So my girlfriend loved your cover so much she wanted to hear the genesis original. The look of disappointment on her face when she heard the Genesis version has been burned into my mind for all eternity.
As much as I love Savaged Regime's remixes, I like the original better. That is not to say this does not sound good, but the lack of drums and such were a little disappointing.
This makes me wish they did a better job with Golden Axe 3 than the game we actually got. It would have been a better game if the reused the sprites from 1 and 2, while using this music.
It also helps that there is a touch of reverb throughout all the samples used. It goes a really really long way. There was no way to make reverb sound this clean on original Genesis / Megadrive hardware
I tend to think the YM2612 doesn't handle orchestral arrangements in comparison to other sound chips. Leave it to Savaged Regime to come along and prove me wrong. Stellar arrangement!
The best orchestral scores that I know of were Gauntlet IV, Master of Monsters, Devilish and Langrisser II. Sadly, (aside from Shining Force 2) all those games are super obscure so no one really knows about them but their scores are truly stellar.
Felwurst von der Moffel All those games mentioned were done by the same composer, Hitoshi Sakimoto (some also alongside Masaharu Iwata). That custom sound driver he used really made the Genesis / Mega Drive sing! :)
They were truly talented and proved that Genesis orchestral could definitely compete with Snes. Those soundtracks (and this remake) are spectacular. I wish he could have sold or distributed his driver to other developers. Same goes for other Japanese composers who were skilled with FM, like Technosoft or Treasure.
I've come across alot of your remixes over the years and only recently subscribed, terrible I know. 😂 I have to say, as a SEGA fanboy, your remixes are the absolute best out there, you've inspired a few of my own remixes but this gave me chills, never thought a remix could make the original inferior. 😱 Brilliant work keep it up.
Nice re-arranged version. Sounds like a 32-64 bits version of the theme. But the original (arcade) Golden Axe music was made by Tohru Nakabayashi and You Takada (some sources credit T. Nakabayashi while others credit Y. Takada, but both worked on the music). Nankyoku, Decky, Imocky were responsible for the sound in the Mega Drive / Genesis port (they made re-arranged versions of the original music for the MD port, but didn't change the Takada and Nakabayashi compositions).
I was expecting this to be a cover of the full track from the arcade release, but besides the trimmed middle part of the 1st measures, this is still pretty good. Ya used the MD version as a base, so that ain't a bad thang
F***ing epic!! Once again something which makes me want Sega to develop Mega Drive games again and do a Golden Axe IV using a huge 68 meg cart with a soundtrack handled by you and ChiptunedRaijin together. Could be more than epic!
indies still doing it.. from time to time, but i dunno if sega would do it again lol.. ua-cam.com/video/WTTSHB4biQo/v-deo.html but who knows.. anything can happen
One of the best covers I've heard in a while. I prefer the Arcade version (Mega Drive version's good too, but it's a little too slow and subdued for my taste), but this one's easily a close second.
I have a question, if the MD/Gen has these 10 channels, and all are in use, what produces the sound effects in a game? I never notice sound cutting out when playing a game. I'm really curious about speech. If channel 6 is being used for the drum track, where are the voices coming from?
Majority of games just cut out the least important channels, have it play its sound effect really quickly, and then have it switch back to music. PCM channel switches between drums and voices on the fly too.
im completely unfamiliar with golden axe, i only know as a far as "its an old sega game and probably features an axe made of gold" but im very impressed with this track, it reminds me of old touhou music from the pc98 era! dramatic, foreboding and straight up epic, not to mention similar melodies and instruments. ive never heard the original version but according to that guys girlfriend i shouldnt go looking for it...
Indeed , but devilish has more omf and clear sound-chip to it , like Devil crush and Elemental master with Thunder force 4 , Imagine Savage using Devilish or elemental master style ,,,, oh my god , '' my ear virginity would bleed from orgasim '' However this golden axe remix sound way too accurate to Techmo warrior if ya know that gem . ; )
Lmao XD . Indeed our ears would like , RIP , Well i know a guy who rivals Savage and made abetter version of Yuzo work than the man himself if that's possible ,,, ua-cam.com/video/7ILEhJOTMj0/v-deo.html ; ) And well the same guy did this ear raping track as well : let your ear shivers from eragasim fella , ua-cam.com/video/0zVOUznSMug/v-deo.html , LMAO ; D
ahh, you should've listened to the arcade version. There's one more part of this song that happens right at 0:53 in the arcade version that they removed from the Genesis version. Still kickass, though.
