and I would just play as Dan on SFA2. Ah, well done to both of you!

- Darkmetamorphasis on December 29, 2005

Really lovin' this unique take on Dan's Theme.
SFA-series was always mixed in different ways. From tough beats, to jazzy synth.
Then again Dan felt the love of music. His stage was just vibrant, as he was goofy.
This well done mix, really incorporates a labor of love.
Never heard something like this before, especially done with an arcade character's theme.
Nice job JM & Po! We'd love to hear more from both of you!

- Kadosho on December 18, 2005

Hoping to see more from the two of you. Too much of a good thing (ie jazz and rhodes piano) can be wonderful..and the violin daaaaamn hawt stuff by po!
It's up there with Totoro's Groove.. :wink:

- Tepid on December 16, 2005

It was professional sounding, from people i've heard of before so i knew to expect that. But i didnt really care for it much. I like jazz music, and I thought this didnt have the sort of flair that I would remember. At 1:13 the violin thinggy carries for a while. by 1:50 i would introduce something new. At 2:08 the piano is lovely, but that part only lasts a little while, the a bridge, then its back to the violin..thinggy. I dont know, maybe i just dont like violin..thinggies. Percussion is too same-same after 1:13. At the end, you could introduce stop-time (that's always fun) or something else rather than a fadeout. Play with it a little more.

- jorgandar on November 23, 2005

!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8O 8O 8O
You guys stuck your foot in this! ( <- that means that it was well made)
I REALLY like this mix. Im no music expert, so I cant tell you why, but yeah...good stuff

- kablammyman on November 21, 2005

I've got a fever, and the only perscription is more po!

- Shwenky on November 21, 2005

Sick. You two do [i]great[/i] collabs. Watermelon Flava was pretty awesome, but this is... Holy shit. I love that bassline a lot. And the violin solo, just pure hawt. Perfect use of instruments here.

- PlastikBag on November 19, 2005

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