Album: BadAss: Boss Themes
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- Catalog Number: OCRA-0030
- Game(s): Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Kirby Super Star, Mass Effect, Mega Man 3, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Suikoden II, Super Metroid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Published: 2011-12-06 by OverClocked ReMix
- Media: 2 Digital
- VGMdb ID: 30411
Credits
- Game Composers
- Akihiro Honda, Atsushi Sato, Club Kukeiha, Dan Miyakawa, David Kates, Harry Gregson-Williams, Harumi Fujita, Harumi Ueko, Hirosato Noda, Jack Wall, Jeff Lorber, Jun Ishikawa, Junya Nakano, Kazuhiko Uehara, Kazuma Jinnouchi, Kazumi Totaka, Keiko Fukami, Kenichi Matsubara, Kenji Ito, Kenji Yamamoto (I), Koji Kondo, Kozue Ishikawa, Masahiko Kimura, Masashi Hamauzu, Michiru Yamane, Miki Higashino, Minako Hamano, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Nobuko Toda, Nobuo Uematsu, Nobuyuki Shioda, Norihiko Hibino, Richard Jacques, Rika Muranaka, Ryo Fukuda, Sam Hulick, Satoe Terashima, Shiro Hamaguchi, Shuichi Kobori, Soshiro Hokkai, Sota Fujimori, Taisuke Araki, Takahiro Izutani, Tetsuya Shibata, Tomoko Kobayashi, Tomoko Sano, Tony Haynes, Yasuaki Fujita, Yasuhiro Ichihashi, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoshitaka Hirota, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Yuka Watanabe (II), Yusuke Takahama, akiropito
- Arrangers
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the Don't worry guys, you made a great and awesome work in the album,
and I'm anxiously waiting for Volume 2.
- The Speed Buster on April 15, 2012
- The Speed Buster on April 15, 2012
Brandon Strader;849763 wrote: Now this one was actually good. Nice work.
Thanks :) for being my first music review I did my best.
- The Speed Buster on March 18, 2012
The Speed Buster;849754 wrote: I made a review too :) If anyone wants to read it, here it is:
[URL="http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186"]http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186[/URL]
Now this one was actually good. Nice work.
- Brandon Strader on March 18, 2012
I made a review too :) If anyone wants to read it, here it
is:
[URL="http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186"]http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186[/URL]
- The Speed Buster on March 18, 2012
[URL="http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186"]http://forum.thechaostheatre.com/showthread.php?tid=4186[/URL]
- The Speed Buster on March 18, 2012
Very awesome! I'm new to this. I liked the whole track by track
review thing as a little preview for what I was getting myself
into. Cool work!
- hyrulekitty on February 23, 2012
- hyrulekitty on February 23, 2012
Hey guys. I did a pretty awesome review on my blog. Check it out:
[URL="http://reviewstheworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/tell-me-what-you-cherish-most-give-me.html"]Tell
Me What You Cherish Most. Give Me The Pleasure of Taking it
Away.[/URL]
- Ginosion on February 1, 2012
- Ginosion on February 1, 2012
Thanks for the track-by-track review man... too bad you had a power
outage, hopefully you didn't lose much progress on your songs
- pu_freak on February 1, 2012
- pu_freak on February 1, 2012
I'm sorry it took so long. Was busy over christmas and stuff. Been
having to remind myself to do this since I wrote a review for each
song then had a powercut, not fair, so I apologize for the lack of
detail in some reviews.
pu_freak - Master of the Blades
A soft beginning to the album. It somberly hums BadAss but the haunting and operatic qualities are nice. I never really played any off the FF's pre VI so sadly I'm unfamiliar with Gilgamesh :(. The beginning was great I thought it would become something really energetic but as the music box came in I knew it would stay moody. I enjoyed the mix and I really liked the section at 1:56 and the arpeggiations there was some good build there. I didn't expect this to open the album, but the mood is solid.
The Dual Dragons - Routine of War
Crazy choice of material! This boss battle was tense, one of my favourite bits of the game. I love the mix of orchestra and guitar, sections like 1:31 get me right into the song. The very end was a bit of a let down but the whole thing was a consistent headbang and the second half was a great listen. Nice production values.
BGC - Dual of the Apes
Lol DK, enough of the where is bowser, this guy was the original badass! I didn't expect this to be your mix when I heard guitar, it has a great tone about it and parts like 0:40 make it really memorable. For a BadAss song I thought it was a bit too jolly and swingish and the choir feels out of place. It's a good mix, the first half of the song is really good but I wasn't keen on it.
