Tim Forsyth - Scarabaeus - The Escape

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Arranged by:
Tim Forsyth Veteran
Member profile:
Tim Forsyth
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Original composed by:
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3 other remixes of Scarabaeus

Duration:
5:12
Released:
24/04/2023
Charts position:
13. in the year 2023
53. in all-time charts
Score:
96%
Story

I've been wanting to make something from this memorable tune for ages and figured I'd do something I never managed as a kid, escape.

 

The arrangement constantly kept me on my toes (being a terrible keyboard player) as the original keeps changing key and seems to be half built from sus chords. My poor brain keeping track of all those chord inversions in keys I don't use very often was often disorientating.

 

After submitting the track, I kept hearing these big resonant peaks from the bass in the car and once you hear something, you can't unhear it. Also the sub-bass was a good 1.5db louder or so and was a bit much on an old pair of headphones. So this is a note to future Tim.. listen to the final mix on as many devices as possible *before* submitting the track!

 

I fixed the mixing issue and resubmitted. Hope it's come out ok.

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3 c64 charts April 2023

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Oxx shouts:
Very nice one! + superb usage of the sub
YogibearRenoise shouts:
Starts to become good from 1:19 and awesome from 4:05!
Eivind Sommersten shouts:
The quite ambitious low end is entirely under control and sounds great - the whole remix is (to me at least) a substantial improvement of the original!
Makke shouts:
This just builds and builds and suddenly it's massive, without ever becoming overwhelming. Brilliant job, Tim!
Ryrynz shouts:
Very cool, not heard this one before, eats the original. Good job.
Abynx shouts:
This is truly inspiring work!!!!!! Thankyou!!
Review by LaLa
24/04/2023

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Sounds like a hit soundtrack from a 1990s blockbuster movie. Amazing combination of synths, pads and other elements as it builds up to a crescendo, which suddenly ends, only to be followed by yet another amazing buildup in the second half. Tim: this is just superb! What a fantastic tribute to an old game from a Hungarian software powerhouse!UPDATE: The more I listen to this remix, the more I admire it. This is sooo good!