I spelled the name right this time. I checked.
Way back in the winter of … I’m tempted to say 2004 … I made this mix CD. Maybe it was 2003. Yes. 2003. Maybe.
At any rate, I was proud of this CD, for not only did I compile what I thought to be some of the hottest game remixes off OCR — all perfect for driving down the Ortega highway at speeds of reckless abandon — but I drew on it. Little MD is no artist, but I managed to get down some very accurate likenesses. Link, Donkey Kong, and Captain Falcon were among the cast members featured on this disk. I think I even put Samus on there. (I drew her on a mug, too. I should show that off sometime.)
I’m not a music-analyzer. I’ve never had a formal education in music-ology and have only picked up terms as far as other people have thrown them at me and they stuck. This remix has a great driving build, starting mellow with the strings and then quickly swinging in with a strong beat. And then it doesn’t stop. It will kick your tail in.
Plus, it’s Donkey Kong. Can you really go wrong?
