[Monobrow]

Welcome to the Children of Erdrick OCReMix Project

This was Rexy's original project, but she has been MIA for a couple years now. Since I am more active in this community, I am going to take the reigns. I have made this thread because it is a hassle to update a project when the person in charge is just not around. Let's get the ball rolling again!

CoE is a compilation project of the first three Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest games. Koichi Sugiyama is the composer and has composed some of the most unique video game music to date, I love his stuff. Koichi was born in 1931 guys. Let's get this project out before he kicks the bucket!

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This is a concept album, with emphasis on flow, please be open to adhering to project guidelines for the sake of the album as a whole.


If you aren't on the list, you've been cut. PM me to get back on but you must have WIP or show progress first. New WIP TBD
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Note to Musical Artists

I've been thinking about this a lot over the past few months, and now that there is more than ample interest in this project, I want to make some guidelines for you awesome musicians to defer to. I've given it a lot of thought, and instead of beating around the bush and confusing anybody when they have put months into a song, I am going to lay it all out for you, what I am looking for, my "vision" lol.


1. No symphonic or orchestral tracks will be accepted. It has been done to death with Dragon Quest music. Let's go for something different. Besides (and no offense), I doubt none of you could better than what has already been done by Mr. Sugiyama himself and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
2. I want this album to flow. That is, once some more concrete tracks are selected (by me) as more centerpiece songs, I would appreciate trying to get each song to flow, one to another. This is not specifically required for every track, but as this project comes together and becomes more cohesive, I will be contacting each of you to figure out placement and ways to make this album as a whole, more fluid. More like a project, less like a collection of random songs.
3. Do not stray too far from source material. In other words, make sure your goal with music is to showcase the original song's latent merits, adding emphasis to the pleasure you got out of listening to the original. The goal here is to do the original song as much justice as possible. Interpretation is great, and of course can bring out the greatness of the source, but it always comes secondary to honoring the original. I want you to view each song as a delicate and important piece of music that you want nothing more than to show everyone its true musical merit.
4. Lean towards more organic, acoustic, rock oriented and more realistic sounding styles of music. Instrumentals would be nice. Electronic is also acceptable of course, but corny/dancy songs are discouraged. Synthy stuff is great, but use them to add tension or a "badass" feel to your music. Also lean towards conveying a real sense of atmosphere in your music. Your source tune should be able to give you an idea of what mood you are going for.
5. Be creative. Yes, I said honor the source, but I don't want straight covers either. I know this sounds rather picky and probably redundant, but what I want for everyone is to hit that balance, that place where you are arranging the song and bringing out the best of it, without straying from the source too much and losing sight of what the original was about. I don't want listeners of this album to go "wha?" or "yeah nothing special"... In other words, push yourselves and your boundaries. You are all very talented people, with a lot of time ahead to make a great remix.

A NOTE ABOUT VOCALS: Vocals are discouraged as well, but exceptions can be made. This is only because I wish to treat vocals as an instrument, a very hard instrument to utilize and implement with skill. What I do not want is along the lines of vocals for the sake of being in there, but more along the lines of getting a point across. They need to be used in a way that makes the song more than a sum of its parts. For example, vocals for ambience, or lyrically to set a tone. Atmosphere is important. There are great singers in this community, and I definitely do not discourage vocals in general, but I am talking about integrating them into an album as a whole, which would be harder, spotted with non-vocal tracks. I hope that helps. I do not have anti-vocal bias, but I'm trying to be realistic in terms of whether or not they would fit, or be disruptive overall.

There we are, light rules to go by.

Remember that I am always around and will work with you and give you as much advice/help/explanations and will address every concern you have.


Here are links to the NSFs from Zophar

Dragon Quest 1 nsf

Dragon Quest 2 nsf

Dragon Quest 3 nsf


Available tracks numbered accordingly from the .nsf files

Dragon Warrior/Quest

2 - TANTEGEL CASTLE (Castle)
4 - TOWN GAME SELECTION (Town) Brandon Strader
5 - OVERWORLD - djpretzel
6 - UNDERWORLD - metaphist
14 - BATTLE THEME
15 - FINAL BATTLE THEME
16 - ENDING THEME
20 - GAME OVER (Thou Art Dead) - Fratto

Dragon Warrior/Quest 2

2 - JOYOUS SONG - (Menu) - ShrackAttack
3 - ROYAL PALACE (Castle)
4 - BUSY CITY STREETS (Town)
5 - A LONELY YOUTH - Phantasia
6 - UNDERGROUND (Dungeon)
7 - EVER UPWARDS (Tower) - Christian Pacaud
8 - ALL HOPE IS LOST (Requiem) AeroZ
9 - PROPHECY (Shrine)
10 - TRAVELING WITH FRIENDS (Overworld 2)
11 - KINGDOM OF ALEFGARD (Unknown World) - Cyril the Wolf
12 - RIDING THE WAVES(Ship) - Rexy
13 - DEMON ATTACK (Battle)
14 - MALROTH THE TRUE EVIL (Final Battle)
15 - RECOUNTING THE JOURNEY (Credits) - CarboHydroM

