ReMix:Kirby's Dream Land 3 "Kirbland" 3:32
By timaeus222
Arranging the music of 4 songs from 2 games ( view all )...
"Flower Garden", "Grass Land 2", "Ripple Field 3", "Sand Canyon 3"
Primary Game: Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Nintendo , 1997, SNES), music by Jun IshikawaPosted 2016-08-29, evaluated by the judges panel
Alright, our post-album release vacay is over and it's time to get back to featuring some amazing free VGM ReMixes!! timaeus222 (Truong-Son Nguyen) goes in a different direction with this Zawinul-inspired jazz/fusion take on Kirby's Dream Land 3:
"I gotta say, this is one of the most fun ReMixes I've worked on in a long time. This started off as me saying something of the meme kind at the "wrong" time; funny story: it was when Liontamer on OCR Talkback #49 was talking about how he occasionally sees people calling OCR out, saying something like, "Hey, OC ReMix! You don't know how to remix this! It's too good to make better!" Being the guy that I am, I wrote, "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!" in the YouTube comments as a fun "reply" to that. Larry sees it, thinks it was directed towards @DeucesWildMedia on Twitter, and everyone's like, "OHHHHH, DAMN!" So, y'know what?! I went for it anyways. OHHHH, SNAP! SHIT JUST GOT REAL!
Over the course of 3 separate days, in about 20 hours, I ended up writing a jazz fusion-style track inspired by the band Weather Report - especially their song "Birdland" (hence the title). My personal favorite part in here is definitely the solo portion at 1:47-2:39. Can't believe I came up with that. Essentially everything was played in "live" (MIDI), with specifically the bass and drums being the hardest elements to really nail here in terms of the Weather Report vibe. Hope you enjoy! :D"
DAT BASS... a huge departure from everything else Mr. Nguyen has sent our way, the fretless bass here stands out as a highlight on a clean, funky, & liberal arrangement of several sources from the game. DaMonz concurs:
"Otherwise, I'm definitely hearing the Birdland influences, nice work on that! I'm loving the fretless bass, it definitely is a key instrument in order to get that sound, IMO. Good leads, too! Overall, a well-produced, strong arrangement. Really nothing to say here, I think it's great work."
And of course, since I voted on this one as well, I shall flagrantly self-quote:
"I'll mention this in the write-up. In fact, I'll probably quote myself. Hello, future me! S'good stuff; obviously plays it a LITTLE loose with sources, but I didn't have to work too hard, plus the breakdown helps. Also obviously a different style/sound for timaeus, which is by & large done quite well, with an emphasis on the agile & delicious fretless bass."
Well said ;) Big change of pace for the artist, and it's interesting coming off the more traditional big band style jazz of Chronology to be posting something so fusiony & modern, but timaeus pulls it off and convinces in particular on his bass writing. I think there's some room for improvement on the drums if he pursues further arrangements in the genre, which I'd love to see, but in the meantime enjoy this unexpected & utterly enjoyable jam!
Discussion
on 2018-04-03 15:22:56
I love jazz-fusion, and so I've listened to this track 10 times in a few days. Every little thing is so well-done here, man... I just don't know what to say! It's too good. The section at 1:47 just totally blew my mind Also, gotta love the piano at 3:08 - that's a very nice way to end the song, haha.
on 2016-09-14 12:53:17
Great jam. Got me listening to Zawinul this morning, which is always a great start to a day.
on 2016-09-01 13:23:56
I remember hearing some of this before. I really like the atmosphere.
on 2016-08-29 15:50:04
Definitely agreed with the crits comments; the drums were Groove Bias though - pretty old, so probably not much else I could do there on the snare. Would definitely do it though if I could.
By the way, something cool I remembered is that I spent like 2 hours rendering individual stems, so if you want, you could go here to find this ReMix, except you can isolate every single instrument. Could be good for folks on ear training! (Unfortunately it takes so long that it's the only ReMix that I have on there!)
Sources Arranged (4 Songs, 2 Games)
- Primary Game:
-
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (Nintendo
, 1997,
SNES)
Music by Jun Ishikawa
- Songs:
- "Grass Land 2"
"Ripple Field 3"
"Sand Canyon 3"
- Additional Game:
-
Yoshi Touch & Go (Nintendo
, 2005,
NDS)
Music by Asuka Hayazaki,Kazumi Totaka,Koji Kondo,Toru Minegishi
- Songs:
- "Flower Garden"
Tags (6)
- Genre:
- Fusion
- Mood:
- Funky,Jazzy
- Instrumentation:
- Piano,Synth
- Additional:
- Time > Tempo: Fast
File Information
- Name:
- Kirby's_Dream_Land_3_Kirbland_OC_ReMix.mp3
- Size:
- 6,200,398 bytes
- MD5:
- 10c2a600d6ce7708e65a536eb231ace7
- Bitrate:
- 230Kbps
- Duration:
- 3:32
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