#gario

OCR04520: Final Fantasy VIII: Witch Hunter - Gario

[The Man with the Machine Gun, SUCCESSION OF WITCHES]

These babies belong to @skaroy-island-of-bunnies !

this is a gift for Skaroy, there oc blog is @an-island-of-bunnies​ in case you want to see real art (unlike mine)

I’m just testing and messing around with filters and lighting hehe

OCR03583: Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars: Nimbus Can Wait - Gario

[Let’s Do The Fooka-Fooka (Let’s Do The Fluff-Fluff)]

OCR03544: Final Fantasy IX: The Throes of Death(guise) - Gario

[Battle 1, Battle 2, The Darkness of Eternity, Final Battle]

Artist: Gario

Original: Upper Brinstar by Kenji Yamamoto

Length: 6:23

The second of Brinstar's beloved three themes, the bouncy 'Upper Brinstar' theme from Super Metroid, was covered on the first album by the fabulously talented Sam Dillard, where it got a sweeping orchestral treatment ('Into the Green World'). Gario (who previously covered Super's miniboss theme as a spooky electronic piece, 'Eldritch Spore Spawn', on the 101% Run album) takes a different approach with this new remix, which combines the electronic dance elements of their Spore Spawn remix with chiptune. This remix has a faster tempo, more major key harmonies, and greater emphasis on the percussion than both Sam Dillard's treatment of the 'Upper Brinstar' and Gario's own earlier electronic dance remix. The title homages the verdant plant life that abounds in the upper areas of the region of Zebes where this plays.

This was a hard review to write because I was bopping too hard to focus on the writing. This remix is peppier and more exciting than both the remixes around it AND Sam Dillard's earlier remix, which makes it stand out. At six minutes and twenty-three seconds, this remix beats out Sam Dillard's fairly long treatment of 'Upper Brinstar', and like the earlier remix contains a fair amount of variety; with that in mind, my one single strike against this remix is that there are so many points where the song feels like it's winding down to an end and then picks back up. Complaining done with, this is a song that got me hook, line, and sinker. The chiptune and electronic instruments are a great match for Green Brinstar's insistent bassline, and the final result catches a side to the Metroid games that isn't always evident in these remixes: that they're fun!

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