OCRA-0005 - Doom: The Dark Side of Phobos

[bladiator]

Hey well done myth, I just saw Ghosts of Mars is To Be Posted. :)

Yup, but expect one of yours up soon too. ;)
OMJesus, stop patting each other on the back!!!~

It's ok Larry, it's normal to be jealous of camaraderie. :) ;)

Please. He just wants his money back. :P

(u kno whut i mean, nigga)

So :) Many :D Smilies! 8O

[Omega_Man]

Just wanna say, I've been a long time fan of the OC (so much better than that shitty WB show...though I've never actually seen it).

Listened to the album, and I thought I'd send back some love and creative criticisms...of course, it goes without saying that I realize everyone put in a tremondous amount of work, so THANK YOU!

With that being said...

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Intermission (by TO)

Black and white horror flick credits. The movie’s got some fun bits, it seems well received. Some years later, it shows up on one of the shows where people cook dinner while watching old horror flicks with funny bits.
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Infiltrator (Evil Horde, RoeTaKa)

Mission Impossible meets Desperado. Some guy with a huge arsenal gets to get it on with Selma Hayek...sadly, he never unloads his barrel. Though the song doesn't seem to have much of a climax, the overall consistency of the piece's "bad-ass-ness" makes for a great heavy makeout session. The strings section is the time to go for the big score.
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Welcome to Hell (Pixietricks, TO)

Perfect sound-scape for Halloween. It's even got your neighbor's wind-chimes.
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Hangarmageddon (Evil Horde)

Capcom seeks out Black Sabbath to devise a heavy rockin' Final Boss track for their anniversary edition of Castlevania X. Be prepared: from the intensity and length of this track, you're in for a battle with Dracula unlike any other.
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Infected Lab (DJ Carbunk1e)

You ever play Wipeout XL? You ever eat shrooms? You ever play Wipeout XL after eating shrooms?

Try racing your friends at night to this track. Make sure you buckle up and have your radar-tracking on full.
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Industrial Strength (Joker)

Imagine Samus on Phobos hunting metroids...in a body-snug spandex spacesuit.

I don't know what it is...there's just something really HOT about his song. I suppose if I was weirder, I'd say I'd like to take some acid and watch Jennifer Connely strip to this track (Note: I specifically mean the JC from Requiem for a Dream...)

Really, that's not as weird as it may sound.
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Secrets and lies (TO)

Halloween sound-scape 2? Nope. You've wandered the bloody caverns of Phobos to stumble upon a jazzy little inn from one of Final Fantasy’s more robotic cities, "Welcome. You look like a warrior. Would you to like rest from your adventures? It's only 500 GP a night." Just beware of the occasional haunting laugh, hissing whisper, and howling wind.
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The Glass Moon (DJ Carbunk1e, Ryan8Bit)

Pink Floyd tripping hard while attempting to play Dark Side of the Moon, then the DJ dives in and screams , “Hey! I can dig that bluesy groove, man!”

Sadly, while the DJ rocks, Pink Floyd refuses to give that riff a lunch break (and any variation of said riff). But those who stick with this track, you will be pleasantly rewarded with a wicked ending and a haunting laugh all too related to "the lunitic".
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Mystery Meat (Nousentre)

Dream Theatre and Metallica meet up to create the hit band Metalic Nightmare! This should be someone's thesis for music school. The composition is both rockin' and...mathematically complex (but in a good way, really, no serious, I mean it)...
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The Leaning Tower of Babel (Evil Horde)

I can't lie...the first minute or so of this track was a like a lobotomy using one of those squishy hammers that squeak when you hit something.

After my much needed lobotomy, however, the beat gets seriously funked up and thoroughly enjoyable.
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Ocean Pollen (RoeTaKa)

In the first two minutes about a handful of trump cards get thrown down. The song is as unpredictable as New York weather (or my girlfriend), while remaining true to its epic yet humble spirit (like a level 99 character that hangs out with the teens).

There's a Piano aria that should have been on the Lost in Translation soundtrack. Actually, if Thomas Newman were to compose a score for a love scene in space, this would be it. (definitely a fav.)
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Reprocessed (Beatdrop)

If you can listen to the first minute without having a seizure, you’re a better man than I. However, while I was freakin' out, I had this awesome dream...I was at a NIN concet and Trent Reznor (with his spiffy little red devil horns) yells out to the crowd, "I LOVE METROID! And I wanna dedicate this song to Mother Brain! YEAH, LOVE SUCKS! It hurts! Like a thousand needles in your black heart! YEAH!"

Long story short: NIN and Metriod for a gothic night of industrial beat-dropping...on your synapses.
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Aria of the Damned (Hemophiliac, Pixietricks)

You probably didn’t know that Edward Scissorhands had a brother. Yeah, he joins the interplanetary army and flies off into space to go kick the crap out of demonic aliens. It's a really big deal...lots of drama...But he’s got the same pale effaced demeanor as his brother...no Wynona, though. Game Over.
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Ghosts of Mars (Mythril Nazgul)

Epic Voodoo ceremonies on Phobos are usually accompanied by freaky women chorale groups. Alex Van Halen moves over and lets the xylophonist solo for a while. Later some of the baritones and basses get jealous and want in the action, so they jump in and add their own "awe-ing" edge of creepiness.

All of this and more to the steady beat of bongos...no, but seriously, this track is an amazing hybrid of so many varied styles, it's like one of those mixed drinks that you'd never imagine could taste any good, but soon become the only thing you order. (also a fav.)
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Iron Cathedral (Prophecy)

Depeche Mode without lyrics or any real climax. I know that's the riff from the game, I know there was only so much to work with, and the admendments are great. But those 16 notes bob up and down so much, I found myself with a neck cramp halfway through the song.

