Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble! - History

[Flexstyle]

I know what it is, Akuma just signed the T&C for Apple and is becoming the world's first Human CentiPad. Some computer problems, indeed.

I lol'd. :nicework:

GTA: Don't worry, when I actually get down to making a mix, I get it done in a couple days at most, generally speaking. I work quickly, once inspiration hits. You can ask Emunator to verify this, if you must, and I'm pretty sure Hylian knows I'll get my work done on his project, too. Bear in mind that I (and a bunch of other people, I suspect) am finishing up a grueling semester of college in which I had the misfortune to take 17 credit hours and am almost-failing one very tough class. I also work part-time, am about to start a full-time summer internship, and have lots of other "life" duties as well. Cut me a bit of slack. Also, do consider this--I'm prioritizing projects in order of when deadlines hit, and the Oracle project still has a lot of deadline left.

Bear this in mind as well--I'm not totally devoted to OCR, music-wise. I have other projects. Some of them I get paid for, and some of them have much tighter deadlines. OCR is a hobby that I happen to be really good at.

My post urging everyone to hurry was meant to be in good fun, hence the ":-D" at the end, as well as the prominent use of the word "y'all." I'm a bit surprised that someone who's not even a project artist, let alone director, is calling me out for not working on music that is entirely voluntary (and which I still have every intention of completing).


tl;dr I'm cranky because I have too many finals and some guy who doesn't make music is calling me out for something I didn't do. Also, Brandon is funny.

[Anorax]

Also, Brandon is funny.
Was he ever not?

[StigtriX]

I just bought Donkey Kong Country 3 Advance yesterday.
The temptation was too big, since the game has a totally new soundtrack - it wasn't too expensive either :)
I'm going to play through it and enjoy the new music, trying to forget the old tracks so I can judge the new ones for the quality and not just compare them.

C'mon guys! Get it done :D
I'm dying of anticipation here! xD

[Emunator]

I just bought Donkey Kong Country 3 Advance yesterday.
The temptation was too big, since the game has a totally new soundtrack - it wasn't too expensive either :)
I'm going to play through it and enjoy the new music, trying to forget the old tracks so I can judge the new ones for the quality and not just compare them.

Right on man, this is what I like to hear. Dave Wise is a VGM legend and it's a shame that so many people can't appreciate the new OST (or won't even give it a chance) because they're so hung up on comparing them to Eveline's original score. Both soundtracks are TOTALLY different (in fact, the GBA one was composed because it would have taken too long to properly port the SNES soundtrack and so Dave just wrote a brand new soundtrack that was better suited for the GBA soundchip) but have their own merits that make them awesome. Seriously, it means a lot to me and Cody that the project is exposing people to the other half of DKC3 :-)


Anyway, status update; the last 5 artists don't seem like they're going to be finishing anytime soon. So, we're thinking about just releasing the preview a bit early to tide you guys over, cause the next month or so is going to be a tough wait for everybody involved or interested in the project :\ We're about 75% done with the final preview so I'll keep you all posted! Sorry about the wait, we're doing what we can without wasting the extensive effort that all 5 of the remaining artists have already put into their songs.

[KyleJCrb]

Sea Breeze Concerto (Stilt Village) - Monkey Kong feat. David Wise [4:40] ▪

Wait a minute. What is David Wise's contribution to this track?

[Emunator]

Wait a minute. What is David Wise's contribution to this track?

He did mixing/mastering on it and contributed a solo section to the climax of the song. And yes, it's amazing. Not the first time a composer has collaborated with a remixer to remix their own work, but still... it's a stellar remix and shows off Monkey Kong and Dave Wise at their best.

[Draconiator]

Heart of the Cave (Cavern Caprice) – Rozovian [8:24] ▪

So tell me Rozovian, IS longer better? :tomatoface:

[Cody Wedel]

Oooh, Heart of the Cave... I can't speak for Rozovian (or anyone else for the matter) but the remix is absolutely wonderful. 8 1/2 minutes might seem like a long time for a remix, but please take my word when I say every second of it is fully warranted. It's sure to please fans of the original and first-time listeners alike!

When I first found this project thread I was honestly a little skeptical at the thought of a DKC3 SNES/GBA soundtrack remix project (mostly because I hold both versions in such high regards and thought it'd be difficult for people to remix certain tunes appropriately). However, with the amount of high quality, true-to-the-source remixes churned over the last year, I've really been proven wrong. And it's my pleasure to admit it :)

Truly great work to everyone who has helped with the project thus far, it wouldn't be the same without each and every one of you.

[StigtriX]

I really like the GBA soundtrack too.
Even though nostalgia wants me to like the original soundtrack more, I actually find each soundtrack to be good in its own way.
I don't think I've heard a better soundtrack with better quality for the GBA. The sound is so clear it's unbelievable.

[Rozovian]

So tell me Rozovian, IS longer better? :tomatoface:

If you know what you're doing with it, yes it is. Otherwise it's just a weird meandering thing that doesn't know where it's going or how it's gonna get there. In that case, it's better to have a short but well handled one instead.

Oooh, Heart of the Cave... I can't speak for Rozovian (or anyone else for the matter) but the remix is absolutely wonderful. 8 1/2 minutes might seem like a long time for a remix, but please take my word when I say every second of it is fully warranted. It's sure to please fans of the original and first-time listeners alike!

The length is Emu's fault. But apparently I did something right. :D

[Hylian Lemon]

So tell me Rozovian, IS longer better? :tomatoface:
The length is Emu's fault.
I lol'd. I guess Hard Man is rubbing off on me (take that as you will).

The longest remix I've ever made was five and a half minutes. Mostly because it was a medley.

[KyleJCrb]

He did mixing/mastering on it and contributed a solo section to the climax of the song. And yes, it's amazing. Not the first time a composer has collaborated with a remixer to remix their own work, but still... it's a stellar remix and shows off Monkey Kong and Dave Wise at their best.

Awesome. How did this collab come about in the first place? Seems like a huge opportunity for Monkey Kong.

[Mirby]

The only two other people I know who've successfully made 8 minute remixes of single source tracks are Disco Dan (Blue Lightning) and bLiNd (that Trenches remix of which the name eludes me). And I know that Rozo can do something equally well. I can't wait to hear it, and everything else, and then review it.

[Brandon Strader]

Mithius and I have a remix of The Floating Castle from FF1 that is precisely 10:00 long.

[Emunator]

Awesome. How did this collab come about in the first place? Seems like a huge opportunity for Monkey Kong.

It was really just a one-time thing, but all they had to do was ask :-P Pretty bold move (and, for the sake of his sanity, I wouldn't recommend everyone rush in and ask him for solos on their mixes too) but it does show what you can get if you've got some guts and you're in the right place at the right time.

[GTAHater836]

Topic title: This project is never going to get done, is it?

OK, Emunator, you're starting to scare me again! So we know Enchanted hasn't gotten done because AkumajoBelmont's computer malfunctioned, but what do you know about the other four?

[Cody Wedel]

From what Emunator's told me:

-Theophany will be done in 2-3 weeks
-ProtoDome won't have a final product until June
-Prophecy and HoboKa have gone AWOL for the time being

But don't worry man, it'll come soon enough :D

[Mirby]

Oh, and I forgot to mention SnappleMan.

[DarkeSword]

I need for you guys to stop asking about project status.

[Level 99]

I need for you guys to stop asking about project status.

This. Very this.

[PROTO·DOME]

I lol'd. I guess Hard Man is rubbing off on me (take that as you will).Contender for post of '11.

[KyleJCrb]

I need for GTAHater836 to stop making assumptions about project statuses.

That's what you wanted to say, right?

[Emunator]

Hey, for all the anticipators out there, me and Flexstyle are spending the weekend at his place doing final prep work on all of the album (minus the few songs that are still in the red... crossing our fingers that those won't hold us up.) But when this weekend is over, we'll have final mastered, encoded, tagged, and (where appropriate,) gapless playback-enabled MP3s and FLACs for about 95% of the project. The rest will come shortly after. We are going to make a huge amount of progress this weekend and be well on our way to release.

GET EXCITE! :-D

[Swanky]

Throw your hands into the air and run around in excitement - NOW!!!

[Sir_Downunder]

My Body = Ready

[Chernabogue]

Throw your hands into the air and run around in excitement - NOW!!!
Weeeeeeee!!

[StigtriX]

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/6948/199773-kiddykong1_large.jpg

[Guifrog]

WAAAAAHAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/17166/1257373-dixiejump_large.jpg

[Cody Wedel]

I love how I click this topic's bookmark about 30 times a day when I not only know what's going on, but oftentimes remind Emunator that he forgot to update the project thread. Goes to show how excited I am in general that this album's almost coming into complete fruition, hahaha, and I could only imagine how excited everyone else is.

