OCRemixer Mattias Holmgren’s latest remix is certainly a weird one. Forgoing actual instruments, Holmgren decided to create a version of the Legend of Zelda theme using a Heineken beer bottle. How does that even work? Well, in his own words:
The other day while having the Friday beer I came up with a weird idea (as always). Why not make a song totally made up of sounds from a Heineken bottle? So later that evening I went into my studio with a beer, sampled it in all kinds of weird ways. Clapping the bottom (makes for a good and solid bass drum sound), hitting the sides with my nails, a screwdriver and some other stuff.
Then finally to create a melodic instrument with actual tones I sampled the windy sound of blowing into the bottle with different levels of beer in the can (which obviously gives different pitch). I sampled the beer at 5 different levels and at each level I made 4 different distinct sounds (like hard, light, and sustained-note blow). Then some sounds from the cap hitting a table etc.
You can download the song, titled “Zelda Heineken,” from its OCRemix page, linked below.