Like I said before, there are some really creative sections (where your neck gets a breather), but I kept waiting in fear of those 16 notes...ba-da-ba-da-ba-DA-ba-da-ba-da-ba-da-ba-DA-ba-da...
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The Dark Side of Phobos (Daniel Baranowsky)
What can I say? The man's just messing around...with your HEAD!

Obviously DB is a master of the movie score. Epic, comes to mind. The theme from Psycho too (I think it's the vicious strings)...the drums come out of nowhere and grab your face and stab sharp keys into your eyes. When it's finished beating you up like a Barney-shaped punching bag, it hurls you into the empty oblivion of outerspace. Eventually you’re left alone, floating in a sidereal graveyard with all your dead buddies, left there to lament accompanied only by your grief and a weepy piano…does that make any sense?
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The Chemical Imps (RoeTaKa)

RoeTaKa, where did you come from? (And if you say "your mother", I'm gonna have to do you one better and ask, "Then where's your mother from?")

This track...hmmm...how should I put it..."A demonic robot lord’s favorite sushi, eaten off the stiff body of some hot babe's milky cadaver. Nasty goodness all around. Holds you up to heights you fear, and never lets you down. So just learn to love it!" Oh, and smack a bullfrog!
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Demon Con Gusto (analoq)

You know that song by Men in Hats, the Safety Dance…”You can dance if you want to…”…?

Actually...nevermind. I don't know what I was thinking. Though, there's something about the beat that is all too reminiscent of the 80's...it's got this cream filling, though...tastes a little like...hmm...The Crystal Method...? (And, yes, I mean the band...)
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Darkness Drawing (Elsa Persson, Larsec)

"A" for effort. Not particular my taste in music. But I can "feel" the effort pouring at me, like a shower of hot coals.

Now, I'm an actor, and I've heard a lot of musicals (which this piece reminded me of)...and I don't particularly like musicals...but I’ll admit the harmonizing is very well composed. My favorite part, by far, is when she enters heavy metal mode…then exits stage right. (I think that's something this world needs more of: Women Death Metal singers... seriously, that would be scary and kind of hot...come on, you know you think so...don't you?)
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This can’t be Good (ArseAssassin)

With a name like Arse Assassin, I was hoping that my arse was in for a serious beating (thank you, sir, may I have another!)...butt that wasn't quite the case.

I mean...The beat is sweet…the lasers are cool…the x-files sound fx are fine…there’s just an element of progression missing. It’s like a Megaman demo level for Dancing-Space-Ghost-Man. By the time it was getting really "interesting", it was already over...and my girlfriend HATES when that happens.
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ElectroCute Bunny (TO)

This track has two major chapters:

Chapter 1) some guy playing a meloncholy tune on a piano in some swamp.

Chapter 2) the Ewoks celebrating to M.C.Hammer’s “The Addam’s Family”…

If you dig pianos, swamps, Ewoks, and M.C. Hammer...you may or may not like this song. Personally, I do like this song, but maybe not quite as much as "You can't touch this!"...it's that damn crab dance thing he does, I can't help it!
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Jade Spawn (Bladiator, TO)

Reminds me of the escape scene in Shawshank Redemption…but Andy Dufrain is actually Harry Potter played by Johnny Depp…Old Red is played by a dark shadowy figure…and the prison is haunted…and Jennifer Connely plays that girl Hermione (but all grown up)...and at some point the guards realize he's missing and split up into several elite forces to search for him. Harry Potter must use Metal Gear Solid like skills...

WAIT! That's it...that's what I've been trying to say this whole time: This song belongs in Metal Gear Solid...listen and imagine a VR mission, or a sneaking mission...see? It all makes perfect sense now.

Ah...wow...I'm glad I figured that one out...

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I believe that is all...hope you get somethin' out of all this madness...

I'll be around

Mick

[bladiator]

THIS is what critique posting is all about. Take lessons from this guy.

[EvilHorde]

THIS is what critique posting is all about. Take lessons from this guy.

True. SO TRUE.

Excellent job there Omega Man-dude. Thanks.

[nousentre]

Mystery Meat (Nousentre)

Dream Theatre and Metallica meet up to create the hit band Metalic Nightmare! This should be someone's thesis for music school. The composition is both rockin' and...mathematically complex (but in a good way, really, no serious, I mean it)...


As a matter of fact I was listening to Dream Theater (yeah i know "theater" is spelled wrong but that is how the band spells it, AND i'm a huge fan of the band) and Coal Chamber for inspiration for this song. Good call.
And as for a thesis, . . . just a second, . . . my head is getting a little big from pride and I have to find something to prop it up against.

[The Orichalcon]

I am so confused. This guy would make a perfect judge. :)

[Omega_Man]

The kind words are appreciated. For myself: kind words don't materialize out of thin air, they require a substantial amount of inspiration (like spells need "mana" or like wives need diamonds).

However, I will apologize for the borderless breadth of responses I wrote. (For reviews that confuse, just give it try and open your mind...maybe something will stick). It was roughly 5 in the morning when I finally finished and set my fingertips down. I have no excuses.

The story goes like this:
I had literally gotten halfway through downloading the entire Phobos album, when I noticed that one little word "here"...it was underlined and lonely...I felt sad and curious. So I strolled my cursor over to it and gave it a tickle-click. Next thing I knew, I was here...there's more to this story, but it doesn't seem to have an ending...or it may, but I seem to have misplaced it...("I had it right here a minute ago...oh well")...

Keep up the great work everybody! I look forward to future feature OC projects...I look backward to previously mentioned past productions...I also look a little tired, cuz I am.

Mick

p.s. All these snide references to girlfriends and wives...why? Because I'm getting engaged in a couple of weeks...it's just my way of "dealing"...
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[RoeTaKa]

RoeTaKa, where did you come from? (And if you say "your mother", I'm gonna have to do you one better and ask, "Then where's your mother from?")

