Super Metroid – Crystal Flash
Posted by virt on February 16th, 2005 filed in Videogame Music ArrangementsThis is a 22-minute medley of every song in the super metroid soundtrack (except wrecked ship), done for the Metroid-themed DoD compo. It was an important milestone, showing me how far I’ve come and how much I have yet to learn, but it’s very satisfying to have actually pulled it off instead of just sitting on the idea for another 3 years.
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February 16th, 2005 at 11:49 pm
You are awesome. Hearing the gift in the last 2 minutes was a nice ending…Never expected to hear that in there and it was a nice surprise!
February 16th, 2005 at 11:50 pm
Also, it’s nice to finally have “the other half” (although it’s self contained) that you said you’d do for the Super Metroid megamix. I was waiting for that for ages!
February 18th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
Since I heard your first Super Metroid Megamix, I’ve been anticipating the second release you mentioned. It was well worth the wait–the production quality is amazing, and this is nothing short of a musical masterpiece.
My skill with music is still in its humble stages, but I love doing it, and I’m never going to stop learning. Hearing works like this are a huge inspiration and only fuel my ambition to get better.
Thanks for making your music available. I look forward to hearing your future projects.
February 20th, 2005 at 1:56 am
The Super Metroid Mix that… oh man! That’s all of them in here (plus a blend into Hip’s other well known tune ;) )!
This is good… I’ve listened to the first two mixes far too many times. Fresh noise!
March 9th, 2005 at 11:20 am
Virt, you are without a doubt a complete and total legend. Aside from the mixes you have made (oh my god Crystal Flash is insanely cool) your views crack me up too… (im a white guy currently living and studying in china)
I was so hoping that someone like you would crop up from the yesteryears of single and double diget gaming.
My two favorite games of all time are Super Metroid and Ocarina of Time, you have summed up the greatest nintendo masterpieces of all time in perfect sonic form. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your work is literally priceless as no one else does it like you so, and you do it cos you love it. Awesome.
Play on player, play on.
March 14th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
the wicked themed guitars that kick in at 18:55 is friggin awesome!
you’re doing damn well on your guitar playing, get a drumkit as well if you dont have that yet, can only improve things and is fun as hell
(of course it might not improve neighbor relations)
March 21st, 2005 at 7:27 am
This is amazing. I never even played Super Metroid, but I’ve been listening to this song practically non-stop for two days.
Excellent excellent work.
March 21st, 2005 at 10:59 am
Just gotta say you’ve done an impressive job with your game music covers.
*especially the Super Metroid -Crystal Flash.
Keep it goin!
April 10th, 2005 at 2:43 pm
I love the intro and aqua theme in Super Metroid.. You’ve made them certainly great.
April 10th, 2005 at 5:34 pm
I can’t get over how amazing this is, thank you for recording such an awesome mix!
May 9th, 2005 at 4:37 pm
Just wanted to let you know that I’ve been playing this several times a day for the past few weeks. Absolutely awesome work. I think my favorite part is the ultra-heavy rendition of upper Norfair and then the transition into the Crateria underground with all the funky bass.
Superb!
May 24th, 2005 at 12:34 am
I listen to this song nearly 3 times a day. So many amazing parts to it. It takes me back to my days as a kid, playing Super Metroid, but never actually doing well.
May 28th, 2005 at 2:26 pm
Is this supposed to replace the 2nd half of the Super Metroid megamix, or is it its own project? Either way, it’s frickin’ awesome.
June 5th, 2005 at 7:51 am
:( sounds like you’ve got influenced too much by nu metal and other modern music..
I liked the first megamix a lot better, it was more faithful to the original super metroid music and had more instrumental richness than just your basic overdrive guitars all over. but it’s true this new remix sounds a lot more professional and is better quality-wise, you’ve became a very good producer :)
just my 10¢..
August 10th, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Holy crap. This is one of the best video game remixes I’ve ever heard. Keep up the good work, Virt.
p.s. I’ve been listening to this looped for the better part of today
August 26th, 2005 at 4:27 pm
well what can I say that hasn’t already been said… this song #@$@ing rawks man…. Hell, this shizzle is even good to listen to in order to get going in the morning…
October 29th, 2005 at 4:04 am
I thought I was the only person who had an obsession with Super Metroid music. Both Crystal Flash and the Megamix are awesome! Congrats for creating such fantastic mixes and thanks for letting people download them!
November 6th, 2005 at 3:24 am
Eres un cabron cojonudo¡¡¡
Desde Mèxico disfrutamos de Crystal Flash¡¡¡¡
(deberias ver la cara de la gente cuando pasamos en el carro a todo volumen)
November 6th, 2005 at 8:11 am
gracias.. ¡saludos a los oyentes de la música del juego en México! (…incluyendo ésos que no esperan escuchar en el carro) ;)
November 25th, 2005 at 3:05 pm
I ABOLUTELY| LOVE THIS! Just one problem….when I downloaded it, it appeared on my Realone player, but when I actually LOOKED for the file, I couldn’t find it.. and to top it off, Realone player doesn’t save things. Is this supposed to happen, and if not; u know a way so I can download it completely?
November 25th, 2005 at 3:08 pm
Oh crap, something I forgot to say…is this and .mp3 file?
and yes you’re music ROCKS!
