Final Fantasy IX Album Project - Wav collection in progress (Now with christmas samples!)

[Fishy]

http://www.laserwarez.com/iboard/albums/userpics/10003/normal_FinalFantasy9_Logo.jpg

Director: Fishy
Founded by: Brandon Strader


Welcome to the Final Fantasy IX album project thread. This project was started on January 2nd, 2010 by Brandon Strader.

Disc 1

The Place I'll Return to Someday - CLAIMED by M-H
Vivi's Theme - CLAIMED BY DualDragons
Feel My Blade/Towards That Gate - CLAIMED BY Fishy
Vamo' Alla Flamenco - CLAIMED BY Andy P / Fishy
Jesters of the Moon - CLAIMED BY IanFitC
Steiner's Theme - CLAIMED BY ch4rl33
Prima Vista Band - CLAIMED by Calum
Mistaken Love - CLAIMED BY Brandon Strader
Awakened Forest - CLAIMED BY -RK-
Battle 1 - CLAIMED BY CyriltheWolf / Fishy
Fanfare - CLAIMED BY Calum
Battle 2 - CLAIMED BY Gario
RUN! - CLAIMED BY Dr. Manhattan
Crossing Those Hills - CLAIMED BY Ben Briggs
Frontier Village Dali - CLAIMED BY Joan Of mArc
Zidane's Theme - CLAIMED BY Knight of the Round

Disc 2

Cid's Theme - CLAIMED BY XPRTNovice
Lindblum - CLAIMED BY Another Soundscape
Song of Memories - CLAIMED by Archangel / Claire Yaxley
Hunter's Chance - CLAIMED BY sixto
Qu's Marsh - CLAIMED BY Another Soundscape
Freya's Theme - CLAIMED BY Abadoss / AndP / Fishy
Fairy Battle - CLAIMED BY Brandon Strader
A Face Unforgotten - CLAIMED BY katethegreat19
Kuja's Theme - CLAIMED BY Gario
The Sword of Doubt - CLAIMED BY IanFitC
Sleepless City Treno - CLAIMED BY Bluelighter
Theme of the Tantalus - CLAIMED BY Verdegrand
Immoral Melody/Footsteps of Desire - CLAIMED BY Archangel
Cleyra Settlement - CLAIMED BY katethegreat19
Eternal Harvest - CLAIMED BY Fishy

Disc 3

Ambush Attack - CLAIMED BY Josh Whelchel
Loss of Me - CLAIMED BY Terra Mater
Fossil Roo - CLAIMED BY Mazedude
Mountain Pass - Conde Petie - CLAIMED by Moomba
Black Mage Villager - CLAIMED BY Brandon Strader/ Jeffball
Ceremony For The Gods - CLAIMED by RiverSound
Eiko's Theme - CLAIMED BY Flexstyle
Iifa Tree - CLAIMED BY Fishy
Salamander's Theme - CLAIMED BY ch4rl33
Quad Mist - CLAIMED BY djpretzel
Esto Gaza - CLAIMED BY XPRTNovice

Disc 4

The Airship, Hildagarde - CLAIMED BY Archangel
Secret Library Daguerreo - CLAIMED BY katethegreat19
Successive Battles - CLAIMED BY Mikeaudio
Terra - CLAIMED BY LuIza / Level99
Bran Bal, the Village Without Souls - CLAIMED BY Halc
Pandemonium, the Castle Frozen in Time - CLAIMED BY Darangen
You're Not Alone! - CLAIMED BY Josh Whelchel / Poolside
Passing Sorrow - CLAIMED BY Brandon Strader
Assault of the White Dragons - CLAIMED BY Knight of the Round
Place of Memory - CLAIMED BY sephfire
Crystal World - CLAIMED BY Archangel
Dark Messenger - Snappleman, finbeard, Norg
Final Battle - CLAIMED BY Fishy
Melodies of Life ~ Final Fantasy - CLAIMED BY Jovette Rivera / Isao
Prelude - CLAIMED BY Archangel

Legend
Red - Claimed track - 2
Green - WIP received - 5
Blue - Substantial WIP - 3
Gold - Near completion - 2
Bold Gold - WAV'd - 45

[Irish]

Good luck to all remixers! Do your very best!

Also, to the remixers who claim Steiner's Theme and Immoral Melody: do it right, and I'll love you forever.

[Dhsu]

January is Start Another Project Month. :P

That said...good luck everyone. Some nice choons on this one.

[TheKrow]

Hot damn, one awesome surprise after another. As much as I'd want to contribute I may have to much on my plate. Hopefully we'll also see FF8 somewhere down the road. It is too bad however we're not prioritizing on finishing some of the other projects first (aka SD3).

[Bahamut]

Hot damn, one awesome surprise after another. As much as I'd want to contribute I may have to much on my plate. Hopefully we'll also see FF8 somewhere down the road. It is too bad however we're not prioritizing on finishing some of the other projects first (aka SD3).

This is something I've thought as well too - I'd like to see more people try to dedicate their efforts towards some existing projects, as the increase in projects is more prone to creating burnout in some people, as well as endangering most projects into collapse due to taking people and throwing priorities out of sync. (Just a side note about the MMX series one - I had that started several months ago, and asked probably over 50 people in getting it started, mostly people not involved with many other projects & even outside the normal OCR community proper)

For the record, I do want to help existing projects with whatever I can and do try in some ways most don't see, and probably will try to spend more time doing so once I get more on top of my existing ones in the next few days.


But one thing I wanted to comment on here and I think it's worth addressing since I've heard a lot of displeasure with this announcement while at MAGFest - Oinkness as the one heading such a massive project. There's a bunch of people I've heard express a lot of skepticism about it being done right, and some even outright refusing to join it run by just him. Perhaps if something like this is to continue with the bar desired from something like this, it would be good to have a co-director who can help ensure things are run at a high level. I'm not nominating myself mind you, although I did express a desire to run an FF9 project about a half a year ago while I was playing the game, but I think it's a point worth addressing after known events that have happened to earn people's distrust.

[Fishy]

Which is exactly why I just joined as co-coordinator.

Chill Wes :D.

[LuketheXjesse]

Exactly what Fishy said.

I actually considered approaching Bahamut to help co-direct, but I suppose 3 directors is enough.

[Cyril the Wolf]

Battle 1.

There are no deadlines at this time and if there is an arsehole deadline set up randomly that I cannot meet I cannot promise you.

I do want to do battle 1, because I love it.

[anosou]

I like FFIX. Now, please make good tracks people :tomatoface:

[Irish]

Yay for Anso and Fishy!

[Fishy]

Can I just say, I checked out everyone on the list who's name you might not recognize, they're all bad dudes who can rescue the princess (DoD guys). I talked to oink about quality control, this is aiming for OCR quality, and you have nothing to worry about :3.

[Hemophiliac]

I'm considering taking a track.

[Cecilff2]

I couldn't find a good pic of Zidane grinning so I posted this creepy fanart of Quina instead

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3189/quina2.jpg


Do a good job or Quina will cook your soul. Good luck guys!

[Bahamut]

Which is exactly why I just joined as co-coordinator.

Chill Wes :D.

Ah kk - hope it goes well then!

[evktalo]

Good luck! I enjoyed the game and the music is good, so I'm looking forward to the results!

--Eino

[Fishy]

I'm considering taking a track.

Sweet. Better choose quick, there's only 500 tracks left!

[anosou]

Sweet. Better choose quick, there's only 500 tracks left!

Silly Cain, that's not true at all is it? :<

[LuketheXjesse]

Can I just say, I checked out everyone on the list who's name you might not recognize, they're all bad dudes who can rescue the princess (DoD guys).

It was me who requested their participation. My only regret is that I couldn't snag more of them.

I even tried to get the late great Girlz Melon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqtO4pJ08w) to join in, but he's pretty busy right now, unfortunately.