@DejaVoodooDoll maybe you're thinking of the CD version? That was basically ripped from the arcade and played on CD playback. Cart version always had that part missing
I'd love to see In the Bar or Go Straight rearranged. Not that they really need to be rearranged as they already sound like they were rearranged like this, but...
I think basically everything from sound driver to modulator settings on every channel have to be absolutely perfect for it to be this good. Which, given everything was done directly in assembly back then, was absolutely unthinkable. Thank goodness we have tools to show the innate capabilities of this hardware.
@@blara2401 Ok so now I understand how it finally works after listening to a few tracks here : we now have have trackers like Deflemask that can take advantage of the OG hardware like previous composers couldn't ever have done. Interesting. So, while I tremendously enjoy the musics here, my vote still goes for Tim Follin's Time Trax soundtrack on Megadrive as being the most proficient tune ever released on Megadrive, at the time !
Wow! So good use of this Yamaha chipset. Only Japanese and some European could use it right. Impossible the you're North american... Where are you from bro?
![Golden Axe (Arcade) - Speedrun 6:28 [Former World Record]](/img/n.gif)
I'm a simple man. I see a new Savaged Regime track, I blast process my way over to the like button.
So my girlfriend loved your cover so much she wanted to hear the genesis original. The look of disappointment on her face when she heard the Genesis version has been burned into my mind for all eternity.
As much as I love Savaged Regime's remixes, I like the original better. That is not to say this does not sound good, but the lack of drums and such were a little disappointing.
let's just say Golden Axe 1 could really use this kind of improvement.
it's a launch title and it FEELS like it if you're used to 1994+ gen games.
@@ricsim78 I'd love to hear it with Sega CD PCM drums.
@@madhatter8508 Someone make a hack of the Sega Genesis Classics compilation on Sega CD
Your mastery of the YM2612 never ceases to impress me! Golden Axe is one of my all time favourite games too!
This makes me wish they did a better job with Golden Axe 3 than the game we actually got. It would have been a better game if the reused the sprites from 1 and 2, while using this music.
It also helps that there is a touch of reverb throughout all the samples used. It goes a really really long way. There was no way to make reverb sound this clean on original Genesis / Megadrive hardware
“Golden Axe” meets Hitoshi Sakimoto's custom “Terpsichorean” sound driver.
This sounds so good! :D
that aggro timpani line... and the way it gets even more slightly aggro in the second loop 👑
yo i never noticed this i was like "what do you mean?" then i noticed it, love these touches savaged regime puts in. 👍
原曲の雰囲気を 壊さずアレンジされてて とても 良い！
This is how the music sounded to me as a kid and young teen so full of life and crisp.
Why can't video game music sound this epic nowadays? It's clear what the original was going for.
OMG
Perfect for a Golden Axe IV!!!
This blasts my processing
"Gaaaahh! Errraaaahhh! -plonk-" A classic for sure. Nice work!
This blast my mind, simply fantastic! God save the YM2612!
@DPAD-FTW If the YM2612 is a God, how about the superior chips it's derived from?
Good'n'old Savaged Regime never cease to amaze. This is waaaay better than original Genesis or arcade.
I tend to think the YM2612 doesn't handle orchestral arrangements in comparison to other sound chips.
Leave it to Savaged Regime to come along and prove me wrong. Stellar arrangement!
The best orchestral scores that I know of were Gauntlet IV, Master of Monsters, Devilish and Langrisser II. Sadly, (aside from Shining Force 2) all those games are super obscure so no one really knows about them but their scores are truly stellar.
this Rearranged version sounds like these games you mentioned
Felwurst von der Moffel
All those games mentioned were done by the same composer, Hitoshi Sakimoto (some also alongside Masaharu Iwata). That custom sound driver he used really made the Genesis / Mega Drive sing! :)
They were truly talented and proved that Genesis orchestral could definitely compete with Snes. Those soundtracks (and this remake) are spectacular. I wish he could have sold or distributed his driver to other developers. Same goes for other Japanese composers who were skilled with FM, like Technosoft or Treasure.
not only for the Genesis / Mega Drive he has using the same sound driver on the NEC pc 88 and 98
I've come across alot of your remixes over the years and only recently subscribed, terrible I know. 😂
I have to say, as a SEGA fanboy, your remixes are the absolute best out there, you've inspired a few of my own remixes but this gave me chills, never thought a remix could make the original inferior. 😱
Brilliant work keep it up.
