{"id":8151,"date":"2020-02-27T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-27T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=8151"},"modified":"2020-02-27T14:34:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T20:34:51","slug":"turtles-all-the-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=8151","title":{"rendered":"Turtles all the way down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been listening to the soundtracks from TMNT III: The Manhattan Project<\/strong> and TMNT IV: Turtles in Time<\/strong> all week. If you’re not overly familiar with theses games (why are you here?), many of the songs are remixes of the theme song from the 1987 TV series. If they don’t feature the full theme in some way, they absolutely take pains to include the “heroes in a half shell” and\/or “Turtle power!” beats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taking it another level down, I’ve also been playing lot of remixes of these songs. Many through OC Remix, others from random YouTubers. But the point remains that in many cases, we’re looking at remixes of remixes here, and the idea of that is making my head spin. At this point, I’m kind of hoping to stumble upon a remix of a remix of a remix, because I think that will probably be the key to finding the meaning of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you really stop to think about it though, this isn’t a terribly strange phenomenon, especially at this point in time. There are probably a lot of franchise-based games that have the same kind of thing going on. Many modern entries in long-lived video game franchises (Mario, Kirby, etc) use official remixes of tunes from older games. I don’t have an example on-hand, but I’m sure those remixes are being remixed by unofficial musicians all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So yeah, it’s not really an unusual thing. I’ve just never stopped to think about it before, and I decided it would be an interesting thought to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not impressed? Fine. Listen to this. It’s fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n