ReMix: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 'Serious Moon Business'
- Game: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Nintendo, 2000, N64)
- ReMixer(s): Insixfour, halc
- Composer(s): Koji Kondo, Toru Minegishi
- Song(s): 'Astral Observatory'
- Posted: 2010-12-12, evaluated by djpretzel
Serious Monkey Business? Not quite... this is 'Serious Moon Business,' an electronica Majora's Mask collab between halc and his newcomer friend Bryan, aka Insixfour. Mr. Wheeler writes:
"This remix took a really long time to finish. Bryan is another good IRL friend of mine who I proposed a collaboration with after hitting a roadblock early on in the writing process. We were able to lay a lot of groundwork for the track, but it ended up stagnating on my hard drive for months. Eventually we picked it back up again (at his insistence) and blew through the rest in a night. Props to him for keeping the ball rolling on this one :D"
Bryan concisely adds:
"I'm glad it's done."
Sounds pretty cathartic and/or traumatizing, but you'd never know it from the finished mix ;) I'm not sure exactly who did what, but it certainly sounds cohesive and more or less "in the style of" halc's other mixes. Perhaps a little less chippy; though there's still plenty of that, and drums are hissy-crackly-crunchy, too. There's also nice bell pads, a smoother synth lead, HUGE auxiliary bass synth that gets some cameos, and warmer/mellower textures in general, along with the now-expected exquisite attention to detail and appreciated syncopation on the beats, in particular.
I love the original song; this is our first arrangement of it, it proves that Majora definitely needed more attention, and I think the ReMixers truly honored it. The melody actually reminds me a little of Socket, a subpar Sonic clone with a great soundtrack that I personally love. It's a festive tune with a lot of nice twists and turns, a very approachable temperament, and a sugary sweetness that almost makes it sound like another holiday/ice stage mix. I can't speak to the specifics of their cooperation - perhaps either artist can chime in - but this is definitely a mutually-beneficial collaboration that resulted in a very fun, upbeat mix. Love the source, love the vibe.
- Crulex on May 3, 2012
Very enjoyable tune.
- Martin Penwald on January 2, 2011
- Insixfour on December 24, 2010
- OA on December 20, 2010
This is one AAA remix for a AAA source tune! Keep up the fabulous work.
- Orpheon on December 14, 2010
regarding our roles in the production of this mix..
i had come up with the first :55 or so (save for the bass parts which were mostly Bry's doing) when i proposed the collab. from there it's still mostly my arrangement until 2:15, with Bry adding some of his own touches on top. he came up with the changeup from 2:15-2:48, and I slapped on the ending.
not a super-involved collab, but look out for our marble zone mix on the Sonic 1 album, which is quite the opposite (in that it's mostly his arrangement with some halc sprinkled on top :P), and probably a better demonstration of his personal style and skillz. :D
evktalo;737380 wrote: Too bad there's no item called "Moon Key" in the game, huh?
i see what you did there. clever. :P
- halc on December 13, 2010
Heh, this feels like a prelude to Threshold; all that mellow vibe is here mixed with some light airiness. Really nice work from both Halc and Insixfour, and an awesome debut for Insixfour too.
- 42 on December 13, 2010
this one...also doesn't match up with the original --it changed that mysterious vibe thing I liked in the original.
However, I must embrace the changes here: This is [b]AWESOME[/b].
thank you for remixing this theme. so much. :D
/ramble
- sci on December 13, 2010
- Hylian Lemon on December 13, 2010
Grats to Bryan/Kater/Insixfour on your debut mix, and grats to Drew on another one for the books!!
- Emunator on December 13, 2010
Too bad there's no item called "Moon Key" in the game, huh?
--Eino
- evktalo on December 13, 2010
Oh P.S. halc, like the eventual title choice. ;D
- PROTO·DOME on December 12, 2010
- Swann on December 12, 2010