ReMix: Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu 'People Made of Stone'

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Mattias has become a very active member of OCR relatively recently, with multiple contributions to Voices of the Lifestream and participation in our forums. He subbed this track before the VotL madness ensued, and it represents our first coverage of the Nausicaa-esque Jade Cocoon. The ReMixer writes:

"This is really a soundtrack I respect. I played this game for half a year when I was about.. 11-12 and I never forgot the great music and atmosphere. I looked for the soundtrack for almost 3 years without success and then finally found it. Now I wanted to pay my respect to Kimitaka Matsumae's perfect soundtrack. I was trying to capture the feeling from the original game with the percussion and ethnic elements and then went overboard with loads of synths and som phat drums. Since I love to fit different styles into my remixes I went even more overboard by finishing off with a more slick general rock (no guitars though) version of the theme. Everything was, as always, done in Reason 3. I am really proud of this one and I hope everyone else will enjoy it too."

Reason 4 just came out, with a new synth and (perhaps more importantly, for me) an improved sequencer, but even with versions three and prior, it's always been possible to coax varied and professional results out of Propellerheads' baby. If, with version 5, they finally added VSTi host/instrument capability ala FruityLoops, so I could stop dealing with wonky "ReWire" (nice caps, though!) shizz, I'd be prepared to kneel down and worship at their altar. My main hangup with using Reason as a standalone package was always its sequencer, and it looks like v4 beefs this up big time, so while I could recommend it previously, now my endorsement is all the stronger - for those looking to start out in electronic music, Reason and FL are the two best options at the moment.

It's especially cool to hear Reason leveraged against non-electronica genres, which it is perfectly capable of handling, despite occasional pigeonholing to the contrary. Here, Mattias is blending tribal with rock, combining ethnic riddims with an acoustic kit, giving a monoglide synth lead melodic dominance. The overall feel has ambience but also momentum; it's open, but it's moving in a specific direction. Jesse says:

"Really nice remix. Hadn't heard the original before. The remix has strengths in its texture, dynamics, and layering. The harp + xylophone sounds great, and the backing synths and groove compliment nicely. Great escalation around 1:25."

With Shariq adding:

"I really like the tribal atmosphere in the beginning, and the evolution into the heavier electronic stuff works really nicely. This mix has a really cohesive feel to it, especially when you mix that tribal sound with the electronic stuff."

Jesse did add that he felt the ending was underwhelming, and Mr. Ansari didn't like the pan flute lead, but none of the judges had enough misgivings to prohibit their approval, and everyone seemed to agree that the mix was strong on both arrangement and texture. With a pseudonym like "Another Soundscape," this is an important criteria to be achieving, and Mattias has done so consistently with his first mixes. Hopefully he'll be around with the same enthusiasm for years to come. For those on the lookout for a Jade Cocoon mix, or just a cool ethnic/rock fusion piece in general, be sure to check this action out.

― djpretzel

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

still my favorite AnSo remix ..
(don't get me wrong man, but this is just so epic, and i haven't even played this game ^^)
i want MORE anso! (and experience tells me i will get)

- Platonist on September 29, 2008

This is an amazing AMAZING remix! I love jade cocoon! Brings back so many memories of my childhood when me and my friends would play out the game in the forest. lol we were dorks! **we are dorks!
I just bought the soundtrack off ebay. worth every penny! You need to make more! *searching for jade cocoon tracks was actually how I found this site and why I joined it lol! so thank you!!

- Eskimo00 on February 20, 2008

I just rediscovered this track when I finally got around to loading up all the remixes into my player to go back over them again. Being a musical know-nothing I can't really comment on the technical aspects of the piece, but I can say without hesitation that this song is incredibly enjoyable. I love the way that it seems to envelop the listener with the ambient deep bass, and yet it continues to drive a nice beat all along. I can't really put the rest of my comments into any semblance of competent critique, so I'll have to settle for offering a round of applause, and a hearty bravo.

- DeepChild on January 22, 2008

SonikBoom;343349 wrote: I'm totally digging the ethnic-techno stylin's. Kinda like zircon's "The World Circuit". It's come a long, long way since I heard the WIP you sent me, and it went from "awesome" to "ZOMGKICKASS". (Yeah, I still have the wip on my HDD)
Keep up the good werkz anso!
(And I'll beat Psychonauts one of these days. I swear it.)

