Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked
Comments from album director Kyle Crouse (KyleJCrb) & ReMixers
Album freely available at http://ocremix.org

Shell Shocked is a tribute to the Super NES classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time and its Sega Genesis equivalent, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist. Turtles in Time in particular is a special game for me, serving as my introduction to the Turtles as well as the awesome beat-'em-up game genre. When conceptualizing Shell Shocked, I wanted to capture what I had imagined as a hard rock sound in the music of the original game. The Turtles themselves have always been steeped in the culture of the 80's and early 90's and have a bit of that era's playful cheesiness, so I wanted to reflect that in an album that had a hard edge but didn't take itself too seriously.

For the remixer lineup, I reached out to artists who I felt would best capture my vision. I recruited from the talent pools of OverClocked ReMix and the Dwelling of Duels remix competition, as well as newcomers and veterans alike from outside of those communities. Despite having a heavy rock and metal influence, the album is packed with variety, with arrangement styles ranging from power metal, punk, progressive synth, glam metal, jazz fusion, blues rock, funk, and even some Vanilla Ice-inspired rap rock.

I want to thank the remixers for exceeding my expectations and contributing to what I consider to be the finest album I have directed, as well as Nate "FoxxDragon" Horsfall for the spectacular album art. As for the album itself, I hope you're ready: it's time to get SHELL SHOCKED!

- Kyle Crouse (KyleJCrb)

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1-01. Alan Grant & The Velociraptors - "Heroes in a Half-Shell"
Composers: Chuck Lorre, Dennis C. Brown
Source: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 animation)

DusK: arrangement, guitar, bass, harmony vocals, opening voiceover #2
Brett Martindale: lead vocals
buka92: opening voiceover #1
Blue Ink: opening voiceover #3

1-02. Sixto Sounds - "Hot for April!"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Turtle Swing" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Sixto Sounds: arrangement, guitar

1-03. Omigadrive feat. Jordan Clark - "Shellocalypse"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Alleycat Blues" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Omigadrive: arrangement
Jordan Clark: drums
SnappleMan: mixing and mastering

1-04. Washudoll - "Duh, Who Put the Lights Out?!"
Composers: Masahiro Ikariko, Miki Higashino, Mutsuhiko Izumi
Sources: "BGM 07" from TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, "Downtown" from TMNT: The Arcade Game

Washudoll: arrangement

1-05. Monobrow - "Fresh from the Sewers"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Sewer Surfin'" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

1-06. Magellanic - "Turtle in the Shredder's Shadow"
Composer: Masahiro Ikariko
Source: "Shredder's Hideout" from TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist

Magellanic: arrangement, guitar

1-07. WillRock, Sixto Sounds - "Cowabunga!"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Technodrome: Let's Kick Shell!" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

WillRock: arrangement, keyboards
Sixto Sounds: arrangement, guitar

1-08. Ergosonic - "Runnin' with the Shredder"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Elevator" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Ergosonic: arrangement, guitar, bass

1-09. Mega Beardo - "Oroku Like a TurtleCane"
Composer: Masahiro Ikariko
Source: "BGM 12" from TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist

Mego Beardo: arrangement, guitar

1-10. DusK - "Makin' Turtle Soup"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Battle" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

DusK: arrangement, guitar

1-11. Jivemaster - "Fight Something"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Training"

Jivemaster: arrangement, vocals

2-01. Eino Keskitalo feat. Tuberz McGee - "Aim High"
Composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Masahiro Ikariko
Source: "Course" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, "BGM 26" from TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist

Eino Keskitalo: arrangement, guitar
Tuberz McGee: guitar

2-02. Chernabogue feat. Tuberz McGee, Furilas, Viking Guitar - "Rock You Like a Dinosaur"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Prehistoric Turtlesaurus" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Chernabogue: arrangement
Furilas: bass
Tuberz McGee: rhythm guitar
Viking Guitar: guitar solo

2-03. Stemage feat. Viking Guitar - "Rock the Plank"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Skull & Crossbones" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Stemage: arrangement, guitar
Viking Guitar: guitar solo

2-04. Viking Guitar - "Trail Dust and Turtle Wax"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Bury My Shell at Wounded Knee" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Viking Guitar: arrangement, guitar, bass
Omigadrive: chants
Jen Rose: chants
Barry Edward Bellomy: chants
Robert Cammack: chants
Dustin Garcia: chants

2-05. Prince uf Darkness - "Casiopizza vs. TMNT-Square"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Night Riders" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

SnappleMan: concept
Prince uf Darkness: arrangement, guitar, bass, synth

2-06. The SnuggleMen - "Star Turtles II: The Wrath of Mann"
Composers: Mutsuhiko Izumi, Kazuhiko Uehara, Hideto Inoue, Harumi Ueko, Kouzou Nakamura, Tomoya Tomita, Yuichi Sakakura
Sources: "Star Base" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, "Theme of Half Shell" from TMNT III: The Manhattan Project, "Sky Palace" & "Tournament Opening" from TMNT: Tournament Fighters

SnappleMan: arrangement
CarboHydroM: arrangement, guitar
Omigadrive: arrangement, guitar, synth
Wild_Cat: bass

2-07. Do a Barrel Roll! - "Super Shredder Shelldown"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Technodrome: The Final Shell Shock" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Zero Nimbus: arrangement, guitar
Axe Deadeye: guitar
Rado: guitar
Prof. Sequoia: keyboard
Ayalisse: violin
Dani Kong: drums

2-08. Mutherpluckin' B - "Flyin' High (Inside Shredder's Hideout)"
Composers: Bob Bejan, Godfrey Nelson, Masahiro Ikariko
Sources: "Pizza Power" from TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells, "BGM 12" from TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist

2-09. Tuberz McGee - "For Whom the Shell Tolls"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Sources: "Winner" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

2-10. Turtle Soup Injection - "It's Pizza Time!"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Memory" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Rexy: arrangement, synth
Omigadrive: rhythm guitar
Tuberz McGee: lead guitar
Wild_Cat: bass

2-11. Tuberz McGee and The Shell Shockers - "Live at the Big Apple Bluesfest"
Composer: Mutsuhiko Izumi
Source: "Training" from TMNT IV: Turtles in Time

Tuberz McGee: arrangement, guitar, bass
Stemage: guitar solo #1
Omigadrive: guitar solo #2
WillRock: keyboard solo #1
Rexy: piano solo
Mutherpluckin' B: guitar solo #3
Eino Keskitalo: guitar solo #4
Jivemaster: keyboard solo #2, vocal solo
Ergosonic: guitar solo #5
DusK: guitar solo #6
Mega Beardo: guitar solo #7
Chernabogue: drum solo
KyleJCrb: voiceover