Well, I first came from my dad really, then came from my mother. My mother is from England, like my dad, like myself :wink:.

But to be honest, I just don't really know! Maybe some odd alien soundplanet that fed me dirty juices (that's odd...). Thanks for the awesome reviews man :D. (Reviews?! Felt more like, love...).

[The Joker]

You know. After reading Omega's reviews I too can't hear my mix, nor the remix of it I'm doing, without going, "this would make a good strip club music in some action movie." So, yeah.

[Antipode]

My "nice job" is looking weaker and weaker in comparison to that critique..

[Ecnalubma]

Hey all, I've been going to OCRemix for a while but this project was the first that got me inspired to create a forum account. For the most part, I liked the album. It's diverse set of styles matched its source game (some heavy, some ambient) and meant that there was something for everyone, and I thought it was arranged pretty well, with only a few minor nitpicks from me. (Intermission is a horrible CD-opener, and Darkness Dawning would have been a better closer than ElectroCute Bunny)

Where my thoughts differ from the majority of posts I've read here is that unlike the people who have never played Doom and judge each song on its own as a unique creation, I judge each of them as a homage first, and a song in their own right second. With that in mind, here are my thoughts on each of my favorites. (Albeit without nearly as many sex and drug references as Omega Man...:roll:)

Welcome To Hell/Hangarmageddon
A creepy atmospheric intro with resonable facsimiles of the shotgun blast, Baron of Hell roar, and the Marine's scream, with all sorts of accompanying sounds like chimes and whispered hallucinated voices, something that would fit really well into Doom3, but then... the rising guitar riff. And then THE song. The one that's burned into the brain of everybody who's ever played the shareware. The one that introduces you to the game. Excuse me. My ears just had an orgasm. I need a towel.
Seriously though, it was done perfectly, with a great breakdown and solo after the first run through the melody.

The Glass Moon
and
The Leaning Tower Of Babel
These two take the familiar melody I know, whether it be the lonely guitar wail of e1m8 or the deep synth of e2m8, and then after taking them out for a spin, give them a cool beat and do a bit of experimenting with them. These are an example of my favorite style of remix, one that adventures enough to be interesting but sticks close enough to home to feel safe.

Infected Lab
and
Secrets and Lies
The style of these two would be the opposite of the two above, in that they take that familiar melody and place it out of its element. Infected Lab takes the slow, brooding e1m7 and turns it into a fast, upbeat techno song. Secrets and Lies takes e1m9's fast, guitar-driven melody, and slows it down and mellows it into an atmospheric, cautiously optimistic interlude.
And both work really well. I like songs of this style too, a familiar tune in a new setting, but still recognizable.

Mystery Meat
Man, my ears had just recovered from the bliss of Hangarmageddon, and now they get a new, bass-y treat! (What can I say. I'm a metalhead and it's no surprise that those two are my favorites.) This song makes its own identity, as it's slower, heavier, and sludgier that Hangarmageddon. It uses all its instruments to their maximum effect, from the bass intro to the guitar lead to the double-bass-drum action. Very well done.

Demon Con Gusto
This one falls into the "experiment with a classic song" category described above, as analoq takes an all-out rock song and changes it into a happy musical journey with the familiar lead melody (sans guitar solo) as your companion and tour guide along the way.
Nice transformation.

The Dark Side Of Phobos
The strings and percussion are well done here, conveying a sense or urgency and danger and sounding like something out of a movie soundtrack. I think I heard the deep e1m5 melody under the strings for a second there, but then it was gone. The song mostly sticks to its unique path. It falls more on the Original Song side of the line, but the references that exist, combined with the awesomeness of the song as a whole, get it a thumbs-up from me.

Darkness Dawning
The opening piano is dead-on what I remember from the games, and brings back memories of one of my favorite songs from the Doom soundtrack. It perfectly catches the feeling of the aftermath of some great (boss) battle, and then-what's this? Lyrics? It was surprising, but now that I'm used to them I think they really add to the song. They fit the gloomy (and Doomy) tone of the song just fine, and I don't notice the growing number of distortions in her voice as her disguise starts falling apart, and when she reveals herself, that scream really surprises me, as does the song switching into something more evil (and heavy), with the lead guitar filling the melody perfectly.

Well, those would be my favorites of the lot. Even if there were some I wouldn't listen to outside of the album, I think I got my "money's worth" out of the project, and it's got a home on my hard drive right next to my collection of Mazedude's Doom 2 songs.

[OmegaMan]

Where my thoughts differ from the majority of posts I've read here is that unlike the people who have never played Doom and judge each song on its own as a unique creation, I judge each of them as a homage first, and a song in their own right second. With that in mind, here are my thoughts on each of my favorites. (Albeit without nearly as many sex and drug references as Omega Man...:roll:)


Nice reviews bud. You're right though...all these tracks were coming from a fan of music and games, who sadly has never been familiar with Doom (not really...I mean, we've ALL played one Doom title at sometime or another...)

But I won't lie, and I won't exaggerate...after listening to this set, I've not only researched more on the game, but on the original tunes. I went into it thinking, "Damn! These tracks are (across the board) of such a high caliber and of my taste (The Kirby project was fun and beautiful, but I have to say DSoP rocks me in a way my squishy little star knight never could).

I think maybe because I was lucky enough to hear these remixes first and from such a wide variety of talents (touching on a HUGE breadth of genres), I find myself more engaged with the remixes than the orginals (NOBODY SHOOT ME!...just my taste...)

As for sex and drugs...there's this saying...how does it go? Sex, drugs, and....wait...it's coming to me...THAT'S IT!--Rockin Remixes. I love 'em all. But seriously, if I'm dabbling in the Taboo, (mods and mixers) just let me know. I'd hate to offend whilst I praise. Tis a sour note that stings the nostrils...

