Soundtrack Name: Samba De Amigo
U.S. Game Name: Samba De Amigo
Musical Genre: Samba (duh)
Original Game System: Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Polydor
Copyright Holder: Sega Corporation
Number of CD's: 1
Number of Tracks: 24
CD Length: 48 min 09 sec
Composers and Performers:
Various
Review:
Ok, when I said I didn't like dance music, I was being too exclusionary. Although
I don't like to dance, I've always felt that Latin American musicians know how to
do dance music right. Maybe I just like their instruments (steel drums are the
coolest things on the face of the planet), or maybe I spent too much time watching
the dancing shows on Telemundo as a kid (not for the dancing mind you...), but
whatever the reason, I can really grove to Samba tunes. While European dance music
is about fast, driving beats, the music of Samba De Amigo is more about laid back
beats that promote a more sensual style of dancing. The kind of dancing that gets
your... mojo flowing. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about.Then again, maybe
I just like the crazy monkey on the front and back of the CD. I can't look at him
without laughing. I'm laughing as I write this and think about the monkey. I think
all monkeys should be required by law to wear Sombreros. I mean, just look at
this monkey.
If you haven't played
Samba De Amigo, it's the Dreamcast game that requires the Maraca controler to play.
I'm not about to pay $60 for maracas, so I never got the game. My brother, on the
other hand, bought a Dreamcast just to play this game, and he recommended the soundtrack
to me. I must say I enjoy the soundtrack immensely. Unfortunately, I cannot play
most of the tracks on my show as they are licensed music, that you can hear on any
old radio station. It's still quite a lineup of music including, Tequila which
always brings fond memories of stealing lemons at 3 am, Soul Bossa Nova, the
opening credits theme from the first Austin Powers movie, Gonna Fly Now, the
theme from Rocky (no, not Eye of the Tiger, the other one), and Sway, the
song that the female lead in Dark City sang in that really sexy scene. Yeah, you
know the one I'm talking about. As for the
original compositions, there are three, including the intro music, and one of them,
Vamos A Carnaval is stuck in my head. I can't stop listening to it. (I actually
can't) In all fairness, this soundtrack is as un-original as any DDR soundtrack,
I just happen to like the un-original songs on it better. And it has the crazy monkey.
Added 7/19/01: I just got the CD-Extra part of this CD working, and want to
warn you that some CD-ROMs will not recognize the CD-Extra portion of the CD. Still,
if you get it working, there's a few really cool items on the CD. There are sound
effects from the game, and a little clock with a tile puzzle. What really stand out,
however, is the included backgrounds for your desktop, which come in two kinds,
a 2001 calendar series of 4 backgrounds with 3 months each on them, and 4 general
backgrounds that have the game's characters on them. They're really cool, and while
this kind of thing doesn't affect the final grade of the CD, it is cool to have.
Final Rating: B
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