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Commando-Capella - arranged by Igo SplashmanReview by egregius, 14/05/2004 AHAHA lol! This is just a funny song. It isn't a great tune I like to put on when behind the computer, more one to show my friends and laugh together at it's wackyness.I can't say this is the first time I heard game-music done A-Capella style, and I'm pretty certain the author is inspired by Virt (Virt is a known OCRemixer and semi-known gamemusic composer)'s versions of several gametunes. Igo Splashman lacks the perfect execution of Virt, but this tune is a whole lot more complex, and he pulls it off mostly, for which I give respect. |
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Zoids (The movie) - arranged by plasm303Review by egregius, 13/05/2004 Even if I am a big fan of the original SID, there are enough Zoids remixes out there to warrant being picky. A Zoids remix needs to have something special, and I can truly say this one has taken a special place in my heart.Where the original is more of a stomping industrially epicy thing, the conversion to piano and female chanting took me a few minutes to adjust to. It takes a number of elements from Zoids, and puts them in a wholly different context in which they get new meaning. I'm surprised it worked as well as it did; this version carries a lot of emotion for me. I think the sounds of rain is a nice touch of atmosphere, but the 'female vocals' (I suspect they're sampled synths) in combination with just the right notes on the piano swoon me the most. |
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R-Type (Dancing with the Alien-mix) - arranged by PutziReview by bombshelboy, 13/05/2004 On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate this as super excellent. It is has a little too sharp a main instrument, but other than that, really awesome synth line. Plus I respect anyone who enjoys r-type. |
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Great Giana Sisters - arranged by machinae supremacyReview by daxx0r, 26/04/2004 I have honestly never heard anything that good! It really sounds rockish and original, at the same time as it doesn't forget the old classic melody!!! Two thumbs up! |
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The Desert Dream (Part One) - arranged by FeekZoidReview by rafael, 25/04/2004 Ah… the Desert Dream. Days gone by and all that. Actually, to start off - what really makes this remix for me is the intro with Cinemaware's It came from the Desert intro speech integrated - direclty from the classic three disk Amiga game. What a brilliant idea. The speech sample set the atmosphere perfectly and blends nostalgia of the game with Kefrens' amazing Amiga demo, which in fact appeared some years later but rounds up the idea of this remix nicely. Laxity wasn't really (in my view) one of the best Amiga musicians, also being coder if I remember correctly, though he did create this little masterpiece. A catchy melody, some excellent samples and an impressive standard-setting demo to go with it. But I'm off the topic now, Freekzoid's remix is really excellent too: The eerie intro, some clear and crips sounds, good porting of the original to a more modern synth sound and great mastering. The tune itself gives little room for manouvering, so Freekzoid has gone for expanding on the basic idea of the tune, leaving it shrt and simple but amazingly to-the-point. Thumbs up! |
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Commando Highscore (Intermenco mix) - arranged by HaludzaReview by ansi, 25/04/2004 This tune, as it is, gives a very sensitive, powerful mood to the listener. Everything, like synths and strings, fits 100% into the entirety. I think if Hubbard could have a technology of these days the original would've sounded just like this one! |
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Paradise (Mellow Fairlight Ganga-Bung Rmx) - arranged by DHSReview by Kenz, 24/04/2004 I just couldn't resist writing a few words about this superbly BIZARRE remix. It's almost as if DHS has tapped into my bonkers mind and is playing back what goes through my head. I truly ADORE the mangled lyrics in this tune and the dance treatment of the Fairlight tune works really well. This is completely loopy stuff and I LOVE IT! Excellent work DHS.Nuff said. 😊 |
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Mega Apocalypse - arranged by N-JOYReview by Kenz, 24/04/2004 Ahhh, this takes me back. I can remember the first time I heard this remix and it blew BOTH my socks off! If memory serves this was done around the era of Cher and her deliberately-wonky auto-tuned lyrics (which I actually rather liked) so to hear that effect in a C64 remix was definitely inspired. Hats off to Njoy for that one!This remix, to me, was a defining moment in the C64 remix scene. It was one of the first commercial-sounding remixes to have vocals applied to it and it worked brilliantly - enhancing an already funky remix of the tune. It definitely pushed the envelope as far as C64 remixes were concerned and paved the way for an influx of high quality sounding tracks with vocals that were to follow. *Genius* |
