On The Beach - Yoshi's Story (Fanmade Super Smash Bros. Remix)
Channel: pixeltea
Date: 2022-03-29

I was inspired by Ultimate's awesome "Gobi's Valley" remix to try my hand at a surf rock arrangement! Its a style I've been wanting to try for a while now. After brainstorming which song would be a good contender, I settled for "On the Beach" from Yoshi's Story - its seaside setting is a perfect match for surf rock, and the composition itself translated quite well into the style! It was a lot of fun going all out with this genre and all of its idiosyncracies: twanging electric guitar, tremolo guitar slides, cascading drum rolls, and catchy organ riffs. I pulled inspiration from the major artists of the genre, including Dick Dale, The Ventures, The Surfaris, The Chantays, and the Beach Boys.

I worked a couple other Yoshi's Story songs into this arrangement too, such as using "The Riddle" in a similar manner to the Gruntilda's Lair segment of the Gobi's Valley remix. I really wanted to include a section with a phrygian or harmonic minor feel, to capture both sides of surf rock: the bright and sunny Beach Boys style, as well as the moodier, eastern-influenced surf rock pioneered by Dick Dale. Basically, that section is a huge homage to "Misirlou" - maybe a bit too on-the-nose, but I like the end result!

Original composer: Kazumi Totaka
Original game: Yoshi's Story

Inspirations:
-Yuji Masubuchi's remix of "Gobi's Valley" [Ultimate]
-"Walk Don't Run" by The Ventures
-"Wipeout" by The Surfaris
-"Misirlou" by Dick Dale
-"Pipeline" by The Chantays
-"Surfin' USA" by The Beach Boys
-Masafumi Takada's remix of "Mike's Song" [Brawl]
-Shohei Tsuchiya's remix of "Kapp'n's Song" [3DS / Wii U]
-Yuji Masubuchi's remix of "Pac-Man's Park / Block Town" [3DS / Wii U]
-Masafumi Takada's "Mappy Medley" [Ultimate]
-Shohei Tsuchiya's remix of "Splattack!" [3DS / Wii U]