The Last Ninja - The Palace (synthful remix)
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This is my second C64 remix (the first one was four years ago - also a Ninja tune). I was inspired to make this tune - The Palace (ingame) - after watching a youtube grab of The Last Ninja, remembering that The Palace was one of the tunes that made the strongest impression on me when I first played the original game many years ago.
The tune was made entirely in MadTracker (running under Ubuntu/Wine). I'm using some standard VST synths for the baseline, and the beat is a mix of a few drumloops from Looperman and my own beats.
For a long time I only had the first 2:15 minutes of the tune, and wasn't really sure what to do with the last, rather fill-out:ish part of the tune (at least that's how I envision how the original was made). After trying a few different beats it all fell into place though, and now I am actually quite satisfied with the 2:50+ part - hopefully it expresses the aggression of the original & the game itself.
I hope you don't mind the custom 1:25 - 2:20 part too much. I had it in my head and just had to put it in there somewhere...
The tune was made entirely in MadTracker (running under Ubuntu/Wine). I'm using some standard VST synths for the baseline, and the beat is a mix of a few drumloops from Looperman and my own beats.
For a long time I only had the first 2:15 minutes of the tune, and wasn't really sure what to do with the last, rather fill-out:ish part of the tune (at least that's how I envision how the original was made). After trying a few different beats it all fell into place though, and now I am actually quite satisfied with the 2:50+ part - hopefully it expresses the aggression of the original & the game itself.
I hope you don't mind the custom 1:25 - 2:20 part too much. I had it in my head and just had to put it in there somewhere...
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Boz shouts: Pretty good rendition of one of the original Last Ninja tunes. The lead tends to cut through you at the start, but the beat gets you going from 1:15 onwards. There's also a few mixing problems where the instruments are bleeding a bit. Quite jolly though! Amok shouts: Real good remix. Almost very good... Just the tune isnt my cup of tea. migu shouts: Not bad, close to "very good". Quite enjoyable remake. nicodaemus shouts: I don't just like the idea. I LOVE it! But the rather bad pitch-sliding at the beginning and end and the mixing issues kept me from giving an orange. Here's a banana instead. :P symbols shouts: Its almost very good, its the first half of the track ( so well captured ), all the bendy sounds are clever but I was wanting the big arp melody to appear and it didn't, but great stuff besides :) omoroca shouts: I just can't get enough of those Last Ninja remixes! XxDUSTYxX shouts: Nice Instruments and mixing! Well done! pricer shouts: This one took me back. Great feel of the original and great repetitive baseline.
russ shouts: This is Superb, nice one. weasel shouts: I really like this version of it, despite some mixing issues maybe I still gave it an orange! (although the original SID is simply one of the greates ear-catchers ever from the c64-history anyways...!!) LaLa shouts: The instrumentation sounds very cheezy. So, even though the arrangement is very enjoyable, I just can't rate it highly.
eliot shouts: The high pitched lead hurts my ears... Quite boring imho. Waz shouts: Not too bad at all. It's quite well made and the arrangement is fine. prowler shouts: Not outstanding from the mass of Last Ninja remixes, but a very good solid version! Daemonarch shouts: Very original, but wonderful sounding, I love it! warpgun shouts: My favorite last ninja tune!!! Great work! I love it condor shouts: Very good work! Makke shouts: The instrument selection is a bit off, some of them even sound "cheap". But the arrangement is simply golden!
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