ReMix:Tekken 7 "The Old Man and the Devil" 3:27

By Ivan Hakštok

metal rock electric-guitar synth energetic

Arranging the music of 2 songs...

"Heat Haze Shadow 1", "Heat Haze Shadow 2"

Primary Game: Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Games , 2015, ARC), music by Akitaka Tohyama, Go Shiina, Hiroshi Okubo, Junichi Nakatsuru, Katsuro Tajima, Keiichi Okabe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Patrik, Taku Inoue, Yoshihito Yano, Yoshinori Kawamoto, Yuu Miyake

Posted 2018-06-20, evaluated by the judges panel

Hemingway meets SATAN?!? Our first featured ReMix of Tekken 7 comes courtesy Ivan Hakštok, who offers up an energetic rock/metal (with synths!) take on the original d'n'b source:

""Heat Haze Shadow" might be better known as the song used in the Tekken 7 trailer. I liked it back when that trailer was released, but after hearing it in the context of the game, I was blown away. I knew I had to cover it somehow, and only two days after the game was out I ended up with this remix. :)

My remix is a metal (power metal?) rendition of the original DnB tune. Since the source is so damn great, I stayed pretty close to it other than the genre shift and a guitar solo, but I don't think that's a dealbreaker. Hope you enjoy it! :)"

What's not to like? I tend to mentally think of this more as harder rock than as metal per se, but that's irrelevant to its rocking out & being chock full o' satisfying chugs & power chords. Sir_NutS sums it up:

"Love the combination of synths and galloping guitar chugs here. The neck-breaking speed adds a lot of energy to the arrangement. Great way to introduce the solo around the 2 minute mark, and great, clean performance. Even though the song has a lot of energy you knew how to manage it very well, with interspersed changes in pace and little breakdowns. Production is clean and any objections I would have on this aspect are pretty minor. Super good, fun and energetic stuff."

Not much else to say :) Great to see Ivan applying his talents to modern VGM & to see Tekken still going strong!

― djpretzel

Discussion

Latest 3 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
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Crulex
on 2022-05-28 23:03:03

I’m super glad the guitars in this kept the melody faithful to the source, especially were the female vocals used to be in the original. This took everything I loved about Heat Haze and turned it up. Awesome mix!

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lemnlime
on 2018-06-23 12:19:59

A solid rock track. I enjoyed it.

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Liontamer
on 2018-06-20 10:07:13

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

Sources Arranged (2 Songs)


Primary Game:
Tekken 7 (Bandai Namco Games , 2015, ARC)
Music by Akitaka Tohyama,Go Shiina,Hiroshi Okubo,Junichi Nakatsuru,Katsuro Tajima,Keiichi Okabe,Nobuyoshi Sano,Patrik,Taku Inoue,Yoshihito Yano,Yoshinori Kawamoto,Yuu Miyake
Songs:
"Heat Haze Shadow 1"
"Heat Haze Shadow 2"

Tags (5)


Genre:
Metal,Rock
Mood:
Energetic
Instrumentation:
Electric Guitar,Synth
Additional:

File Information


Name:
Tekken_7_The_Old_Man_and_the_Devil_OC_ReMix.mp3
Size:
6,280,785 bytes
MD5:
e573b42ded596511e73c059c2c39631c
Bitrate:
238Kbps
Duration:
3:27

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