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Gremlins II (The New Batch) - arranged by NadaReview by gator, 09/11/2005 The Gremlins theme opens up soooooooooo much possibility for remixes. Yes, this does nothing for it. I really would love a great Gremlins remix. |
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Monty of the run - arranged by o2Review by Danceaway, 09/11/2005 On my first listen to this track I thought not bad, but when you take into consideration that the original sid track was so fast and full of life - then come back and take another listen to o2's effort then it really is nice and refreshing to take a totally different take on this top C64 track!!! what's the point of matching the original sid track every time!! after all this is a REMIX!!!! |
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Cobra (Live Electric Guitar) - arranged by Gibs offlineReview by gator, 08/11/2005 I thought this sounded really good but it wasn't long enough. The 80s were known for their long, hedonistic guitar solos and I wanted one for this, but there was none. It would have been brilliant if it did. You should try it again. |
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Rambo Loader (Rambo's Blue Monday Mix) - arranged by TronReview by Trace, 01/11/2005 I like this alot, nice touch of combining blue monday with rambo loaderDidn't think it was mad in reason, really high quality |
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Rambo Loader (Rambo's Blue Monday Mix) - arranged by TronReview by Mayhem, 01/11/2005 It's the turn of the nice, short, sweet review here. Sometimes people can be just a little too analytical. Maybe it's because I'm just a listener and not a composer. Anyhows, does it sound good? Yes. Does the combination work? Yes. Does the switch to a minor chord work? Yes. Does it get better with every listen? Hell yes. Nuff said. |
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James Pond 2 (RoboCod-Title) - arranged by pinozulpoReview by gator, 01/11/2005 Not an elaborate or inventive remix by any means but it's such a wonderful tune anyway. Thanks for doing this. If anyone else feels like tackling James Pond 2 please do. |
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Suicide Express - arranged by Morten KORGReview by gator, 01/11/2005 Meh, it was okay. Most of it reminded me of the opening theme for Escape from LA, actually. While it did effect a slow, sort of dangerous atmosphere I don't think it really took full advantage of Crowther's tune. With a lot more seriousness and perhaps an evil streak to it, this could have been a classic remix. Just average as it is tho. Sorry. |
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Turrican 2: Freedom - Western Remix - arranged by AmiGamerReview by Tas, 31/10/2005 This is a very curious mix and one that will likely swing you one way or the other. Amigamers mix here (as is advertised in the remix notes) contains Moricone's original tune Ecstasy of Gold but with AmiGamer playing over the top of it with his synth.This ofcourse causes a bit of a dilema because the idea is top notch and it sounds right too but most of the hard work has been done already by moricone. So how do you rate this? Well, you could say it just sounds great or you could feel cheated that this mostly isn't the remixers own work or even like me you appreciate it still but feel by giving it a high mark is cheating everyone including the remixer. All i can say is that you download it and enjoy what is a great tune and make up your own mind it's value. |
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Turrican 2: Freedom - Western Remix - arranged by AmiGamerReview by lyramion, 30/10/2005 90% rip of 'ecstasy of gold'.the idea is good, but all you've done were the first 30 seconds and then copy paste ennios original. im ashamed, but i can not give you points for something you haven't done. --- thanks for your statement. i would have appreciated it, if you had used the morricones notes/tunes instead of his complete song. you proofed that you can go in this direction with the first 30 secs. so its like tas wrote: double-edged. i changed my nostalgic vote. |
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Turrican 2 - Level 1 - arranged by nightwolfReview by d.a.wilson, 30/10/2005 I only partly agree with Apekattsex - In my opinion this remix has a LOT of potential BUT very sadly Nightwolf has somehow screwed up the bass line big time in the break-down section (around 1:53 to 2:40). The overall instrumentation and mix in my view ideal for this particular part of the Turrican II suite which was always high energy. Good mix & recording. I really think its worth redoing the bass line and resubmitting this mix. Nice Arpeggios too…D. A. Wilson |
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The Settlers (tranced up a bit) - arranged by kjetilnReview by onlineamiga, 30/10/2005 AWESOME big raves for this. I love the synthetic vocal! Sounds good in the car whilst flying down the motorwayI'd be very interested in any other settlers remixes you make, the tune was class. I remember it being on for perhaps a couple of weeks at a time. When youre map got a bit big it took a few days to get a house built Great remix cant imagine playing settlers with it on. But love it, full raves!! |
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The Recovery - arranged by Glyn R BrownReview by gator, 24/10/2005 I love this track. It reminds of Hans Zimmer when he was good. It really does have that early days of Media Ventures feel to it. Like Rain Man. Honestly, lets have more remixes like these! |
