Covers, Remixes, Samples and Mashups.

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

I have to plug my favorite video game music channel, Orchestral Fantasy. An uber talented musician who faithfully recreates the soundtracks of various NES and SNES era video games. Here are some of my favorite covers from his channel:

Anyone else like these types of covers? Any favorites?

 

[ATenderLad]

Those were a delight, for my part this was the first one that came to mind:

Then I thought of one of my favorite themes, and found this treasure:

 

[DunkeyKong]

Yoshi Rock On!

Tetris DS in general is NES musical masterpiece, my favorite piece would be this

 

[Deleted member 2077]

Vocal cords are our instrument so technically this qualifies for this post right? I'm safe?

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

Those were good! We can have a bloody tears battle of the bands:

Other interpretations have more flair, he goes for a more faithful approach.

More bangers:

 

[ATenderLad]

Ooof, but those are good, Seal of Seven Maidens especially.

 

[jummy]

Sam Griffin is great on guitar. Love the reverse too, mainly rock songs made 8 bit

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I urge ALL to check this out

 

[Top_ROMen]

Not instrumental, but I love Smooth McGroove's a capella covers.

 

[mintusbangus]

Dr. Pez is an icon

 

[Cu-Neo]

This one of the Killer Instinct theme

And one of the Zero theme in Mega Man X3

 

[Strategist's icon Strategist Strategist]

So many good ones. Alright I'll stop spamming, just wanted to share the nostalgia.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I was rather fond of these guys:

 

[Deleted member 2077]

I'll be serious now.

Aggg... no.. again, I can't control it...

 

[loopy]

I listen to A.I covers quite a bit.
When the voice of the character fits the song really well, it can almost sound better than the original.
Or if the voice is just comically out of place, it makes it so bad that it becomes good.

I found that Vegeta's voice fits 'screamo' really well:

It hits even harder when you are familiar with the original song.

And I love Neco Arc A.I. covers because of the "uwu" speech impediment she has lol

 

[Снегопад]

Neco-Arc covers are a guilty pleasure of mine.

 

[TropicalFreeze3499]

 

[diapered]

What covers/remixes do you think are better than the original? What covers do you hate because they butchered the original? Which ones do you find an interesting homage? Which ones are just great fun?

Thought of this because came across feuerschwanz cover of Dragostea din tei. Of course, no band can capture the timeless uplifting and happy energy of the original, but the "viking chant" of: Ma-ia-hii, ma-ia-huu Ma-ia-hoo, ma-ia-haa
Is so much fun, I think it gets pretty close to it :3

 

[MasterEn]

i think ffx remaster does a good job of remixing the music tracks from the original.

 

[Снегопад]

A cover so great that most still think it's the original.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

3D Remake of FF 3 rearranged bgm is rad.

 

[Ian Naxieas]

A cover so great that most still think it's the original.

...Tonight I learned it was not the original. Huh.

As for my contributions, first up is Dead Souls by Nine Inch Nails. It was originally a Joy Division song and a very good one at that, but I like Trent's version better. It was also the song that got me into Nine Inch Nails, way back when I got it off Napster. However, you can't lose with either version.

I actually first heard the Tiny Tim cover of this song and the Rod Stewart original later on. Spotify suggested the Revolting Cocks version of it and I've been in love since. I've known about the band since high school, but I've only dabbled in their music, so this came as a surprise. I never thought I'd hear an industrial metal cover of the song, but I'm glad I did.

For my last cover, another industrial metal one! You might sense a pattern with a genre I'm very fond of. Anyway, this is another case where I prefer the cover to the original, the Genitorturers have some good stuff and you've probably never heard them unless you've played Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines and heard their song Lecher Bitch in one of the clubs. The Divinyls original is still darn good, but I choose to rock out.

 

[Yukyon]

Molotov's cover of I turned into a martian is in my opinion so much better (I'm biased)

Here's the original:

 

[diapered]

so great that most still think it's the original.

Is it so great? idk, to me, they are pretty much the same song... Makes me feel bad for slade :( I guess I'll give the QR version some points for the solo?

But yea, speaking of "cover confusion". Many don't realize "Last Kiss" is a cover. But in that case, I do think Pearl Jam made it their own. On that one I am torn, but I slightly lean towards the Cavaliers. The "upbeat" rhythm to such a tragic song makes it more haunting to me, but I completely understand if someone prefers Pearl Jam version: they slowed it down and used just the right sound to make an incredible tearjerker :(

 

[DunkeyKong]

I don't think the original is bad, but I kinda like the remix more (small change though)