ReMix: Pokémon Red Version 'Spume'
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- Game: Pokémon Red Version (Nintendo, 1996, GB)
- ReMixer(s): Rozovian
- Composer(s): Junichi Masuda
- Song(s): 'Sea'
- Posted: 2012-02-24, evaluated by the judges
- Album: Featured on Pokémon: The Missingno Tracks
Clearly Rozo revised this Pokémon mix off Missingno quite a few times:
"'Spume' is probably finished now. Everyone on the Pokémon project says it was finished like years ago. :D When I started this remix, it was supposed to be an atmospheric track, in contrast with the source. Then it wanted to have a beat. And the beat didn't sound good. So it was revised once or twice, and then declared finished. And then revised further. Eventually, it was good enough, and was declared finished. A later revision further improved it. And then it was finished... for a while."
Some tracks feel done almost immediately, others you just keep going back to and tweaking ad infinitum... Gotta stop somewhere, though! This is an odd, upbeat little track that blends a happy-go-lucky melody with some distinct chromatic percussion, sonar pings, and a more ambient intro. It's an interesting juxtaposition, almost as if someone took a sample library intended for film/scoring purposes and built a whole synth-pop track around it. Or also like if a wild pokemanz suddenly popped up in the middle of U-571 or Das Boot and started dancing around. The beginning has a deliberate, exploratory vibe, and I really love the build that starts bubbling up at 1'26" and then transitions into full gear at 1'37" - good stuff. Judges were split on this mix, mostly because some felt there was too jarring a stylistic contrast between the intro and the rest of the arrangement. Palpable writes:
"Like Jesse, I found myself liking the introduction most in this song, because of how off-kilter and minimal it was. I won't say the source was super obvious there, but I was hearing it in the places Larry mentioned, plus those liberal areas, some of which used the original's chords. Actually I felt a little disappointed when the song switched into happy bubbly mode, but that's more a subjective preference - it was fine as far as songs go, there was enough to sustain my interest."
I like that Rozo did something new, and I do like hearing disparate instrumentation & styles combined, but I could also see it not being everyone's cup of tea - you actually have to kinda get your head around it and rid yourself of certain expectations to fully enjoy the arrangement. It's a novel, unexpected take on such a sugary source, so if you're looking for something a little different, definitely check it out!
Discussion: Latest 9 comments/reviews; view the Those notes during the intro have an intriguing dissonance, but that's because to me it all sounds right somehow. Just what bubble did you swallow to make this, uh?! I love this a continent! :P
- Guifrog on July 9, 2012
Peculiar track by Ad, but it does intrigue in a way.
- Bahamut on July 5, 2012
- pu_freak on February 26, 2012
The Damned;844670 wrote: Hey Rozo, this is the last version, right?
Right? Rozo?
...
He must be working on the remix a bit more. Oh well. :lol:
I still love the use of the sonar effect throughout the remix. It fits so perfectly.
I still feel a bit bad that I asked him to redo little things over and over... "Hey, the sonar is a bit loud," "I think the bass is too low," "Could you make it a bit longer?", etc.
That had to have pissed him off at least once.
But what came out of it was one of my favorite Rozo songs!
- Nonamer on February 25, 2012
Right? Rozo?
...
He must be working on the remix a bit more. Oh well. :lol:
I still love the use of the sonar effect throughout the remix. It fits so perfectly.
I still feel a bit bad that I asked him to redo little things over and over... "Hey, the sonar is a bit loud," "I think the bass is too low," "Could you make it a bit longer?", etc.
That had to have pissed him off at least once.
- The Damned on February 24, 2012
This remix is epic, and very chill, nice work Rozo, one of my favs from you
What I would have said - if this was finished. Tut tut rozo :D
- WillRock on February 24, 2012
