Martin Roth & Frank Ellrich Pres. - The Orange Theme [Gang Go Music]

[i:Vibes] System · **Posted:** Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:31 am

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One of the most revered trance anthems of all time, 'The Orange Theme' by Cygnus X, has been reworked for 2004. Will it survive the operation and the inevitable controversy? Read on...

DJLifeAndDeath · **Posted:** Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:19 am

Good review my friend. The track does do very well but it's always under the massive, oranger than orange shadow of the original, Moonman's and Piet & Benno's versions.

I do love the originality of the B side here and it does bring this tune bang up to date, making it a good addition, if not the best of the bunch. Wink

GrimReaper · **Posted:** Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:50 pm

Great review! I must say i don't like either one of the new mixes tho. Not that they're bad.. both are pretty well produced but they're just not my style hardly at all.

As for the older mixes...

Bervoets & De Goeij Remix would have been amazing with a different, less annoying main synth. The strings and background elements were great but the main synth started to annoy me so much i hardly can listen that mix anymore.

Ferry's mix under his Moonman alias is still one of the best mixes. An old skool trancer with more than amazing symphonic breakdowns and Moonman's trdemark sounds sure hit the spot very well.

But there are still 2 mixes better than any others IMO.

Solar Stone Remix. An epic journey which captures very well the melancholic vibe of the original classical piece and naturally also Kubrick's Clockwork Orange it was used in. Slightly similar haunting style of track what Seven Cities is. So it can be said to be a very Solar Stonesque remix. Solid stuff i could recommend to anyone liking beautiful and atmospheric, slightly deeper trance.

Man With No Name Remix. My fav remix by far. It's slightly more laidback than most of Martin's works are so perhaps that's one of the reasons i like it so much. Very melodic and nicely flowing remix with the familiar MWNN synths sweeping allover. All elements are so wonderful this is pretty much a perfect trancer. A must listen for all the quality trance fans.