Terranigma - Dolucky no Puzzle (PRC443)
Outline
Source 1: Game: Dolucky no Puzzle Tour '94 (Super Famicom) - Final Battle
Source 2: Terranigma (SNES) - Flight
Source 1:
I'm feeling some Dance Music this time.
This is Dolucky no Puzzle Tour '94, which is a hybrid between Puzzle Bobble and Columns. It's also been compared to Tetris, but that's probably because they all have the same format/idea. In this case, you have to have 5 matching blocks for the blocks to disappear. The grey blocks can only be removed, if they are next to 5 coloured ones, and they will vanish alongside the grey blocks. If any blocks reach the bottom of the screen, it's game over. It doesn't matter where you place the blocks, they just have to be next to each other. As you progress in each level, it gets faster and harder, as do with any Puzzle Games. Admittedly i've not played this, but then again not many might, as it's a Japan Exclusive. I haven't even heard of the Soundtrack either, until fairly recently. It was one tune that stuck out, which made me submit this source. That's the Final Battle music. I mean i listen to rave music, especially VGM tunes in that style, and i will say this is the first i know off, that features a fully looping breakbeat. It's even perfectly in sync, and it's a pretty good break (Even with it's Lo-Fi sample rate). But it's not the break that draws me in (Although it plays a part), but rather the composition itself. I kept on listening to it even when it was over, because it's such a good tune. It's very groovy, and surprisingly well produced, for a 2 minute piece. It's also the only rave tune in the game, as the rest of the soundtrack is Primarily Funk Rock and Jazz Fusion, which i kind of find amusing, as it's a complete 180 from the rest of the soundtrack.
I should also mention, Dolucky is the name of the mascot for the games company Zoom Inc (Not not the infamous video company, we all used during COVID), and was featured in plenty of other games, such as a soccer styled game and a baseball game. The last game they've made is from 2010, however no information has arisen to whether they are still active or not, but they do have a good library of games, so they are prolific in that regard. There's nothing else to really say, because this game is a more obscure one, and only me has learnt of the OST recently, and felt it was too good not to remix. Hope you do this one justice!"
(TheVideoGamer)
Game: Dolucky no Puzzle Tour '94 (Super Famicom)
Source: Final Battle
So here's the video:
And here's my own custom MIDI:
https://www.vgmusic.com/file/378c7bcc5ecd960d11061a6ac12696a9.html#disqus_thread
Source 2:
"So, I've tried a remix of this track before and just did not get the results I wanted. Maybe this will get me in gear and actually do a full on remix of this track. Anyways, the game has appeared twice before on PRC and several times on OCR. The game is none other than Terranigma and the track is Flight.
And the MIDI for ease of remixing
https://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/snes/TN_-_Flight.mid
Best,
-A"
(APZX)
Resources
Rules
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Entries (6)
Great source pick APZX! Very melodic, and kind of has scope for plenty of different styles. In this one, i was feeling the mood for some 80's synth music, so i tried as much as i can to go in that direction. Even though it's only 50 seconds, i actually had a fair amount of ideas for expansion, so i got 4 minutes worth of music out of it. I also like that the sparse drum arrangement, allowed for me to experiment with different drum machine styled sounds. There is also a long solo in the middle, which is accompanied by solo drums and bass, as well as a fade out ending for some closure. All in all, i hope you like it!
Tried featuring a woodwinds ensemble with curious results. But the important thing is that I didn't give up and bust out the strings.
Sooooooooooooo I'm not the right guy to try and translate a rave beat into symphonic arrangements.... BUT I DID IT ANYWAY. I wish someone with real orchestral training would make a real artistic composition inspired from this. But for now, here's my crude brew of (symphonic) rave stew.
Orchestral stuff ;). The midi file provided is very good, thanks for that !
This project was a good opportunity to review my orchestra samples libraries.
It's kind of short remix but at least I could upload something. Good listening.
THIS IS THEVIDEOGAMER'S BONUS ENTRY. DO NOT VOTE FOR IT. I MEAN IT!
I've literally never heard this track, until extremely recently. It was a tune, that immediately hit me on first listen, and i knew then it had to be submitted as a PRC source. Nobody's remixed it, nobody's probably even heard of it, but man it goes hard. Yeah i do love my rave music, but this was something different, especially since it's the first i know off, that consists of a fully looping breakbeat. Breakbeats in video games, often end up not in sync, because of RAM issues and the like, so the fact that this loops perfectly in sync, got my attention. Yes the sample rate is low, like all SNES games, but i feel the lo-fi nature combined with the rich acid stuff, is rife for creativity. And that's what i did. For the remix, i channelled my inner 1992 Warehouse Rave experiences, and made a remix that would be fitting for the modern day club, and the 90's club. I also just wanted to wild really lol. I didn't put a huge amount of effort into it, because i wanted to have a go at the other one, which was also really good! I couldn't do just this one, nor could they work as both. So i ended up separating them into a bonus, and a remix. Like the original, the biggest emphasis is on the main synth riff, the 303 riff's and the breakbeat, which forms most of the tune. It's not a complex remix, and it does use more loop based ideas, however i was having a lot of fun, especially knowing this is a bonus, and it won't likely be voted on. Anyways, i've talked too much, enjoy!
While this is not my source pick, and due to just a general lack of free time the past few weeks I was really only to do one source when I wanted to do both. I do not feel quite right just submitting this one as an entry simply because I did not have the time to do both like I wanted to.
However, TVG this source was a ton of fun. It certainly does go hard from start to finish. I tried to keep that, but I opted for a fairly straightforward take on it. What I tried for here was to try and bring some of my Trance background, but instead of going purely Trance I tried to infuse it with just pounding synths with most everything turned up to 11. I do wish I had a bit more time for the mix so I could massage it a bit more, but it sounds okay.