You make me happy. Without you, I'd be lost. Truly. Go on anon (or not) and send this to ten people who make you happy. If you get some back, awesome! Have a fan-freaking-tastic day. You deserve it! 💚
I thank you much! I have taken to answering many [most] of these lovely notes with music from my writing playlist & here’s one that’s in the subcategory for my BAMF OC’s “training montage”, training she’ll eventually need to hone some pretty stout powers that got dropped into her lap.
It’s a Swedish DJ’s take on the show “Teen Wolf”s micro theme music, which is a really good piece, but feels faaaar too short. I need to watch that show eventually, saw part of the first season. I enjoy the little whip-smart redheaded gal immensely. I digress.
Crank your speakers whilst also being kind to your bass —>
Original: Boss Manic Miner Bot by Daisuke Matsuoka
Length: 3:09
The Diggernaut's theme from Metroid: Samus Returns, which plays during its Area 4 chase sequence and in full during its boss fight later in the game, is a shocking piece designed to keep the player on their toes, just as the Diggernaut encounters do in gameplay. While for the most part an original theme, "Boss Manic Miner Bot" (as named in the game's files) inherits a motif that originated as the theme of Metroid Fusion's first boss, Arachnus-X, and which was also reused as the Berserker Lord's battle theme in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Diggernaut's iteration of the theme more closely resembles the thundering Berserker Lord version than the trepidatious Arachnus-X version.
The inclusion of this song as a remix is doubly ironic. First of all, the Arachnus-X version of the theme was already covered earlier in the album by Chernabogue and Viking Guitar, as a remix titled "Parasite Slasher". This, then, draws attention to the fact that Arachnus had a boss fight in the same game as the Diggernaut, but didn't reuse the theme that originally belonged to it!
With that in mind, this remix by Moa Lenngren emphasizes the original elements of the Samus Returns remix. Like Chernabogue and Viking Guitars' remix of the Arachnus-X theme, this cover primarily uses heavy metal guitars, but sets itself apart with the heavy use of electronic instruments like growly synths. This remix also keeps the main motif in the backing, as opposed to the earlier remix's approach of carefully outlining the melody.
I want to make it clear that despite my discussion of "Boss Manic Miner Bot"'s unusual origins, I really like the original piece, better in fact than the Arachnus-X and Berserker Lord boss themes it shares a motif with. This remix really gets it, too. This album has a bit of trouble with covering the same ground too often, most notably with the four remixes of the Federation Force title theme with no other covers from that game. However, this remix fully justifies itself as being separate from "Parasite Slasher", bringing out the best parts of the already excellent boss theme and setting itself apart from the earlier cover despite its similarities. Probably my biggest criticism is that it may be too similar not to the earlier cover, but to the song it's based on. But hey, that's just two cakes for me to eat.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
Track #3-58: Twilight Zone Track #3-60: Call of the Warrior
From the album Harmony of Heroes - Final Smash (not an OCR album, but still a nice collection of Smash-related remixes! Be sure to check out the original Harmony of Heroes as well for over 100 additional remixes!)
From the new, huge, Super Smash Bros. remix album Harmony of Heroes. When the site gets back, download the full quality version at the link below (or check this post for links to torrents)