But trust me when I say that everyone project-related has been doing an absolute hell of a job working on this album in general. As an avid fan of both the SNES/GBA soundtracks I can tell anyone straight up, 100% honest that this album truly is the ultimate tribute to DKC3. An enormous thank you to Emunator, Flexstyle and everyone else for shaping this album into what it's become; it's an absolute honor and a privilege to be on the project and seeing it blossom before my eyes has been a real wildride and an experience I'll never, ever forget.

I've been wanting to post something like this for months so I figured now would be a good time since the album is so close to completion :D

[LegendaryFrog]

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs40/f/2009/004/1/0/Diddy_and_Dixie_Kong_by_LegendaryFrog.jpg

Wa-hay!

[Emunator]

Alright, I am ecstatic to report that, as of this moment, we're walking away from our 3-day mastering... fest with 60 final WAVs that are all properly adapted for gapless playback. This is a pretty monumental accomplishment, and we can expect the last 10 songs that we don't quite have mixed down in the next week (with perhaps only one or two exceptions.)

Needless to say, the project is VERY close to completion. I'm gonna encode/tag everything tonight and tomorrow and start prepping the final release package for submission to OCR. In the meantime, we'll also be pumping out a final video preview for your listening/viewing pleasure in the next week. You'll also finally see a preview of what we're doing with the artwork, which I can confidently say is the most unique artwork package of any project yet.

That's the status so far, everybody's contributions are sounding unbelievably good and me and Flex are both very proud of how it's turning out. Hopefully you'll agree when this drops!

[Brandon Strader]

I hope they don't put those stupid monkeys on the artwork. :-( I will probably dig the album and really enjoy it but gosh darn I can't stand the sight of those ugly monkeys. -_-

[Cody Wedel]

http://imageshack.us/m/607/7479/lebeat.png

Anywho, I've heard some of the finalized WAVs and maaaaaaan, they are absolutely wonderful! Stellar work from both the artists and Flexstyle's impeccably talented musical sensibility :D

[StigtriX]

I think Brandon Strader was referring to the monkeys posted by Legendary Frog. I don't like that style either.
The art is good, but I am very traditional when it comes to DK style :)
Original > King of Swing

[LegendaryFrog]

I think Brandon Strader was referring to the monkeys posted by Legendary Frog. I don't like that style either.
The art is good, but I am very traditional when it comes to DK style :)
Original > King of Swing


Oh don't worry. Those aren't going on the album. They're just 2 models I did for a flash short a few years ago.

[StigtriX]

Yay! :D
Please, don't misunderstand me though.
You're a very talented artist (I especially like your Nintendo and Blizzard related work), but I personally prefer the original art style of DKC.
It saddened me that they didn't stay closer to it in the newest game : /

Knowing that it's flash I therefore understand your art choice. Complex characters are harder to animate :)
At least you stayed relatively true to their body shape and characteristics. It's when I see stuff like this I get sad:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/342/6/d/Dixie_Kong_by_Duckboy.jpg
Nothing's left of the attitude of Dixie, she looks general and boring. I may be a bit too traditional when it comes to the DKC series, because it's my favourite Nintendo series of all time :)

[Subz1987]

Alright, I am ecstatic to report that, as of this moment, we're walking away from our 3-day mastering... fest with 60 final WAVs that are all properly adapted for gapless playback. This is a pretty monumental accomplishment, and we can expect the last 10 songs that we don't quite have mixed down in the next week (with perhaps only one or two exceptions.)

Needless to say, the project is VERY close to completion. I'm gonna encode/tag everything tonight and tomorrow and start prepping the final release package for submission to OCR. In the meantime, we'll also be pumping out a final video preview for your listening/viewing pleasure in the next week. You'll also finally see a preview of what we're doing with the artwork, which I can confidently say is the most unique artwork package of any project yet.

That's the status so far, everybody's contributions are sounding unbelievably good and me and Flex are both very proud of how it's turning out. Hopefully you'll agree when this drops!

60 tracks? You could release it now and still beat the record for longest OCR album by length and quantity.

70 tracks... This album's gonna be around 5 hours

[Brandon Strader]

Yah I told emu he had 2 albums worth between the SNES and GBA versions. It would have been cool to see OCR release two albums, maybe a month apart. But Emu says it's not intended to all be listened to at once, each disc should work as its own unique listening experience or some hippie crap like that.

[Emunator]

Yah I told emu he had 2 albums worth between the SNES and GBA versions. It would have been cool to see OCR release two albums, maybe a month apart. But Emu says it's not intended to all be listened to at once, each disc should work as its own unique listening experience or some hippie crap like that.

Man, I was almost about to say how crazy it is that I actually agree on something you posted, and then I read the last 4 words. Tsk tsk :-(

[StigtriX]

@ Brandon Strader
Why not just be happy that they are taking their time and mastering the tracks for both the SNES and GBA version?
Quality > Quantity

[Brandon Strader]

People usually make the quality > quantity argument when they're explaining why less is more. Just saying. :-)

At no point did I ever suggest the album needs less or really complain in any way. Just saying 2 albums released a month apart would be pretty awesome.

[Flexstyle]

I say quality + quantity = winning. :tomatoface:

[KyleJCrb]

As the one who has released the largest OCR album project to date, I have only one thing to say: Both you guys and the MMX project are insane.

[Mirby]

Hey, quality > quantity has worked for Nintendo, it should work for this. :tomatoface:

[Brandon Strader]

Nintendo is good enough proof that if you've got a gimmick, you can skimp on quality and unleash a buttload of shovelware... na.. noo... Emunator's not gonna do that.. none of the songs are shovelware... :-D What's the gimmick? Dave Wise? ahh... OMG.. Emunator is totally emulating Nintendo's business model with this album XD

[GTAHater836]

Nintendo is good enough proof that if you've got a gimmick, you can skimp on quality and unleash a buttload of shovelware... na.. noo... Emunator's not gonna do that.. none of the songs are shovelware... :-D What's the gimmick? Dave Wise? ahh... OMG.. Emunator is totally emulating Nintendo's business model with this album XD

Nintendo was only wrong to publish most of that shovelware. They only developed the White Four (Wii _____ titles). IIRC, most of the shovelware was developed by Data Design Interactive. *Beep* That 3rd-party support was awful, but they released 3 good Mario games, 1 good Donkey Kong title, 1 good Zelda, 1 good Metroid, 1 good Smash Bros, the first 2 No More Heroes titles, and Monster Hunter Tri, but the Mario Kart title was really love-or-hate.

On topic: I'm getting more excited by the hour!

[PROTO·DOME]

...sign Interactive. *Beep* That 3rd-par...
I'm getting more excited by the hour!Don't worry guys, GTAHater is really a clock.

He's more excited by hours than projects.

Either stay on topic, or go take your time fetish elsewhere.

He's completely cuckoo.

YYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

EDIT- ETAHater8:36?????

[Emunator]

Proto: When this project is released, and I'm asked to do a retrospective on my favorite moments from throughout the entire creation process, I'd have to say that your post is the greatest moment of my OCR project directing career. I feel honored to have this moment of brilliance associated with Double the Trouble, and it makes me feel like all of my efforts have not been in vain.

ggs.

Ninja Edit 3 days later: FINISH YOUR DAMN TRACK ARRGHHHGHGAARARWAERRZGHLGH

[Draconiator]

If anyone is interested (and to breathe life into this post again), here is "Permafrost" in embryonic form (I.E. the not-quite-finished original I lost the FLP file for [called Beyond the Horizon], and Emunator suggested I re-make into what is now Permafrost with Flexstyle on board).

http://www.box.net/shared/zup2fk6znq

LOOK MA, NO BASS!

[Draconiator]

I wanna see more of this color :P

lol

[Cody Wedel]

They're all (hopefully) coming very soon :D

[Brandon Strader]

The people who still ain't done should feel ashamed.

[Emunator]

The people who still ain't done should feel ashamed.

You should feel ashamed too, but just in general. Nothing to do with your songs.

Good news though, at long last, we've finally got a WAV from HoboKa (with an assist by the fantastic Flexstyle) for Boss Boogie SNES. This updated version is a lot more gritty, taking inspiration on the sound design side of things from soundtracks like DOOM and Quake. We're including the original master from audio fidelity that didn't get past the judges panel on the bonus disc, so you can hear what it sounded like before Flexstyle got his dastardly hands on it ;-) Either way, it's a hell of a track in its final form!

[PROTO·DOME]

Are you staying 'round mine when you arrive?