Arcana - To Slay a Butcher
I love this. Great choice to remix. It has a real subtle epicness about it and it made me go look up Suikoden II again. It might stick close to the source at times but I think it does a great job at celebrating it. Personally I would have ended the song around 4:20. Good job on this, I found myself looping this for some time. Wish I had more to say because this is really cool.
Lashmush - Lights Out
I think this is a great example of taking an old boss tune and BadAssifying it. A real stick out moment. It's not my cup of tea genre wise but thinking about it being Zelda and how pounding it is, can't help but think how this suits this album so well. I love how crazy it gets at the end as well, if I were drunk I'd be moshing to it in a club!
Skummel Maske, LuIzA, pu_freak - All Existence Denied
Another moody mix but as I'm a lot more familiar with this song I find it wholly appropriate. Infact my favourite moments of this song are the piano moments which have a eery feel of imminent devastation. There's some good guitar playing and Luiza adds good creepyness but for me this song is all about the tension. The last minute has great energy about it.
Jago - A Daring Escape
An optimistic and heroic sounding mix. The orchestration is good and I particularly like the brass staccato that gives this a good drive. For this album I expected more, something heavier, something more of a beat. It sounds like it would fit right square into a Smash Bros game which is great. I thought the change of time signature towards the end was a good idea but the transition in and out of it for me is a bit odd. It's a good mix but I just didn't think it really fit on the album.
Chernabogue, NintenJoe 64 - The Belmont Revolution
The Castlevania feeling in this is awesome. Sometimes it seems quiet or the orchestra isn't brought out enough, which made it a hard listen for a while. But when I really listen closely there's loads of awesome detail here, if I think about playing castlevania I get really pumped about it. It took me a few listens to properly appreciate it and think it's pretty awesome. But the end was awkward and weird I'm afraid.
The Dual Dragons - Astaroth's Awakening
Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 are a couple of my favourite RPG's ever with awesome soundtracks. Can't say I really remember this song though. There's some great texture throughout this mix between the instruments and the lead guitar like 1:09 really sells this mix. I wish you guys did Evil Gate Opener (2) that is a really badass song.
Nutritious - Real American Hero
Love the orchestrated intro, really dynamic and edgy. It's pretty consistenly energetic and packs a punch. The balance of orchestra with guitar and drums is also really nice. I can't think of much else to say but it's a good mix, just doesn't stand out much for some reason.
Dragonfood - Rozovian
There's some great sounds in this, in the big sections I keep thinking it's Ridley's voice and he's just singing in a way I've never heard haha. I wasn't so keen on the first half of the song it felt like it took some time to get into the best parts, I really like the moody parts like at around 2:00 I think it would have been great if the intro was longer like this then built into the sections like at 2:45. This whole mix really sticks out though, great stuff.
Mazedude - Saren's Prayer
I love Mass Effect. I can't recall Saren having a theme...the game has a good soundtrack, the only song I really cared for was the Normandy's theme. I'm two sides about this as on the one hand it feels pretty moody and dark but on the other hand I just want to skip it after a minute, sadly it's a pretty boring mix.
Dreams of Death - Brandon Strader
I have a love hate thing going on with this mix. One, I love that you did it, why the fuck not, it actually makes me laugh because I just wouldn't expect it. Then I hate that it isn't something else, when I first heard this song when the trailers for FFX came out I thought it was the most awesome song...so I was expecting something really epic. But this is good death metal and a great interpretation in that respect so I'm sorry I couldn't like it more.
The Shredder - Sixto
Great intro, awesome into the first minute, the last minute is also particularly awesome. Hard to fault anything it's a great rocking mix (blame the power outage).
BadAzz - Prototype Raptor
This is probably most people's favourite track on the album. After hearing the clip in the trailer I thought I'd love it but I think I just set my expectations too high. It has really good production values. I love what goes on just after the first minute and at around 2:40 those are my favourite parts but besides that I wasn't really digging this mix. I think I would've enjoyed something shorter more.
The Sound of a Thousand Voices Screaming in Unison - Kidd Cabbage
I'm furious at my power outage because I actually wrote you a great review. There were some really good moments in this song...bar the piano part, that was just so out of place I thought I was being hypnotised. The whole tone of the song does feel flat and a little lifeless, it sounds like it wants a lead but if the production were nicer I know it would already feel like a complete song. I really liked 1:42 and 2:28, mosh mosh mosh.
