Barry Leitch - Tetris (Mariko's Tale Remix)

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We all have pieces of music we hold dear to ourselves. Sometimes it can be some strange obscure pieces from the weirdest of places, whether it's a live version that stands out more than recorded versions, or some film scene score, or some piece of music that you fell in love with the very first time you heard it.

One of my favorite pieces of music, is a wonderfully bleak and haunting piece of music by Mr. Wally Beben. It's an extremely long track, and I found myself coming back to it many times over the last 35 years. I found it a wonderfully uplifting piece, despite its nature. I found solace in it many times when life got overwhelming. I'd listen to it, and just roll around in loss, pity, depression, sorrow, whatever it was that was ailing me at the time, and by the end of listening to the piece, I always found myself feeling better - probably because it was so damn long I'd simply forgotten about whatever was ailing me😉

Recently I found myself completely engrossed in a TV show, the remake of Shogun, (I'll avoid posting spoilers) - It was particularly enjoyable, partly because the main British actor sounded very much like Richard Burton and the storyline was surprisingly complex for an American TV show. I started watching each episode twice to catch all the subtleties, and try and make sense of who the bad guys were and who were the actual good guys while waiting eagerly for the next episode.
One of the characters. Mariko, really stood out to me, played by the beautiful Anna Zawei. Her portrayal of her part, delivery of her lines so eloquently and stately, I found her absolutely captivating to watch and her storyline unfold. I developed little crush on Mariko!

Then as the story wraps up, and Mariko's character finishes her story arc, I felt a huge loss. Those familiar negative feelings. I actually left the room and went and spent some time on my own to just contemplate life the universe and everything in it, and in that moment, I made the mental connection between the two.

And so Tetris C64 Mariko's Tale Remix was conceived.

With the Encore 64 Version 2 album starting, it was instantly my choice of track to work on. After all, only a complete idiot would choose to remix a 27 minute tune 😊

I'm very proud of how it turned out

So here it is in all its glory.. Melancholic, haunting, bleak AF, and absolutely beautiful.

I promise you one thing, you'll feel better when its over!