X-formZ - Trolls (Evil trolls from the dark forest mix)

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Arranged by:
X-formZ Adept
Member profiles:
Ola Brandt (dimmignatt)
Fredrik Löfman (floaf)
Original SID:
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Original composed by:
Adam Gilmore
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2 other remixes of Trolls

Duration:
3:09
Released:
11/11/2004
All-Time charts position:
1144
Score:
84%
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Skitz shouts:
Excellent Rock remix here.... Nice lead and fantastic electric guitar work!
Makke shouts:
Gave this one Very Good dispite the fact that the drums sound utterly sequenced. The guitar sounded too good for me to be able to give it anything less.;)
Tas shouts:
Enjoyed this one alot, very cool guitar work
Waz shouts:
Nice example of someone taking on constructive criticism and doing something about it. In a previous upload of this mix, the guitars were muffled and really bad. Now they're tons better. Still not sure about using the original arpeggio, but good tune.
LMan shouts:
Almost Machinae Supremacy esque.:)
Dan shouts:
\m/ sweet piece of guitar work
romeo_knight shouts:
Good. Decent timing on the axe, but the drums sound too static and not natural at all.
lagerfeldt shouts:
Well done. Lacking a hook in the original SID tho
vosla shouts:
Much improved version though instruments sound a bit artificial. Otherwise this would be a red smiley.
eliot shouts:
Well done, a bit unbalanced, the guitars are too loud, covering the background.
aries shouts:
Laid back and funky. Cool.
beldin shouts:
Hubbard's Arcade Classics next, please! :o)
weasel shouts:
Nice guitars in most parts... Good remix! The other instruments are a bit 'average' in sounding and the drums come too 'cold' (sequenced)... Otherwise it could have been a real _killer-remix_! Let's wait for more!!:-)
hispeed shouts:
Maybe it's just my speakers, but the main melody gets lost in the guitar background sometimes.. So it s just "very good" :)
hbasm shouts:
Lots more positive things to say than negative!
omoroca shouts:
Too loud for my taste!
Raw shouts:
Great remix really gets me going!
Cubud shouts:
I said "Damn yeah! " out loud, turned my speakers up far too loud for my neighbours liking, and loved every second of this great tune! Tell me how you got that great guitar sound!
NecroPolo shouts:
'King of the Hill of Chipmetal' nominee :) I still like Machinae Supremacy better. Max score from me, anyway.
Review by hbasm
09/01/2005

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Here goes a well-balanced mix between C64 arpeggios, distortion guitars and punchy drums. I hear some live guitar work as well.

C64 arpeggios are in my experience difficult to implement in non-C64 music but here it works out elegantly. I credit musicians for at least trying to use the C64 sound, to mix old with new, and create a branch of music that is unique.

I do think the bass-guitar is slightly too dominant for too long, so it drowns the lead instrument. I think the leads should take the lead but here it's more like all the instruments want equal attention.

But the drums have perfect presence. Bottom line is, this tune is elected to a personal favourite.