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Giana Sisters (Keep Da Scene Alive) - arranged by DHSReview by ms, 23/04/2004 Well, many people complain about less reviews. And this is my attempt to review things I have not so much knowledge about as it comes out as a scooter-like techno piece. So it may be a little bit vague reviewing this from my side 😊Anyway here we go: When I got the first beta from DHS I was very curios about the final version and it worked out much better I ever thought. This is from my view due to several reasons. One of it is as always something different, something creative with parts you didn't expect in a techno track. But if you carefully listen to his music you can always expect something special from him. The smooth orchestral/choir part beginning at 01:00 and ending at 02:00 is my favourite one. Very often remixers/musicians are put into one ore more categories of musical styles. While leaving this path it always interesting to get results which make hungry for more - which means I would love to hear orchestral work from him. As I know how the choir was done since I am using the same base material it is easy to say he combined male and female very well. The quality of the orchestral AKAIs could have been better since I am very spoiled, anyway this doesn't influence the quality of the notes played with it 😊 At least very nice to have an orchestral DHS and just can say I would love to hear more different styles from him. Well, back to the techno parts scooty Makke has done excellent work. I have heard some of his work also on other (non-remixes) pieces and really like his work as much as in this track. Mixing and mastering isn't my best topic but shortly to say the track is well mixed for my ears on my gear. The mastering fits well since the orchestral part has a good dynamic range while the rest is on high level you would expect for this track. At 02:54 I hear an overload on my gear which seems to come out as my 'typical DHS crackle' *lol* Well, I have heard some 'overloads' on MD SIDologie too which no one could hear. Seems that this is just bloody me since I go for lower level mastering. Finally top professional stuff, which didn't let me stop tapping with my feets, yup me techno aversional. The rules for reviewing say: If you didn't like the original, better not review the remix. Ooppss. Sorry 😊 |
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Giana Sisters (Keep Da Scene Alive) - arranged by DHSReview by craigg, 22/04/2004 As always, DHS manages to transcend the typical C64 remix by some margin, creating a catchy and memorable track in the process. Although this remix wears its influences - the oft-maligned Scooter - rather more blatantly on its sleeve than most, the remix is none the worse for it. And instead of getting a 'cutesy' Giana mix (as many remixers are prone to doing), we have a pumping dance track that's every bit the equal of any other C64 remix chart wannabe (and perhaps hints at the style of C64 remix that might make it into the public consciousness post-Zombie Nation).It's perhaps inevitable that this track won't appeal to those people that eschew dance music, although it's worth pointing out that the odd sublime moment is in evidence, providing a counterpoint to the relentless beat and Giania-originated hooks (notably the strings/vocals prior to the 'list'). Makke's aping of the Scooter vocalist brings the whole thing together, and even if the list of names gets a little tedious at times, one has to marvel at the sheer audacity of the overall track - at the very least, it should bring a smile to your face. |
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Giana Sisters (Keep Da Scene Alive) - arranged by DHSReview by infamous, 22/04/2004 Keep the scene alive… featuring makke doing his i am scooter impression.so here we have what is likely to be the anthem for the commodore scene for a while. starting with a merry go round sample and dropping away to what sounds like my girlfriend on a saturday night, we are brought to a pounding techno beat with a warcry like yeahh from makke himself and what starts this strongly just remains that strong… the entire thing if it had a smell would reek of scooter. this isnt a bad thing at all really unless you really hate techno music, scooter may do generic crap but he does anthemic generic crap… and what dhs has done here is the impossible… generic scooteralike brilliance. yeap he's made a real anthem in this, the reeling off of names is great, the reeling off of remixers is inspired… the tune as i said before is superb and i cannot begin to reccomend this enough. listen especially for the chior driven bridge section which is absolutely hair's on arms standing on end beautiful… as i said before cant recommend its download enough!… … go now!! do it!. so cmon do exactly what the tune says and download this… keep the scene alive. |
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Giana Sisters (Keep Da Scene Alive) - arranged by DHSReview by LMan, 22/04/2004 Any reference to a 'Bike' band is purely concidental.At least that's what the mp3 tag says, and if you want to know what bike-band that could be, just listen to the first seconds of this remix with a message by DHS featuring Makke! You know, listening to it actually makes you wonder if Makke leads a double life as lead singer of Scooter… whoops now I gave it away. 😊 This piece of music is most entertaining in every aspect. DHS' techno beat transports the familiar Giana Sisters tune right to the dancefloor. The Scooter-Sound-A-Like experience scores all the nostalgia points here, you almost expect Makke to shout Hyper Hyper! 😃 Great fun guys, keep it up! |