What d'ya want for dinner?

[Cody Wedel]

He's really big on cereal, Frosted Flakes to be exact. But he doesn't want to cause an accident and cause a mountain of it to come out at once. So could you come to the rescue and make it for him?

[PROTO·DOME]

He wants Frosted Flakes for dinner?

What the hell is he playing at?

[Brandon Strader]

Emunator is a frosted flake!

Get it? Cause he's always high on marijuana cannabis and he's a flake

:-P jk

[Emunator]

Emunator is a frosted flake!

Get it? Cause he's always high on marijuana cannabis and he's a flake

:-P jk

Brandon is a Fruit Loop!

Get it? Cause he's always fruity like a gay homosexual and he's looooooooooooopy!!

:-| Notjk



Also, Proto, I would be happy to treat you to a dinner out on the town at a fine restaurant, on me. As long as you put out afterwards.


...


:pokerface:


I mean, with your remix.

:-|

[Brandon Strader]

Brandon is a Fruit Loop!

Get it? Cause he's always fruity like a gay homosexual and he's looooooooooooopy!!

:-| Notjk
I told you that IN CONFIDENCE!!!!!! :x

I'm gonna defriend your mom on facebook. See if I don't!!

[Mirby]

Emunator is a frosted flake!

Get it? Cause he's always high on marijuana cannabis and he's a flake

:-P jk

Nice redundancy there.

[PROTO·DOME]

Also, Proto, I would be happy to treat you to a dinner out on the town at a fine restaurant, on me. As long as you put out afterwards.


...


:pokerface:This had better be a REALLY good meal.

[Draconiator]

Finish your song proto, okay? :)

Edit: Change the name too. It reads as broken Engrish. No really, lemme try to translate it:

"Accident! A Mountain Rescue by Skies! Glory!"

"I had an accident in the skies above the mountain. Success!! Now some poor hiker has [redacted]"

[PROTO·DOME]

"Accident! A Mountain Rescue by Skies! Glory!"

"Ack, I broke my leg skiing! Luckily for me another skier spotted the incident and has called Mountain Rescue. Hrm, the patient is situated far from road access, best take the chopper. You there, down below! Stay calm, don't move! We'll airlift you to safety okay? Thank you Mountain Rescue, I was nearly done for. No problem, it was our pleasure, we also get paid to do this."
Actually it's more that. It's rather cumbersome in its translated form, so I'm sticking with the Engrish version.

[Brandon Strader]

Let's all gang up on protodome for being the only guy not to turn in a final wav :< how dare u

[Cody Wedel]

I'm sticking with the Engrish version.
Thanks so much, it's really perfect as is :)

[Theophany]

Mamma Bird bonus track's been done for weeks... how about updating that tracklist? :|

[Emunator]

Ain't got a WAV from you yet, brah!

[Theophany]

You want this wav, punk? You gonna have to shoot me.

http://nickswitzer.net/wp-content/uploads/dave-chappelle-leonard-washington.jpg



Seriously, though, you checked your inbox...? :wink:

[WillRock]

For the record my fine saucy young trollops, I think I must utter this most important phrase... ahem... PROTO MUST DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

That is all. Cheerio chums.

[Emunator]

Well, to replace an artist who had gone AWOL, newcomer Tweek has stepped in to fill Chase SNES, and it's awesome. The album's sorely lacking in orchestral and/or metal representation, and his song has both! Gonna rock, thanks a million Tweek!


The rest of you, please finish blah blah blah you know the drill. Once we get these last 4 songs done, the project will pretty much be done and ready for evaluation. Hurry up!

[Chernabogue]

Yeah, some symohonic rock/metal! :grin:

[Ando]

Hey! I've been following this project for quite a while now. Very excited that it's nearing completion. Can't wait for release. :)
Also, I've got a question (that's hopefully not been asked / answered before?). Not sure if it's even okay to ask this, haha, but are there plans to do a physical release? And maybe a "donate [x] dollars to get one of the physicals" a la Serious Monkey Business? Because if so, I'd love to be able to get a hold of one of those. Very pumped about that possibility.

Thanks. :)

[Cody Wedel]

Signs are pointing more towards "no" unfortunately. Emunator and I calculated prices while back and it's just too expensive to produce them :( He might be able to say otherwise though (the last time he and I discussed this was probably around February).

On another note, I'm happy you're looking forward to the album -- there's tons of amazing music to be heard!

[DjMystix]

Can't wait for this album! All the best to everyone!

[Ando]

@Cody: Ah, that's a shame. :/ Understandable, though. Either way, there'll be great music to be had, haha. Thanks for your response.

[ruskii]

I've been following this for days, I didn't know civilians were free to post here too! It's been great checking back here once in a blue moon to read crap like Emunator offering his body in return for track completions, AkumajoBelmont vocally summoning armies of undead, etc. Keep up the good work guys, you're so close!

[Kuolema]

The album's sorely lacking in orchestral and/or metal representation, and his song has both!
Yes! that is full of win!

[Emunator]

http://i.imgur.com/9Hmq2.png

Yet another great example of how I spend my mornings, and my inability to remember what year it is. :-|

[Monobrow]

Just an FYI. If Jeff was playing violin for anyone, well, time's up. He's in Alaska now for a couple months. So you may want to look into that.

[Bored_Man]

I've been following this thread for a long time, and it's very exciting to see how much progress has been made. I'm very much looking forward to the album release :)

That said, I have a question. AkumajoBelmont and Protodome both have songs that aren't being doubled up on. If they get cut from the album, will those two songs (Enchanted Riverbank for SNES and Frosty Frolics for GBA) go unrepresented? It would be really sad if that were the case, so if it is, I really hope AkumajoBelmont and Protodome get their stuff sent in on time.

[Cody Wedel]

If that happens (which we all severely hope doesn't) we'll probably have to find someone reliable to do an extremely quick remix of whichever tracks are open. At least, that's what I suggested to Emunator. In all honesty though we're just going to hope for the best in the meantime and cross that path if it comes. However, on a positive note, all the artists are well aware of the deadline and promised finished tracks by then :D

Just an FYI. If Jeff was playing violin for anyone, well, time's up. He's in Alaska now for a couple months. So you may want to look into that.
Jeff already sent his violin stems to Theophany, so he should probably be in the clear.

[Emunator]

^^ This is completely true. We're not going to let those two tracks go unrepresented. But in all honesty, I'm probably not going to let those two artists back out on their tracks either, because the WIPs are insanely unique and original and I don't think there's a single artist on this site who could replicate it. Hope that answers your question :-)

[Brandon Strader]

AkumajoBelmont collab with Brandon Strader to finish Enchanted

called it :-D

[wipqozn]

^^ This is completely true. We're not going to let those two tracks go unrepresented. But in all honesty, I'm probably not going to let those two artists back out on their tracks either, because the WIPs are insanely unique and original and I don't think there's a single artist on this site who could replicate it. Hope that answers your question :smile:

Good to hear! I've been (silently) following this project since last year, and although the delays can be annoying, I'd much rather wait for a final project then get an unfinished project now. Based on the previews, I'm sure the wait will be well worth it in the end.

[Brandon Strader]

I've had an update for emunator and he's nowhere to be found

if he cuts my track imma kick him in the shins

[Emunator]

Awww, sorry I was asleep. I heard your version and it's actually sounding really awesome. Hit me up when you wake up and we'll discuss wrapping this up properly.

It's deadline day, so as far as I've concerned there's about 23 hours left before I have to put down my angry foot and cap some mofos. Dig it.

[PROTO·DOME]

> A V > A V
allcapsdammit

[Hylian Lemon]

The Goddess can't help you now

[Emunator]

You bastards lucked out, I'm exhausted and I'm going to bed now. That buys you some extra time, but if the songs/updates aren't in my inbox in about 8 hours when I wake up, Imma bust some heads up in this joint! Word to ya momma

[Brandon Strader]

you lazy bastard!!1

what is it 5pm in arizona

[WillRock]

you lazy bastard!!1

what is it 5pm in arizona

His body clock is completely fucked up, like everyone elses who uses the internet too much. You know how it is boy.

[Brandon Strader]

Yeah FML. It's hard to get back to 9pm to 6am once you get completely bass ackward. Good luck Emu don't let this project ruin your life. :tomatoface:

[audio fidelity]

Yo, you don't have to give me credit for mixing that track. It's Hoboka's track and I don't feel right taking any real credit.

[Emunator]

Right on man, I'll keep that in mind but you're still definitely at least getting credits in the Comments section on the Mp3s and in the writeup on the website at the very least ;-)

[Prophecy]

I'm not dead, I've just had some pneumonia and irl stuff to deal with lately. Anyways, I got my wav in before the final deadline. It's been fun working on this project, and I look forward to seeing it released.

