dokmatik - Space Harrier

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Arranged by:
dokmatik Remixer
Member profile:
dokmatik
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Mark Cooksey
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Duration:
4:48
Released:
16/03/2009
Charts position:
182. in the year 2009
3635. in all-time charts
Score:
66%
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c64glen shouts:
Shows promise but could do with some more work. Also The mixing isn't great,
nummer2 shouts:
The arrangment is good its never boring or something but it sounds terrible sry
condor shouts:
I love the start, it has great moments, but lead sound really ruins it a lot. If it were softer, and mixing a bit better it could have orange/red smiley from me. Listen to moog lead sounds, you'll see what I mean.:)
chilli_uk shouts:
Should up the bpm a lot - the original was so much faster - its ok but flat at that speed - cant see aliens hurtling to me at the speed your playing it and where is Welcome to the fantasy zone - get ready?
Mayhem shouts:
Starts off pretty well but the lead... Far too thin and reedy sadly.
xgener8or shouts:
Sounds a bit strange, the soudns are all over the place, not sure if they are distorting or what, sometime extremely soft, abut lots of "pumping" going on, maybe overly compressed?
Machine shouts:
Nahh, I quite like this actually, restrained unlike the original, could do with maybe a faster BPM and a thicker body. Good nontheless.
Master Baator shouts:
I don't know if to call this weird or ingenius. The composition is intelligent; a good start with nice middle sections and a suitable end, but the choice of instruments and the production are terrible. Try listening to it with headphones. My ears bleed
Tyler Durden shouts:
I really wanted to like this - it starts off so dreamy and then the choice of instruments don't mix well together.
Chainsaw shouts:
Okayish...
LaLa shouts:
Great arrangement, but the lead sound is too sharp. Tone it down or transpose it.
Anbalsilfer shouts:
This is great! It really retains the naïve catchiness of the original while adding to it in completely novel but utterly harmonizing ways! Wonderfully done!
Melaure shouts:
Starts well but the lead instrument... Eek
BabyKool shouts:
Revisiting this classic with great innovations in the melody
Zilog shouts:
An absolute knckout for me ; so sweet..... Respect for making an innovative/ yet respectful remix of this classic... Ain't no musician so I don't grasp the apparently horrendous "flaws", but to the Beotian I am, it just sounds and feels GOOD
Review by Anbalsilfer
19/11/2009

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This is easily one of the best old classic arcade remixes I have ever heard. The original Space Harrier theme was quite catchy and memorable, but a bit lacking in genre identity. Dokmatik has created a version that retains the original catchiness and even increases the tension of suspense of the original, while successfully introducing the song into a genre where it fits extremely well: naïve retro-psychedelic sci-fi. This arrangement qualifies for the very top of sci-fi signature themes in my view.

The chord sequence in the transition between the introduction and the main theme is nothing short of ingenius. This is one of those rare remixes where nothing has been lost, but the final result adds several new layers that harmonize perfectly with the original. Fabulous work!