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July 10, 2004
Break Out
Nerdcore hip-hoppers rejoice, Yosumi Records has put forth two complete albums of videogame beats and breaks. The records, entitled Video Game Breaks & Sound Effects Volumes 1 & 2, are rife with samples from games ranging from the original Donkey Kong to the first Shenmue. Thankfully, the producers saw fit to not simply include popular games from throughout history, but also those that simply had awesome soundtracks; my elation at hearing the unmistakable theme from Moon Patrol cannot be understated. The most recent games appearing on the albums seem to be Dreamcast games, which makes sense, considering that the Dreamcast was the harbinger of the current generation of game consoles, where videogame soundtracks really began to move away from synthesizers. The albums as a whole are a fairly mixed bag. I don't think there would have been much of a way for Yosumi to avoid this, though, just due to the volume of samples on these disks. Any DJ or producer who checks them out is sure to find a few gems, but one of the problems I encountered was that most of the tracks contain samples and effects from many different games, which may cause problems for rapid access unless you mark your records with stickers. Another issue that may bother some is that occasionally the game music samples are taken while somebody actually plays the game, the resultant embedded sound effects may mess with the beat enough to render attempts at juggling it useless. Finally, a few of the themes (most aggrivatingly the overworld theme from the original Zelda) are provided in only about 4/5 of their entirety, so if you really want those, you're going to have to record off an emulator or a TV. The albums also include a few premade remixes. These are good for scratching over, mixing, or what-have-you. Unfortunately, the remix of Super Mario Bros. is the only place any of the classic SMB Theme can be found. A clean version would have been nice. Thankfully, Castlevania is better represented, with a remixed version, and clean versions of several rocking themes. The part of these records that I've given the most use is, surprisingly, the vocal samples from Mortal Kombat. Scratching "You weak, pathetic fool" over Blockhead's Insomniac Olympics is just too much fun. If you're curious, you can find RealAudio needle drops of both these albums about 5/6 of the way down this page, and near the top are drops from the venerable 8-Bit Construction Set. Posted by ClockworkGrue at July 10, 2004 10:51 PM | TrackBackComments
Eh, while I applaude the effort, the transistions from one game soundtrack to the other is jolting and seemingly without reason. And no layering of more then one soundtrack at a time? It's kind of like someone is channel surfing with my NES. I feel OC Remix (http://www.ocremix.org/) does better job with this in the music area. Posted by: Darkplate on July 13, 2004 03:13 PMThat is likely because the albums aren't really for listening, they (like all break records) are for production work, beat juggling, or scratching, like a sound effects record. You could think of the albums as a bunch of jigsaw puzzle pieces. OverClocked is for remixes of videogame themes, generally designed to be actually listened to as-is. You could think of them as puzzles that have been put together and glued to a piece of posterboard. Posted by: ClockworkGrue on July 14, 2004 09:46 AMAhhh, makes sense. I hope good things come from this. Posted by: Darkplate on July 14, 2004 10:25 AMi rip my own, myself. OC Remix has a list of sound archives ripped directly from the game, as well as a list of tools to use to play-back said archives. oh yeah, and they have loads of great mp3 remixes, too. Posted by: AllisonAxe on August 3, 2004 09:46 AMjpb ppyt psycholog zdrowa żywność nieruchomości projektowanie stron agencja reklamowa soczewki kontaktowe nauka angielskiego agroturystyka opony klimatyzacja domy opieki akupunktura hydraulik projektowanie wnętrz soha jpk paa ki wypadki tfrd jh sw jft pp fdr Posted by: outsider![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.gamegirladvance.com/nav-commenters.gif) on April 11, 2006 09:30 AM
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