ReMix: Chrono Trigger 'Antimatter'
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- Game: Chrono Trigger (Square, 1995, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): Beatdrop
- Composer(s): Nobuo Uematsu, Noriko Matsueda, Yasunori Mitsuda
- Song(s): Battle with Magus
- Posted: 2006-09-28, evaluated by the judges
Besides being the helpful substance that fuels the NCC-1701x line of quality starships and keeps those neon rings moving up and down, antimatter is now also the latest ReMix from Beatdrop. We last heard from the twinless Olsen back in December of '05, and he's only covered the ubiquitous CT OST once before, in February of '03, but now he's back with some trigger-happy Trigger happy, dropping the beat as only Beatdrop can. Something about woodchucks comes to mind... The ReMixer writes:
"Been an eternity since I submitted a remix, but I finally created one I'm satisfied with. Seems so hard to do these days. This is a dark, angry, brooding remix of the Magus battle theme from Chrono Trigger. This was actually one of the first songs I ever attempted to remix, and the version I made back in 2001 is, well, pure unadulterated shit. This version, on the other hand, is pretty tasty. But that's subjective, so I'll leave it up to the ears and minds of whoever ends up reading this. Pulled on a lot of inspiration from Concord Dawn for this. They are one of the truly great names in drum 'n' bass music today, always outdoing themselves. Anyway, similar in style to the kind of stuff they've been doing lately, I wanted to make something with humongous bass synths. So here it is."
Bass synths are indeed ginormous, so we're not being shafted on the low-end. Dain may have been a bit too generous on the high-end, however, as the only consistent negative amongst panelists was that there are some rather loud, potentially even grating, higher frequencies in this piece. As Larry put it: "Beatdrop cares not for my ears or yours. When dropping the beat, one cannot be bothered by such things." The beat may be Dain's to drop and Vicki Sue Robinson's to turn around, but it's ultimately ours to pick back up, and you may want to adjust your headphone/speaker volume on the conservative side of things as a preemptive measure, then calibrate appropriately during listening. If Dain ain't sold you on his hard-hittin' in-your-face stylings to date, this isn't going to be an epiphany, as it remains quite true to the mofo's M.O., being that of more aggressive and faster paced electronica sub-genres. It is the ever-popular Magus theme from the ever-popular Chrono Trigger soundtrack from ever-popular Squaresoft, however, so that might unfreeze the calcified hearts of those previously apathetic to the dropping of beat - who knows. Andy knows:
"Ooh... right from the beginning, I could tell that this remix means business. I'm a huge fan of "Deserted Industry" and "Catapult" and the harsh electronic sounds used in both of those. And, overall, I really like the sounds you used here as well. Lots of very creative pads, some butt-kickin' drums, crazy leads, thick bass... etc, that much is all a given. The arrangement is wonderful as well. The Magus theme can be tough to remix creatively because it has such a cool structure to begin with, but you did a good job, particularly with all the rhythmic variations (especially the tempo change). Major props on that."
So, aside from a slightly ornery temperament that bares its teeth a few times, you've got a great piece that's classic BD doing classic Mitsuda, with the bonus of being able to create wicked smart explosions when combined with plain ole matter - in other, simpler words: fun and loud.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Still a pretty good mix.
- OA on June 1, 2009
- DragonFireKai on February 26, 2007
It's Game & Bass, really.
- meccaneer on January 23, 2007
- Bass Clef Man on November 10, 2006
- DarkCecil13 on November 2, 2006
- Martin Penwald on October 23, 2006
- SamuraiFoochs #Reload on October 13, 2006
- Citan on October 12, 2006
I swear I see JM's little animated cat sig raving to this song...
- Malaki-LEGEND.sys on October 8, 2006
Fun fact: Concord Dawn uses mostly Fruity Loops to make their music.
It's a pretty sick d&b remix of an evil source tune. What else can I say.
But dammit, now you go and make me want to do yet another Chrono Trigger remix. But one that follows the styles of Subfocus and TC. :lol:
- JustChris on October 4, 2006
Really like those guys. "Morning Light" is one of my all-time favorite tracks and "Don't Tell Me", while being a little, uh, TRL, is awesome when it gets played at a party.
- A Gang of Field Mice on October 3, 2006
However, I do see this piece being used as a boss battle. Perhaps a dark digital special boss or something like that.
- Raza Bloodfire on October 3, 2006
- Fritz the Cat on October 2, 2006
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