Continuing with the awesomeness is Nop's arrangement "Begrimed Basement". It is a nice fusion of house and industrial sounds with a very spacey and futuristic melody line that also throws in the original soundsource. DJ SODEYAMA contributes his theme, "ONACLOV", and it's pretty interesting. It's one of my least favorites on the album. Unlike "Ruins," this one doesn't really develop in any particularly unique way so it tends to get monotonous after a while. In a similar vein to the last arrangement, the third stage remix "Moai Funk (Kikiorix "Mutenka" Remix)," by Kikiorix, features a deep house beat with some interesting synth lines in the melody. It starts out pretty bare, featuring a deep house beat as it advances, the melody is slowly added in different layers until it all comes together to form this pretty awesome concoction! The thing I like most about this theme is how it develops. This is one arrangement that took me a while to get into, possibly because the second stage theme it is based upon was so abstract in the first place. The next arrangement, by Techriders, is entitled "Ruins (Techriders Remix)". I also like the opening and ending of the theme as it sounds like plane is going to malfunction. Unlike some of the arrangements, it takes the chiptune version and overlays it atop the most infectious house beat on the album, creating a theme that really does make me want to dance, at least in my seat. It's dedicated to possibly the most famous Gradius theme of all time, the first stage theme "Challenger 1985".
"Volcano Stage (Newdeal Remix)," arranged by Newdeal, is easily my favorite theme on the entire album.
The stage themes are a mixed bunch, at least to me. It's not at all what I expect from a battle theme arrangement, but oh man, does it really get my gears going! It features a very spacey and uplifting melody over some catchy beats. This is a very beautiful take on the aerial battle theme. Going a bit out of order is "Sky High," arranged by GOKU. Clearly most of the music is original, but the added coin sound effects are mixed and inserted into the theme to give it a nice nostalgic factor.
The first theme, "1.9.8.5.," arranged by The Barcelona, takes the coin sound effect of all things and turns it into an upbeat Japanese rap vocal track with some awesome beats. The most interesting part of this remix album is the fact that it takes you on a journey through the entire original Gradius game through a diverse array of remixes. I haven't really listened to much Gradius, aside from Gradius V, so I'm not really familiar with the original themes, but I figured I'd take a chance with a remix album, due to the fact it was a house remix album and I like music I can dance to, even if I don't dance. I got this album mainly due to the fact that it was being bundled with Gradius ReBirth Original Soundtrack at the Konami Style store.
Released alongside Manabu Namiki's Gradius ReBirth Original Soundtrack, which arranged themes from a variety of Gradius games, it features a variety of different remixers, whom I believe are popular in the club scene in Japan. It also features an arrangement of a theme from Gradius II. Gradius House ReMix is an arranged album mainly dedicated to the first Gradius game. Star Ocean The Last Hope Arrange Soundtrack
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