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[Monthigos]

Jade Spawn really stick out in my mind at this point
YAY!
(the names not so much the music).
BOO! HISS!

Actually now that I've listened to the album roughly 10 times I can honestly say that Jade Spawn is my favorite. ;)

Some of my other favorites are:

The Leaning Tower of Babel
This Can't Be Good
Demon Con Gusto
The Glass Moon
Infiltrator
Infected Lab
ElectroCute Bunny

That's not a particular order either, although I have listened to The Leaning Tower of Babel at least 20 times... hehe

The Chemical Imps stood out before because I had thought I blew out my speakers. :D

[The Joker]

Alrighty. Because it's gonna be a while until the 3 weeks wait period, I've decided to share a revised version of Industrial Strength with those following the thread.


Industrial Strength (I.M.P. Edit) (http://joker.paletteswap.com/Remixes/DooM_Industrial_Strength_(I.M.P._Edit).mp3)

This is my gift to those who thought I strayed to far from the original.

[RoeTaKa]

The Chemical Imps stood out before because I had thought I blew out my speakers. :D

RIIIIIIGHT ON!!

Oh and joker, you don't have to submit again you can pm a judge with the new resubmit and they'll place it on the list as a resub and judge as soon as possible.

[Navi]

Just got this email:

i am emailing you to request your permission (and the permission of the other editors) that i an some others on the site http://www.AnimeMusicVideos.org may be allowed to use your album The Dark Side of Phobos as a Multi-Editor Project. What i mean is we will have 23 editors who will make a music video to each track of the album and then compile it into one 1 and a half hour music video.

Thankyou for your time.

Prodigi

Very cool, in my opinion. I said yes.

Any complaints?

[Hemophiliac]

music videos using all of the tracks from the project...whoa...wut? strange but YES

[EvilHorde]

Whatthehell. That sounds... well, SUPERGREEN!

Just awesome.

And hell yeah I´m saying YES.

[The Orichalcon]

I'd be very interested in seeing what they could do with some of the tracks. Since anime music videos tend to have more pop-style, or up-beat music, and some of this project is very ambient (ie: Ghosts of Mars, Jade Spawn)

[Larsec]

No complaints here... I am looking forward to this one :)

[The Joker]

Yeah, I'm cool with them using my mix. I just hope they plan to offer the individual videos. Dial Up sucks, I really need to upgrade.

[Jillian Aversa]

No complaints here; I think that'd be cool.

[nousentre]

So, will that project take a year as well? :lol:

Anime eh?
Just as long as they make my song very dark and "murderous-like". As cheesly as it sounds, I think of horror when I hear Mystery Meat (bloody-gore related), Reprocessed ("the grudge" theme), and The Dark Side of Phobos (chasing theme music).

However, I do realize the site will be the ones creating it themselves from their perspective. I just think of the videos for those songs being like horror flicks, blood, gore and murder . . . . yes I know I do have a problem but the voices inside my head have assured me that they will never find the bodies.:twisted:

ps- If anyone from www.animemusicvideos.org reads this and is by chance looking for inspiration besides gore , "ghost in the shell" is my all time favorite anime. :wink:

[Prodigi]

Thankyou to all artists who worked on the Dark Side of Phobos album. Firstly thankyou for creating such an amazing album, and secondly thankyou for giving me permission to use this album as a basis for a Multi-Editor Music Video.

And yes, the general emotions/theme for the Video will be horror, but may vary due to each editors choice (just like the album).

Each video will be available seperately also.

Any further questions then feel free to contact me:

Aim - Prodigi249
Yahoo - Prodigi249
MSN - Prodigi249@hotmail.com

Once again, thankyou

- Prodigi

[KhaosKontrol]

Hey, everyone... I believe this is my first, if not close to first, time posting here. I seem to have created an account before, but I don't recall ever using it.

Anyway, I'm an avid fan of remix tracks, and of techno, trance, dance, and a little pinch of death metal. I came across this project on the site a while back, but due to massive computer malfunctions, I have been without a suitable PC (suitable to doing anything but turning on and giving me errors) for quite some time. I just recently got a chance to download this collection, and...

Wow. Just... wow. There's few words I can use to describe such a complete and magnificent collection such as this one. Upon listening to the entire selection (keeping me company as I hit the books in preparation for my Calc exam tomorrow), I can say that I was immensely surprised as well as pleased with the overall quality, immersion, and satisfaction of all the songs. Only being drawn out by one song ("Reprocessed", I thought it was a tad too much), I was enveloped in a zen-like trance as the music entered my ears and proceeded to pummel my brain into submission with its mixture of dark, gothic instrumentals and heavy precussion beats with a dab of very skillfully-executed guitar.

Every track feels very natural, and they tend to flow together well. As someone else mentioned, the transition from Track 1 to Track 2 was nearly at a Deific level, and a bit more of that manner of transition would have been greatly enjoyed... of course, with such a large, collaborative effort, it is difficult to do such things, so the lack of any more of these transitions is understandable.

I give my highest regards to each and every member who put forth effort for this collection. It must have taken a great amount of time, skill, and devotion to pull off such a feat, but now that it is complete you can revel in the fruits of your victory, see the glowing smiles on the children's faces, and make your way up to the stage platform to receive your award.

... Alright, perhaps no trophies will be given out for this, but my word still stands. I enjoyed this collection thoroughly, and appreciate each and every team member's effort. Thank you for this!

[dysii]

Amazing tracks. But what the heck is the sound at 1:04 of ElectroCute Bunny? It kills the mood for me as I start wondering why would anyone put it there intentionally.

PS. The bunny-ending in Doom was brilliant :)

[The Orichalcon]

Amazing tracks. But what the heck is the sound at 1:04 of ElectroCute Bunny? It kills the mood for me as I start wondering why would anyone put it there intentionally.