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Giana Sisters - arranged by Instant RemedyReview by raiden, 21/04/2004 Well i must say that Instant remedy has made this Good,But he could make it better… Longer Playing. some more BooM energy sound, and Better Melodie, and better Bass drum, then i think It would Have Been a Big Succes! 😃 |
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Great Giana Sisters - arranged by machinae supremacyReview by raiden, 21/04/2004 This is one of the Gretest remiz ind Rock Version I LOVE IT!!! 😃I hope that Machinae Supremacy Makes More of remixes 😃 |
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X-Out (Level up mix!) - arranged by Awesome-AReview by infamous, 15/04/2004 Pretty amazing this one, its a short tune that has been remixed here, but awesome has managed to squeeze around 4 minutes of music out of it… very resourcefull sir.ok lets start from the bottom and slowly make our way up shall we… the beginning - very quiet, a synth slowly moving up, taken it seem's directly from the original, sounds very nice though no doubting that and you recognise the tune near instantly, a small padding drum sound begins in the background and slowly things begin to get funky. around 1 minute in, its still building up, lots of reverse cymbal's to crash etc… drum beat sitting nicely in the background, a trance filter and a breakdown to the mainline… all very well done… im really liking this so far. drumbeat's are layered upon each other and really well too, its got a real breakbeat feel to it and im definetly enjoying this remix now, wouldnt be out of place in a remix of the game (which there is one… but its a straight carbon copy im sure alot of you have seen)… around 3 quarters of the way through it all re-breaks down and goes back to the beginning, this works pretty well, allowing for one last burst of music or at least you'd think so wouldnt you? nope instead it just fades out nicely. this works to its advantage for me, and after 4minutes of sitting here listening to it i come away smiling. so a nice lil start for mr awesome and i am definetly looking forward to hearing what else this guy/gal can produce. go download you'll like it. |
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Apidya Level 1 Trance 2K4 Remix - arranged by Awesome-AReview by infamous, 15/04/2004 Heh awesome really does like his apidya tunes dont he… this is the 2nd one ive heard from him and frankly i hope for an entire set… GET TO WORK MR AWESOME!!…right anyway… yes… review… here goes. ive heard this on midi time and time again and absolutely LOVE the 1st line, its got trance written all over it and hearing it in full lovely syntho power made the hairs stand up on my arms… this is a tremendous remix i want to say that now so that we establish that im not going to diss this very much. the tune slowly builds up like a trance tune does, it has a very whispy feel to it, kinda like chicane crossed with matt darey… then after a lil drum roll drop we come back to that beautiful main line. and a slowed breakbeat/normal bpm combo which works great. then your normal bog standard drumbeat, that despite being tried and tested does as usual work well here. the synths are nicely reverbed, not too deep not too long, it all moves along nicely, its not quiete a tune you could get up and dance too as such but as a listener you are in my opinion drawn into the tune, its not a total work of art. but for what it is it is bloody brilliant. my only tiny gripe is that it does take a while to start and the mainline isnt used to much effect… BUT what is used and what is there is brilliantly done and i recommend its download forthwith. |
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Sweet (feat. Elsa & Karin) - arranged by Markus Schneider & MahoneyReview by graylightning, 14/04/2004 The orchestral stuff is incredible. Hands down some of the best I've heard. I would like to congratulate the participants involved in this. The orchestration, composition, production are all great and demonstrate a level of professionalism that I can only admire. The voice overs and (Karin and Elsa?) angelic vocals also completely fit the piece. As a piece of music, perfect work. Love it, love the nod to Eurythmics. A fantastic piece and one that I will be listening to for a very long time to come. Thank you. |
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Silk Worm Amiga Attempts - arranged by SnmaloneReview by infamous, 13/04/2004 Silkworm… ah what a great game that was eh!aslong as you was the chopper and not the completely useless truck thing at the bottom that just got itself brutally murdered constantly. The soundtrack albiet all in its one tune greatness isnt the best tune in the world, pretty basic in layout and in all honestly seemed to be more of a rock tune than what im presented with here. but hey!… … this isnt a bad old remix at all, i love the drum work straight off, nice breakbeat style… good use of cut up drums etc… its a pleasure to listen to. the quality is pretty standard affair, as is the arrangement but considering he didnt have much to work with in the 1st place, the chopping and changing of instrumentation manages to make sure it doesnt get boring too quickly so is quickly forgiven. this is a pretty decent effort and a very good start for the arranger and i do really look forward to hearing more from this fella/lass… never sure anymore with these nick names ha!… now if someone will just remix swiv… mumble mumble… |