The Last Dance - The Joker
King Dedededelicious, Dededelerious, Dedededelightful! I could go on with the puns! At first I didn't really get the mix for some reason. After hearing it alot now...I think it's brilliant. What you've done with the melody and style is really creative. I dont like to do the "this one's better" thing, but im gonna and I think this is way better than Mazedude's mix. My only gripe is there's this big contrast between the high pitched sounds and the low end, it feels like it could have been filled just a little. I totally can imagine Dede with a sort of Saints Row trailer now.
From now on, Ctrl S every minute, must get that into my muscle memory. I already lost a bunch of song tonight from a crash, if there is a God he is telling me to save much more often. So this is a really good album but I hope with volume 2 there is more quality control because there were a few mixes here I thought could have been absolute standouts but were let down by production values.
Thanks to those that commented on my mix. It was already over a year old or so before the album came out and I've been on a big break, lots of changes, and will do even better for volume 2.
- RoeTaKa on January 31, 2012
pu_freak - Master of the Blades
A soft beginning to the album. It somberly hums BadAss but the haunting and operatic qualities are nice. I never really played any off the FF's pre VI so sadly I'm unfamiliar with Gilgamesh :(. The beginning was great I thought it would become something really energetic but as the music box came in I knew it would stay moody. I enjoyed the mix and I really liked the section at 1:56 and the arpeggiations there was some good build there. I didn't expect this to open the album, but the mood is solid.
The Dual Dragons - Routine of War
Crazy choice of material! This boss battle was tense, one of my favourite bits of the game. I love the mix of orchestra and guitar, sections like 1:31 get me right into the song. The very end was a bit of a let down but the whole thing was a consistent headbang and the second half was a great listen. Nice production values.
BGC - Dual of the Apes
Lol DK, enough of the where is bowser, this guy was the original badass! I didn't expect this to be your mix when I heard guitar, it has a great tone about it and parts like 0:40 make it really memorable. For a BadAss song I thought it was a bit too jolly and swingish and the choir feels out of place. It's a good mix, the first half of the song is really good but I wasn't keen on it.
Arcana - To Slay a Butcher
I love this. Great choice to remix. It has a real subtle epicness about it and it made me go look up Suikoden II again. It might stick close to the source at times but I think it does a great job at celebrating it. Personally I would have ended the song around 4:20. Good job on this, I found myself looping this for some time. Wish I had more to say because this is really cool.
Lashmush - Lights Out
I think this is a great example of taking an old boss tune and BadAssifying it. A real stick out moment. It's not my cup of tea genre wise but thinking about it being Zelda and how pounding it is, can't help but think how this suits this album so well. I love how crazy it gets at the end as well, if I were drunk I'd be moshing to it in a club!
Skummel Maske, LuIzA, pu_freak - All Existence Denied
Another moody mix but as I'm a lot more familiar with this song I find it wholly appropriate. Infact my favourite moments of this song are the piano moments which have a eery feel of imminent devastation. There's some good guitar playing and Luiza adds good creepyness but for me this song is all about the tension. The last minute has great energy about it.
Jago - A Daring Escape
An optimistic and heroic sounding mix. The orchestration is good and I particularly like the brass staccato that gives this a good drive. For this album I expected more, something heavier, something more of a beat. It sounds like it would fit right square into a Smash Bros game which is great. I thought the change of time signature towards the end was a good idea but the transition in and out of it for me is a bit odd. It's a good mix but I just didn't think it really fit on the album.
Chernabogue, NintenJoe 64 - The Belmont Revolution
The Castlevania feeling in this is awesome. Sometimes it seems quiet or the orchestra isn't brought out enough, which made it a hard listen for a while. But when I really listen closely there's loads of awesome detail here, if I think about playing castlevania I get really pumped about it. It took me a few listens to properly appreciate it and think it's pretty awesome. But the end was awkward and weird I'm afraid.
The Dual Dragons - Astaroth's Awakening
Shadow Hearts 1 and 2 are a couple of my favourite RPG's ever with awesome soundtracks. Can't say I really remember this song though. There's some great texture throughout this mix between the instruments and the lead guitar like 1:09 really sells this mix. I wish you guys did Evil Gate Opener (2) that is a really badass song.
Nutritious - Real American Hero
Love the orchestrated intro, really dynamic and edgy. It's pretty consistenly energetic and packs a punch. The balance of orchestra with guitar and drums is also really nice. I can't think of much else to say but it's a good mix, just doesn't stand out much for some reason.
