R1D1 (Overclocked Droid Remix, c64 remix by Razmo)

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Arranged by:

Razmo Specialist

Member profile:

Razmo

Original SID:

Listen at DeepSID

Original composed by:

Antony Crowther

Also check out:

4 other remixes of R1 D1 Unit Attack

Duration:

3:27

Released:

26/07/2007

All-Time charts position:

2399

Score:

75%

Story

R1D1… never played the game, but always loved the tune… it has this very haunting sound, that you just cannot get out of your head. I wanted this version to be jolly feelin' … I pictured R1D1 happy and "strollin' down the road" singing his tune loud… thus, I ended up with this very eerie lead sound that is supposed to resemble R1D1 singing… it has a very characteristic vibrato to it, that came by accident, but it makes the lead very organic and droid-like, though being at the brink of glass-shattering pitches sometimes :OS … and yes… it's very jarre'esque in nature, which is fully intentional.

In the beginning of the track, I pictured R1D1 chattin' a bit with R2D2 … If you cannot handle that, too bad for you! :oP

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Waz shouts:

Cut down on all the robot noises a bit and you'd have a winner here, but it just detracts a bit too much. Shame, because the idea's there and the bass drum kicks nice and hard.

klosterkatten shouts:

I dont see the point of all the droid noises, even thought its named "overclocked droid remix". A good effort to pull something different anyhow.

ifadeo shouts:

I like the lead sounds and the r2d2 sounds....

Caboose shouts:

Kind of cool, kind of weird.

Scyphe shouts:

Synthpop vs Jarré in a good mix. I agree with Waz about the "random" robot noises though, they're not adding anything, just detracting.

infamous shouts:

It's weird, it has daft noises in it.. The synths sound like their on pcp... And it works. Only thing that could have been a bit better is the drumbeat, its a bit crap but apart from that great stuff.

chilli_uk shouts:

Im kinda finding this weird, yet nice - sorta good yet sorta plain, but totally infectious!!

omoroca shouts:

A little boring!

kjetiln shouts:

Love the robot chat, and cool sounds all over the track! Great tune :)

LaLa shouts:

Some Star Wars with a splash of Jarre. Unusual, for sure, but it works for me. The lead instrument is a touch too funky for me, but the rest is near perfect. Well done! -- RIP Razmo :-(

brix shouts:

Robot freaks out too much, you overclocked it too hard in my opinion. The rest of the tune is monotonous. Not my favourite, I'm sorry.

prowler shouts:

Wierd, caotic and a bit messy, but quite enjoyable anyway!

eliot shouts:

I like it weired and the robot stuff does not distract me. Only the drum is quite boring and monotone...

condor shouts:

Good! But doesn't have that "stand-out in front of other remixes" feel.

aero shouts:

Very interesting sound there, however the beats sound a bit too repetitive imho

Cubud shouts:

I love the original, the remix is great too. Well done! I love the robot noises too, ignore everyone else, I am the only important person around here ;-)

Razmo - R1D1 (Overclocked Droid Remix)