PS. The bunny-ending in Doom was brilliant :)

It's white noise. It didn't turn out too well I know. But the file I was working on corrupted and I couldn't fix it. :(

[Mortifus]

As a Machinimist i've been looking for original tracks that i think would suit a series I am currently working on. Hangarmaggeddon is brilliant, I was wondering if i could get permission to use this and perhaps a few more tracks once i've finished downloading for the Series?

[Navi]

Amazing tracks. But what the heck is the sound at 1:04 of ElectroCute Bunny? It kills the mood for me as I start wondering why would anyone put it there intentionally.

PS. The bunny-ending in Doom was brilliant :)

It's white noise. It didn't turn out too well I know. But the file I was working on corrupted and I couldn't fix it. :(

Was that unintentional? I liked that. Thought it fit the transition well.

[The Orichalcon]

Amazing tracks. But what the heck is the sound at 1:04 of ElectroCute Bunny? It kills the mood for me as I start wondering why would anyone put it there intentionally.

PS. The bunny-ending in Doom was brilliant :)

It's white noise. It didn't turn out too well I know. But the file I was working on corrupted and I couldn't fix it. :(

Was that unintentional? I liked that. Thought it fit the transition well.

It was intentional, but it didn't turn out too well. I wanted to make it better or just get rid of it, but the file corrupted.

[Heavenhorse]

Though i am not much of a game-music fanatic. Atleast, not like i used to be. I Can definitely say that this was all very well done. :) Impressed me most defintely. Also, to fit it. :) The Album covers were just as equally well done.

Fantastic Job.
Best regards
HeavenHorse

P.S: This has problably been brought up before but; will there ever be a Doom 2 and/or Final Doom: TNT EVilution remix project?

[Heavenhorse]

These guys at doomworld were seriously annoying me, so I had to register and reply:

http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=556405#post556405
-By: The Orichalcon


deathz0r said:
I'll take your word for it. Anything on OCRemix is garbage anyway.
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Uh, ok. And why is this exactly? Have you listened to everything there? Oh I suppose you haven't.

To me, it sounds like you're just a major asshole because they rejected your total horseshit years ago. Actually, I know that's why.
-By: Ralphis

I never really liked the guys at the DoomWorld Forums, aside from SilverWyvern and the other artist guy, who does the "Greenpile."

Aside from those 2, The rest, or atleast most of the DoomWorld Crew was rude to me.

Also. :D That's hilarious, what Ralphis said Deathz0rz. ;) Deathz0rz deserved it, seeing as how he's a massive Arse-Fook.

[xamgis]

Okay, I've had this thing downloaded since it was released a few months ago and then I forgot I downloaded it. A few days ago I just discovered it again and I must say it completely rocks!

[3DZOEF]

The pc games magazine: "PC GAMER" has mentioned "The Dark Side of Phobos project" in their mag! And from the looks of it they liked it. Mag number 154 - November 2005 and turn to page 140. (Lower left corner)

http://members.home.nl/gazoz/remix.jpg

"DOOMED HEADPHONES"
"No, it's not a cleverly hacked set of cans that you can play the full game on, but news of a complete remix of the soundtrack to FPS granddaddy, Doom. Heavy rawk is omnipresent in this freely downloadable double-album. The Dark Side of Phobos has been a year in the making, and witnessed almost as many obstacles as the game's marine. Artistic difference's and changes in the team saw the production wane somewhat, but they got back in gear and finally released their magnum opus.
So if you're into powerchords straight from the belly of Satan himself, it's well worth cocking your ear at http://doom.ocremix.org. Go on, it's free and one of the best produced fan efforts we've had the pleasure of plugging in."

[The Orichalcon]

Pity they chose a picture of Doom 3 rather than Ultima Doom. But it's still good to get some positive public coverage. :)

[Xaleph]

Wow, I didn't imagine this project would become this big =X.

[Jillian Aversa]

Sweeeeeeeeet!

[danny B]

powerchords? POWERCHORDS??!?!?!?!?

[Navi]

:nicework:

[The Orichalcon]

powerchords? POWERCHORDS??!?!?!?!?

Everyone knows that powerchords = satan. The writer was just using the most synonymous term available.

[Liontamer]

powerchords? POWERCHORDS??!?!?!?!?
Pow-Pow-Power Wheels

http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/03/96/28/77/0003962877760_215X215.jpg

(Congrats on the plug, I added the review reference to the Wiki page.)

[Nineko]

http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/03/96/28/77/0003962877760_215X215.jpgtoyota disco?

[RoeTaKa]

http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/03/96/28/77/0003962877760_215X215.jpgtoyota disco?
Wild Wacky Action Bike?

[The Joker]

I totally want a power wheel!

[nousentre]

powerchords? POWERCHORDS??!?!?!?!?

Think of it this way, . . .

"Chords that have Power!" Enough power to make your ears bleed with sweet delectation into an endless abyss of your own hell.

Damn, I've been away for a while. Is it time for a "Where are they now" or "Behind the Music" episode for this yet? We could talk about my gabling problem, Joker's abusive dependency for powerwheels toys, and mythril nazgul's battle with the bottle and how he triumphed and overcame his addiction and found jesus, . . . man, that would be awsome!

See you guys on VH1, or when we do the reunion album, . . . DOOM 2- "Somewhere over the Phobos"

[Navi]

hahahahaha!

[The Joker]

Dude... I can stop wanting a power wheel whenever I want. And a DooM 2 project. Maybe we might not have to wait long.

[clevijoki]

powerchords? POWERCHORDS??!?!?!?!?

Everyone knows that powerchords = satan. The writer was just using the most synonymous term available.

Power chords are awesome. AC/DC, the most awesome band ever (obviously) are pretty much all power chords.