[Brandon Strader]

I'm not dead, I've just had some pneumonia and irl stuff to deal with lately. Anyways, I got my wav in before the final deadline. It's been fun working on this project, and I look forward to seeing it released.
Summer pneumonia, so easy to get when the air conditioners come out and last year's bacteria comes out with them. :tomatoface:

Also I liked that remix you made :-D

[PROTO·DOME]

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z355/ProtoDome/LAWL/Christmas.jpg

[Prophecy]

Summer pneumonia, so easy to get when the air conditioners come out and last year's bacteria comes out with them. :tomatoface:

Also I liked that remix you made :-D

Thanks. There just aren't enough songs with singing monkeys in the world.

[Mirby]

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z355/ProtoDome/LAWL/Christmas.jpg

Where's the dangerous formula?

[Emunator]

Alright! Looks like I'm making a trip to Flexstyle's place yet again to finish off the mastering and everything one last time :-) If you have any last fixes you want to send me, they need to really, really be in my inbox in the next 3 or 4 hours. Otherwise, that's it. We won't be accepting any new versions of old songs past today.

Will be posting a substantial update tonight about the status of the project and what the next few months will look like as far as Double the Trouble is concerned. Be prepared! :-D

[Chernabogue]

Nice job, looking forward the release now! :)

[Flexstyle]

Emu, we were promised a status update and there is no such thing given right now. You slacker.

[Brandon Strader]

Emu, we were promised a status update and there is no such thing given right now. You slacker.
He was probably sleeping :-o

[Emunator]

Alright, I promised you guys and update, so an update you shall get. I was hoping to wait until we officially had the album submitted for evaluation, but that's a few days off, I guess.

Right now, we're just waiting on AkumajoBelmont's Enchanted remix. Once that's in, we'll have one remix of every single theme on both OSTs. That'll make this the first of the DKC projects that actually fully covers the soundtracks they're remixing (the last two OCR DKC albums omitted the fanfare themes and game over themes.) Aside from Enchanted, all of our final WAVs have been mastered by Flexstyle as necessary, cut as part of a gapless album and encoded in FLAC and MP3 and roughly tagged according to OCR standards. That means that we've got release candidates for... just about everything :-)

I can report that the gapless playback sounds gorgeous but tastefully-done; we took a lot of measures to do that process right without shoehorning it in on tracks where it wouldn't sound good. tl;dr: Flex did a fantastic job on working in gapless integration, and it absolutely enhances the album quality. Think Kong in Concert, but without certain tracks being rendered unlistenable outside of the album because of overly-awkward cut-ins and cutoffs.

I can't firmly speak to a release date, but I'm hoping to at least be finished with the evaluation phase by the end of the month. I'll be pushing those who're evaluating the project to make that happen and I'll be finishing my own evaluation up shortly to help facilitate. After that, I'm not entirely sure what the OCR schedule looks like, but I'll post updates as I know more about when we're able to release. It all depends on staff availability and the existing project queue.

Final artwork/media preparations are underway. Mine and Cody's contribution to that package is finished after hundreds and hundreds of hours of collective work, and The Maverickk is making some last-minute changeups to his album art package that should be finished in the coming weeks. That means we'll have an album cover to share with everybody! :-D As for the video previews, we're a little bit behind schedule on releasing those, I said I wanted to release an extended audiovisual preview ahead of time to tide everybody over while we wait for evaluation, so I'm talking with Drew Gourley to see what we can do to get that to market. It may be a bit of a wait though just to ensure that we have a quality final product. He's also at work on the project website, which will be made from the ground up instead of using a template, so that's definitely worth getting excited about too!

Here's some final stats on the album: 64 remixes + 12 bonus mixes = 76 remixes total by 64 unique artists, clocking in at nearly 5 hours and 20 minutes of playtime spread across 4 discs. I'm going to state this here first because I anticipate that I'll be saying it a lot in the future: this album is NOT MEANT TO BE LISTENED TO IN ONE SHOT. We specifically chunked up the album so that it can serve as 2, 3, or even 4 individual listening experiences, depending on how you cut it up. So I don't want to hear anyone complaining about how the album is "too long" :-| The album will be just as good if you treat each disc as an individual project.

To all project artists and contributors, another thing you have to look forward to sometime in the next month is our internal listening party, where everyone will get a pre-release copy of the album and we'll have an IRC party over the span of a few days and share our opinions with the rest of the artists. For many of you this'll be the first time you've heard completed songs outside of your own or on the project forums, so hopefully a lot of you will be able to make it! I'll be in touch personally as more details develop.

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!

I think that pretty much covers everything. The music is sounding absolutely fantastic, so much better than I ever could have imagined when I started the project. Everyone brought their A-game here, that much I can say for certain. The tracklist you see on the first post is final, and looking over that should give you a lot of reasons to be excited. We've got artists like Prophecy, Matt Drouin, and mv who haven't remixed anything in over half a decade returning with some stellar material, some long-await collabs such as halc & anosou finally coming to fruition, musical contributions by Dave Wise himself, and remixes done in genres that have never been heard before on OCR.


That's pretty much all I've got to say for now. I'll keep posting as things develop but hopefully this will serve as the obligatory GETHYPE post you've been looking for ;-)

Cheers!

[Guifrog]

It could be like, 19 to 4 discs or something \o/ Can't wait!

By the way, Emu... Was this intentional?

http://www.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/55da37272ce3115ec750ae4e71242f2d5ae872c9209695024f a9c1bb691056856g.jpg

:P

[Ando]

Awwww yeah! I'm way too excited, haha. The artist list has me SUPER pumped. Thanks for the update, Emunator. :) Hopefully evaluation and whatever comes after doesn't take too much time!

[Mirby]

Here's some final stats on the album: 64 remixes + 12 bonus mixes = 76 remixes total by 64 unique artists, clocking in at nearly 5 hours and 20 minutes of playtime spread across 4 discs. I'm going to state this here first because I anticipate that I'll be saying it a lot in the future: this album is NOT MEANT TO BE LISTENED TO IN ONE SHOT. We specifically chunked up the album so that it can serve as 2, 3, or even 4 individual listening experiences, depending on how you cut it up. So I don't want to hear anyone complaining about how the album is "too long" :-| The album will be just as good if you treat each disc as an individual project.

You just had to give me a review challenge, didn't you? :tomatoface:

Seriously though, I may just do a two-part review. It's the only sane answer.

[Draconiator]

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!
Cheers!


No hints? Awwww darn.

[Hylian Lemon]

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!
It's not just an album for DKC3. It's an album for every game

banana.jpg
lol

[Brandon Strader]

This project is waaay too long. :-)

[Prophecy]

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!


Wow, did you guys actually do what I think you did? When you told me you knew a Hollywood film crew........

[wayamy27narf]

Wow, did you guys actually do what I think you did? When you told me you knew a Hollywood film crew........


I knew it!! This is going to be the score for "The Preliminary Hearing for the FDA Regulation of the Cure that Eventually Causes the Rise of the Planet of the Apes." ;-) Congrats to you!

I'm psyched for a 5 hour album, personally. I think I'll have to call in dead for work that day.

Ok... back to lurking and waiting patiently...

[Prophecy]

I knew it!! This is going to be the score for "The Preliminary Hearing for the FDA Regulation of the Cure that Eventually Causes the Rise of the Planet of the Apes." ;-) Congrats to you!


Um yeah...that's it. Despite what you may have heard, the surprise is NOT a music video featuring a blinged-out Emunator performing a beatbox medley. Those stills being passed around are photoshopped. Who knows what the real surprise is?

[Brandon Strader]

I'll ruin the surprise since I'm a jerk like that (and that's why everyone loves me)

All 5 discs as well as artwork is being printed into a deluxe digipak box set featuring an extra DVD disc of album trailers and previews. It will come in a rich mahogany crate-style box signed by Wes McDonald himself

[StigtriX]

I'll ruin the surprise since I'm a jerk like that (and that's why everyone loves me)

All 5 discs as well as artwork is being printed into a deluxe digipak box set featuring an extra DVD disc of album trailers and previews. It will come in a rich mahogany crate-style box signed by Wes McDonald himself

No bananas? :O
What a shame...

[Chernabogue]

The surprise is Emunator's new version of Nekofrog's metal DKC2 track. He will scream BANANAS!!

[Crulex]

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!



More mind-blowing than all the other surprises and such mentioned throughout this whole build-up? This I gotta see. Hype definitely got. :-D

[Subz1987]

On top of that, we've still got an absolutely mind-blowing secret that we've kept up our sleeves that'll reveal itself when the time is right ;-) Not gonna drop hints or anything but keep in mind that the biggest bombshell of the project is still yet to be revealed!

