EP-06 Bad Dudes & Friends - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Resurrection

[Mustin]

http://www.oneupstudios.com/ep_06.php

Discuss.

Review: OriginalSoundVersion.com (http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=930)

Plug: Destructoid.com (http://www.destructoid.com/symphony-of-the-night-resurrection-remix-ep-released-109826.phtml)

[joe_cam]

Where the hell did this come from? Downloading now.

[Dhsu]

Absolutely love each and every single track. Great job all of you.

Short comments as I'm listening a second time:

Prayer - Admirable voice work, Frank. The mental picture of you singing falsetto into a mic is pretty hilarious though. :D

Illusional Hop - LOVE what you guys did with this. Would have never thought an arrangement of this track in this style would have worked so well in a million years. Sweet beatboxing too, I'm assuming by Anthony, though I wouldn't be surprised if Josh had the skillz as well, considering his perfect Ali G impression. ;)

2-Step of Gold - Diggi + Josh = SEX. Not a whole lot else to say about this one, love the Matrix-style (I don't know what it's actually called) section at 1:16. Great flow and feel to this one. The first of many Morse collabs on the album. Control freak maybe? Haha. Not to say I don't like them ('cause I do).

Wood-Striking Partita - Man, so chill. This is the kinda music you'd listen to while you pop a line like "Hey baby, wanna see *my* Long Library?".

Apparitions of Clock Tower - Epic. Best Tragic Prince remix I've heard, hands down. DCT makes a mean remix for a dead guy. :D

Take Back the Tears - Was Bloody Tears actually SotN? I don't remember. :/ Oh well, not much to say about this one, pretty classic Lofton/Morse (Loftmo?)

Wet Dreams - I listened to this album in bed, so the track title was pretty appropriate. I just about jizzed my pants right there. Smooth doesn't even describe it. Love the orchestral swells.

Danse Finale - Not a whole lot to say about this one actually...it's very nice, guess I'm just a little jaded to orchestral stuff, sorry. :( Might also because the recognizable sections were kinda spread out.

Nocturne - WHY DIDN'T YOU USE REAL GUITAR LOL. Aside from that, great track. Like I've told Tim already, I really <3 the section at 0:44. Beautiful.

Empty Frame - Our third Disposer track...you really went all out with this project, Frank, haha. Love the way you combine classical piano/orchestra with fat beats. Was kinda surprised by the rapping though. Not a bad thing, just unexpected.

The Lament of the Shapeshifter - You can tell zyko made this just by the title, hehe. But even without knowing the title you'd be able to tell it's a zyko(R) as much from the contemplative mood as from the general lack of direction or connection to the source material. ;) J/k, bro, I don't even know what the source is.

Drax of Holy Spirits - You can instantly tell who made this one too, but for completely different reasons. The title is kind of a clue, but the insane signature synths are an instant and dead giveaway. The 12-tone harmonies, dotted rhythms, and irregular time signatures are all Mazedude trademarks as well. I didn't recognize the source at first, but when I realized what it was I was blown away by the sheer genius of the arrangement. Figures that he'd take the most dissonant, atonal, unremixable track in the game and decide to make it into something you can actually dance to.

garlic - I like what was done here. Not often you get a new/fresh take on a track as overmixed as this one. Love the Sagat cameo. :)

Heart of Vlad - What better way to end the album (because I don't consider an hour and two minutes of music an "EP") than a nice and epic mega-medley? I was beginning to wonder where all the iconic SotN tracks were...turns out Josh took them all for himself. :P LOL @ the transition at 9:00. Perfect. Love the final battle voice clips too.

All in all, this might be the best Bad Dudes (& Friends) project yet (btw, sing "Bad Dudes & Friends" to the tune of "Garfield & Friends" hehe). I'm just bummed out I couldn't contribute. Still, you guys seem to have done just fine (or maybe even better) without me. ;)

(BTW wasn't there supposed to be a website? Where's the beef? :( )

[zyko]

The Lament of the Shapeshifter - You can tell zyko made this just by the title, hehe. But even without knowing the title you'd be able to tell it's a zyko(R) as much from the contemplative mood as from the general lack of direction or connection to the source material. ;) J/k, bro, I don't even know what the source is.


why'd you have to make fun of my first live piano piece ever, you little chinese piano freak :)
as for the title, i really meant "Lament of the Shapeshifter"... sans the "The"

hehe

EDIT: oh yeah and the track is an arrangement of Metamorphosis I and II ;)

[TYarbreaux]

This is one of my favorite games.

Great job, everyone.

Also, Mazedude, are you human? Come on. I won't tell anyone.

[Ybrik Metaknight]

This is some good shit. Probably the best Bad Dudes project thus far...you know, at least until the CT album next month.

[Mazedude]

Cooool. I finally got a chance to listen to the whole thing in one sitting. Awesome, awesome stuff all around my fellow dudes!

And kudos to JM for putting the whole thing together, and what a massive finale! Great work.

Glad to see my oddball tracker piece was well-received too, hehe. :)

[DCT]

I totally forgot to post in here...

This whole project was sick as hell; JM even made my track sound good haha.

It was def an honor to be on this project. :D

-DCT