"Wow, Savaged Regime did a good job of adding more overall atmosphere to this part!" -repeat every 40-55 seconds. You slayed the originals!!
Wow, a rare use of PSG4!
And it's extremely subtle. Don't know how'd you notice that.
@@SpiralPegasus probably the visualization ;)
Epic 16bit high fantasy 😍
This is simply beautiful and wonderful.
I got some Gauntlet IV vibes out of this... Thanks for sharing the track!
Nice re-arranged version. Sounds like a 32-64 bits version of the theme. But the original (arcade) Golden Axe music was made by Tohru Nakabayashi and You Takada (some sources credit T. Nakabayashi while others credit Y. Takada, but both worked on the music). Nankyoku, Decky, Imocky were responsible for the sound in the Mega Drive / Genesis port (they made re-arranged versions of the original music for the MD port, but didn't change the Takada and Nakabayashi compositions).
I was expecting this to be a cover of the full track from the arcade release, but besides the trimmed middle part of the 1st measures, this is still pretty good. Ya used the MD version as a base, so that ain't a bad thang
*OH* *GAWD* /10
Not sure how many people are gonna get this reference lol
Yes! Some love for Golden Axe.
Just compared this to the source tune (since I wasn't as familiar with it as I should be).
Your version is so much better. Well done man.
Fantastic rearrangement as usual. You can really get the tease out of the capabilities of the YM2612, my props to you!
F***ing epic!! Once again something which makes me want Sega to develop Mega Drive games again and do a Golden Axe IV using a huge 68 meg cart with a soundtrack handled by you and ChiptunedRaijin together. Could be more than epic!
Just do it already!!! 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻💥💥💥💎
indies still doing it.. from time to time, but i dunno if sega would do it again lol.. ua-cam.com/video/WTTSHB4biQo/v-deo.html but who knows.. anything can happen
Very epic rendition.
Greater than the great~
If there's a remake of the first Golden Axe one day I want this music to be inside.
Damn so nostalgic
Amazing as usual, man! I have a request, if you do them: The title theme of Phantasy Star IV, "The end of the Millennium".
Perfection
amazing!
Very impressive!!! I really like Golden Axe so much. It seems an arcade music.
Is that timpani FM or PCM? now I'm curious lol
damn nice job on this btw ;)
It seams to be an FM intrument, which is amazing...
Amazing... Pure nostalgia!!!!!! Thanks!
Par excellence
The visualizations look great!
This new arrangement makes it sound like Zuntata's Rastan soundtrack. Amazing job!
Amazing * - *.
Man this is hard!
Better than the original, for sure.
Ficou animal, awesome
perfect!!
*screams of joy*
Reminds me of Gauntlet IV, which also had a fantastic soundtrack. This might be better, though?
This is so amazing!😃😃💖💖
Rad - instant sub 👏🏻
Why can't I triple-like this, FFS?!?
One of the best covers I've heard in a while. I prefer the Arcade version (Mega Drive version's good too, but it's a little too slow and subdued for my taste), but this one's easily a close second.
Excellent work btw!
Sounds great both normal and on Sp+1.25! Nice work!
Awesome work.
WHO TF DISLIKES THIS
It does so much more with the same means O_O
Hey dude, what software are you using to make these and do you create any VGM files? It would be awesome to play these on a Mega Drive.
Was just thinking the same thing myself lol
I'm fairly sure they use Deflemask to make everything :)
if you join his patreon(only a buck) you get vgms
Ah I'll check that out, thanks.
Thanks!
This version really puts the original one to shame.
I have a question, if the MD/Gen has these 10 channels, and all are in use, what produces the sound effects in a game? I never notice sound cutting out when playing a game. I'm really curious about speech. If channel 6 is being used for the drum track, where are the voices coming from?
