The complete Contra 4: Dual Spirits (Japanese title, 2008) soundtrack was released through Konamistyle and contains a remix of the Harbor theme by The Smash Brothers. However, you can listen to an early rendition of “Alien Hive” ( “Let’s Attack Aggressively”) from Dwelling of Duels (January, 2008).
“Harvest Yard” has an absolutely fantastic remix in Contra 4: Rocked ‘n’ Loaded, but you’ll have to pick up the album for that one (sorry – but it’s only $12 and worth every cent!). In fact, this is really straight out of Aliens, particularly the awesome piano break at 1:08. This is particularly emphasized by the monster growls and howls and the screams of victims that fill the background. Additionally, Kaufman uses an instrument selection consisting of strings, drums, and piano, along with some deep brass that recalls the Alien Hive levels from Contra Spirits/Contra III: The Alien Wars, with the same punctuation but a bit less discord than “ The Showdown“, a collection of end boss themes. This punctuation is repeated throughout the piece, creating a march that is very easy to leave an impression. This is because the punctuation on those notes is so strong, and they stand alone. “Harvest Yard” is memorable from the opening two seconds of the track – if you have played the game and heard this song before, it will be immediately recognizable. Jake Kaufman also pushes the limits of the DS sound chip to get some good samples coming out of the system’s tinny speakers.Ĭontra 4 – “Harvest Yard” (Jake “Virt” Kaufman) The theme from the final stage, it captures both the intensity of the battle as well as the build to the finale, as it constantly builds intensity but ultimately never reaching a final height due to the loop. The level is really cool because it is the inside the body of a giant alien. “Harvest Yard” from Contra 4 is a perfect example of this.
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What really saves the song for me is the synthy almost counterpoint stuff that goes on throughout the lyrics.The Contra series has a lot of memorable music. The solo at 2:04 is a synth solo which is a *good* thing (given the notes that are chosen, it works better as a synth than guitar, because it produces a futuristic feel that fits and allows some of the fast notes to have a consistent attack which would be difficult with a picked guitar solo given the note choices). An example of when the harmony really works is at 3:24 (tones more apparent in each voice and very smooth).Īll the synth stuff is niiiiiiice. When "one more time" is sung there, the lower voice has a "spoken" quality which would be great by itself but the melodic harmony clashes with it.I think the bottom voice needed to be more melodic in that section to go with the harmony or else cut out the harmony there. I did have problems with 1 section vocal-wise (0:55-0:57 and when it repeats later in the song). I can actually hear some of the emotion come through. Speaking of camparisons, I thought the sound of the vocals were much more appropriate here than in the singing robot. Whereas singing robot seemed almost too cutesy, this song flows nicely. I've heard "singing robot" and this is a step up from that.
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