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Turrican II - The Great Bath - arranged by AmiGamerReview by fireant, 23/10/2005 WOW WOW WOW! I keep playing this over and over. It's sooooo good, please do more like this… please! |
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Aztec Challenge (Mental Trance Remix) - arranged by choscReview by karl_xii, 19/10/2005 I think it deservers a better grade than other reviews here. It has very good and clear instrumentation at times and since I love trance I like the idea of turning Aztech into one. Half of it is quite good 4 out of 5 and the other part not so good at around 2. 5 out of 5. In total quite ok. |
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Lemmings Tune 13 - arranged by burnt toastReview by onlineamiga, 19/10/2005 Was really impressed with this tune, to the extent im addicted to it. Just check that baseline. It sounds amazing on the sub. The tune is just sheer class, and a true reminder of the real theme of the Amiga. Just brings me back to my youth when i first got my Amiga and realised the awesomeness of it.Thanks guys for making this. Shame I havnt seen any other tracks from burnt toast because this one was so excellently put together. Im just gonna put full raves on this because it just struck a cord with me when i heard it. |
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Think Twice III (Now You're Not Here) - arranged by Perhaps-a-DoobieReview by quinch, 15/10/2005 AAuuuggghhh make it stop awful singing please ears bleeding can't see to unplug the speakers funny lyrics will haunt me forever someone please please unplug the speakers have mercy how can a human voice warble so much the lyrics are so catchy oh FOR THE LOVE OF GHOD NO IT'S ON A LOOP…{collapses in a twitching heap on the floor} |
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Rubicon (Main Titles) - arranged by Jan MorgensternReview by quinch, 15/10/2005 Let me start off by saying that Jan Morgenstern's "Rubicon" was a hair's breadth away from being deleted from my computer before I even finished listening to it. The beginning sounded rather unimpressive, opening up with an upbeat, but rather simplistic percussion rhythm, and the hit-and-run interjection of the melody didn't do wonders for my opinion either. And thus, as my finger was hovering over the "Delete" button, thinking this is another remix that was all cork and no pop, the song hit the minute-twenty mark, the main melody kicked in and the song took off like a cartoon coyote.Once the song gets going, it *stays* going; it goes full out with the melody, background instruments and percussion, sometimes one yielding territory to the other two, such as the solo between 1:55 and 2:26 marks, but altough the intensity of the song varies from one part to another, it doesn't, at any point, fade. The final conclusion is that, with a masterful use of both the instruments and original melody, and enough flourish and improvisation to rise the original while staying true to it, this is a tone well worth listening until the end. Just remember not to set Winamp to loop. Trust me on that one. |
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Thanatos (Drachensaat Mix) - arranged by VoidshaperReview by flotsam, 10/10/2005 Oh, what an excellent remake of a real classic (at least for me…). I was really sceptical about this one with the original being such a beautiful and fragile song, but you've nailed it almost perfectly. Yes, almost… there's a couple of things I'd change on the sound and the arrangement, but that's of course just a matter of opinion. Very good work, thank you for this! |
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Spellbound (Remiximus) - arranged by deVilhoODReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Wow… I didn't like the original SID and must say you totally blew me away with this remix. The original tune is there, even the original feel, but you just do so much with the instruments and the mix!The introduction is… perfect! A great way to start this piece, and moving it from a typical 4/4 drum beat into the march feel was very well done! The only thing about the intro I would have liked a little more was a slighty long cymbal draw, it feels to… rushed. The addition of the thunder was… well done. Sometimes there is a instrument or two which seem to have just "popped" out of nowhere feeling like it is a "mistake". A perfect example if what sounds like a flute off the left channel, which happens to pop up. 29seconds, . 40seconds, and 1. 39secds - and a few times through out the piece. The only other thing I would have probably added to the introduction to just add something more to the overall impressive feel would have been a little more to the strings - just playing the chords left it slighty empty where it is begging for some high pitch strings to bring you into the piece. A few 7ths and sust2nds would have helped in my opinion. Overall this piece shows a lot of really great work, and bar the few areas where our "technical" differences appear, this is a piece of work that really honors and improves upon the original. |