[PriZm]

Rose of May = Loss of Me ? And it's already claimed ? oh well...

[HitoriJaNai]

I'd just like to throw out a claim for Kuja's Theme. Will be sending an audition piece your way ASAP, Fishy. :<

[Fishy]

Yeah, sorry. There must be something else in all those tracks you like though :p?

Oh and btw, all you need to know about "Sum Noob" is that they is dark and mysterious and will reveal themselves when you least expect it, destroying the planet in the process.

I'd just like to throw out a claim for Kuja's Theme. Will be sending an audition piece your way ASAP, Fishy. :<

Cool.

[Kenogu Labz]

There's always the more rhythmic 'Protecting my Devotion', Rose of May's counterpart, PriZm.

Also, how do you plan on managing all the 'Melodies of Life' variations in the soundtrack? Most are pretty similar, except for musical style and context.

[ZealPath]

Nice to see the next FF project getting off the ground. FF9 was an ambitious soundtrack (especially if you count Plus) so that makes this an ambitious project, especially given the timing of so many projects already going on. It's a safe bet that we'll be waiting a while for this one, but FF9's soundtrack is definitely ready for the OCR-treatment.

I can't wait to see what people come up with, I always like to mention a few tracks I'm psyched for, and in this case I am going to say "Awakened Forest", "The Chosen Summoner", and "Esto Gaza" (man Esto Gaza could be so smooth, someone do it justice please!).

Good point about the Melodies of Life themes, like 5 songs on the OST are basically that same melody, including the world map. That should make for some good genre-jumping potential though.

May your creative juices flow quickly!

[Arek the Absolute]

Which is exactly why I just joined as co-coordinator.


Oh, sir, how I love you for doing that.

I loves me some ff9. This is going to rawk.

[NeoForte]

Stupid me thought this was a FFXI remix project. But hey FFIX is my favorite Psx FF so awesome :o

[Otakatt]

This has so much potential for awesome. :O

[TheLeviathan]

I'd like to request Passing Sorrow please. I can't PM you an audition song at the moment, but you can listen to my track from the Xenogears project if you want until I can send one.

[Abadoss]

Hmm... Freya for me, please. :D

(In other words, I'm freaking claiming Freya's theme!)

[KyleJCrb]

BAM. As requested by Oinkess: http://kngi.org/phpbb3/viewforum.php?f=52

Also, I approve of this development. Especially Luiza on Dark Messenger. RAWK.

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

Well, I support anything Final Fantasy - duh. Good luck to everybody. I just think this is a tad too early to do this, but my opinion doesn't matter.

[KyleJCrb]

Considering project development could take several years, I think this is just about as good of a time as any to start this.

[nrich]

Well, I support anything Final Fantasy - duh. Good luck to everybody. I just think this is a tad too early to do this, but my opinion doesn't matter.

cmonnnnn, didn't you see how long it took for the ffiv project to finally come into fruition? development vs release are two different things, and with a release i can agree that another ff album so shortly right after the last would be on the ricockulous side. however, it's fair game otherwise

[Hemophiliac]

been looking at bittersweet romance, don't put me down for it yet though.

[Fishy]

Well, I support anything Final Fantasy - duh. Good luck to everybody. I just think this is a tad too early to do this, but my opinion doesn't matter.

While I agree there are too many projects, there's NEVER going to be a time when there aren't enough. I think it's usually safe with an FF project though, people love those soundtracks disproportionately, myself included.

[LuketheXjesse]

Just wanted to say that Summoning of Spirits and Super Dodge Ball are also examples of albums with long development times.

[Arek the Absolute]

I know this will come off as a tiny bit rude, but I find it a bit funny that other coordinators that made their projects recently are chiming in on this being too "early."

oh chammon now really?

This project is going to be awesome.

[Brandon Strader]

Considering project development could take several years, I think this is just about as good of a time as any to start this.
Agree with you, sir! It's not like this is coming out next week. When I started it, I estimated that it would take about 2 years. It could take more, nobody really knows yet, but the response seems to be really good. The dedication of the reMixers involved who are claiming multiple tracks, as well as the community who wants to hear this music, will ensure that it doesn't end up in a 5-year purgatory. :)

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

Like I said, it's my opinion. None of you have to agree. I never said I was aganist this or anything else that's going on, but I believe eventually OCR should put a limit of how many projects are going on per year. Too many projects exhausts any artist. I don't care how long it takes to finish a project, that wasn't my point.

[Level 99]

Like I said, it's my opinion. None of you have to agree. I never said I was aganist this or anything else that's going on, but I believe eventually OCR should put a limit of how many projects are going on per year. Too many projects exhausts any artist. I don't care how long it takes to finish a project, that wasn't my point.

It also begins to take away from the listener perspective. It's a tough balance between releasing music too frequently and then not frequently enough. If more projects are started, and even more seen through to completion, the amount of time in between projects would dictate that sooner or later there will be a queue of finished projects waiting to be released. No project wants to give up their share of the spotlight, after all they worked hard on it, so there does need to be some space in between. Also, too many projects released to frequently can overwhelm potential listeners. Consider the time it takes for people to listen to music, and then again at how much is released, and you see that people have to pick and choose as there's only so much time available.

I'm not saying don't start a project, I'm just saying there are many things to consider. You seem to be gathering quite a few people already and a couple staffers, so I wish you luck and hope your project finishes one day.

[DarkeSword]

Like I said, it's my opinion. None of you have to agree. I never said I was aganist this or anything else that's going on, but I believe eventually OCR should put a limit of how many projects are going on per year. Too many projects exhausts any artist. I don't care how long it takes to finish a project, that wasn't my point.
We used to have an approval process. I've been thinking we need to bring it back.

[Fishy]

I'd like to request Passing Sorrow please. I can't PM you an audition song at the moment, but you can listen to my track from the Xenogears project if you want until I can send one.

Listened to it, sounds good; welcome :3.

[Arcana]

There's 16 projects on the front page, many of which are still looking for remixers. As good remixers are in relatively short supply it's natural to worry about the rate of project "introduction" to the site.

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

It also begins to take away from the listener perspective. It's a tough balance between releasing music too frequently and then not frequently enough. If more projects are started, and even more seen through to completion, the amount of time in between projects would dictate that sooner or later there will be a queue of finished projects waiting to be released. No project wants to give up their share of the spotlight, after all they worked hard on it, so there does need to be some space in between. Also, too many projects released to frequently can overwhelm potential listeners. Consider the time it takes for people to listen to music, and then again at how much is released, and you see that people have to pick and choose as there's only so much time available.

I'm not saying don't start a project, I'm just saying there are many things to consider. You seem to be gathering quite a few people already and a couple staffers, so I wish you luck and hope your project finishes one day.

Exactly! Yeah, listeners are also effected. It's important for every project on this site to have the spotlight because they did work hard on it. I know a lot of people want to climb up the OCR ladder to be known and respected. I totally understand that and more power to all of you. To me, I could careless about popularity. I'm doing Wild ARMs because the fans requested it and the game/music is effing awesome. I tested the waters in the beginning to see how many would join and I believe I proved (with only 4 tracks left to claim out of 79 currently) that the project could get done. I know it's not like a "Final Fantasy" but it's still inspiring so that's why I took upon the job. I knew no one would do it anytime, let alone ever (possibly anyway). So don't judge me or my project because of my opinion. It's completely different.

If we had a balance amount of projects per year, you could have remixers that usually say no because they're on too many already and acquire better quality music because they don't feel rushed or pressured. It shouldn't feel like a job.

So I am not against this project in any way. I REALLY want it to succeed like all the other projects going on currently. I'm obviously an FF whore and FFIX has an amazing soundtrack. I've been working on 2 songs for that game as well for a while. Don't believe I'm a close-minded person because it's the opposite.

We used to have an approval process. I've been thinking we need to bring it back.

