Secret of Mana - Distant Thunder (Neon X remix)

Remix of Distant Thunder from Secret of Mana released in 1993 on Super Nintendo
It took some guts for me to start creating this. The song is kinda hard and I wanted to stay really close to the original since it's already so good and chill.
Everytime I see or read something about Secret of Mana this song pops up in my head instantly along with Into The Thick if It (which I might actually do soon as well).
My biggest challenge with this one was the drums, both rhythmically and soundwise. I tweaked, adjusted EQ, tone, and kind of everything else. But I'm happy how they turned out! Also that marimba lines, it took a while to find a good base instrument from which I modified to this current sound. It wasn't actually a marimba sound, it was more like a typical electronic pluck sound. However, it turned out quite good as well.
I kept many of the instruments at a "dry" level, took away most reverb and delay, except from the lead melody. And then my fatter synthwave parts where the reverb and delay peaks at huge levels. I love reverb :) I also put an overdrive effect onto the bass which gave more life, more dang and way more punch. I liked that a lot and will be reusing that one a lot in future remixes!
While in progress with this remix I also experimented with AI generated art, which is really cool. I ended up not using what it generated for this, but will keep trying until I find one that works good with how I want it to look.
It was pure joy creating this one, I really love the original and hope you like it too, the orignal as well as my remix.
At last, I want to ask you guys which one of my old remixes you would like me to re-remix? I will put up a poll for this at some point.
Yours truly,
Neon X
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