ReMix: No More Heroes 'The 51st'
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- Game: No More Heroes (Ubisoft, 2007, WII)
- ReMixer(s): Homeslice
- Composer(s): Jun Fukuda, Masafumi Takada
- Song(s): 'N.M.H.'
- Posted: 2012-08-01, evaluated by the judges
Okay, new month!! I've got high hopes for you, August... July had a lot of ups & downs and saw a marked decline in mixposts - first to prepare and promote our kickstarter, and then to work towards saving it. That work still continues, but we need to keep moving forward, the show must go on, etc. This has been extraordinarily stressful for me, so when provided with this in-your-face dubsteppin' arrangement - our first from the modern cult classic No More Heroes (!) - it seemed like a good opportunity to detox with some mind-melting synths and wubiquitous bass. Newcomer Joshua Clark, aka Homeslice, writes:
"A remix of Suda 51's No More Heroes main theme song. I sincerely hope this melts your face."
Our faces appreciate the sincerity; this is pretty straightforward, and maybe a wee-tad repetitive, but Joshua's done due diligence to change things up enough, the wobble tempo variations are certainly unhealthy if not downright sick, and most importantly the attitude is brazen and rebellious, in keeping with the iconoclastic atmosphere of the game. Emunator writes:
"Some pretty sick bass work here, that's a great way to get a listener hooked right off the bat. I hear what Deia's saying, this could use a lot of melodic variation to keep my interest, but I'm recognizing that you at least took steps to change up how you present the melody, so that even though it's the same riff over and over again, you change up the octave every so often and introduce other synths on occasion."
DarkeSword adds:
"Pretty solid dubstep stuff. There really isn't that much to the source but I think you did a great job with letting your piece evolve from start to finish."
An assertive, enjoyable romp of a debut from Homeslice, who brings the bad-boy persona of No More Heroes to life with a dubstep makeover; looking forward to a follow-up!
Discussion: Latest 9 comments/reviews; view the - Bahamut on August 3, 2012
Flexstyle;875012 wrote: The mix sounds flat to me, and the drums are, I'd venture, way too simple and dry for this genre. Personally, I'm a bit confused as to the panel's decision on this one. I'm sure I'm missing something, but what is it?
If halc liked it then you MUST be wrong :-) If you check the decision thread you'll notice there were some reservations. No one was claiming this was the second coming or a landmark example of dubstep on OCR, just that it was a solid take on the source that was interpretive enough. I didn't find it bland or simple, but then again I'm an old man who's going to be wearing adult diapers soon (hyperbole), so perhaps my input threshold has less bandwidth to begin with. At any rate, I liked it, I'll listen to it again, and it makes me think of the very unique universe of No More Heroes, so there's three metrics right there that make me pretty comfortable with the panel's close call.
- djpretzel on August 2, 2012
Sorry if I'm missing something, but I can't say I dig. :(
Gratz on getting posted though ^_^ I'm sure there's a lot of work behind this. ;)
- DaMonz on August 2, 2012
Flexstyle;875012 wrote: I'm sure I'll take some flack for this, and I'm sorry if I'm the lone dissenting voice, but here's my two cents: I'm not a fan. The same lead synth permeates the track throughout (and it's a bit grating), and the bass work is pretty ADHD and unpolished. The mix sounds flat to me, and the drums are, I'd venture, way too simple and dry for this genre. Personally, I'm a bit confused as to the panel's decision on this one. I'm sure I'm missing something, but what is it?
I'd say it's the judges attempting to welcome a fledgling new musical genre. A hotly debated one, but also attempting to fill in with newer games.
- Shake on August 2, 2012
- Flexstyle on August 2, 2012
- halc on August 1, 2012
- BlackPanther on August 1, 2012