But I just joined to say that this album is pretty good, and my favorite track is Mystery Meat.

[Navi]

in the next few days, we'll have surpassed 10,500 downloads on the torrent. nice work, guys. that rounds out to about 80 completed downloads a day. BOOM.

[analoq]

wow..

sometimes i forget how awesome we are.

thanks for the reminder.

[The Joker]

Our awesomeness is so sky high, we even surpass Fusion2004. Holla!

[EvilHorde]

YAY! We. Good.

So how´s everybody doing? Anything new?

[Larsec]

Anything new?

Not aside from this (http://hevmetdoom.ytmnd.com/)... Is that even new?

[EvilHorde]

Hehehe! Nice touch!
Don´t know if its new. The first time I saw it anyway..

[RoeTaKa]

Haha awesome stuff.

For those unaware, and fans that still want to continue on supporting, keep us entertained and in high spirits for The Doom II Project (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2095866#2095866). With many of the same artists, and some new ones, working on this project, it can only work out as a better and more enjoyable project.

[Jered Cain Denton]

I haven't been able to comment on this yet, so here's my comment now: This whole remix project is full of kick-assitude.

From the classic remix of E1M1, the jazzy style of "Leaning Tower of Babel", the Imp-like sounds I somehow hear in "Jade Spawn", and the inutterable doom that seems to pervade "Aria of the Damned", and "Iron Cathedral", it all builds up to the finale of the final three pieces. A nigh-impossible fight told by DSoP, the moment when all hope is soon lost in Darkness Dawning, and the unexpected, bittersweet victory that Electrocute Bunny seems to tell of, almost as if our hero beat the odds, but still kinda lost.

Can't wait to see the Doom II remix project, in fact. Keep it up, all of you. This one's been my favorite "soundtrack" ever since it came out, and the next one is sure to be even better.

[Ecnalubma]

Haha awesome stuff.

For those unaware, and fans that still want to continue on supporting, keep us entertained and in high spirits for The Doom II Project (http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=2095866#2095866). With many of the same artists, and some new ones, working on this project, it can only work out as a better and more enjoyable project.
Looking forward to it. :D

[Lydecker]

I found this today and as a Doom fan it was a must download. This thing blew my mind. Awesome work, people.

And here I come to a little dilemma.. I listened a little bit too many times the end text song, Elsa Persson, Larsec - Darkness Dawning. I don't know why or how, but it just gives me the creeps, every time. And I mean like shivers and all! Every time. I should sleep, but I don't really feel like doing so.. not with lights out anyway.. heh, like I said, awesome stuff.

[klm09]

Congrats for getting this project done. I've given most of the material a quick listen, and it sounds pretty damn good. Haven't really had time to properly delve into the material, due to lack of time.. which brings me to..

Some of you might remember me as the guy that kicked off this project. However, at one point quite early on in I basically dissappeared. I want to publicly apologise here for doing that. Life got in the way, basically. I had my finals in school, which took up nearly all my time, then I had study for an entrance test to another school. After that, there was my compulsory military service, which I'm still doing (since July.. only about a month and a half left, woo). Due to all that, I haven't even logged in here for like a year or something like that.

Back then, I just didn't have the time or the energy to read all the posts in the original thread, to respond to everything, to listen to people's WIPs and comment, to handle all the management for the project. So I sort of stopped coming to the forums, daunted by the ever growing mountain of posts and material I'd have to go through. :roll: Next time I logged in, the project had been taken over by.. myf? Mythril Nazgul, right? Anyway, I want to thank him for doing that. To see this project fail due to my inadequacy to lead it would've been.. dissappointing.

Great job, guys. And again, I truly am sorry for not having been a man and admitting that I'm not the one to lead this project. I should've let you all know, and to pass on the torch. But I didn't. I hope you don't hate me for it.

EDIT: Oh, and two more things I forgot to add. I didn't make it clear that I don't pretend to be in anyway responsible for the outcome of the project.. er, what I mean is, I don't want any credit. But that's obvious. The other thing was that this project has been mentioned in MikroBitti, which is Finland's leading PC / technology magazine. I don't have a pic, but it's in the monthly "recommended links" section. Maybe one of the other Finns here can provide a pic.

[The Orichalcon]

no worries klm. You got me hooked on Katatonia's music, so can't be displeased with you. ;)

Probably not the style of music you were hoping for with the turnout, but the project did turn out pretty well anyway.

[klm09]

no worries klm. You got me hooked on Katatonia's music, so can't be displeased with you. ;)

Probably not the style of music you were hoping for with the turnout, but the project did turn out pretty well anyway.

Awesome! :) They have a new album coming out soon (as you probably know), the single My Twin sounds pretty good IMO.

Speaking of how I envisioned the project turning out, yes, the outcome is much less adrenaline drenched - I was thinking something like hard-industrial-death-metal-gabber, distortion on everything, that sort of thing. Maybe it's for the better that it was not to be.. you make the call. :wink:

[AdrenalineDragon]

yes ok im a bit late replying my thoughts, but screw it anyway :P

i think the project is amazing :D best remix project so far, or ever even, who knows.

i also got bored one day & made some covers for the project (i know there's three to choose from, but i was bored, plus a bit late hehe) thought u guys would liek to check em out :)

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/9784/thedarksideofphobosback3qm.th.jpg (http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedarksideofphobosback3qm.jpg) http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/8960/thedarksideofphobosfront8xb.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedarksideofphobosfront8xb.jpg)

[watkinzez]

Is Prot repeatedly downloading Kong in Concert just so this doesn't take the lead? I have no life because I've been watching the download counters for the past few weeks.

[The Orichalcon]

I don't think anybody really cares which project is "leading". So if he is, it's his own time he's wasting. I doubt even he would be that redundant.

