This mashup is probably one of the best I ever did and it was also one hell of a problematic thing to make. In its first version my HDD was starting to die and working on it was a nightmare and in the version you can hear in this album I had to redo everything from scratch and had a lot of problems coming up with new things to set it apart from the original (and I think I kinda failed on that regard).
The redone version was mainly done thanks to the fact that I managed to make a better acapella of the Hikari to Yami no Kanata used in the original, where you could still hear the instruments from the acapella.
The idea at the first time I made this mashup was to put together a lot of references to previous I made for my Youtube channel at the time (and some new stuff I didn't use before at the time) while also mixing a bunch of sources that convey different feelings you get from the ending of the story in Burst (in both sides and also the beggining of Deep Crimson): Happiness, sorrow, rage, suffering, fun... That segment of the story was filled with a lot of things, that's what gives it beauty!
And all of that while putting a meme here and there like that Grand Dad thing there... Don't give me flak over that. At the time I made the first one the meme wasn't that old nor that overused. Thankfully that's the one and only time I ever used it on the channel and that you'll hear it in this album.
Two sources in particular should be highlighted:
- "Hikari to Yami no Kanata" was used to reference the fact that this song comes from Deep Crimson while also helping in conveying the feelings I mentioned before.
- "Happy" was used to reference how normally things end up in a happy ending in the series. Even if everything gets destroyed at the end, they always find a way to find happiness in the end.
In this redone version I also focused on making everything sound better too. Made a lot of sound tweaks like making the Flintstones segment a little bit less "dry".
So yeah... a lot of stuff!
Musics used:
• To Resist the Path of Evil Shinobi - Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (basis)
• Turn Down for What - Dj Snake (feat. Lil Jon)
• Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park
• Get It On The Floor - DMX (ft. Swizz Beatz)
• Hikari to Yami no Kanata - Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson (Katsuragi vs Ikaruga mix)
• Where the Hood At? - DMX
• Flintstones midi - GRAND DAD ft. Joel (in a very japanese way and now even better)
• Connect - ClariS (from Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
• Ass n' Titties - DJ Assault
• In the End - Linkin Park
• Bodies - Drowning Pool
• All Star - Smash Mouth
• Happy - Pharrell Williams
credits
from Kagura Tensei,
track released January 27, 2017
Instrumentals: Akihi Motoyama
Vocals: Lil Jon, Smash Mouth, Drowning Pool, Kobayashi Yuu, Asami Imai, Chester Benington, DMX, ClariS, Joel, DJ Assault, Pharrell Williams
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