I think it should be considered to balance out projects and have timely mannered release dates to keep OCR interesting and highlight the music and remixers. I'm not trying to attack people. Just trying to bring a point up. Projects also shouldn't have release dates unless all tracks are done, in my opinion too.

[bLiNd]

blalbalbalblablalba

hmm

It shouldn't feel like a job.

[Fishy]

I agree completely, which is precisely why I ended up dropping a lot of them (which I still feel bade about Jade :( ).

I feel like I can make exceptions for games and music that I truly enjoy though, and I would hope everyone joining is doing so because the music means something to them.

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

I agree completely, which is precisely why I ended up dropping a lot of them (which I still feel bade about Jade :( ).

I feel like I can make exceptions for games and music that I truly enjoy though, and I would hope everyone joining is doing so because the music means something to them.

Right on man and it's all good. No harm has been done. =) I know why you dropped and it's understandable. bLiNd is thinking of dropping all of them, though he really doesn't want to. There's just too much to do and he has no inspiration left because of his list.

[Fishy]

Right on man and it's all good. No harm has been done. =) I know why you dropped and it's understandable. bLiNd is thinking of dropping all of them, though he really doesn't want to. There's just too much to do and he has no inspiration left because of his list.

Well I made it clear to him when he dropped sm64 before; I would rather he didn't let his music become a forced chore, it's too awesome to be wasted like that :3.

[Fishy]

Just a little announcement regarding track claiming:

People have been claiming silly amounts of tracks which is a bit gay because there's no real promise that its all going to be done or that you're not just saying "oh i'll take these and maybe do them a year later". I'm sure that's not the case for everyone but it has happened the past on projects.

In the interest of fairness, and this is retro-active, you have to make a solid start on one mix to claim another. I've dropped my extra mixes too, this is for everyone. Solid start should be, lets say, a minute of solid (and i mean solid) start on your first track. I think its the only way to be fair to everyone and I hope you (albeit begrudgingly) agree.

[prophetik music]

i'll likely take a track in a year or so when it's clear which tracks people don't want. until then, write me down for collaboration for anyone who needs sax, vocals, etc.

[Meteo Xavier]

You do vocals, Brad?

[prophetik music]

do you listen to anything on the front page? summoning of spirits? or the christmas albums? how about that project i ran?

*facepalm*

[Josh Whelchel]

Hate to be a pain but my claim on "Immoral Melody" appears to have vanished!

(:

[Fishy]

Read up a bit.

Sorry, bit lame I know but had to be fair to everyone.

EDIT: lol, anso already has an awesome wip, he gets two tracks :D

[Brandon Strader]

I can't speak for every remixer, but I tried my best to produce WIPs for a wide array of projects. If people are interested in a project, they will probably help it. You can't really "force" people to help a project they're not necessarily interested in. Having "too many projects" is just a way to give people more variety, and a chance to work on something that they love. If they end up loving 5+ projects, then that's fine.

Granted, my status is probably a lot different than most remixers. I can put hours and hours into remixing every day, and I usually finish something I'm focusing on within a day or two. But I still think variety is a great thing, even if people are very busy. If they're not making progress in a project, they can step down, and someone else who is interested can take their place.

I could go on, about how people should be more accepting of new musicians coming to OCR, and things such as that, but I know nobody wants to hear it. Still, there's hundreds... thousands... of bands and musicians out there that might want to take a crack at a song or two. Just because they're not posted here, or don't have a rep, doesn't mean they shouldn't be able to audition for any project they want.

As for removing claims for multiple-track people... Sorry about that. Seemed like a good way to proceed with things, and it seems to have raised the productivity of people who are devoted to the music. This is also a call to anyone who hasn't claimed yet, steal the track you want now before it's too late. ;)

@Josh Whelchel: You claimed something else before Immoral Melody, and I knew your main interest was in your initial selection. I hope I didn't cross any lines by personally choosing which track you have claimed. If you wish to change your selection, you are more than welcome to do so.

Thanks. ^_^

[Fishy]

lol, can I just say I'm not encouraging people to steal tracks. This was more just to make sure they were actually really interested in all of them.

[Jenner]

FFIX is my all time favorite Final Fantasy game. I wish I had the skill to provide a song for this. I'm willing to pump out some lyrics for anyone doing anything singy though. (You do not want me to sing for this, I am a dying whale with a tracheotomy)

[Halt]

Well, I just may be interested in collaborating with someone after i send in my sample material to Oinkness and see what his verdict is. If anyone is interested, let me know.

[Hyperion5182]

Pixietricks & katethegreat where are you!??!?!

[Abadoss]

I'm not yet at home, so I'm not going to be able to make up a WIP just yet, but I guarantee that I will complete Freya. It's one of my favorite VGM tracks ever. It will be done and I will do it. Period. :D

[prophetik music]

FFIX is my all time favorite Final Fantasy game. I wish I had the skill to provide a song for this. I'm willing to pump out some lyrics for anyone doing anything singy though. (You do not want me to sing for this, I am a dying whale with a tracheotomy)

write something and i'll realize it (if it's good:tomatoface:).

[Fishy]

You don't need to abadoss, you're posted already :D. Also yeah I'll definitely try and get a hold of them two.

[Hy Bound]

I call MOFOin' Terra! I make it good! I Promise!!!!

[Fishy]

Aw, sorry man, oink didn't update the list yesterday, Luiza has that :S. Please pick something else though, love to have you on board.

[Hemophiliac]

alright i'll make an official claim on Bittersweet Romance now.

i have just over a minute's worth of wip on it.

[Brandon Strader]

I call MOFOin' Terra! I make it good! I Promise!!!!
Yeah... claims are going faster than japanese hotcakes, and the people who had to do auditions are scrambling to get WIPs in just to ensure that they keep their claims. In the case of LuIza, I wanted to double-check with Fishy first so there was an extra night's delay on me re-adding her claims. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

If it makes you feel any better, LuketheXjesse gave Terra away even though he knew it was my favorite before the project was even announced. :)

[Hyperion5182]

I hope that my contribution to this worthwhile endeavor will be cover art. I don't know what I'm going with for the time being but I'll do what i can if i can come up with anything I'll post it. I'm not that solid an artist but i should be able to come up with something of acceptable quality.

[KyleJCrb]

Yeah... claims are going faster than japanese hotcakes, and the people who had to do auditions are scrambling to get WIPs in just to ensure that they keep their claims. In the case of LuIza, I wanted to double-check with Fishy first so there was an extra night's delay on me re-adding her claims. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

If it makes you feel any better, LuketheXjesse gave Terra away even though he knew it was my favorite before the project was even announced. :)

But considering who he gave it to, I don't think you should complain because it will be amazing. :-P

[DragonAvenger]

I'm up for singing for anyone who needs some female vocals. Give me a shout if anyone is interested.

[Brandon Strader]

Good news for any hesitant claimers, a few songs just opened up -- at least until their original claimers produce a WIP, then they'll have them back.

[Hemophiliac]

Add Mistaken Love to my claims because it's being incorporated into what i've got so far.

[Fishy]

Well, I think we're taking the votl approach; for claiming we'll list it as the *main* source tune used, whatever you think that will end up being - but credit it as all of them later. That coo?

[Brandon Strader]

I would like to get some opinions from remixers who are attached, as well as fellow directors and co-directors as to what initial deadline you would find most reasonable for everyone involved right now. I'd like it to be a substantial WIP deadline if possible. That means WIPs that are around half-completed and fairly polished. Let me know what you think. :)

[-RK-]

I'd like to throw down this claim on Awakend Forest, to all official peeps. PLZ!

[Brandon Strader]

I'd like to throw down this claim on Awakend Forest, to all official peeps. PLZ!
Your wish is my command, monsieur.

[JH Sounds]

This project was started on January 2nd, 2010 by Oinkness

Heh, this makes it look like Oinkness is a separate person.