Let me guess. The album is in reality the soundtrack for DKC3 HD, right?

[Emunator]

Let me guess. The album is in reality the soundtrack for DKC3 HD, right?

Uhhh, ok. Maybe I oversold it a bit, it's nothing THIS cool. I wish, though :-P

[WillRock]

This project is waaay too long. :-)

Compared to MMX, this is a baby of a project

[Brandon Strader]

Compared to MMX, this is a baby of a project
Compared to a baby, this is.. well.. music. :-o

Also I know where AmukajoBelmont is he's at The Cow

[Cody Wedel]

@Will: MMX has only 65 tracks or so. This project, including bonus tracks, has 74. So we're still fairly high up there.

Edit: Oops, I meant 76. But that still proves my point :P

[Monobrow]

Can't wait for this to be released. I have to admit I was very skeptical about this project at first, and I think I even said something along those lines, but I'm really glad it turned out well, and I was really pushed in terms of my own musical skill. Ya'll made me GIVE! Color me impressed. Color be bad too. Now is that limbo before release.


P.S. NOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS DONE MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME MUSICAL/ARTISTIC INTEREST DIRECTED TOWARDS A CERTAIN PROJECT THAT IS ALSO A PROJECT! (http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26229)

/shameless <3

[Ski]

Honestly, I can't wait for this to be released. I've always thought the music of this game is severely underrated and was disappointed when I saw so few remixes for it when I first stumbled across this site.

[Emunator]

Can't wait for this to be released. I have to admit I was very skeptical about this project at first, and I think I even said something along those lines, but I'm really glad it turned out well, and I was really pushed in terms of my own musical skill. Ya'll made me GIVE! Color me impressed. Color be bad too. Now is that limbo before release.[/url]

/shameless <3
Hahaha, well, you probably weren't wrong in thinking that :-) I mean, when I started this up I was some random n00b off the forums with no street cred who'd been involved in the community for maybe 2-3 months, tops, and I had no proven (or even professed :-P ) musical talents. My codirector kinda falls under the same category, more or less, so I wouldn't blame anyone for being skeptical. However, we both had our hearts in it 100% and we both also had a ridiculous amount of free time this last year and a half, so I think it worked out well. We had a lot of help from some very dedicated musicians who helped make it all happen, too, and we're eternally indebted to all of you :-)

We're doing everything we can to make sure the wait is quick, so just hang tight for a bit until then!

[Blue Magic]

We had a lot of help from some very dedicated musicians who helped make it all happen, too, and we're eternally indebted to all of you :-)

So...where's my money?:tomatoface:

[Emunator]

So...where's my money?:tomatoface:

Uhhhh... I'm metaphorically indebted. yeaaaaahhhhh...

[Brandon Strader]

Uhhhh... I'm metaphorically indebted. yeaaaaahhhhh...
(10:07:24 PM) The Emunator: yes, i will pledge my life in service of lord strader til death do we part
(10:07:26 PM) The Emunator: amen

[McKnackusThe1st]

FINALLY! My personal favorite and most underrated game in the series is getting a proper treatment! When this comes out, I will be frothing at the mouth with nostalgia as I twitch with glee, my childhood forcably bursting from my chest Alien style to breakdance to these sick beats! :mrgreen:

[Rozovian]

When do we start asking when it's gonna be released?

[Draconiator]

When do we start asking when it's gonna be released?

Forget that...


WE WANT A PREVIEW VIDEO!

[Level 99]

Where do I put this "Project Cancelled" sticky? Do I put it here?

Naw, but seriously, nice work. I'm excited for this to be tackled by the project eval staff. I can already hear the cries for mercy because the "project is too fucking long". :nicework:

[Emunator]

I'm going to laugh if I can convince any of you suckers to actually agree to evaluating the WHOLE project. I'm guessing we'll probably split it up into two, although I'll still be doing a full writeup for each track... at that rate I could probably vote on about 3/4ths of the submissions on the judges panel currently in that same amount of time :-P

Video preview will be coming soon, I promise. And it will be absolutely worth the wait. I promise. I spliced it together from custom-recorded footage recorded by Cody, and synced it with over 11 minutes of remixes. I believe we touched on 20 songs in the preview. Drew Gourley's going to rock out something flashy and awesome once he gets his new production rig, so just be patient and we'll hopefully have the preview out before the end of the month.

Love you all <3

[Blue Magic]

Video preview will be coming soon, I promise. And it will be absolutely worth the wait. I promise. I spliced it together from custom-recorded footage recorded by Cody, and synced it with over 11 minutes of remixes. I believe we touched on 20 songs in the preview. Drew Gourley's going to rock out something flashy and awesome once he gets his new production rig, so just be patient and we'll hopefully have the preview out before the end of the month.

Love you all <3

Hurry, hurry, HURRY!!!!!!!!

[HoboKa]

Okay so this is what...the 3 millionth revision of my remix, this time with Flexstyle. The style is a hybrid of orchestral (original I know) and Nine Inch Nails-ish electronica. I must say I'm sort of tired of the source tune and hope to the flaming Gods I don't have to touch it again.

Anyways, I'm pretty proud of the fact that I managed to survive the entire remxing process (and proud of Flexstyle's devotion too) and I hope that you guys enjoy it as much as I used to. :sleepdepriv:

wrong thread my bad.

[Acolyte]

I am re mixing my track emu, so that everything especially the perc. comes through tighter and cleaner now that some time has passed if I can give you a new wave soon.

[Emunator]

Go for it. You're on the bonus disc so it's easy to drop new ones of those in place. Good luck :-)

[PROTO·DOME]

Where's GTAHater?

:(

He'd love this thread right now.

[Brandon Strader]

He's on vacation in Vice City.

:whatevaa:

[GTAHater836]

Where's GTAHater?

:(

He'd love this thread right now.

Yessss.... I love how everything turned out, and I concur with Draconiator's last post. And before I forget this question yet again: Seeing that Serious Monkey Business got almost half of its songs singled for O-Clocked, is this album likely to get more tracks than that singled?

Edit: And I don't know where you heard that, Strader, but don't believe it!

[Brandon Strader]

Not only will this album have singles, it'll have doubles, triples, and home-runs.

[Shake]

Not only will this album have singles, it'll have doubles, triples, and home-runs.

Unlike your album

:<:<:<:<
:tomatoface:OH SNAP:tomatoface:
:<:<:<:<

wesfrommother3dancing.gif

...

..*ahem*.

[Level 99]

Yessss.... I love how everything turned out, and I concur with Draconiator's last post. And before I forget this question yet again: Seeing that Serious Monkey Business got almost half of its songs singled for O-Clocked, is this album likely to get more tracks than that singled?

The real question is: does that matter in regards to this album coming out? The answer is no.

Each album gets a small amount of "floodposts", left up to the discretion of both the OCR Staff (mostly djp) and the album director. There's no set number of songs for the flood, nor a set percentage of tracks that will be flooded. It depends mostly on album size combined with track quality. It is rare to have over six or seven flood mixes unless the album is unequivocally huge. Beyond floodposts, it merely depends on who subbed their tracks and got them passed by the judges panel.

I would be looking at this album based on its own merrit, rather than comparing it to Kong in Concert or Serious Monkey Business. :nicework:

[Chernabogue]

ROFL @ topic title. :lol:

[KyleJCrb]

It's on like donkey kong

[Cody Wedel]

ROFL @ topic title. :lol:
The topic title is such a tease :P I would actually love a Mario Party 6 project. I thought the game had some pretty cool music (nothing remarkable, but not "filler" like one would expect) and I could picture some remixers rockin' out amazing renditions of the soundtrack. Too bad that'll never be a reality :/

[Anorax]

It's time to d-d-d-du-dddd-dual!

[Chernabogue]

It's time to d-d-d-du-dddd-dual!
It's time to r-r-r-r-r-remixl!

[Emunator]

I'll play the guitar! In attack mode!

[Flexstyle]

Wes, you can't play guitar. Stop posing. :-P

[Cody Wedel]

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6814/ocrdkc3.png

I win!

On a project-related note though, the video preview should be fairly soon. Expect this one to blow the others out of the water ;)

[Emunator]

On a project-related note though, the video preview should be fairly soon. Expect this one to blow the others out of the water ;)

I wonder how many times we can keep saying this before people catch on that we're just stalling for time :whatevaa:


No, seriously. It's gonna be awesome... *shifty eyes*

[amanezco]

I am so ecstatic that this project is coming to an end and it will get released soon. I seriously can′t wait. Big thanks to everyone who is making it. It is very appreciated. Sometimes, when you get older and start to work or have other preoccupations, you have less time and will to play games. That is when amazing music like DKC series music is one thing that you can enjoy as much or more than the game that it comes from. Remixes add new dimension and freshness to something that is already great and it also brings back memories. In combination, this is one of the best things I could have wished for and one of the things I am looking forward to the most in 2011.

