Reyn Ouwehand - The Great Giana Sisters

Track info
Arranged by:
Member profile:
Original SID:
Original composed by:
Also check out:
Released:
01/01/2007
On album:
Charts position:
1. in the year 2007
81. in all-time charts
Score:
92%
Audio CD
Vote
Achievements
Top Rankings

1 c64 / Amiga album charts 2007

1 c64 / Amiga album charts January 2007

Shouts
Ouwehand is God \o/ (btw; do they know it's christmas time at all? :P)
Very beautiful rendition of one of the most uplifting SIDs ever.
Review by ggeudraco
31/03/2008

Technique

Artistic skill

Nostalgia factor

Overall rating

As you hear the initial solo guitar, then the starting drumbeat, you realise that Reyn has set up this remix to just get straight into the action - there's little room to get settled before he gets started with the body of the track.

Regardless of this, his choice of instruments is very wise - using a drum to keep the beat, while using twinkly metal percussion to add a special charm to the magic and whimsy that the original music was supposed to convey. However, the use of a honky-tonk piano is a strange choice, offering a (pleasing) deviation towards the style that the original track had.

Something that does intregue the ears is a specific sound that occurs from the middle of the track onwards. Whether this was intended or not, you can hear something in the background like a 'woah', as if a key got mispressed during recording. To me, this adds to the realism of the track, and makes it sound more like a live session than anything else.

As Reyn expresses his diversity in his musical talents through the use of many instruments (potentially splitting the track into 6 parts), the leading guitar finishes the track - you get the feeling that all has been done, but there's little lead-out to relax you enough for the next track in the album.

I rate this remix highly, but you can't help the feeling that there could have been something appended that gives the listener a feeling of depth and involvement, rather than a general feeling of enjoyment.