[Brandon Strader]

Hello

I'm very sorry to I announce that I'm stepping down as the director of the FF9 project. When I started this project, I thought it would be something that brought everybody together to create one of the best album projects that this site has ever seen, but apparently some people had problems with the fact that I was running the project.

For the record, I think I do have the ability to direct a project like this but the lack of support from the whole community of remixers would make this difficult and possibly compromise the quality of the music. I've decided to continue with smaller projects for the time being which I hope people will join and support. For now I have chosen Fishy - who originally signed on as a third director - to continue as director. He has given his full support and assured me that he would give great care to this project.

I started this project because I wanted to make the greatest Final Fantasy 9 album imaginable. I will continue to support the project and I hope you all will do the same!

Best regards,

Brandon

[Barnsalot]

Sorry to hear that, Brandon. :(

I'm still looking forward to your remixes, though!

[Bleck]

I would like to put a claim down on Vamo'Alla Flamenco. I have some accordion ideas for it.

[Gollgagh]

I would like to put a claim down on Vamo'Alla Flamenco. I have some accordion ideas for it.

fuck, I want to hear this

[LuketheXjesse]

Must audition to us with a WIP first.

[LuketheXjesse]

EDIT: I completely forgot about some details fishy mentioned to me last night, ignore this post :P

[Fishy]

We should be getting approved soon I hope and will be using OCR-based forums.

[Bahamut]

I was wondering what took so long to bump this thread :-P

[LuketheXjesse]

Yes, I sort of wanted an excuse to do that, haha.

[sephfire]

I love FFIX's soundtrack so much that I'm going to actually blow the dust off the old gear and see if something happens. I really don't have time for this these days, but I adore this game too much to let the chance pass.

[Brandon Strader]

I love FFIX's soundtrack so much that I'm going to actually blow the dust off the old gear and see if something happens. I really don't have time for this these days, but I adore this game too much to let the chance pass.
That's really cool, I wish you the best of luck. :)

[Fishy]

I love FFIX's soundtrack so much that I'm going to actually blow the dust off the old gear and see if something happens. I really don't have time for this these days, but I adore this game too much to let the chance pass.

Would be great to have you on board dude, let us know! :3

[Dj Mokram]

There isn't a word about the sound you're going for, or on genre considerations in the first post.
Is that normal?

[Fishy]

There isn't a word about the sound you're going for, or on genre considerations in the first post.
Is that normal?

FF7, FF4, Radical Dreamers, Tales, Xenogears, Pokemon, DKC2.

These are most of the projects I've been on so far, at no point was I told to consider any specific style or theme so yeah, its perfectly normal. I will admit that the focus with newer projects is a bit more towards themed projects, and I think that's a good thing for the record. Oink didn't specify anything when he started it, and even if I disagreed it's too late to go 180 on that. Eh, I don't want to stop people doing what they do best.

Imo themed projects are mostly only possible small scale before the quality starts to suffer from lack of genre specialists (unless its something like baddudes with a more fun theme).

[Dj Mokram]

FF7, FF4, Radical Dreamers, Tales, Xenogears, Pokemon, DKC2.

These are most of the projects I've been on so far, at no point was I told to consider any specific style or theme so yeah, its perfectly normal. I will admit that the focus with newer projects is a bit more towards themed projects, and I think that's a good thing for the record. Oink didn't specify anything when he started it, and even if I disagreed it's too late to go 180 on that. Eh, I don't want to stop people doing what they do best.

Imo themed projects are mostly only possible small scale before the quality starts to suffer from lack of genre specialists (unless its something like baddudes with a more fun theme).

I couldn't agree more on the fact that projects with huge scale (3 discs or so) and genre constraint aren't the easiest to complete.
No matter how many willing and able musicians are around, you need to have both a strong direction and truly dedicated people to execute the concept flawlessly.

But yeah, it seems that most recent projects have some kind of genre-specific focus. So much that in fact, the freedom allowed in this one sounded kinda fishy. :mrgreen:

[Brandon Strader]

I couldn't agree more on the fact that projects with huge scale (3 discs or so) and genre constraint aren't the easiest to complete.
No matter how many willing and able musicians are around, you need to have both a strong direction and truly dedicated people to execute the concept flawlessly.

But yeah, it seems that most recent projects have some kind of genre-specific focus. So much that in fact, the freedom allowed in this one sounded kinda fishy. :mrgreen:
The only rule I set when I started this project was that I didn't want any Chocobo Raps, or any kind of raps. If vocals were attempted, they'd have to be very well done, tasteful, and preferably T-rated (like the game). :tomatoface:

[Gollgagh]

aww no Final Fantasy.mpg's?

[Hemophiliac]

The only rule I set when I started this project was that I didn't want any Chocobo Raps, or any kind of raps. If vocals were attempted, they'd have to be very well done, tasteful, and preferably T-rated (like the game). :tomatoface:

You never said that to me when i started.

what if i said i had vocals in my mix?

[Fishy]

It was written on the first page originally.

I'm really not sure if "no rap" is something I can support. "No bad rap" is fair enough, and there's very few people who try it seriously around here anyway.

[Hemophiliac]

i figured, and as of now there's no vox, i just wanted to see.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

Must.....not......join.......another.......project .......

.....

GAH! OK, I'LL DO IT.

Sign me up for the prelude.

[Abadoss]

Must.....not......join.......another.......project .......

.....

GAH! OK, I'LL DO IT.

Sign me up for the prelude.

I'm in the same boat right now. At this point, it comes down to telling everyone to stop making projects about games that I love...

[Fishy]

Must.....not......join.......another.......project .......

.....

GAH! OK, I'LL DO IT.

Sign me up for the prelude.

Haha, nice one.

[LuketheXjesse]

Good to have you aboard, Tauce. <3

[Brandon Strader]

Good to have you aboard, Tauce. <3
I agree. Another asset of the new direction I guess. :grin:

[sephfire]

Ok, I'll put a tentative claim on Place of Memory.

[Fishy]

Awesome, done.

In other news, VHD has sadly dropped due to time issues.

In other other news, the lovely katethegreat19 joined up! Really looking forward to hearing that track.

[Bahamut]

Interesting choice by her - curious to hear how it turns out.

Out of curiosity, what's the Plus section in the tracklist?

[Fishy]

Stuff from AMVs that aren't included officially on the OST but were in the game.

[zyko]

oh boy i love this OST

ugh. but i can't.....

[KieranCarden]

I can't wait to hear this album - not only is it my favorite final fantasy, but I just looked again at the tracklist for who has what song and some of my favorites are taken by some of my favorite remixers :D

I'm no remixer (in fact I fail miserbly when it comes to making music, I've tried), so I can't help in that department, but I am a graphic/web designer, so if you need any help there, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I was going to try to help out with album art for the latest sonic project but due to time constraints from school and work, I wasn't able to. However I don't have that problem this semester so like I said, let me know.

[Bahamut]

Stuff from AMVs that aren't included officially on the OST but were in the game.

Ah, alright - had no clue.

[Fishy]

I can't wait to hear this album - not only is it my favorite final fantasy, but I just looked again at the tracklist for who has what song and some of my favorites are taken by some of my favorite remixers :D

I'm no remixer (in fact I fail miserbly when it comes to making music, I've tried), so I can't help in that department, but I am a graphic/web designer, so if you need any help there, let me know and I'll see what I can do. I was going to try to help out with album art for the latest sonic project but due to time constraints from school and work, I wasn't able to. However I don't have that problem this semester so like I said, let me know.

Well probably a bit early to be thinking about websites but it might be nice to get that sorted early. Send me a pm with some of your work in it and I might take you up on it when it gets closer to time.

[Kuolema]

Yay! I've been waiting for this to happen. FF9 has my favorite music of any game, and I'm very glad you're creating an album for it. Although I'd love to contribute, I haven't come far enough as a remixer to submit a track, but I am definitely looking forward to this.