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Lightforce 2002 - arranged by Allister BrimbleReview by M.A.F, 13/04/2004 Well here I am, almost exactly 2 years since I discovered Remix64, writing a review of the first'64 remix I ever downloaded. Allister Brimble's mix of 'Hubbards Lightforce.I listened once and was I was enthralled. I listened again and I was almost driven to tears. Maybe this was nostalgia? Maybe those, almost tears, were the culmination of finding the site and hearing possibly what I'd hoped to hear. A modern beautiful rendition of one of my favourite Rob Hubbard soundtracks. When playing Lightforce, Hubbards soundtrack smacked of the pinacle of his '64 writing career, it was modern to me, it was progressive, I loved the filter sounds, I loved the slow attacks of the lead sounds and the general organic feel to the flow of this soundtrack. And yet Rob Hubbard hates it? Maybe it wasn't commercial enough for him to realy apprieciate what a grand and elegant track he had created. Allister's version seemed to capture all I had hoped for in a '64 game music remix at that time, and, to be honest, I've still to hear any other '64 remix that makes me feel the same way. Do I have terrible taste in '64 game music? Listen to this remix and make up your own mind. Who am I to say what you will enjoy. |
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Sanxion 2002 - arranged by Lou GrayReview by bar, 10/04/2004 If you are looking for a perfect Sanxion remix, download this one from Lou Gray: is absolutely fantastic!! This very rich electronic version of the Hubbard classic sounds like a real J. M. Jarre production, a must if you (like me) love electronic music.The only problem with this remix is in the ending: the music fades too fast, without any reason: it seems like has been cut or, worse, unfinished. I'd like Lou would give a better ending to this, otherwise, masterpiece. |
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Nicky Boom 2003 Clubbin It Mix - arranged by M.A.FReview by rafael, 09/04/2004 Nicky Boom was definitely not my favourite Amiga game - at a time when platform jump' n runs were an overkill on Commodore's machine of the 90ies, I used to prefer action and action adventure games, so needless to say the tune from this game did not stick in my head (hence the grey smiley for nostalgia…). A lot of games from the UK (and this one was if I'm not mistaken) used dancefloor sounds and sample-o-ramas like Renegade's Magic Pockets, Xenon 2 and Gods, which is where this take on the Nicky Boom tune takes over from. Some strangely detuned sounds kick off the track followed by a dance environment suitable for destroying your hi-fi's sub-woofer alright. There's some straightforward arrangements here, neat production - it just lacks the bangs & whistles however. I would have liked to hear some more up to date dance sounds… Nevertheless, the track does make me smile from about half way through, with the actual melody taking over and spreading its feel-good vibe. Michael, my suggestion would be to re-re-mix this track, remove the slow build up at the start and throw in some more moderns effects and bass. Check out the current batch of tracks from Paul Van Dyk or Blank & Jones to see what I mean. That would probably make the yellow smiley turn into an orange one - if done correctly. Nice work, nonetheless. |
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Shadow of the Beast - arranged by GigatronReview by selectanovel, 07/04/2004 This is a quite decent remix. I don't get into it too much, but it certainly has some potential. What I like best about it is the mood in the beginning and the immense use of filter fx throughout the whole track. I think that you didn't succeed entirely at mastering insofar as there seems to be something missing between the background pads and the leading synths. A truer bass-sample could have worked there more properly.A nice thing is the distortion on the leading synths, that make the track kind of dirty and agressive. What definitely kills the production is the clipping at several times. You really should have fixed that. The ending is just a fadeout. I have no problems with fadeouts, but in this case, I think it's conducted too fast. Good Smiley 😊 |
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Unreal ingame Turbo Galeazzi Cut - arranged by N-Joy of TsWReview by M.A.F, 07/04/2004 I was forced to listen to the original Amiga version of this track to truly apprieciate what NJoy had achieved by vastly altering just one musical component.The BASSLINE! And what a transformation it is! The new bassline grabs this track by the horns and takes it to a new musical level. Above the bass is the spacey vibrato lead which i think fits just right, the crisp percussion, that punctuating snare which further drives the tune, the added effects and wobbly bits as i like to call them, and of course the production which, to my ears i cant fault. While there is not much variation melodywise throught the tune, it doesnt detract from listening atall, the tune is so well produced you hardly even notice. And THAT bassline makes sure you want it to keep playing and playing! All in all my only question is. Whats next NJoy? |