Please, release the albums not after the post 1000 of this topic. What do you say about that? :)!! Hehe..The video preview would be fine by than! I am a patient guy. I am positive you will make sure it is top quality before you release it. Quality is more important than anything. Take your time and deliver this amazing thing to us when it is ready.

[McKnackusThe1st]

I am on the edge of my seat for this preview, as though I am being forced to sit on a toilet filled with lava.

I very almost patiently await the preview of the remix project I have waited half a decade for! :D

[WillRock]

Screw the rules I have remix.

[PROTO·DOME]

By Ra, this title confused me.

[Prophecy]

By Ra, this title confused me.

Yea, got me too.

[DarkeSword]

Shenanigans are well and good but let's make sure the thread is still titled properly. :P

[Emunator]

Awwww :-P 10char

[Brandon Strader]

Yeah it's not April 1st how irresponsible are you I bet at least 28 noobs emailed djp and asked "How do I join the Yugioh project??"

PM me the status of dkc3 sometime.. what are you guys waiting on? :o

[PROTO·DOME]

I bet at least 28 noobs emailed djp and asked "How do I join the Yugioh project??"I emailed him twice and PM'd every member of staff I could find.

[Emunator]

I emailed him twice and PM'd every member of staff I could find.

So, uhhh, you wanna claim a bunch of tracks on my Yu-gi-oh! project?

[PROTO·DOME]

So, uhhh, you wanna claim a bunch of tracks on my Yu-gi-oh! project?Yep.

Every track will horrendously abuse the "It's time to D-D-D-Duel" sound clip and the lyrics will be a namedrop of ancient Egyptian Gods and YuGiOh! The Abridged Series quotes.

[-Dan]

Where's this album? :whatevaa:

[Level 99]

Where's this album? :whatevaa:

Its coming. As soon as its done. And then evaluated (and has to pass, which it should). And then prepped for release. And then all the albums in front of it need to be released.

So...yeah.

[Anorax]

Where's this album? :whatevaa:Its coming. As soon as its done. And then evaluated (and has to pass, which it should). And then prepped for release. And then all the albums in front of it need to be released.

So...yeah.


Soo... in a long, long time, right?

[Level 99]

Soo... in a long, long time, right?

Nah, not THAT long. There's definitely no specific release date but I know emunator & crew are pushing hard to get it out as soon as possible.

You all know emu likes to post and tease and update very often, so you will definitely not be left in the dark.

[-Dan]

Its coming. As soon as its done. And then evaluated (and has to pass, which it should). And then prepped for release. And then all the albums in front of it need to be released.

So...yeah.

Hmm.. I got.
Just don't forget that the world ends at december 2012. :)!!

[LegendaryFrog]

Feel free to use this as the album art:

http://www.legendaryfrog.com/joey/DKC3_album_cover.png

[Brandon Strader]

Feel free to use this as the album art:

http://www.legendaryfrog.com/joey/DKC3_album_cover.png
Seconded, this is REALLY good. I like how it evokes the concept of BANANAS

Hmm.. I got.
Just don't forget that the world ends at december 2012.

Lol OCR isn't preparing for the apocalypse at all. There'll probably be 4 albums or more in the evaluation queue when December 2012 rolls around :-P

[Anorax]

Lol OCR isn't preparing for the apocalypse at all. There'll probably be 4 albums or more in the evaluation queue when December 2012 rolls around :-P

Apocalypse? What's that?

On the other hand, OLR prepares for it every month with their montage of terrible i mean wonderful-yet-awful music

[-Dan]

Lol OCR isn't preparing for the apocalypse at all. There'll probably be 4 albums or more in the evaluation queue when December 2012 rolls around :-P

Hope to see also FF9 released before this... :?

[Brandon Strader]

Hope to see also FF9 released before this... :?
That wouldn't be fair to DKC3, with DKC3 being *done* and FF9 still having several songs yet to finish :-o

[Cody Wedel]

Well, DKC3 isn't "done," per se. We're still waiting on Theophany's last two tracks and Enchanted to be finished (shouldn't be long at all from now though).

[Emunator]

Well, DKC3 isn't "done," per se. We're still waiting on Theophany's last two tracks and Enchanted to be finished (shouldn't be long at all from now though).

Shhhh, don't give them hope that this project will actually get released one of these days :-P

[Brandon Strader]

If you guys are holding on for a few more tracks, can I make one? :-o

[McKnackusThe1st]

Feel free to use this as the album art:

http://www.legendaryfrog.com/joey/DKC3_album_cover.png

Ladies and Gentlemen.

We have the album cover for the Bonus disk.

[-Dan]

Shhhh, don't give them hope that this project will actually get released one of these days :-P

promisses... you gave us only promisses... :mrgreen: haudhudahua

[amanezco]

I am looking forward so much!!!!! When it gets released, it will feel like Christmas for a Kong.

http://i55.tinypic.com/2m5jper.jpg

[KyleJCrb]

This project is a carefully-crafted hoax. It's not real.

[Level 99]

This project is a carefully-crafted hoax. It's not real.

Just like Senorita Dodge-Ball-Tits, right?

[KyleJCrb]

Yep. And just like Summoning of Spirits before that.

[Brandon Strader]

The only project what was ever real was Teen Agent: The Root of All Evil -- OC ReMix's most highly downloaded and shared album of all time!

[Mirby]

OCR? Isn't that a carefully crafted hoax too?

You are all aware that the April Fool's jokes are just when the reality of the site becomes apparent. DJP and Larry have to very carefully seal the reality away. It's quite difficult.

(to be on-topic, can't wait, as usual, and I think I will review this in one sitting. just to show I can. bwahaha!)

[Anorax]

(to be on-topic, can't wait, as usual, and I think I will review this in one sitting. just to show I can. bwahaha!)
good luck 10char

[Brandon Strader]

(to be on-topic, can't wait, as usual, and I think I will review this in one sitting. just to show I can. bwahaha!)
I can

shallow and pedantic

;-)

[PROTO·DOME]

shallow and pedanticMmm.

I agree as well.

Shallow and pedantic.

[Blue Magic]

Mmm.

I agree as well.

Shallow and pedantic.

Shallow and pedantic indeed, sir.

[Cody Wedel]

Anyone up for some lemonade? (c-c-c-combo breaker!)

In all seriousness though, Mirby, you'll be able to review the whole project in one setting just fine assuming you don't have any foreign distractions. The project flows very cohesively :D

[Draconiator]

I am getting bored.


Now that THAT's out of the way...yeah. Hey Emunator, can we get a full report on where things stand as of now? What about the video you promised at the end of the month...last month?

[Monobrow]

Yeah! I want me me me i want screeeeeeaaaaaaaam!!!! Demands!!!!!!!!!

[Emunator]

Not much to report, we're still waiting on Enchanted and a few other semi-optional songs. The video is delayed because of Drew Gourley's lack of computer, which I think should not be a problem anymore.

Trust me dudes, I'm bored too. I'm off working on a bunch of other projects right now because there's literally nothing to do here until a few people get their stuff done. I've got a 95% tagged/encoded batch of songs and I'm about halfway through my evaluation of the project, so I can't really think of much else that can be done by me :\ I'm trying to push as much as I can without sacrificing the quality of the end product. You'll thank me down the road when this project releases (later than expected, but still) and these last few tracks are on the project in finished form, they're going to be worth it. Same goes for the preview that Drew's working on. I'd rather wait and release something awesome than do something half-assed.

Sorry for the delay everybody :-( It sucks and we're getting lapped by a bunch of other projects, which pushes our release window back further and further everytime another project wraps up... all I can do is promise you it'll be worth it even more than you could expect from the previews and tracklist that we've dropped so far.

[Brandon Strader]

There's almost always a post-project delay, it's somethin' folks ought to get used to. :-D

And also everyone secretly knows Emunator is delaying because he's toking it up

[Ando]

Just dropping in to say, don't worry about it, man! :D I think that most of us are down with the "quality >>> speedy release" idea. It'll be well worth the time taken. I'm excited, anyway.

[Emunator]

And also everyone secretly knows Emunator is delaying because he's toking it up

I think now would be a good opportunity to announce that the whole album was actually made while totally stoned. Think about some of the track titles here. "Intoxica," "mojo gogo," "All Mixxed Up..." "Funky's Joint?" I'd sure like to get me a fresh bowl of 'Spanish Jitters'...