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Lord of the Rings - arranged by Markus SchneiderReview by winc, 08/10/2005 The piece starts of really wonderfully, however is damaged by clicks in the tracks which shouldn't be there - I'm not sure if it is Strings you are using or just a bad compression of the mix. The problem is these clicks go through the whole piece, and do bring the overall enjoyment of this piece down a lot.I feel that you're watched Lord of the Rings a lot! This certainly has a feel of the movies more so than the original piece. Now not saying that is a bad thing, since the original piece is very boring and you have taken it and made it into a epic intro to what could be a great story. If you were after a theme music style of the type like Conan and Lord of the Rings Movies you have certainly done that in spades, and if there wasn't those nasty clicks and pops in the track it would certainly be in my "movie soundtrack" listening group. The only other thing that I feel decreases my overall score of this is some of the instruments you used needed something more to them to make them more "Believable". Many of the brass have that On/Off feel to it you get with Synth's, and this could have been improved by adding more effects to each of the notes to make them feel different to each other (then just volume and pitch) Having heard your pieces before, I feel in this one you could have done a lot better, and a rushedfeel to the mastering of this piece hurts it. But, the technical knowledge you have in mixing an orchestral piece is beyond reproach and certainly shows in this remix. If there was a real orchestra playing this, it would be near on perfect! |
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Rupert and the ice castle (Latin Wonderland mix) - arranged by ChronbergReview by winc, 08/10/2005 This certainly far outdoes the original piece - this remix has a really mellow feel to it which just is prefect for this piece. The mixture of the instruments and the whole arrangement of the piece is just great.I love the piano playing - well done and very nice addition to the whole piece. If there was anything to say that I didn't like was in fact the ending - it felt too "quick" and screamed for a repeat of the piano to come back for its last show, and then to fade out from there - or ending with the piano included. In the way you ended it… I felt like you had almost cut it off and left me wanting more. Overall however a wonderfully nice remix of what I thought was a very boring original SID - great work! |
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1942 (Orchestral) - arranged by Miguel F EttemaReview by winc, 08/10/2005 COME ONE AND ALL TO WATCH THE MATCHING BAND!This remake of a classic c64 game (if not a classic arcade game!) is just perfect! You are left with the feeling of… why has it taken so long to hear something like this?! You feel that you need to have a band play this, and if it wasn't for the "synth" feel to some of the instruments used, this would be a winner at any matching band competation. The part where the flute takes over by itself was one of my favourite points, and the mixing of the whole track is well done, almost nothing to fault there as you can hear all the tracks well (and boy it sounds great on headphones!) In fact the only thing I can fault is the way some of the tracks sound "synth" and that is a very hard one to prevent especially if you are using synth's. Overall a great classical piece that really does the original honour! I certainly can't wait to hear your next piece! |
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Game Over - arranged by WesterlingReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Okay -… I hated the original track for this sid - I just found it really wasn't put together right, and in essence felt there was always something missing. Also it sounded like so many other tunes of this period where people tried to do something with the C64 that shouldn't be done (pretend it was a guitar).Now you have done what I believe the original artist wanted. This piece has a great guitar feel to it, and certainly you pull off what the original SID doesn't. The mix you do here is really smooth in most of the places, then you do hit a "break in 2. 45" where I feel… well it just seems to have lost that "real" feel to it and has gone very "fake". I certainly feel it weakened the piece over all. I just feel that maybe there was a better way to pull this break off, in a way that kept it mixed together with the original start. But in saying that, your start just really makes up for this songs weak poiints - it is well played, well put together and well mixed. If you ever plan on doing a rearrangement of this piece, improving the end would in my opinion make this one of the better rock remixes of the year. |
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Heartland (Tranciano remix) - arranged by ChronbergReview by winc, 08/10/2005 This is one of those pieces that you just keep going back to listen to over and over (so far 10 counts of playing in a row!) and the reason for that is a "feel good" feeling you get when listening to it - the instruments and voices used in the piece, along with really great piano playing in parts just keeps you wanting to listening to it.It is not really "techno" while has a feel of it - meaning that in this remix there is more than just a techno remix of the original. This has some really fun parts in it that make you smile, and others that just make you want to drift off and follow where the creator wants. A really nice piece which certainly improves on the original in my opinion. There are parts in the song where I feel the bass, and the piano could do with a little boost in volume, because the drums and mixing can drown them out - but over all the tehcnical production of this piece is great! Over all a OUTSTANDING piece! |