[TrueLugia121]

ereagah forgive me for asking but this isn't going to be an arrangement of THE ENTIRE FINAL FANTASY IX SCORE (excuse the locked caps) is it?

[prophetik music]

check the first post, kid.

[LuketheXjesse]

We're definitely not doing ALL the songs, but we're doing quite a sizable amount. I want to estimate around 2-3 discs of material, but only time will tell.

[The Dual Dragons]

Alright, let's have some fun. Mark Vivi's Theme as taken by the Dual Dragons, prepare to get something outlandish soon! Hahaha

[The Dual Dragons]

The name of Vivi's theme is now: Vivi the Magus from the Empire.
Just as a small hint on what the track will be like :)

[Fishy]

Go for it.

Trying to get forum access for everyone atm.

[StarZander]

This might just be nitpicking, but the first post states that the FFIX soundtrack is said to be Uematsu's favorite in the series, but I have always heard that it was the FFVIII soundtrack he liked the most. This was also said during one of the Distant Worlds concerts, which he was attending. This was probably the reason why FFVIII was the most represented game at that concert.
However, I do always hear/read that FFIX is Hironobu Sakaguchi's favorite game of the series.


[/nitpick]

[Fishy]

9 is definitely his favourite - he's said it in multiple interviews.

You only need to look at the size of the damn thing to tell that he was enjoying himself a lot. There's a whole disc more then any other FF ost.

[StarZander]

Yeah, that's true. I guess both him and Sakaguchi gave it their all with this game. I didn't really like this game, compared to the others in the series, but the music was stellar at least, so this project has a really good foundation, and with the talents of OCR in the mix, it should really end up being just as amazing. Wish I could help. :)

[A-RoN]

I'm working on something for The Evil Mist's Rebirth. I'll PM the track if I have a good WIP in progress.

[Josh Whelchel]

WIP on April 1st? Gotcha - should be good!

[Kaxon]

I really wish I had the skill to contribute, but I'll just look forward to the finished product instead I guess. This should be awesome.

[The Dual Dragons]

I really wish I had the skill to contribute, but I'll just look forward to the finished product instead I guess. This should be awesome.

Looking forward to the finished project is contributing a lot if you ask me, if no one was interested in hearing the finished product it would feel kind of meaningless. :)

[Thin Crust]

Looking forward to the finished project is contributing a lot if you ask me, if no one was interested in hearing the finished product it would feel kind of meaningless. :)

If that's the case,

OMG I'M SO EXCITED! RELEASE THIS PROJECT SOON PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!1!11eleventyone!!1

[Josh Whelchel]

Just saw katethegreat on here. Awesome.

[HitoriJaNai]

Just saw katethegreat on here. Awesome.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?

*searches list*

Oh... holy... crap. 8-O SHWEET! :razz:

[Brandon Strader]

Agreed with last 2 posters. :-D

[Kaxon]

This project could really use a BogusRed track.

[M-H]

(edit) snip! Still don't see the private forums. Deleted my link.

[Brandon Strader]

(edit) snip! Still don't see the private forums. Deleted my link.
Wow! Welcome to the forums, M-H. I'm glad you signed up and I look forward to hearing your WIP on the super-secret-ff9-forums. :-)

[Fishy]

(edit) snip! Still don't see the private forums. Deleted my link.

http://ocremix.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41 :)

[The Dual Dragons]

Mark Steiner's Theme as taken by the Dual Dragons ;) But don't expect metal from this one, want to do something 180 degrees away from metal... probably lol We'll see, it'll go where it goes haha.

[Spoool]

I might have something in the making for Immoral Melody, depending on how things go in terms of time over the next couple weeks, going to Miami next Wednesday, but I'll bring with some sheet music and a ipod keyboard app and see if I can program a good wip the day I get back. Or even better I'll have a good wip out the door by the time I leave. Don't consider it claimed or anything but I'm hoping I'll be able to pull this off in time.

[Fishy]

13 WIPs and 2 pretty much finished tracks.

Progress, we has it.

[Mirby]

No one has claimed Battle 2? Come on people, it's a great track! Claim it soon, or you'll be FISHY PAUNCHED! And that would be messy, we don't want that.

[LuketheXjesse]

I'm hoping one specific person takes that track.

[Fishy]

We'll get 'im Luke, we'll get 'im.

[DragnBreth]

Looking forward to this album! One of my favorite games and one of my favorite game soundtracks. I only wish I wasn't a remix-n00b and could participate.

oh well.

The release will not come soon enough!

[Melbu Frahma]

I can't even begin to describe how excited I am at seeing that a FFIX remix project is underway. Its soundtrack is my favorite in the series... well, tied with VII's, anyway.

I'll be waiting with baited breath - and headphones - to listen to what is produced.

[HitoriJaNai]

Just wanted to be a little upfront and say that I do have a WIP, waiting to be seen. :-o

[Kamasenin]

Your FF9 Battle 1 theme is already taken, but I thought I'd share my version with all of you anyways. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RbkpkMHIu8

[Fishy]

Reminder to everyone, wips due April 1st.

19 so far, good stuff. Keep it coming.

[Brandon Strader]

http://kotaku.com/5503940/final-fantasy-ix-looking-likely-for-psn

Snurrrrf... :-)

This is about the 3rd reason to get a ps3! (ff7, ff8, ff9)

[GTAHater836]

http://kotaku.com/5503940/final-fantasy-ix-looking-likely-for-psn

Snurrrrf... :-)

This is about the 3rd reason to get a ps3! (ff7, ff8, ff9)

Despite that, I still believe all three systems are equally as good. I can't decide which track I'm most excited for, but tentatively I'll say Dali because it was used in a custom Zelda Classic "The Hidden Duality", so I recognize it best. Other than that, I know next to nothing about FFIX, because neither my "oniisan" nor I ever owned it.

[Melbu Frahma]

Despite that, I still believe all three systems are equally as good. I can't decide which track I'm most excited for, but tentatively I'll say Dali because it was used in a custom Zelda Classic "The Hidden Duality", so I recognize it best. Other than that, I know next to nothing about FFIX, because neither my "oniisan" nor I ever owned it.

I've got to give love to my favorite FF9 track and say I'm excited the most about what could be coming in the form of the "You're not alone!" remix; I absolutely love that track. But there's a ton of others I can't wait to hear. :grin:

Hell, who am I kidding? I'm excited about the entire project.

[-RK-]

Despite that, I still believe all three systems are equally as good. I can't decide which track I'm most excited for, but tentatively I'll say Dali because it was used in a custom Zelda Classic "The Hidden Duality", so I recognize it best. Other than that, I know next to nothing about FFIX, because neither my "oniisan" nor I ever owned it.

Don't be tentative. You can feel comfortable in your excitement. I promise.

[Melbu Frahma]

Question for Fishy: Will there be support badges for those of us wishing to tout the project?

[Brandon Strader]

Question for Fishy: Will there be support badges for those of us wishing to tout the project?
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lj056ao6GE)

[Melbu Frahma]

Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lj056ao6GE)

Fair enough. :lol: Will there be 10-gallon hats issued instead?

[Brandon Strader]

Fair enough. :lol: Will there be 10-gallon hats issued instead?
No, but Fishy's gonna set up a toll booth to collect WIPs -- any artists who try to pass the deadline without one will have to go back! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbWg-mozGsU)

[Melbu Frahma]

Will there be a need to see the governor for permission to reapply if they're sent back? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm1Jyusyoqk)

[Brandon Strader]

No. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZF_zPkWbhY)

[Fishy]

Question for Fishy: Will there be support badges for those of us wishing to tout the project?

I'll see what I can do.

[Melbu Frahma]

I'll see what I can do.

Sweet action. :-)

[A-RoN]

Fishy,

I won't be able to get my first WIP up since I've got a few school things that need attending to before May. Also, the Evil Mist's Rebirth Remix for this one is not going anywhere. I'll check and see if there's another song that isn't claimed that I can try.

