I listened to the new one again, and I don't hate it anymore. I can now appreciate the difference in tempo, instrumentation, and atmosphere, but I still don't like the song as a remix.

The problem is, as is was before, that most of the song is unrecognisable. A lot of notes are different, missing, or maybe even displaced - it's like the new song only samples the original.

You can't prove that great music transcends genres if you rearrange it like lawn furniture.



I forgot to mention that my list was arranged top to bottom, greatest to least favorite. Maybe I'll add Youtube links later.

This is my current top 25:

Cyburb Slide - Chuck E. Meyers, Tom Hopkins, Lance Lenhart; Twisted Metal
Subterranean - Tommy Tallarico; Earthworm Jim 2
Windy & Co. - Robin Beanland; Conker's Bad Fur Day
Theme of Prontera - Lee Seock-Jin; Ragnarok Online
Welcome to Crocodile Isle - Dave Wise; Diddy's Kong Quest
Drok - Frank Klepacki; Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge
Title Theme* - Matt Furniss; Chuck Rock
Mystic Cave - Masato Nakamura; Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Drop Dead - Chuck E. Meyers, Tom Hopkins, Lance Lenhart; Twisted Metal
Player Select - Yuko Takehara and Masato Koda; Marvel Vs. Capcom
Wayne and the Wankas** - Robin Beanland; Conker's Bad Fur Day
Stickerbrush Symphony*** - Dave Wise; Diddy's Kong Quest
Doomsday - Howard Drossin; Sonic & Knuckles
Battle Vs. Gym Leader - Junichi Masuda; Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Tropical Paradise - Tommy Tallarico; Earthworm Jim 2
Spring Yard - Masato Nakamura; Sonic the Hedgehog
Sandopolis - Howard Drossin; Sonic & Knuckles
The Gourmet Race - Jun Ishikawa, Dan Miyakawa; Kirby Super Deluxe
Main Theme - Nobuo Uematsu; Final Fantasy VII
Main Theme - Shinobu Amayake; Stunt Race FX
Haunted Chase - Dave Wise; Diddy's Kong Quest
Hell March - Frank Klepacki; Command & Conquer Red Alert
Grand Theft Auto - Da Shootaz
Yoshi's Island - Koji Kondo; Yoshi's Island
Creative Excercise - Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yo#####omi, Kazumi Totaka; Mario Paint

* Sega Genesis version only.
** Officially released as the final third of Sad Bees, Bad Bees on the official soundtrack, but I'd assume it would be named after the characters as a solo act.
*** Smash Bros. Brawl's version can burn in hell, it is a sin against Gawd and catalyst to the Apocalypse.


There are a lot of other soundtracks I really like, like Killer Instinct and Skies of Arcadia, but somehow they just didn't make the list.

All the cool people are doing it.





And me.

Alex the Penguin used FEMININE WILES and other dirty tricks to make me come back here.


So what are you kids into these days? Pogs?