ReMix: Sonic the Hedgehog 'Still In Your Marble Zone'
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- Game: Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega, 1991, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): Diggi Dis
- Composer(s): Masato Nakamura
- Song(s): Marble Zone
- Posted: 2007-05-21, evaluated by the judges
Gonna start this one off with a judge quote, for a change. Jesse writes:
"Allright, Frank my man! Back at the top of your game. Classy and sexy. Rocking not one, not two, but three different keyboard instruments (acoustic & electric pianos, and B3) and to great effect. This track is immediately recognizable as a Diggi Dis track, and there's very little to complain about aside from the abrupt ending."
Actually, those zany judges found one other thing to complain about, namely the piano's sometimes over-quantized feel, but like Mr. Taub says, this is classy stuff, a great multi-instrumentalist interpretation of a great theme. As a partisan to my own take on the source material, I might note that while this may have three different keyboard instruments, it completely lacks a shamisen, which I think we can all agree is the key ingredient in the ultimate Marble Zone ReMix recipe. Nevertheless, at least two others have proven the worth of shamisenless Marble masterpieces, and now Diggi Dis joins their esteemed ranks. The vibe as Jesse points is classic Diggi, with smoothness and instrumentalist emphasis and a good, solid beat and flow. I'm used to hearing hi-hats to the left of bass and kick/snare, so some of the panning decisions here strike me as odd, but there's no denying the performances are delicious and the arrangement both crafted and crafty in its subtle genre shifts. We've been very busy lately working on formalizing a content policy for the site, which will include a submission agreement and terms of use and is thus a topic that requires a good deal of discussion and revision, but I wanted to get this one up here since it's been awhile. With any luck we'll be able to complete and enact said policy sooner rather than later and get back to a more punctual and less punctuated posting pattern, but in the meantime you can dig dis Diggi Dis hedgehog action aplenty. Groovy material.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Sometime's it's just the simple things, ya know?
The piano intro was brilliant and building off of that was genius. Very silky slick and not complicated.
Though I could say the drums are a little forced and they overshadow the piano in the latter have, it ultimately doesn't detract from the mix. Awesome work.
- 42 on January 18, 2009
Super suave and refined, great changes and some really nice comping. The soundscape is always changing but staying cohesive, and each section features something new, along with something familiar, and a slightly different take on the melody each time.
I could listen to this all day; awesome work, good sir.
- OA on October 2, 2008
- astrodisiac@mac.com on February 5, 2008
- MechaFone on December 3, 2007
- dragnmastr85 on June 30, 2007
Its jazzy style reminds me of some of the songs done by po!/Joshua Morse and Red Tailed Fox. Among all the electronica, rock and orchestral remixes, songs like this one always stand out in a very positive way; I wish there'd be more of this stuff.
The two things I really like about this one are the drums and the organ, as the latter adds a lot to the piece's atmosphere.
Nice work.
- Martin Penwald on June 13, 2007
- patella femoral syndrome on June 9, 2007
- Vidilian on June 6, 2007
- Z on May 27, 2007
- badhabit on May 24, 2007
Excellent work.
- Flare4War on May 23, 2007
And I must say .. This was put up ridicilously fast.
Glad to see you got the stuff going on nicely. Compliments!
- DiggiDis on May 22, 2007
Nice work. :nicework:
But you still kept that ridiculous chord at the end. :P
- Dhsu on May 22, 2007
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