Seconded. Except I don't have Psychonauts.
But I'll beat it someday!

- Theory of Nonexistence on November 14, 2007

SonikBoom;343349 wrote: I'm totally digging the ethnic-techno stylin's. Kinda like zircon's "The World Circuit". It's come a long, long way since I heard the WIP you sent me, and it went from "awesome" to "ZOMGKICKASS". (Yeah, I still have the wip on my HDD)
Keep up the good werkz anso!
(And I'll beat Psychonauts one of these days. I swear it.)

YOU BETTER! Psychonaaaauuts! wooo!
also, thanks ;)

- Another Soundscape on November 14, 2007

I'm totally digging the ethnic-techno stylin's. Kinda like zircon's "The World Circuit". It's come a long, long way since I heard the WIP you sent me, and it went from "awesome" to "ZOMGKICKASS". (Yeah, I still have the wip on my HDD)
Keep up the good werkz anso!
(And I'll beat Psychonauts one of these days. I swear it.)

- SonikBoom on November 14, 2007

Truly one of the best remixes I have ever listened to! Keep em coming, dude.

- KrafN on November 13, 2007

Freezard71;339063 wrote: OH SWEET GOD OF JESUS.
Erm well, I just saw and listened to this remix and felt an urge to register here just to tell you how AWESOME this remix is! I love this game and the music (PSP ftw), and this is one of the best tracks ever. Been looking for Jade Cocoon remixes a lot before but not until now did one show up... very good job!
I hope you can bring us more JC sweetness. :) As good as Sirus Village is, I think the main theme is even better. But it might be hard to remix...
And in case you haven't seen this special remix of Sirus Village, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAzynh8stGU ;)
LOVE to you man!

Wow, that video made me all happy :D I'm glad there are others like me out there.
I will try to remix the main theme soon, it's one of my all-time favorite songs, but I'm very caught up in other projects and school at the moment.
Anyway, thanks a lot for your support! Expect new remixes by me soon enough ;)

- Another Soundscape on November 4, 2007

OH SWEET GOD OF JESUS.
Erm well, I just saw and listened to this remix and felt an urge to register here just to tell you how AWESOME this remix is! I love this game and the music (PSP ftw), and this is one of the best tracks ever. Been looking for Jade Cocoon remixes a lot before but not until now did one show up... very good job!
I hope you can bring us more JC sweetness. :) As good as Sirus Village is, I think the main theme is even better. But it might be hard to remix...
And in case you haven't seen this special remix of Sirus Village, check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAzynh8stGU ;)
LOVE to you man!

- Freezard71 on November 4, 2007

LuigiFan;337686 wrote: Just wanted to let you know that this ReMix impressed me so much that I actually bothered coming to the review topic to say how much I actually liked it. It rocked dude, and so did your stuff on the album - I'm really looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

Thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart.
Expect some new remixes soon enough ;)
EDIT: Damnit. I have to stop thanking everyone. This review thread is 50% me saying thanks :(((

- Another Soundscape on October 31, 2007

Just wanted to let you know that this ReMix impressed me so much that I actually bothered coming to the review topic to say how much I actually liked it. It rocked dude, and so did your stuff on the album - I'm really looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

- LuigiFan on October 31, 2007

thank you very much for the kind words :)
This is what makes me want to remix more, to know other people out there appreciate this as much as I do

- Another Soundscape on October 28, 2007

Well, this took me by surprise! Jade Cocoon's soundtrack is sadly overlooked, as was the game itself. I particularly liked how you kept the tribal elements intact without making them sound out of place in the ReMix. The 3:12 segment is extremely well done and nostalgic as well, different in style but it connects seamlessly. Altogether an excellent track.
It even woke me up and cured my headache. That's good remix there. =)
The Jade Cocoon soundtrack is an untapped well of musical goodness that was just begging for a proper remix, and it finally got one. I look forward to any further work you do, either on JC or anything else!
"Try and sleep, if you must, but I will wake you with my dust..." - Man, memories are just flooding back...

- Keiseth on October 28, 2007

Thanks for all your wonderful comments :)
this is what keeps me going

- Another Soundscape on October 26, 2007

OK, this mix has called me outta my usual lurk. I HAVE to praise you on this. One of the few songs that I can have on loop for over half an hour.
It's brought back a lotta memories of that great game and I just love the tribal feel. Good going!

- Turraken on October 25, 2007

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