ReMix:Castlevania: Symphony of the Night "Gallery of Mysteries" 2:58

Some more Game Set Mash!! 2 compo action lead by Moebius, whose Symphony/Fusion Metroidvania mashup was bolstered by numerous Team Whip whippersnappers:

Moebius: arrangement
VARIA: synths
pixelseph: guitar
paradiddlesjosh: drums
Cyril the Wolf: bass guitar, mastering

Whereas Team Gun went jazzy, Moebius and Team Hwhip [sic] rocked this sumbitch OUT:

"My idea was to turn the two [...] songs into a Periphery/Tigran Hamasyan-inspired arrangement. They feature time signature changes and polyrhythms derived from the two inspirations.

Since "Environmental Mystery" is very short, I decided to use it both as an ostinato figure that plays almost throughout as well as the main motif in the section at 0:55.

Everyone also contributed a lot of feedback in the arrangement and production phases."

Compositional complexity will certainly get approving nods from a nice chunk of folks, but -- no surprises -- the POWAR rules the day, including with judge prophetik music:

"opens with some synths and a heavily distorted lead bass tone (reminds me a bit of billy sheehan). [...] the marble gallery melody really works well with this kind of aggressive, forward-driving approach. 0:55 is kind of a transitional section, and then we get another instance of the melodic material at 1:09.

there's a big rising tone and then it drops off for a break at 1:33 with some fun tempo synced synths. i can finally hear the drums for a bit and they do fun things! there's a bunch of proggy band-synced elements before we get back to a consistent 4/4 groove at about 2:00. this goes through the main section of melody from marble gallery and then references the end of it near the end of the track. there's some rising action and then it's over - not super prepared, but fitting given the way the original ends. [...]

this is a really fun dash through the melodic material. the melody of marble gallery is sufficiently twisty that playing at the speed demonstrated here is impressive, and the various rhythmic elements really work together to make a fun whole. [...] i appreciate the aggressive nature of the arrangement and the excellent performances of the musicians involved. nice work."

The Metroid Fusion usage decidedly takes a back seat here, so while it's not "winning" as a theme mashup, it firmly stands atop the podium as an intense and successful take on a legendary source. Everything about the performances is giving me life; this amps things up and interprets "Marble Gallery" so creatively. The changeup and musicianship starting at 1:32 is so so so enjoyable, yeesh. In a way, it feels like a fighting game version of the lead source; maybe one day Konami will use the Marble Gallery as a stage for some Belmont/Dracula Street Fighter-inspired action. A killer collab from Moebius, VARIA, Cyril & the twins, make sure to experience it!