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Cannon Fodder 2004 Remix - arranged by InfamousReview by Tas, 06/04/2004 Set the scene… Your in a nightclub playing dance music… However there's a small room hidden in one corner of the club. You enter it. Inside you find a dark almost intimadating smoke filled dance floor and eminating is a smell of wacky backy. A DJ stands infront of you playing some rather obscure sounds and beats. People are dancing in a way that could either mean one of two things… They are Drunk or most probable they are high in cookoo land and somewhere with the fairies. Somewhere within all this confusion lies a strange, almost captivating jolly cheecky tune. If you imagine that, then your as mad as me. But this is something you would expect being played in such a place.The remix is very clever and gives you just that feeling i stated above. Some very nifty bass work and drums mixed with those ever so cheeky vocals. One major gripe is that the mastering isn't quite upto scratch and often tends to mash together creating a jumbled state of noise and distortion. However saying that i really like this remix. One day maybe Infamous will go back to this and clean it up a bit more. Til that day i will enjoy this version and hope that i will hear a version 2. |
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X-Out (Level up mix!) - arranged by Awesome-AReview by rafael, 22/03/2004 This track is strangely captivating. In general, X-out is a Huelsbeck classic and much ignored really - what a shame. The mighty intro tune is pretty well known but this little gem from the loading theme has its moments too. So at the core there's enough music in here to make for an interesting tune. Technically speaking it is, as said above, strangely surreal - I actually find the jungle-esque drums very fitting, getting the track off to a good roll. It somehow misses the spot by just a little bit, making you hope that it *really* kicks off with some fat beats and more bass, but then, instead, it calms down again and… ends? A typical case of more would have been… erm… more. |
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Wizball Hiscore (Bossa Mix) - arranged by Eric DelosReview by hamstero, 11/03/2004 I could not belive my ears when I heard this through the Slay Radio.This was one of my favorite song on the allmighty C64. I have been listening the old sid version with emulators and sid-players but this… this is something so wonderfull! Beautyfully following the original score but with just the right real instruments! Thank you! 😃 |
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Grand Prix Circuit (Medley Mix) - arranged by MakkeReview by Waz, 10/03/2004 I love the orignal by Kris Hatlelid, so here was me hoping. The sampled drums of the original SID start it off, to give away to a rousing rock number, that really gives you enough passion to kick some ass. Maybe the guitars needed to be a little dirtier, but it's the right way to do it. The organ bit that shares the lead doesn't quite cut it, but it's hard to get that right anyway and he did a bloody good effort. It blends nicely into the second part of the medley (subtune 2) and gives you that feeling you're in some heavy metal concert medley, with the guitars kicking in nicely. Now, it also blends nicely into the last part of the medley, which technically although a cover, is done pretty well. Nice to see a tune treated in this way and rocking. |
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Cybernoid (Unknown Ambient Level Mix) - arranged by FTCReview by Waz, 10/03/2004 Nice ambient piece starts to kick in, reminding me a lot of those under the sea type TV documentaries that you see on television. All very nice, and all very nice sounding too, but you can't really recognise the cover parts of Cybernoid. The instruments that actualy make it sound like the C64 are so low down in the mix that you can't really hear them too well in parts. It's a very very loose cover indeed, probably too loose in places for it to be justified as a C64 mix in the first part. FTC must have realised it himself as about half way through there's a part that sounds much more C64-like that breaks up the ambience. However, overall I'm just not sure about this one. On the one hand, it's a different idea and I applaud him for that. On the other, I'm not sure whether it actually works best as a C64 mix or as a standalone piece of music in its own right. |
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Last Ninja - The Wilderness (dance mix) - arranged by Marcus GeelnardReview by Waz, 10/03/2004 Now, the only good remix of any Last Ninja tune in the last year was Sonic Wanderer's, and that's now the standard. So, what about this? Well, there sounds suspiciously big chunks of the SID in there, and if it isn't, it's close. Although I appreciate the faster speed change, in reality it doesn't do anything for me other than make it easier for the remixer to create a dance mix out of. Bit of a cop-out, that. It's not bad, and it flows pretty well, and the instruments are okay, even if it _doesn't_ flow exactly in the same way the original does. I'm not sure though if I could really stomach another mix of this for much longer than one listen, unlike with Sonic Wanderer's one. |
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Shape - arranged by LManReview by Waz, 10/03/2004 Well, it's not quite on a par with Reyn, but if Reyn hadn't have done his version this would have been the best remix of it. It's really nice and catchy with a lead that sounds very very like the C64 version (nice synth work if it's not a C64). There's again a nice feeling of space, and even if the bass isn't my cup of tea, I'm sure it will be a lot of others'. There's even a bit of an electric guitar sounding instrument coming in later on which actually does work in relation to the rest of the tune. In short, damn good. |
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