Cheers,
Aaron

[Fishy]

So I'll take you off that one for now?

Also someone's on the case regarding the fan badge.

[LuketheXjesse]

Project is cancelled because Fishy is a pish director and he smells.

[Fishy]

Question for Fishy: Will there be support badges for those of us wishing to tout the project?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/doulifee/FishyFinalneuf.jpg

Thanks to doulifee for his speedy awesomeness.

[Melbu Frahma]

doulifee is my newest hero! 8-)

[TheGreyNinja]

Sooooo... this thread totally just caught my attention today - I'd love to do any album art for the project, if nobody's on that yet.

huge FFIX fan. waiting with extreme anticipation to listen to this one.. haha.

[Bahamut]

Your name looks familiar...did you play in the OCR chess tourneys?

[TheGreyNinja]

Your name looks familiar...did you play in the OCR chess tourneys?

uhhhh.. nope, sorry.

I'm a big time lurker of about 5 years on OCR - but I finally signed up to make it all official right after the FFIV album was released. I'm trying to find ways to 'give back' after so much anonymous mooching of awesome music.. haha..

so yeah - no to the chess thing. :smile:

[Fishy]

I shall pm you shortly.

[Brandon Strader]

uhhhh.. nope, sorry.

I'm a big time lurker of about 5 years on OCR - but I finally signed up to make it all official right after the FFIV album was released. I'm trying to find ways to 'give back' after so much anonymous mooching of awesome music.. haha..

so yeah - no to the chess thing. :smile:
That's exactly what I did too. Hope you have a friendlier welcome and easier time trying to give back than I did. :-)

[anosou]

Hey Fishy...

IM IN UR THREAD IGNORING UR DEADLINEZ!

[Fishy]

no u

[Melbu Frahma]

I'm trying to find ways to 'give back' after so much anonymous mooching of awesome music.. haha..

Good for you! I wish I could do the same, but aside from abhorrent French Horn skills and drawing skills that are almost as bad, the only thing I really know how to do is write. :-(

[Brandon Strader]

no u
I dunno if you heard, but I got a new 1tb hard drive and I'm in the process of relocating and reinstalling everything. But it's Easter so happy Easter, ya'll.

I'll be celebrating the death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ with family in Ohio.

As soon as I get the new hard drive and all its software installed, I'll be in business to start musicing again.

[The Pezman]

Maybe I missed it, but what is the theme that plays in Gargant Roo called? Is it available? I've had an idea for that track forever...

[Melbu Frahma]

Maybe I missed it, but what is the theme that plays in Gargant Roo called? Is it available? I've had an idea for that track forever...

I want to say it's just called "Gargant Roo" or "Fossil Roo" or "Something Roo," but I don't have the track list in front of me. Comes between "Garnet's Theme" (after "Immoral Melody") but before the "Cleyra" tracks.

EDIT: You're referring to this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOSOeS_BtNA), right?

[The Pezman]

Yeah, that's it. Is it on the tracklist?

[Fishy]

Well you could always uh... look at the tracklist I conveniently put on the first page. At the top of it I mentioned I removed some of the less key tracks but you can ask to do anything if you really want. Remember you have to audition first though.

[ocre]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with love for Gargant Roo. Though I understand why it wasn't included on the tracklist.

[Fishy]

Don't get me wrong, its a cheeky little theme that I quite like; I just found it hard to imagine a remix of it. If somethings not on the list, you can still do it, I just think there were better songs.

[Melbu Frahma]

I dunno. I kinda saw a bLiNd-esque dance mix coming off of Gargant Roo. But I understood perfectly why you removed it, too; it's a great, fun little theme, but it's not crucial to the game. (Although as long as I usually spent in that damn place, lol...)

Actually, the one I was sad to see you weren't recommending was Gulug Volcano. I absolutely loved that one. But then again, McVaffe did a pretty good remix of that in... 2000? '01? Something like that. (At least I swear he did, because it's attributed to 'Final Fantasy' if I remember right, but it definitely sounded like Mount Gulug's theme from 9...)

Er... enough rambling.

[Fishy]

Mount Gulag is from FF1, they brought it back for nostalgia.

Same with Mog's Theme from FF6 and the band playing Rufus's theme from FF7. They're all little covers of other games, so I omitted them. This pained me to do so as I love Mog's theme.

[Melbu Frahma]

Mount Gulag is from FF1, they brought it back for nostalgia.

Same with Mog's Theme from FF6 and the band playing Rufus's theme from FF7. They're all little covers of other games, so I omitted them. This pained me to do so as I love Mog's theme.

Ah. Okay. I'd caught that Mog's Theme and Rufus' Theme were nostalgic covers. Never played FF1, though. :oops:

[Brandon Strader]

I was just reading an article about Nobuo Uematsu where he said his favorite arrangements are those he made for Blue Dragon, the 2007 xbox360 rpg. :-) But before this it was probably FF9. Hope you all are doing well with your WIPs!

[Fishy]

Oh don't bring up Blue Dragon, that game was so bad. There were a few good tunes mind, but the game was pure :(.

[Brandon Strader]

I loved Blue Dragon. It felt like I was playing Final Fantasy again for a minute. Shimmers of brilliance. I loved it. :-) And it will give me an excuse to remix the boss battle theme with better vocals, no diss against Gillan, but what the heck dude where you sing go.. where you sing go???

[prophetik music]

I loved Blue Dragon. It felt like I was playing Final Fantasy again for a minute. Shimmers of brilliance. I loved it. :-) And it will give me an excuse to remix the boss battle theme with better vocals, no diss against Gillan, but what the heck dude where you sing go.. where you sing go???

blue dragon was donkey turds. d o n k e y t u r d s. everything about it was poorly thought out, and execution was bad. and the battles reminded me of crisis core (in the words of zircon, "you just push x...x, x, x, WIN!").

[Fishy]

blue dragon was donkey turds. d o n k e y t u r d s. everything about it was poorly thought out, and execution was bad. and the battles reminded me of crisis core (in the words of zircon, "you just push x...x, x, x, WIN!").

This.

The only reasons I completed it was because Mural Village - the only awesomely executed uncliche idea in the entire game - was awesome enough to make me think it might getter as it went on.

It did not.

[Mirby]

Fishy would've traded Blue Dragon in, but he FISHY PAWNCHED it out of existence before he could.

Also, BATTLE 2 STILL HASN'T BEEN CLAIMED? COME ON PEOPLE! IT'S A GREAT TRACK!

[DarkeSword]

Try to stay on topic folks. :|

[prophetik music]

..think it might getter as it went on...

lol!

i recently started listening to this soundtrack again. i didn't like the game much, but i really like some of the creativity he displayed in executing this soundtrack. you listen to, say, VII, and then this, and you hear just how far sound design on the PSX had come. pretty awesome.

[Kaxon]

Is the first post still up to date? Cause that's a lot of unclaimed tracks... it's tempting me to try making an audition song.

[Mirby]

You should claim Battle 2! Someone should claim Battle 2! COME ON PEOPLE!

[Melbu Frahma]

Is the first post still up to date? Cause that's a lot of unclaimed tracks... it's tempting me to try making an audition song.

Go for it!

[Fishy]

Is the first post still up to date? Cause that's a lot of unclaimed tracks... it's tempting me to try making an audition song.

We're not doing the whole thing. That would take too long and half the tracks would be not as good.

[LuketheXjesse]

We're not doing the whole thing. That would take too long and half the tracks would be not as good.

Seriously.

