ReMix: Super Mario World 'Monstrous Turtles!'
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- Game: Super Mario World (Nintendo, 1990, SNES)
- ReMixer(s): zircon
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo
- Song(s): Map 5 (Forest of Illusion), Sub Castle BGM
- Posted: 2007-03-02, evaluated by djpretzel
Hot off the presses... this used to be called simply "Monstrous Turtles", but Larry suggested the small yet completely essential addition of exclamatory punctuation, and what could have been an unfortunate mix titling situation was salvaged. Somewhat. Personally, JJT's "Koopacalypse" and my own "One Flew Over the Koopa's Nest" and "Night on Koopa Mountain" were all much better options, but the burden of genius in this sad world of ours is watching others fail to recognize it... and pay the dire, dire consequences. While Mr. Aversa may not be the resident king of Christening his auditory output, let this reflect in no way upon its actual quality, which is as per usual quite high. He channels a sound that somewhat resembles some of Protricity's stuff, ReMixing Super Mario World's antagonistic leitmotifs into a menacing and aggressive composition. zircon writes:
"Here's a remix that I did after listening to the source for the first time in a few years. And, in fact, the only reason I listened to it was because I was judging a remix of the same theme. Full circle, or something. Anyway, this mix is just a fun little romp using my favorite blend of styles... hope no one's sick of that by now! By the way, the title is taken from a random sentence in the instruction booklet. :x Enjoy!!"
I for one ain't sick of it; Andy's completely in his element doing the electro-orchestral thing, and this theme works very well with it. I could have sworn I heard a metal version of said theme at MAGFest this year, and perhaps it served as something of an inspiration, too, but my mind could be playing tricks on me; it happens when you reach the old, decrepit age of 27. Pretty soon I'll be wearing mandiapers and pulling my pants up to my chin. In the meantime, highlights include rhythmically gated/chopped choir samples, some fancy wicked runs on the synth lead, delicate synth bells leading into shredding, mean guitar (Monstrous Juxtaposition!), and Andy's signature dish of meaty beats for the children to enjoy. Whether your turtles are monstrous like Koopa, righteous like mutant ninjas, or filled with meat like Gamera, chances are you'll love AA's newest gem. Dig it.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - Jewbei on December 8, 2008
- Willrock on October 21, 2008
- glasfen on September 29, 2008
- Cybermouse on September 26, 2008
- ChaosPlayer on September 9, 2008
I don't know jack about musical terminology, but I just want to say this is a VERY high quality tune. Thank you, zircon, for creating a masterpiece of godly proportions.
- Derk_wtf on March 22, 2008
- Catullus on February 1, 2008
But everyone agrees, it's just so evilly good, so who cares XD
- ombar on December 9, 2007
chrisdlugosz;352195 wrote: djpretzel - you mentioned that you heard a metal version of this at magfest
indeed you DID --- it was my band ARMCANNON
here is a quick mix of a live radio performance we did ---
http://chrisdlugosz.net/x/armcannon_castle_buffstate_radio.mp3
sorry for the self plug- okbye
--- Chris -- 'keyboar' -- ARMCANNON
Any thoughts on this remix? :tomatoface:
- Liontamer on December 7, 2007
indeed you DID --- it was my band ARMCANNON
here is a quick mix of a live radio performance we did ---
http://chrisdlugosz.net/x/armcannon_castle_buffstate_radio.mp3
sorry for the self plug- okbye
--- Chris -- 'keyboar' -- ARMCANNON
- chrisdlugosz on December 6, 2007
It is just consistantly cool, every last part is thoroughly enjoyable. This defines what remixing is about, 100%. It is fresh and innovative enough to stand out, yet faithful enough to the original that you can immediately recognize it.
I can say quite conservatively that it's probably one of my favourite remixes on the site. Bravo.
- Kojius on August 5, 2007
- SwordBreaker on June 21, 2007
Darklink42;259380 wrote: This song is easily now in my top ten from this site, I love it. Everything just plays out perfectly. I caught the Forest of Illusion theme in there, but it sounded so natural in the song that at first I had to actually think about whether or not is was from the original castle theme or not.
What I really love about this song though is the ending. Hands down, that is [U]the[/U] perfect ending, not only because of the build up, but also because I played the game, so that it immeaditly calls up an image of Mario standing on the roof of Bowser's castle just as the evil king appears.
[b]When I first heard this one, I was floored.
I have NEVER seen anyone write a composition as menacing and smooth as this mix.
I was overwhelmed with joyous abandon as I heard the rock guitar and organ strike in, juxtaposed in themselves, but syncing with the rest of the piece beautifully.
This one was so good, I had to burn it to a disk so i could hear when I wake up to it.
...
I now need some more writable disks...[/b]
- Rokin2Mordor on April 30, 2007
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