[watkinzez]

Oh, I'm mostly taking note because one of his arguments entailed Kong in Concert racking up downloads twice as much as the other projects because there was 'quality control' back then.

[Navi]

You know, i was thinking the same thing. :lol:

I've been watching the DL counter for a while now. When we got close to being the most downloaded project, all of a sudden KiC started shooting up. I just thought it was a bit funny.

Well, now we're the most downloaded site project, with 13,162 downloads from the torrent alone.

Nice work, guys. :D We keep on truckin.

[The Orichalcon]

Well, now we're the most downloaded site project, with 13,162 downloads from the torrent alone.

Nice work, guys. :D We keep on truckin.

Thanks in part to Dave accidently putting DSoP back on spotlight on the main page. :)

[DJDarkmaster]

bittorent hates me too b/c i cant even get it to start the down load and the mirrors hate me even more!!! i cant get one song even!!!
is it still broken?

[Navi]

the mirrors are down?

[Doulifée]

the mirrors are down?

they work for me

[Navi]

about 50% of the mirrors work fine for me as well, so...

[Mozgus]

Just wanted to say I inserted this album into Doom on using the Doomsday engine. Unlike the Street Fighter 2 album, this one doesn't work that well when placed into it's own game. Oh well. It's fun.

[Lord.Roderick.i]

I love every single song in this album.

Good work guys!!!!
:D

[Jered Cain Denton]

Just wanted to say I inserted this album into Doom on using the Doomsday engine. Unlike the Street Fighter 2 album, this one doesn't work that well when placed into it's own game. Oh well. It's fun.

... you can do that with Doomsday?

[Compyfox]

Just wanted to say I inserted this album into Doom on using the Doomsday engine. Unlike the Street Fighter 2 album, this one doesn't work that well when placed into it's own game. Oh well. It's fun.


Well Street Figher is a fast paced game, where one battle can be done quickly. Doom (no matter if Foom 1 or Doom 2) on the other hand is a "long lasting game". Also "Dark Side of Phobos" was written to tell a story (same with Chrono Symphonic) rather than being eery BGM for the game.

That's also the reason the tracks are shuffled, rather than in the order of the missions. And this makes most of the OCR projects (esp. RotC, DSoP, CS) so special.

[The Orichalcon]

Just wanted to say I inserted this album into Doom on using the Doomsday engine. Unlike the Street Fighter 2 album, this one doesn't work that well when placed into it's own game. Oh well. It's fun.

... you can do that with Doomsday?

There's a script you can download from the doomsday site that replaces the ingame music with scripted mp2's that Prince released (can be found at doomworld.) You can edit the file to change the paths of the songs and replace them with the ones from DSoP.

I agree with compyfox in that the project was mastered to flow properly, so the tracks don't really work as looping background music in the game. (eg: e1m1 sports a long fade-in intro from the opener track.) If we released all the tracks individually, then it might work better in game. As it is, some of the tracks were made to slot straight into the game (ie: Jade Spawn, as I tried to make it fit the ambient-music context of the PSX version, while retaining the melody.)

[Mozgus]

Well Street Figher is a fast paced game, where one battle can be done quickly. Doom (no matter if Foom 1 or Doom 2) on the other hand is a "long lasting game". Also "Dark Side of Phobos" was written to tell a story (same with Chrono Symphonic) rather than being eery BGM for the game.

That's also the reason the tracks are shuffled, rather than in the order of the missions. And this makes most of the OCR projects (esp. RotC, DSoP, CS) so special.
Yeah I understand. Theres already much better suited remixed Doom albums out there that are easy to install into doomsday.

[Dhsu]

HAY GUYS, LOOK WHAT I FOUND (http://www.animemusicvideos.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=68614)

I think this could turn out pretty cool. What say you?

[Navi]

It's actually a revival of a project that was started way back about a month after DSoP came out. Glad to see it's being resurrected.

edit: that Hangarmageddon amv posted there is pretty cool.

[Boinga]

8O

[Neon Knight]

Hi, does anybody know if (and where) I can get power tabs OR guitar pro tabs for Hangarmaggedon by Evil Horde?

I've basically figured it out, I just need help on the fast bits....

I'd even go for regular paper tabs, if it comes to that.


I've been searching across the internet, but I haven't found anything...

[The Orichalcon]

You could send Evilhorde a PM or an email to grab his attention.

Got this email:

i just downloaded the entire album and had to say it is simply amazing, i was initially interested as a doom fan (i am a huge fan of the old games btw) but the music itself holds its own wether the listener is a doom fan or not.

It is only a matter of time till i burn them to cd's and pass em out to all my friends, doom fans and none doom fans alike.

i'ld also like to compliment the album artist (s), all the art is brilliant.

if you can pass this email on to the other artists it would be much appreciated.

Â

[Neon Knight]

Have you got his e-mail address, by any chance?

:roll:

[The Orichalcon]

Just check his profile:

http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2507

I did the very arduous tasking of "search"ing for him for you. Took me about 15 seconds.

[Neon Knight]

Why, thank you!
lol

I don't know my way around this forum so it would take me a while! lol

[Mr. Bottle Rocket]

Weee, compliments on the album art.

[watkinzez]

Cut to present day, and I rediscover The Leaning Tower of Babel. Don't know if it'd make it onto the site, but it's definitely one of the tracks that stand well on their own. Kudos.

[Hemophiliac]

hey guys looks like we got something from the amv project, i just saw this posted: it's Hangarmageddon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNLO44pYQ_E

pretty damn cool i must say :D

(also since i just found this was posted earlier...apparently this is a final version)

[The Joker]

That is a really kik-Bass'd video. I especially love the way the FPS sections they used from the movie made it feel like it was still DooM'y. I like apostophe's!

