Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Remixes)

Eye Q reached the pinnacle of the classically melodic euro trance milieu with the 'The Orange Theme'.

The Original Mix takes the ‘Vernon's Wonderland’ (Vernon) approach, but raises the stakes to a quick 147+ bpm, and adds background bubbly acid line to drive it through. The result is a classical music masterpiece that has been often copied and remixed, but never bettered.

That is not to detract anything from the remixes here though, they are both worthy treatments.

Blu Peter takes the nu-nrg style of trance approach, complete with an off-beat bass line, sharp technoid hi-hats, and a modulated corrosive acid line.

Red Jerry slows down the tempo a bit to deliver a cool futuristic acid version that includes a background Middle Eastern vibe. It becomes increasingly like the original as it progresses.

The UK arm of Eye Q was never quite the same after this release.

Recreating a song composed by a classical music composer (such as Beethoven) into an electronica tune sounds like a good idea in almost every instance, but I have yet to really find an example of this that has really worked. The Orange Theme, which is also the main theme from the movie "A Clockwork Orange", is just not very good. Granted, the Solar Stone remix is good trance, with a great build, but the main synth line is just not that good. It really isn't that catchy, and is just plain cheesy. There are better trance anthems out there that are worth owning in this format.

There is something special about the Man With No Name remix, it appeared in 2000 but it doesn't sound nore feels like it was done in 2000. Almost every other remix of The Orange Theme has been quite unimaginative, many remixers just did some alterations and gave it their distinctive sound, but not MWNN.

He properly interpreted the track from a view that i never imagined, you notice it first with the pace of the track, the original is a agressive track, MWNN's remix takes it's time and builds on very nice and goes very epic but in the subtle way.