Search your hearts, you know it to be true.

:nicework:

Just dropping in to say, don't worry about it, man! :D I think that most of us are down with the "quality >>> speedy release" idea. It'll be well worth the time taken. I'm excited, anyway.
Yeah, I figured most of you would understand, but I'm really trying to get something nice to share with y'all as soon as I can in the way of a preview or something like that. Not having anything to tide the wait over with sucks... before I was directing this I was right with you guys F5'ing the DKC2 thread every hour looking for updates, and I must have listened to their preview hundreds of times. I know what it's like, haha :-)

[Monobrow]

Think about some of the track titles here. "Intoxica," "mojo gogo," "All Mixxed Up..." "Funky's Joint?" I'd sure like to get me a fresh bowl of 'Spanish Jitters'...

Exploration C - Weren't you wondering what kind of Exploration? *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*

[Emunator]

Exploration C - Weren't you wondering what kind of Exploration? *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*

You know, listening to your mix, the connection wouldn't surprise me at all x) I always come up with the weirdest visuals to accompany your song in particular, it's such a trip :-)

This is kind of a tangent, but I'm a very visually-oriented person so with almost every song, I come to associate it with a color, gradient, or pallet... I love how when I listen to this album straight through, I end up seeing every color dozens of times throughout the whole experience. For example: Mono, your track is kind of nebulous to me but it always comes out sounding like a pale, mossy shade of green to me with some whitewashed earthy hues mixed in. Not sure if that's because of the personal object/setting associations I've made with your song, or if I just perceive certain tones/instruments/moods the same regardless of the context of the song.

I dunno if anyone else views music in this way but I thought I'd share that since it's something that I'm pretty sure I've done ever since I was young when I started seriously listening to music. Game music is weird because the game music is inseparably tied to the environments they're originally used in... I wonder how my visualization of the DK3 soundtrack would compare to someone who's hearing it for the first time without ever playing it... Maybe some of the remixers on the project who haven't played the game could chime in on this?

I swear I'm completely sober right now.

[LegendaryFrog]

I think it's time to get some album art all up in here.

[DCT]

I swear I'm completely sober right now.

I don't believe you.

And I "view" music the same way.

[HoboKa]

I think now would be a good opportunity to announce that the whole album was actually made while totally stoned. Think about some of the track titles here. "Intoxica," "mojo gogo," "All Mixxed Up..." "Funky's Joint?" I'd sure like to get me a fresh bowl of 'Spanish Jitters'...

Search your hearts, you know it to be true.

:nicework:



No...no...that's impossible!! Nooooooooo!!



...Actually I was high half the time too :)!!

[Brandon Strader]

DKC3 does not advocate the cool cool act of using drugs

True Story: Funky's Joint was going to be a full on vocal track about Funky's Joint being an actual product, banana-flavored weed. But I had a sound effect at the end of the song of a woman saying "Oh yes, wow!" As if she had enjoyed the joint. Emunator got all high and mighty and was like "NO SOUND THAT IS EVEN REMOTELY SEXUAL IS ALLOWED ON THIS ALBUM" and I kept trying to explain it's not a sex sound, it's a post-weed-smoke sound of enjoyment. But Noooo he didn't understand, and Funky's Joint is half a song as a result. :-)

So drugs = ok

Idea of sex = bad

[Emunator]

So drugs = ok

Idea of sex = bad

But if you mix the two together... add some broth, a potato. Baby, you've got a stew going.

[Flexstyle]

I can safely say that no illegal drugs were used on the production side of this album, but much caffeine was consumed and many horrible puns were made. Emu will attest to this.

[Emunator]

I can safely say that no illegal drugs were used on the production side of this album, but much caffeine was consumed and many horrible puns were made. Emu will attest to this.

Hahahaha, soooo much caffeine. And the puns... they were just bad at first but like anything, they've got a way of groan on ya' ;-)

Seriously though, this must be one of the first times that a lot of the backend album work has actually been done in person, and it's infinitely more fun that way :-) Mike's been totally awesome throughout this whole process, giving me rides, allowing me to crash for up to 2 or 3 days at a time at his place, showing me all sorts of cool places to eat, and generally keeping things entertaining... it's been one of the best parts of the whole album experience :-) For a guy who hasn't even played DKC3 to dedicate that much time to making songs, fixing other songs, mastering things, and making sure the final release package is as stellar as it can be is pretty commendable.

tl;dr Flex is a pretty awesome dude, give him money or something! :-P

[Archangel]

I for one was completely lucid while remixing. Where I live, it's not wise to use drugs. According to our legislation, you get one hand chopped off if you get caught.

I'm not kidding.

The tracklist looks awesome! That must have been a lot of work! Are those images meant just for this thread or are they part of the album artwork?

[Emunator]

Yikes o__o

Those images are just for the thread because I was bored and wanted to make it look pretty so you guys would all have something to look at while we finish up the project. Anything for you guys ~<3

[Archangel]

I can't believe you fell for that one. XD XD XD

Where do you think I live, in the Middle Ages? HAHAHA.

Oh, how nice of you to do that! I think it would be good to have those images included in the artwork folder, though. I love the "personalized" pictures next to the song titles!

[Emunator]

I can't believe you fell for that one. XD XD XD

Where do you think I live, in the Middle Ages? HAHAHA.

Oh, how nice of you to do that! I think it would be good to have those images included in the artwork folder, though. I love the "personalized" pictures next to the song titles!

... *pokerface* You got me good, hahaha.

So should I assume that was all a trick and you really were heavily under the influence the whole time you made your song? :-P


And I'll just say that the little thumbnails next to each track should serve as a bit of a preview of their own... ;-) I wasn't entirely sure what you meant by "images," but to clarify, the tracklist pictures themselves are just for the thread, the thumbnails are a different matter...

[Hylian Lemon]

Those images are just for the thread because I was bored and wanted to make it look pretty so you guys would all have something to look at while we finish up the project. Anything for you guys ~<3
Aw, how did you know I liked looking at things <3

[Blue Magic]

I can't believe you fell for that one. XD XD XD

Where do you think I live, in the Middle Ages? HAHAHA.

I thought you were serious too. They do still do that in many countries, but its mostly for stealing. You don't wanna know what happens to sex offenders...

[Archangel]

So should I assume that was all a trick and you really were heavily under the influence the whole time you made your song? :razz:

Are you crazy? My imagination's way out of control as it is. I like being lucid. =D

I wasn't entirely sure what you meant by "images," but to clarify, the tracklist pictures themselves are just for the thread, the thumbnails are a different matter...

Oh yeah, that was a little unclear. I meant the whole tracklist images, not just the thumbnails. It's good to know they'll be used for a greater purpose, though!

The artwork looks very original, judging by what we've seen so far!

[Emunator]

I thought you were serious too. They do still do that in many countries, but its mostly for stealing. You don't wanna know what happens to sex offenders...

Yeah, or being gay (http://current.com/entertainment/wtf/89592119_in-7-countries-homosexuality-the-death-penalty.htm) :| I have no idea what the political climate is like in Slovenia but I wouldn't put it past some countries to take a hand for drug use (no offense meant, in any way!)

And yes, the artwork for this project is gonna be off-the-hook. Some of it's still in development but rest assured it will be SWEET when we start to get more previews that we can share!

[Archangel]

OK, just to clarify--we're a completely normal European country. No wars, no violence, no crazy laws, and no tyrants, but a lot of forests and a beautiful river that was featured in the second Narnia movie. =D

There's no hand-chopping in Europe. At least not legally enforced!

Let's get back to Donkey Kong, this is not the place to discuss wacky politics. =D

Who's making the trailer that's usually released on Youtube before the album comes out?

[Anorax]

OK, just to clarify--we're a completely normal European country. No wars, no violence, no crazy laws, and no tyrants, but a lot of forests and a beautiful river that was featured in the second Narnia movie. =D

There's no hand-chopping in Europe. At least not legally enforced!

Let's get back to Donkey Kong, this is not the place to discuss wacky politics. =D

Who's making the trailer that's usually released on Youtube before the album comes out?
Probably Drew Gurley, the same guy who's doing the webpage

[Cody Wedel]

Nah, the upcoming video preview and website will be done by Drew Gourley, but I believe José the Bronx Rican will be taking care of the actual YouTube trailer (as this is the usual case with projects).

[Emunator]

Actually, my guess is that José will tackle the release preview, Drew is just handling the teaser video that we're releasing on our own. We haven't started work on the actual trailer, which will be a lot less about showcasing individual songs (the teaser we're working on has approximately 30 second clips accompanied with game footage) and more about advertising the project as a whole. What we're going to release soon will be a lot more like the video preview we've already put out, except... prettier :-)

EDIT: Sniped!