Anyway, in good news, I FINALLY scored a new copy of this game! In AWESOME condition, no less! Currently replaying it as we speak. I missed you, FFIX. :)

[Melbu Frahma]

Anyway, in good news, I FINALLY scored a new copy of this game! In AWESOME condition, no less! Currently replaying it as we speak. I missed you, FFIX. :)

I hate you so much right now. :-( A large part of my disc 4 is messed up, thanks to the idiot I got it from. I'm not able to play the card game after disc 3, or go to certain areas of the world, and 7 out of 8 times the final battle with Kuja freezes up. And the final video is choppy and has no sound. :-(

[Brandon Strader]

We're not doing the whole thing. That would take too long and half the tracks would be not as good.
Yeah, we weren't planning to do the whole thing, butt I had an interest in doing some of the songs I liked that don't get claimed. This game and its music / project deserves to get the best coverage possible, so if anyone thinks they can remix any remaining songs, please try to do so. :-D

[anosou]

Yeah, we weren't planning to do the whole thing, butt I had an interest in doing some of the songs I liked that don't get claimed. This game and its music / project deserves to get the best coverage possible, so if anyone thinks they can remix any remaining songs, please try to do so. :-D

I laughed a lot at that.

[Brandon Strader]

I laughed a lot at that.
How dare you laugh at my butt. x_x

Also I looked over the listing and WOW. Where's all the claims? It's a lot emptier than I remember it being. Come on people! :-P

[LuketheXjesse]

We have enough already in my humble opinion.

[Mirby]

I'll be sad if no one claims Battle 2... that's the only track that hasn't been claimed that needs to be. Come on, please? PLEASE?

[LuketheXjesse]

I will quote myself to answer you, Mirby.

I'm hoping one specific person takes that track.

We sort of have someone in mind, but I dunno if that's still in the game yet.

[Mirby]

Well, I'm impatient, and paranoid that if that person doesn't take that track, then no one will and my favorite track will go unmixed. I really don't want that to happen. But, I'll just have to be patient, I suppose, and hope that one person does, in fact, claim that track.

[Fishy]

We can't NOT do the boss theme. I'm making ridiculously good progress on my other tracks. If no one else does it by the time they're all finished I will.

Rest assured, someone will do it.

[Mirby]

Thank you, Fishy. That is a very good point.

[16:47] <Mirby> Just so you know my qualification for all-time fav: I've always been able to remember about 5 tracks in my head. If it's one of those, it's an all-time fav
[16:48] <Mirby> Those tracks are... lessee... Crocodile Cacophony, Snakey Chanty, Still More Fighting, Battle with the Four Fiends, and Battle 2 (FF9)

That's another reason I was freaking out about this. It really is one of my all-time favs! ^_^

[Solaphar]

I hope someone does Zidane's Theme.

It's kinda sad that in the end, there are people interested in this project, but who lack the remixing skills, and then there are people who have the skills, but aren't interested. I'm in the former category, but even though I'm unable to do that one theme, I still wish that I could hear someone else's take on it.

Oh well, if it can happen then it can't happen. =/

[Mirby]

I think that one will HAVE to be done as well. I mean, Zidane's the main character; his theme, at the very least, should be done.

And I'm in the same boat as you are, Ixyka.

[LuketheXjesse]

There's way better songs imo.

We'll see what happens, but the song isn't really all that impressive compared to the rest.

[Melbu Frahma]

I think that one will HAVE to be done as well. I mean, Zidane's the main character; his theme, at the very least, should be done.

And I'm in the same boat as you are, Ixyka.

Although, I have to admit, Zidane's Theme is actually the least memorable main character's theme of a Final Fantasy game that I can think of, at least to me. But you're probably right, it probably needs to be done. But of course, that'll depend upon the available manpower, interest, and skills available.

Honestly, I'm just grateful that there are as many talented and interested remixers giving love to this soundtrack, and that Fishy's stepping up and running the project; it's something I've been hoping to see happen ever since I first visited OCRemix in '08, and didn't really think WOULD happen, so the fact that the project exists and is in progress is enough for me.

[Brandon Strader]

Don't worry, they'll be done. :-P

[Solaphar]

There's way better songs imo.

We'll see what happens, but the song isn't really all that impressive compared to the rest.

Respectfully, I disagree. I happen to like its chord progression. It's a matter of taste I suppose. My favorite part of the theme starts around the 2-minute mark, that's probably the section I like the most. If I made the remix, it would have an acoustic guitar struming bouncy chords there, with a bouncing electric bass underneath. (Hint hint, suggestions to potential mixer. =D )


And to Melbu: I personally found his theme most memorable, perhaps because I listened to it the most when I got the sound track like, 10 years ago. If I had to guess, I suppose most people think Vivi's Theme is the most memorable. That's my second favorite.

[Melbu Frahma]

Respectfully, I disagree. I happen to like its chord progression. It's a matter of taste I suppose.

And to Melbu: I personally found his theme most memorable, perhaps because I listened to it the most when I got the sound track like, 10 years ago.

Mmm, see, I suppose what's happened with me was that I spent such a small amount of time in the scenes in the game that had Zidane's Theme that it's hard for me to place it as such when I hear it out of context. Like, if I was just sitting on a bus and I hear Terra play, or even Tidus' Theme, I could snap my fingers and place it instantly. But Zidane's Theme... for some reason, even though I can always place it as FF9, and kinda think of the scene in which I hear it played, I couldn't attribute it as being Zidane's.

I dunno. I suppose part of my problem, too, is that in the back of my mind I've always thought of "You're Not Alone!" as being a truer theme for Zidane than the happy, boisterous one the soundtrack attributes to him, just because it seems to fit his story and personality so much better to me.

[Solaphar]

Mmm, see, I suppose what's happened with me was that I spent such a small amount of time in the scenes in the game that had Zidane's Theme that it's hard for me to place it as such when I hear it out of context.
Ah, that makes sense. For me, I'd say that, back in the day, I spent almost as much time listening to the sound track CDs as I did actually playing the game. That probably helps to make a big difference in perception.

...in the back of my mind I've always thought of "You're Not Alone!" as being a truer theme for Zidane than the happy,
Yes, going on a song vs song basis, I also like "You are not alone" a lot (one of my favorite tracks in the game), but going on a theme vs theme basis, the one assigned to zidane is my favorite. I hope that's clear.

[Arek the Absolute]

yo

get zidane's theme done

yee


Also:

Esto Gaza - CLAIMED BY Joshua Morse

oh hell yea thats perfect

willing to trade a wip from mww for a wip of that when he gets one in

[Mirby]

That is perfect! ^_^

[Melbu Frahma]

Yes, going on a song vs song basis, I also like "You are not alone" a lot (one of my favorite tracks in the game), but going on a theme vs theme basis, the one assigned to zidane is my favorite. I hope that's clear.

Oh, don't get me wrong, Zidane's Theme is a great piece of music. But for my personal experience of the storytelling, it just didn't fit as well as You're Not Alone! did for me. But I definitely respect your right to differ. :-D I mean, hell, that's one of the great things about a soundtrack like FF9's - there's so much to love! I can't wait till both are done.

Esto Gaza - CLAIMED BY Joshua Morse

oh hell yea thats perfect

Yeah, that's pretty darn exciting, too. :<

[Fishy]

willing to trade a wip from mww for a wip of that when he gets one in

no u

[Mirby]

Well I'm listening to the FF9 OST, because I really needed to hear You're Not Alone, and I'm amazed at how many awesome tracks there are that I'd forgotten about... like Amarant's theme, for instance. So now that I'm listening to this, I really can't wait... ^_^

[Fishy]

Right, things are going very well so far. Got a lot of very good wips from people, but also a few dudes I haven't heard from in a while or joined late. I'm announcing the next WIP date of June 1st, which I expect every one to have significant process for. I've been putting a lot of work into my tracks so far, done about 7-8 minutes across all of them; and I'll be damned if I'm not usually a lazy bum. If I can do it, you all definitely can!

June 1st or be replaced by the mighty ReMixinator!

[Mirby]

And he'll Fishy Paunch you to make sure you oblige to being replaced if you're late!