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Cauldron (Hexenkche Walpurgisnacht HardTance Mix) - arranged by DJ MitchReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Personally I found the original SID of this piece kinda boring - it was the same tune over and over and really unless you are playing a game that gets repeative very quickly.Now I also am not a great techno fan, but this was just a neat little piece that takes the original song and… does something interesting with it. I know a few people feel that techno is the "cheats way out of doing a remix" I on the other hand take each piece as a extension of the creators interest in the piece. This techno remake of the original in fact improves on a very boring original piece in my opinion. The only argument I could have about this remix is it does run into the same problem that the original does - the original tune by itself just isn't enough to grasp hold of someone's attention long enough - there needed to be… "more" a break even created totally from scarch and added to improve the over all piece because after about 6 minutes of this tune… you start to wish the Witch just killed everyone But overall a good remix of the original - |
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International Karate - arranged by Axes DeniedReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Okay at first I honestly didn't like this piece - it just felt too "alien" to the original C64 master piece, it didn't "feel" right. But then by 40 seconds into the piece where our chorus starts I warmed suddenly, and then something I have waited to hear forever in this piece happened at 46seconds - just that guitar playing harmony in the background… Well that was it, when that happened this piece held a special place for me.The tone of this piece is a lot different to most other remixes I have heard, and while it isn't as good as some in technical excellence (some of the mixing needs some work as some instruments are either too harsh or lost in the mix), it certainly holds itself together as a interesting and very fun run through someone else's take on the original music. The "funk" feel later on was… very daring - in fact I almost didn't think it would be able to be pulled off, but the musician did in fact make it really interesting, and the smooth mix from funk through to the rock again was very well done. This is one musician who certainly knows how to technical move through the genres well as I have seen with others of his work. I still feel this piece however misses out on that Nostalgic feeling because he does take the piece way off from the original one in my opinion. But overall the technical power of the changing genres and feels, and artistic skills present certainly make this piece a worth while and fun listen. |
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Bubble Bobble - arranged by Axes DeniedReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Bubble Booble in my opinion is probably one of the hardest songs to really make into something "serious" it has a tune which is… well… just too "cute" to make into something like rock, or jazz… but I have seen some very good attempts in the past.This song certainly has the making of one of the better ones - though I feel it has some technical issues where certain things just don't "fit" with the way it starts. The singing for example in this song in my opinion hurt the song more then if he had used another instrument or even continued to use the guitars. And the "hey" part in the song felt… like it just took the song back into the "silly" realm again - while before and even after that the guitar piece was outstanding. Overall the piece was well put together for rock from a… well "cute" song. With some of the technical issues dealt with I felt this could have been a great 90% plus piece. Remember of course that these are my opinions Either way - great work and certainly this song is a great listen… |
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The Recovery - arranged by Glyn R BrownReview by winc, 08/10/2005 Lars Huff has been one of my favourite commodore 64 musicians for a long time now, and I feel that not many people know how to really capture what I think Lars does in his original pieces. Then along comes Glyn with a remake of probably one of my most favourite pieces of Lars.Now Glyn takes his own take on the main theme of the original piece, and makes it certainly his own with this remake. Something that really shows in here is that Glyn probably has a big Mike Oldfield collection (or he better have if he hasn't! :P) because there is that "MASSIVE" feel to this piece you get when listening to the likes of Mike Oldfiend. Overall there are few remakes that I really feel honored to have listened to, and that the author took the time to create. This would be now in that top ten of music that I will listen to almost every day! Thank you for sharing your vision of this already lovely piece - you did it justice! |
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Zoids - arranged by o2Review by snorbaard, 07/10/2005 I found this remix a few years ago on the internet, and have always kept it in whatever my play-of-the-year is, always rated tops.Although I missed Zoids the Game, I was a huge C64 fan in the early 90's, ending up owning three, and the SID chip awed me from the beginning, and still does. o2's remix of Zoids has the unerring ability to make me nostalgic for the 'good old days'. For the emotional quotient that this song has, I must rate it tops. Thanks o2. |
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Battle Squadron - Menu (Juno Reaktor Remix) - arranged by W1p3outReview by 8_bit_fingers, 01/10/2005 Tehee, so silly its cute.A wild Coffeineture Remix of the good old spaceshooter Battle Squadron. Fast and directly impressive. I made an Audio-CD at once. |
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