December 7th, 2005 at 9:47 pm
Wow dude. I am in love with this game you have so masterfully put on the guitar, which I happen to play often. God I never would have thought of puting metroid on the guitar. Just hearing you lay it down weakens my knees to a point in which I can’t stand up. This is just mind blowing. 2 thumbs way the hell up.
December 24th, 2005 at 12:31 pm
holy cow, when u make a song u make a song!!!ever think of going into the music buiness??
December 29th, 2005 at 12:48 pm
ok ok i g2g say something again when u listen to the music u can see his whole search, fight, death, revenge, slaughter, victory scene go through ur head!!! its like a metroid movie all in your head!i love it!!! p.s. try to do a star fox one it just might be another hit!!
January 7th, 2006 at 6:46 am
Great stuff, as i’ve emailed you before, you churn out some amazing stuff
April 20th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
This super metroid remix is definitely the best i ever. Plz do som more :D
June 11th, 2006 at 6:12 am
I wanna download these tracks. They are awesome.
I got midis but nothing like these.
Please E-mail me where i can download them from.
Subject Metroid.
July 13th, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Really cool! It’s similar to Metroid Metal, but it’s got a different style. I like the begining, maridia, ridley and the end themes the most (8 bit super metroid!). I want to use some of it in a flash movie now :).
August 27th, 2006 at 3:18 am
Absolute masterpiece.
September 4th, 2006 at 6:57 pm
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111ONEONE the first time I heard this song, it was instantly my favorite. My heart banging through the whole thing. During the Green Brinstar Part, it was so good, I felt like I was gonna pass out and I am not kidding! I tell everybody about this song and I try to get them to listen to the whole thing. I have never been so crazy over a song before! I could go on typing forever about it too! Here is the order of my top 5 favorite parts: Green Brinstar, Lower Norfair, story theme, the part between Upper Norfair and Crateria Underground, and Crateria Surface! I nearly got high off hearing this! Nice job virt, you should do this for the whole series and set the record for the longest song ever dude:)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneoneoneone
October 15th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
I admire your work I play guitar myself and love to hear guitar solos especially in theme songs to my favorite games…I was wondering if there was a version of it that I could put on my iPod. If so please email how I could do this.
Thanks
-Mike
September 7th, 2007 at 2:03 am
your just too awesome man, i really appretiate your work
keep it up!!
December 13th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
\m/ >.
December 13th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
YOU ROCK!!!!!
January 4th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
lo quiero el juego
January 5th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
best medley i’ve heard
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Insanely perfect, how did you see in my eyes, or did find my soul. I’m very glad to hear a kind of master piece like this, definitely ^^!
lG, Amorphis_X
October 27th, 2008 at 12:20 am
This song should be know forever, in 400 years, people should listen this
December 13th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Crystal Flash I listen to the whole piece when I sometimes want to revist past,every so often. Like when I played through super metroid for the first time.
Crystal flash all the parts are interwoven amazingly, it is all organic and natural,the threads are the sound that make a tapestry beyond the original.
Man,the mellow atmosphere of the acoustic guitar with the bass in maridia, wow, the best.
If I have only come to realise sometime ago it is one of the greatest video game remixes ever.To me Crystal has something none other remix has it can transport me back in time making it timeless, it is the game in sound and more and true to the game,with many different moods and atmospheres and original ideas that all work,all at the same time.
Jake is one of the leaders I look to when I get lost in this mad world,and Virt is also a master ninja of many arts.
Also amazing new website,there is many things great to say about all your music.
Just here to say have a great Xmas and a great new year.And oneday I am going to make MAGFEST. Also your new Gym track reminds of the style of some bits in Transformers cartoon movie and Dune. It is wicked made me smile the whole time I listened to it.Sorry it has got a bit long,yeah cool man and best reagrds.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:10 am
So… Gonna play this at MAG this year? :D
December 16th, 2008 at 7:40 am
I wish. This is the first year Metroid Metal is playing (yessssssss), so they’re in charge of Metroid awesomeness this year — not that more isn’t better. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to learn it this year; My whole moving and rebooting my life thing.. sorta prevented it. :(
And Mr. Garcia: You rule insanely hard. I love you, man. I wanna email you soon, catch up.
February 22nd, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Wow. This is the best thing I have ever heard ever. This may be due to somewhere between 30-40 hours without sleep(Stopped counting/caring), or this may also be your ridiculously amazing skills at simply everything music related.
I can only wish that one day I will be able to masterfully construct an epic such as this one day. When that time comes I, too, can join you among the Gods of Kicking Ass Forever.
Have you ever seen the God of Rock from Guitar Hero 3? Because that’s you. You are so badass they put you in a video game.
Every Chuck Norris one-liner ever should be re-printed and have “Virt” Replace The “Chuck” Part. The “Norris” can stay because you are so awesome you deserve the last name of a Texas Ranger.
…Yeah, I’m done.
March 18th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
First of all let me just say congratulations, this is a most excellent piece, you’ve really shown your talent in dynamic music writing and personal artistic flare. Many times as a musician I picture some awesome things musically in my head, and with the themes you’ve layed out here, you’ve really touched on some stuff I think is really awesome. Guitar as it was meant to be played.
Second, I was wondering if you have a tab of any of this monster piece? I don’t know if you just learned some melodies and embellished or actually scripted it all out.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but have you or some third party tried to actually tab out what you’ve done here?
September 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
ridiculously awesome <3