Seriously though, I can't wait for more updates! :D

[Kaxon]

Yeah, we weren't planning to do the whole thing, butt I had an interest in doing some of the songs I liked that don't get claimed. This game and its music / project deserves to get the best coverage possible, so if anyone thinks they can remix any remaining songs, please try to do so. :-D

Yeah... on one hand, it's a really big soundtrack and you don't need remixes of all 20 versions of Melodies of Life that are in the game. On the other hand there are still some strong unclaimed tracks... Jesters of the Moon, Cid's Theme, and Eiko's theme all deserve to be covered.

[Mirby]

And Amarant's Theme! Since Battle 2 is a necessity... A jazzy feel would probably fit the theme well... or heavy metal, one of the two. THE FLAMING AMARANT!

[Brandon Strader]

This project will be different from VotL in that all tracks that people want to hear WILL be covered. and it won't suck! ;] It was a joke, that's why it is hidden. lrn 2 joke

Wait I didn't come here just to say that, I was gonna say, I should have the song for you before June 1st

[DarkeSword]

This project will be different from VotL in that all tracks that people want to hear WILL be covered. and it won't suck! ;]

Knock it off.

[Mirby]

We'll still need a name... hmm.. I've got it! Voices of the Shimmering Isle! It's perfect! -_^

[Fishy]

We do need a name actually, well pointed out. I need to make sure it has a suitably hard to pronounce acronym that has become a part of the final fantasy project standard.

EOBLOR! VOTL!

[Mirby]

Melodies of Gaia? Remnants of Terra? Hmm... well at that we could have discs named for either Gaia and Terra... or if there's four discs the continents. Mist, Forgotten, Outer, and Lost... with bonus tracks falling under Terra. I'm just throwing this out here, just so you know.

[Abadoss]

We do need a name actually, well pointed out. I need to make sure it has a suitably hard to pronounce acronym that has become a part of the final fantasy project standard.

EOBLOR! VOTL!

Oh, come on! Those are simple to pronounce!

How about "Questions Unanswered in Time: Good and Wicked Kin in Neverending Grandure" (or "QUiT:GaWKiNG" for short)? The sub-subtitle could be "Like you've never seen the hand of God before!"

[Mirby]

That's hard to pronounce... Kwit... Gawww-king? :P

Seriously though, a name would be useful. Hmm...

[Brandon Strader]

Trials of Existence :-P

[Mirby]

ToE!

So far we have... RotC, KiC, HH, RotS, TDSoP, CS, BotA, PC, VotL, ToF, DQD, SSFIIHDROST, SoS, EoBLoR, H+G, SotD, and SMB. And there's MR, MWW, TMT, TSoS, LD, UH, AtW, BA, PoaP, CoE, and TSFoS in the works, according to the board... Hmm.... I can't think of any odd acronym now...

[Brandon Strader]

ToE!

So far we have... RotC, KiC, HH, RotS, TDSoP, CS, BotA, PC, VotL, ToF, DQD, SSFIIHDROST, SoS, EoBLoR, H+G, SotD, and SMB. And there's MR, MWW, TMT, TSoS, LD, UH, AtW, BA, PoaP, CoE, and TSFoS in the works, according to the board... Hmm.... I can't think of any odd acronym now...
TSFoS... lol... what's that nonsense

I didnt notice ToE but i think the name is cool

[Fishy]

Well, everyone seems to go with "x OF x" these days. I'm half tempted to carry on the joke.

I like the idea of Gaia and Terra as names for discs but it will probably end up being 3 so that won't work.

[Mirby]

Gaia, Terra, Memoria. Since Memoria is technically a part of neither! ^_^ Memoria is just the gateway to the crystal world, basically, if memory serves. And Terra is separate from Gaia; the only link is the gateway that is the Shimmering Isle. So I think they'll work as disc names, especially considering how all three are presented in game. Obviously you start off on Gaia, you start to learn more about Terra, which you visit at the end of Disc 3, and then the final dungeon is the colossus that is Memoria on Disc 4.

As for the overall name... THE TRACKS THAT REALLY WOULD'VE DRIVEN UEMATSU MAD HAD HE MADE THESE VERSIONS!

I'm out of ideas right now...

[Fishy]

Memoria - of course. I think it'll be hard for anyone to disagree with that if it turns out to fit on 3 discs. I'll start a private thread about the project name as I'm sure the other guys want to chip in.

[Mirby]

Am I invited? :D

I still can't wait for this.

[Brandon Strader]

how about

In Loving Memory

no ofs, no ands no butts, references life, love, and death, its perfect

[Fishy]

I just said I'd start a private thread dude :S. Gimme a minute.

Also "In Loving Memory" does reference those things, but it references nothing from the game? Who died that we're supposed to lovingly remember exactly?

[Brandon Strader]

I just said I'd start a private thread dude :S. Gimme a minute.

Also "In Loving Memory" does reference those things, but it references nothing from the game? Who died that we're supposed to lovingly remember exactly?
Project members can share their ideas here too, no? The title should be a community idea.. shouldn't it? I mean not everyone can make music for it but they should be able to help think of a name! :-D

(poor mirby)

*SPOILER* the black mages died dude

[Mirby]

Brahne wasn't exactly worth loving... nor was Garland, not that we really knew him...

[Brandon Strader]

Brahne wasn't exactly worth loving... nor was Garland, not that we really knew him...
That's true... I guess I always just remember the Vivi story arc the most... I'd love to see a big focus on Vivi even in the artwork :-P

Brahne did do the whole "I was wrong" speech at her death, is she too far past redemption? :P She can't be forgiven? hahah

[Mirby]

She was the "elephant woman" as Kuja called her... And you can never have too much Vivi! It's a fact!

EDIT: Bad quote. He says, "Her ugliness and stupidity are truly impressive!" and "Stupid elephant-lady!"

Yeah...

And I think Brahne's last words (or close to them) are, "I haven't...felt this way...since I saw that play...with you...and your father." while talking to Dagger.

[Fishy]

Project members can share their ideas here too, no? The title should be a community idea.. shouldn't it? I mean not everyone can make music for it but they should be able to help think of a name! :-D

I would rather that the people who put in the work making the music get the chance to name their own hard work. Plus it's hard enough getting the project to agree on some matters, yet alone the whole community. The last thing you need is 100 opinions on every name idea.

So yeah, keep the discussion to the private thread please. Sorry Mirby, but you've already helped out on potential disc names so no complaining :p.

[Mirby]

Damn... oh well. I was out of ideas anyways. ^_^

[Brandon Strader]

Damn... oh well. I was out of ideas anyways. ^_^
Y-yeah... same here.. good run though. It may be a little early anyway. I hope I'm not being too forward in saying this but having heard the many WIPs that were privately posted, it's pretty apparent that this project is going to be very enjoyable! Good work and good luck, everyone!

[Fishy]

I got a pretty much finished WIP in my inbox t'other day.

All I can say is kate delivers.

[Melbu Frahma]

I got a pretty much finished WIP in my inbox t'other day.

All I can say is kate delivers.

SO exciting! Yay kate!:-D

[Mirby]

Awesome! ^_^

[Fishy]

Jovette wins the WAV race. Don't forget yo wip dates guys.

[Mirby]

Anything new on the name front?

[Melbu Frahma]

w00t! Go Jovette! :-)

Also:

Anything new on the name front?

[LuketheXjesse]

We haven't really discussed it yet.

[Fishy]

Kate totally released her track as a teaser, honest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xMtPyyInY8

Enjoy the lovely lossless wav version on release day.

[Melbu Frahma]

!!!!

*runs to Youtube*

*sits and listens while watching*

*drools*

That's some great stuff right there. :-D Not that I'd expect anything less from Kate.

[Brandon Strader]

Uh... not that I had any say in it but apparently kate released her track on youtube and I may as well go along with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xMtPyyInY8

Enjoy the lovely lossless wav version on release day.

*dies from an overdose of awesome*

[Mirby]

Just call it a teaser, Fishy. ^_^