Majority of games just cut out the least important channels, have it play its sound effect really quickly, and then have it switch back to music. PCM channel switches between drums and voices on the fly too.
when you say YM2612 rearanged does this mean it's done with the same sound chip? That it could've sounded that way on the original hardware?
It could have but since this uses 2 channels that are normally reserved for sound effects it isn't really viable
Awesome !!!
im completely unfamiliar with golden axe, i only know as a far as "its an old sega game and probably features an axe made of gold" but im very impressed with this track, it reminds me of old touhou music from the pc98 era! dramatic, foreboding and straight up epic, not to mention similar melodies and instruments. ive never heard the original version but according to that guys girlfriend i shouldnt go looking for it...
Nice work. Kind of curious to hear what it would sound like on a discrete 3438!
Very good, reminds me of the C64 version of the tune actually...
just awesome :D
So let me get this straight, this is created with the OG Genesis/MD hardware, nothing else?
Yes though he's using 2 extra channels that are normally reserved for sound effects.
this is nice
This has a very Devilish vibe to it
Indeed , but devilish has more omf and clear sound-chip to it , like Devil crush and Elemental master with Thunder force 4 , Imagine Savage using Devilish or elemental master style ,,,, oh my god , '' my ear virginity would bleed from orgasim '' However this golden axe remix sound way too accurate to Techmo warrior if ya know that gem . ; )
@@shintenku If Savage used the devilish style my ears would just melt from the godly sound of it
Lmao XD . Indeed our ears would like , RIP , Well i know a guy who rivals Savage and made abetter version of Yuzo work than the man himself if that's possible ,,, ua-cam.com/video/7ILEhJOTMj0/v-deo.html ; )
And well the same guy did this ear raping track as well : let your ear shivers from eragasim fella , ua-cam.com/video/0zVOUznSMug/v-deo.html , LMAO ; D
ahh, you should've listened to the arcade version. There's one more part of this song that happens right at 0:53 in the arcade version that they removed from the Genesis version. Still kickass, though.
@DejaVoodooDoll maybe you're thinking of the CD version? That was basically ripped from the arcade and played on CD playback. Cart version always had that part missing
Hhhholy shittttttt 🤯
took the words right outta ma mouth
Is anybody else convinced by those FM kettledrums?
Fucking Amazing !
Ok where can I commission you for work.
Precioso!!
2:09
Much more skilled than Sega's own composers during the original release. Truly impressive. This is the way the Gen was meant to sound.
I'd love to see In the Bar or Go Straight rearranged. Not that they really need to be rearranged as they already sound like they were rearranged like this, but...
Please release retail cartridges with your versions of these themes to be playedon real hardware, just like YM2017 or Remute.
About how Battlefield would have sounded if it was in Golden Axe II or III
Are you a god?
You are a god.
X1.25 Speed Nice
if only that megadrive image had the hi def on it
Conan the barbarian vibes
I badly need more of this game's soundtrack Savaged Regime style. Where can I find it?
It is good, some of the drums needed to be louder at start and need the odd thump sound IMO as it lacked power at the start but finished well.
Set to 1.5 speed for arcade version.
I wonder how death adder theme would've sounded with your remix.
Savaged Regime
i love your style bu t please do golden axe 3 all music becuse i love it
it could be wonderfull if sega would let to modify megadrive mini roms graphics and audio as the same steam workshop way
This is basically if Hitoshi Sakimoto arranged the tracks for the SEGA Genesis version of the game.
This can be done on a factory mega drive?
Yup!
I think basically everything from sound driver to modulator settings on every channel have to be absolutely perfect for it to be this good. Which, given everything was done directly in assembly back then, was absolutely unthinkable. Thank goodness we have tools to show the innate capabilities of this hardware.
@@blara2401 Ok so now I understand how it finally works after listening to a few tracks here : we now have have trackers like Deflemask that can take advantage of the OG hardware like previous composers couldn't ever have done. Interesting.
So, while I tremendously enjoy the musics here, my vote still goes for Tim Follin's Time Trax soundtrack on Megadrive as being the most proficient tune ever released on Megadrive, at the time !
Wow! So good use of this Yamaha chipset. Only Japanese and some European could use it right. Impossible the you're North american... Where are you from bro?
999 likes..... XD
It doesn't work Savage
is it just me or did SEGA did a better job?
how about rearrange alien 3 genesis?