Dragon Warrior/Quest 3

3 - OVERTURE
4 - CASTLE
5 - ADVENTURE (Overworld)
6 - UNKNOWN WORLD
7 - JIPANG
8 - DUNGEON - ilp0
9 - TOWER
10 - PYRAMID
11 - SMALL SHRINE (Temple) - Ryan8bit
12 - SAILING
14 - VILLAGE
15 - HEAVENLY FLIGHT - Reserved, pm me for details why, and please try to pick something else for now
16 - TOWN
17 - BATTLE THEME - Shnabubula
18 - THE PHANTOM SHIP - Protricity
*19 - FINAL BATTLE (Hero's Challenge) - Reuben Kee*
20 - REQUIEM
26 - CREDITS


BONUS ARISTS:

NeoS



Red = Claimed tracks
Magenta = Extension
Purple = WIP
Blue = Significant WIP
Green = DONE!


A REMINDER - Anyone participating in this project should join the KNGI Forums, as that is our project home base. Tell Kyle in the shoutbox who you are and that you are on this project, and then post your thoughts/ramblings/and ESPECIALLY your WIPS there, in the Children of Erdrick forum. Thanks everbootay!


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Instrument contacts

Geoffrey Taucer - acoustic guitar (AIM - GeoffTaucer, MSN - midgetboysk8@hotmail.com)
MagiNinjA - clarinet, violin (AIM - ReMiXedD, MSN - xmagiragnarok@yahoo.com)
PriZm - electric guitar (MSN - prizm_shard@hotmail.com)
The Prophet of Mephisto - bass, saxophone, vocals (AIM - mavericksprophet)
Ryan8bit - bass, guitars, vocals (AIM - Ryan8bit)
XMark - rhythm/solo guitars (AIM - ChexMark)
Zoola - saxophones (AIM - zoola4zoola)
Olarin - cello and double bass
Jeff Ball - violin and viola (AIM - some1namedjeff)
just64helpin - whistler
Fishy - bass, acoustics, e-guitar (pm, irc)
ShrackAttack - percussion, various (pm, irc)



Note: If you have any questions regarding this project, PM me. If you wish to claim a track and I know who you are, welcome aboard. If you wish to claim a track and are new, please send me a sample of your latest work. Thanks guys! <3

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I am a little picky about what I like, but I am open to interpretations. Just give me the WIPs and let me hear what is going on, that is most important. I am here to help! Mostly I say this because I think I am a pretty apt person when it comes to critique, and believe me I am also the type to see the good in what you do even if I don't like something about it. In other words, I am pretty damn fair. This is speaking for me. I also want everyone to work together and share their WIPs with other project members, lets get an open forum going for crits and accountability. Blah blah blah!

So yeah! Let's get started on this shit yo!

Latest Update

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I am going to start getting in touch with some of you very soon. I have more time now to do some stalking, and a lot of projects are finally wrapping up, so let's start up again. I am not making any cuts on the current roster until I get some more info, and hand-picked recruitment is my only interest at this point.

THAT BEING SAID, if you do wish to join the project, either PM me here or on IRC (I am usually in the #ocremix channel) and we will try to work something out.

Over and out!


Other Contributions: (help wanted)

Website: Protricity
Design: Monobrow
Illustration: Monobrow (looking for volunteers)
Promotion: Monobrow (looking for volunteers)
Final Mastering: (looking for volunteers)

[Brandon Strader]

I want to claim a track but I'm not all that familiar with the first 3 Dragon Quest games... I'll get back to you after I give them a listen.

[KyleJCrb]

Awesome. Here's hoping this can get off the ground again. Good luck, Katie!

[Olarin]

You could perhaps list me as an instrument contact for cello and double bass, if you want.

Also, I've been considering a solo bass improvisation on the DW1 overworld theme for a long time, so I might try to record that and toss it your way.

[NeoS]

Might I point out that Unknown World is taken?
I'll see if I can improve it up to your standards.

Also, great to see this project taking off.

[Arcana]

I tried making a song for this a week or so ago but it didn't get off the ground, I'm going to try again later this month. Not sure which track I'll use, I am thinking of one of the DW3 castle/city/village themes.

When I get something solid off the ground I'll let you know.

[djpretzel]

Can I claim track #5 from the first DW? It's the same as#11 from DW2 and #6 from DW3 - are you eliminating duplicates?

[Brandon Strader]

I'm leaning towards Town theme from DW1.

[Zoola]

I can't believe you would have the AUDACITY to take my beautiful, COMPLETED town remix I made nearly 5 years ago off the project.

Actually, thanks. Did you listen to that atrocity? I don't even think I have a copy anymore.

[halc]

put me down for traveling with friends (overworld 2)