[DJDarkmaster]

Hi, does anybody know if (and where) I can get power tabs OR guitar pro tabs for Hangarmaggedon by Evil Horde?

I've basically figured it out, I just need help on the fast bits....

I'd even go for regular paper tabs, if it comes to that.


I've been searching across the internet, but I haven't found anything...

i dont think you will find it anywhere else but here or the artis's sites...

[LadyHydralisk]

Favorites:

Hangarmageddon - EvilHorde
Darkness Dawning - Elsa Persson, Larsec
The Glass Moon - DJ Carbunk1e, Ryan8bit
Infected Lab - DJ Carbunk1e
Demon Con Gusto - analoq
This Can't Be Good - ArseAssassin
Reprocessed - Beatdrop

They're all really great, and inspiring (no I am not just being nice, I listen to all of the tracks happily). Thank you....:sleepdepriv:

bacci,

NMC

[Ragnor]

My favourite out of OCR's site projects by far.

Ghosts of Mars is by far the best track on it, and the track alone warrants a play of the album every so often.

Only real criticism is that two tracks on Disc 1 are rather loud and ear bending, and also sound a bit wierd (I downloaded the MP3 version of the album) and that Disc 2 doesnt seem as good as the first.

[TheThoughtfulOne]

I was curious if anybody out there has the lyrics for the song Darkness Dawning by Larsec: Featuring Elsa Persson. From The Dark Side of Phobos Disk-2 Track-21. I've been listening and writing them down as I go, but I'm not sure if all I have so far is correct, for it's kinda hard to make it all out sometimes. I'm not bad mouthing it at all, I love to song and thats why I wanna read the lyrics, it's just my ear isn't as amazing as it used to be... so if anyone can help, that would be more than amazing.

Thanks in advance ^_^

[Final_metroid]

Night is near, beginning ending
Dawning dark the skies are sending
Cry of black and cry of sorrow
End of light and end of morrow
From without the night is calling
From within the night is mauling
Single sign of darkness dawning
Wretched light of darkness morning

Evil hears and evil watches
Evil knows and evil judges
Brings to bloom the darkest flower
This will be the darkest hour
From the dust and soil awaken
spirits lost and souls forsaken
They will rise from over yonder
They will fly and they will wander

Through the flames I see them coming
Through the flames I see them longing
They have come to end the living
Unforetold and unforgiving
They are here, they crave, they hunger
With the damned the nights grow longer
Twisted limbs and twisted faces
Demons from the darkest places

But have no fear, I've come to save you
Trust in me that's all you can do
I lay to rest your fear and worry
Come to me! Come on, let's hurry!

This is where you find your ending
Welcome to a death so mending
You try to scream, your life is dimming
cause I'm from Hell and DOOM I'm bringing!

[TheThoughtfulOne]

you my friend are now one of my favorite people ^_^ thanks a million

[Global-Trance]

Someone IMed me about the links to the covers not working. If someone can fix it that'd be awesome. I don't have the info for accessing the site so I can't update that.

[Scapes]

Wanted to post a quick thanks to the talented composers and remixers who created this fine piece of fan-generated multimedia. This is beyond dedication to a game. This is art.

Doom: The Dark Side of Phobos is my fuel during my workday. Gets me through even the toughest forum threads, heh. Again: my thanks.

<3 OC Remix
-- Scapes

[Bozlifyme]

God I love this remix project.

[CmdrLegion]

WoW,big thanks to everyone involved,i always loved the doom music but this is something else! i now have a DooM OC remix playlist that i use like coffee in the morning,wake up mr.brain!

[bugmenot2]

These are great songs, but this is like the second collaboration project in a row that I have to manually retag the FLAC files... Would be REALLY nice if the .flacs came pretagged. I don't want MP3s, and if the FLAC files were tagged...

definitely

great songs but flacs should have been pretagged. now all the people who listen to flac version of this album don't scrobble the songs properly and don't give it deserved credit (http://www.last.fm/music/Various+Artists/The%2BDark%2BSide%2Bof%2BPhobos%2B-%2Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdoom.ocremix.org)

i had to remove flac album from seeding after i downloaded torrent because i wanted to tag them, because i couldn't tag them since the files can't be modified to seed.. and i don't want to have 2 huge duplicates of same thing on my hdd

[goombapatrol]

i absolutely love 'the glass moon'.
i think that should be put on and reviewed on this site.
one of the best songs in the whole project, in my opinion.

[OLDCAT]

Uow! excelent work! the best rock I eard in years, and also brings a lot of memories about the game, than you.

[Somedude]

This is the first OCR Album I got, and I LOVE it! OCR FTW

[Compact]

Verry neat album :D
Love it!

[Mr Azar]

I actually quite liked Demon Con Gusto.

[GTAHater836]

After hearing all the albums to games I recognize, along with parts of albums where I've heard of the source game, I'd say The Dark Side of Phobos was my favorite album.

[CIaude]

I'm writing this here because I really don't know who to talk to about. I tried to send a private message to DJ Pretzel about this but I couldn't find his name in the user list.

I know this is an odd request and it's going a few years back... I contributed the album art for the Dark Side of Phobos remix project. At the time I was nervous about sharing my name on the internet because I was 15 or 16 so I submitted my name under the pseudonym "Marco Rossi." Whenever I happen upon the project on Wikipedia I smack myself because a character from Metal Slug gets the credit for my one minor contribution to the project and I guess it kind of bugs me.

I was wondering if it was possible for you guys to change the name from "Marco Rossi" to my real name, "David J. Firth" I can't really prove that I made the designs because that was 3 computers ago for me and at the time I had a "Portfolio? What's that?" sort of mentality.

It's not a big deal, because as a design it's really flawed and it's not going in my professional portfolio, so I won't put up a fuss if you guys don't wanna hear me out. It's just a nostalgia thing but I would truly appreciate the effort.