Dragonfood - Rozovian
There's some great sounds in this, in the big sections I keep thinking it's Ridley's voice and he's just singing in a way I've never heard haha. I wasn't so keen on the first half of the song it felt like it took some time to get into the best parts, I really like the moody parts like at around 2:00 I think it would have been great if the intro was longer like this then built into the sections like at 2:45. This whole mix really sticks out though, great stuff.
Mazedude - Saren's Prayer
I love Mass Effect. I can't recall Saren having a theme...the game has a good soundtrack, the only song I really cared for was the Normandy's theme. I'm two sides about this as on the one hand it feels pretty moody and dark but on the other hand I just want to skip it after a minute, sadly it's a pretty boring mix.
Dreams of Death - Brandon Strader
I have a love hate thing going on with this mix. One, I love that you did it, why the fuck not, it actually makes me laugh because I just wouldn't expect it. Then I hate that it isn't something else, when I first heard this song when the trailers for FFX came out I thought it was the most awesome song...so I was expecting something really epic. But this is good death metal and a great interpretation in that respect so I'm sorry I couldn't like it more.
The Shredder - Sixto
Great intro, awesome into the first minute, the last minute is also particularly awesome. Hard to fault anything it's a great rocking mix (blame the power outage).
BadAzz - Prototype Raptor
This is probably most people's favourite track on the album. After hearing the clip in the trailer I thought I'd love it but I think I just set my expectations too high. It has really good production values. I love what goes on just after the first minute and at around 2:40 those are my favourite parts but besides that I wasn't really digging this mix. I think I would've enjoyed something shorter more.
The Sound of a Thousand Voices Screaming in Unison - Kidd Cabbage
I'm furious at my power outage because I actually wrote you a great review. There were some really good moments in this song...bar the piano part, that was just so out of place I thought I was being hypnotised. The whole tone of the song does feel flat and a little lifeless, it sounds like it wants a lead but if the production were nicer I know it would already feel like a complete song. I really liked 1:42 and 2:28, mosh mosh mosh.
The Last Dance - The Joker
King Dedededelicious, Dededelerious, Dedededelightful! I could go on with the puns! At first I didn't really get the mix for some reason. After hearing it alot now...I think it's brilliant. What you've done with the melody and style is really creative. I dont like to do the "this one's better" thing, but im gonna and I think this is way better than Mazedude's mix. My only gripe is there's this big contrast between the high pitched sounds and the low end, it feels like it could have been filled just a little. I totally can imagine Dede with a sort of Saints Row trailer now.
From now on, Ctrl S every minute, must get that into my muscle memory. I already lost a bunch of song tonight from a crash, if there is a God he is telling me to save much more often. So this is a really good album but I hope with volume 2 there is more quality control because there were a few mixes here I thought could have been absolute standouts but were let down by production values.
Thanks to those that commented on my mix. It was already over a year old or so before the album came out and I've been on a big break, lots of changes, and will do even better for volume 2.
- RoeTaKa on January 31, 2012
A track by track review? What is this madness?
Glad you ejoyed the album, & thanks for reviewing all the tracks individually!
- The Joker on January 25, 2012
Glad you ejoyed the album, & thanks for reviewing all the tracks individually!
- The Joker on January 25, 2012
pu_freak;837687 wrote: Awesome that you did a track-by-track review and thanks for the comments!
Thanks man, I'm glad I got express my opinion of this awesome album.
Chernabogue;837694 wrote: Awesome track by track review, man! Thanks for the comments, I was afraid my track was not as good as the rest of the album.
Thanks, and whatchu talkin? Your track was awesome! :smile:
- uhhh6677 on January 22, 2012
Awesome track by track review, man! Thanks for the comments, I was
afraid my track was not as good as the rest of the album.
- Chernabogue on January 22, 2012
- Chernabogue on January 22, 2012
Awesome that you did a track-by-track review and thanks for the
comments!
- pu_freak on January 22, 2012
- pu_freak on January 22, 2012
Brandon Strader;837342 wrote: I made a joke before but now I feel I should correct you.
This is screamo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY3EWYGayNg
This is death metal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgnEU77kcA8
That is all.
edit: That's not all! You only have to pretend to be unbiased if you're a judge. If you don't like something, just be honest about it. :-P
Ok, as you can probably tell, I'm not very experienced in that field haha.
- uhhh6677 on January 20, 2012