[-Dan]

Awesome artwork Emu!!

[Rozovian]

Tracklist image looks great, most of it...

..except...

...pink?

Whaaaat?

[Brandon Strader]

It's hard to read the words on the artwork in first post.. I know most people probably won't agree... but most people probably don't have eyesight as bad as mine. :cry: I usually opt for better contrast just for peeps like me with those issues. Blue on blue with a small black outline, or white on light blue, is general bad idea... Red on maroon? xD Well alright.

[Nintendude794]

Sorry for the delay everybody :-( It sucks and we're getting lapped by a bunch of other projects, which pushes our release window back further and further everytime another project wraps up... all I can do is promise you it'll be worth it even more than you could expect from the previews and tracklist that we've dropped so far.

"A bad game is bad forever, but a delayed game will eventually be good"--Shigeru Miyamoto

A bad album is bad forever, but a delayed album will eventually be good. 8)

[PROTO·DOME]

"A bad, delayed album will forever tarnish the reputation of the project leader."
--Sir Francis Drake, 1969.

[Emunator]

"What the hell is the Internet?" -- Sir Francis Drake, c. 1942

[McKnackusThe1st]

If the preview video doesn't come out before Page 100, I'm going to relentlessly beat each and every one of you over the head with my near-infinite patience. I will also wait you to death! :-x

[Brandon Strader]

If the preview video doesn't come out before Page 100, I'm going to relentlessly beat each and every one of you over the head with my near-infinite patience. I will also wait you to death! :-x
Brootal.

If this ain't out by MAGFest and Westin goes to MAGFest, i will throw water on him... gather it out of the gaylord fountain

[Cody Wedel]

If the preview video doesn't come out before Page 100, I'm going to relentlessly beat each and every one of you over the head with my near-infinite patience. I will also wait you to death! :-x
Can you define "each and every one of you" please? :)

Wes and I did our share of the preview over 3 months ago (he synced 11 minutes of remixes with SNES/GBA gameplay footage I recorded to accompany the video). We've been waiting this whole time on Drew Gourley to make the preview really shine, and to be honest the wait shouldn't be much longer now (I know, I know, we keep saying that, but it's the truth :P)



8-19 edit: Wes, why you no update thread with bonus disc icons? :P

[Emunator]

Holy mother of god did we just get an updated WIP for this project?

I think we did.

And I can say with confidence that it's good. Damn good, even. Theophany's made quite a splash on OCR this last month and when he's teaming up with the incredibly-talented Jeff Ball and OCR-legend Harmony, the result is nothing short of brilliant. This is the 5th time that Jason has delivered a genre-bending, pristinely-produced, emotional remix for the project that lives up to the reputation he's built for himself with his recent Metroid mixes. In short, thanks to Theophany for being one of the key factors in making this album what it is today. Your efforts are appreciated more than you know :-)

Just in the interest of full disclosure, right now we're waiting on Theophany to put the finishing touches on his track (and possibly get one more instrumentalist on board) and do some nifty gapless playback work to merge it with mine and Cody's Game Over arrangement, Prophecy to finish up Enchanted (no idea where this one is at right now) Theophany to whip up a bonus remix of Water World with a more ambient spin (since the main album version, while being an absolutely mindblowing arrangement, does get pretty aggressive at times, which might not be what everyone's hoping for in a remix of Water World) and Tweek to finish up his mix for Chase SNES if he's still on board... I haven't heard from him in ages.

On the music front, that's pretty much it. Everything else is locked in and ready for evaluation. Art, trailer, and website are still lagging behind, not much progress to speak of there. Hopefully this will change soon, we got a mockup sketch for the front cover the other day and it's got massive potential to be incredibly awesome. I've got full confidence that Mav will handle it with the utmost care and effort :-)


I feel like a broken record here because this is pretty much the exact same thing I said months ago. But we are making some progress, and I can ultimately say that Theophany's track alone will make all this waiting worth it, not to mention all of the other goodies that are still not quite ready yet.

Much love, everybody. Your continued patience and support is immensely appreciated <3

[Brandon Strader]

If you keep stalling to add new songs, I'm gonna tell your mom on facebook, and she will punish yooou! (no joke at all here, folks)

[-Dan]

I bet the album will be released on Christmas and everything is just a strategy for it. :wink:

[Level 99]

I bet the album will be released on Christmas and everything is just a strategy for it. :wink:

Nah, all staff on OCR take off for Christmas (except Dave, he never takes off. Ever,)

[-Dan]

Nah, all staff on OCR take off for Christmas (except Dave, he never takes off. Ever,)

It's because DKC3 has a Christmas atmosphere, IMO.

[Level 99]

It's because DKC3 has a Christmas atmosphere, IMO.

It's cause they're partying with us!

[Brandon Strader]

I thought Christmas at OCR happens on April 1st :-P

[Anorax]

I thought Christmas at OCR happens on April 1st :-P

He's got a point... this is the only time of the year we can depend on OCR presents :-D

[Emunator]

It's because DKC3 has a Christmas atmosphere, IMO.

Hmmm, you know, that's not a half bad idea. If it really pushes that late, releasing within a week or two of Christmas (or at least on Christmas vacation) might actually be a viable idea. Would be pretty cool if it worked out that way :-)

[Brandon Strader]

This project so big it will take 2 years to evaluate

Definitely looking forward to this at Christmas 2013 though

[-Dan]

Hmmm, you know, that's not a half bad idea. If it really pushes that late, releasing within a week or two of Christmas (or at least on Christmas vacation) might actually be a viable idea. Would be pretty cool if it worked out that way :-)


Ohh noo... I shouldn't have given this idea ... :banghead:

[McKnackusThe1st]

ohh noo... I shouldn't have given this idea ... :banghead:

what have you done!? 8O

[GTAHater836]

Hang on. If ARMed and DANGerous were to be released around December 20, 2011 as JaDE aRaN HaRuNo planned, would you be allowed to release this in that same month?

[Brandon Strader]

These won't even be finish evaluated by then.

Just sayin, I've seen small projects take a few months, and this one is like 5x bigger -- MMX, DKC3, Wild Arms

[Emunator]

These won't even be finish evaluated by then.

Just sayin, I've seen small projects take a few months, and this one is like 5x bigger -- MMX, DKC3, Wild Arms

Kindly stop making posts like this, you have no idea what you're talking about and I'd rather you stop spreading hearsay/conjecture when you're not even on the project staff. I don't know how long the evaluation phase will take or when we'll be able to release, and I'm the director AND OCR staff. You are neither of these things.

You may very well be right in the end, but posting your mildly-educated guesses is just building up expectations without a lot of foundation to them... and that's my job!

[amanezco]

I hope everyone knows how appreciated is that you guys are making this remix album.

[Brandon Strader]

I don't know how long the evaluation phase will take or when we'll be able to release, and I'm the director AND OCR staff. You are neither of these things.
Yeah, you've got a point -- it IS a staff album after all :-P

That may not be what you meant but that's how it came across to me anyway... I would concede and agree with you that I'm only mildly educated when it comes to this, but staff was telling me half a year ago to not even expect a release until 2012. If it's a whole different set of standards for a staff album then I stand corrected. :whatevaa:

[Emunator]

Yeah, you've got a point -- it IS a staff album after all :-P

I know what you're implying here, and for the record, lemme state that this project is not a staff project in the sense that staff uses it in. This has gone through all the normal channels; I submitted it for approval in the beginning, it's going to have to go through evaluation like every other project and it'll be on a waiting list just like every other project. We're not going to jump the queue and it's not going to get special treatment, like you rudely stated over AIM. I find that kind of insulting.

[Invader_Quirk]

Can we channel this anger toward the people not yet done?

[Flexstyle]

Can we channel this anger toward the people not yet done?

No, because SOMEONE IS WRONG ON THE INTERNET! :tomatoface:

[Anorax]

Hmm... Sounds like a mighty storm is brewing here, and I'm not talking about Irene

[Brandon Strader]

Hmm... Sounds like a mighty storm is brewing here, and I'm not talking about Irene
NO Wes and I share a love that only two straight men can share

It was just a misunderstanding

[Emunator]

http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/1567/original/lolinternet0sf.gif?1240906558

[Monobrow]

It can't be an OCR project without at least SOME sort of drama. Like a Christening. :J

[-Dan]

It can't be an OCR project without at least SOME sort of drama. Like a Christening. :J

If the album had already been released, all this drama wouldn't be happening. This has become a public health issue.