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* '''[http://sf2.ocremix.org/ Blood on the Asphalt]''' - A Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo ReMix collaboration
 
* '''[http://earthbound.joecam.net/ Bound Together]''' - Several areas of the community contributed to this EarthBound tribute.
 
* '''[http://earthbound.joecam.net/ Bound Together]''' - Several areas of the community contributed to this EarthBound tribute.
 
* '''[http://chrono.ocremix.org/ Chrono Symphonic]''' - Designed to be the soundtrack for the long-desired Chrono Trigger movie.
 
* '''[http://chrono.ocremix.org/ Chrono Symphonic]''' - Designed to be the soundtrack for the long-desired Chrono Trigger movie.

Revision as of 18:38, 27 August 2006

Affiliates

  • Dreamhost - Excellent shared and dedicated web hosting with generous bandwidth
  • eStarland.com - Games, consoles, anime merchandise, and more, with international shipping
  • Zzounds.com - Music hardware & software with excellent prices & fast shipping

Game Music

Game Music Arrangement Community

  • AMIGAremix - A newer site dedicated to remixes of tunes from the Commodore Amiga platform.
  • Dwelling of Duels - The popular monthly live performance arrangement competition.
  • OverLooked ReMiX - OLR is the comedic offshoot and bastard stepcousin of OCR.
  • Remix.Kwed.Org - The definitive guide to C64 MP3 remakes showcases SID remixes.
  • Remix64 - The informational hub and gathering point of the Commodore arrangement scene.
  • Remix:ThaSauce - R:TS has a relaxed quality control system in the attempt to showcase more music.
  • VGMix - VGMix is part of a community of amateur musicians who write arrangements of video game music.
  • VgPiano - A pianist's dream, VgPiano is newer hub focused on arranging in the 88 keys.

Albums

Bands / Performers

  • Game Over - Fantastic Swedish metal video game cover band - did the great Punch-Out ReMix hosted here. Cool.
  • Minibosses - One of the very first game cover bands, with a rock emphasis and some energetic material.
  • NESkimos - Fun and irreverent video game cover band.
  • Neskvartetten - Literally Sweden's NES quartet, they specialize in giving Zelda's music the jazzy treatment.
  • Project X - The collaborative effort of two musical robots to record new versions of the classic soundtracks of Mega Man 2 and Mega Man 3.
  • The Advantage - "8 BIT nintendo band - serious dudes that rock with good nintentions".
  • Video Game Pianist - One of the first pianists to gain recognition and respect for performing video game music on the piano.
  • XOC - Performing with almost any instrument or object within reach, XOC first gained notice with his Super Mario World cover album.

Labels

  • C64Audio - C64Audio works with original composers and fan arrangers for its catalog of Commodore arrangement albums.
  • OneUp Studios - OneUp was started in 2002 to arrange video game music with a new flavour and then license and sell those arrangements on CD.
  • Project Majestic Mix - Great, professional-quality arrangements of Uematsu / Squaresoft music (by some familiar faces, too)

Game Music Composers

Game Music Emulation (NSF, SPC, etc.)

  • High Voltage SID Collection - The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
  • Project AY - AY music files and players for Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum systems.
  • SNESmusic.org - Your place for all SNES music needs.
  • VORC - VORC is a news site for Video Game Music and Chiptunes in Japanese and English.
  • Zophar's Game Music Archive - MASSIVE archive of Gameboy (GBS), NES (NSF), Genesis (GYM), SNES (SPC), Playstation (PSF) sound files and more.

Game Music in MIDI Format

  • Videogame Music Archive - Video Game MIDI Music from NES, SNES, N64, Gameboy, Genesis, Master System, Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation, Turbo-Grafx 16, and more!

Game Music Industry / Organizations

  • Game Audio Network Guild - The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) is a non-profit organization established to educate the masses in regards to interactive audio.
  • Music 4 Games - News, Interviews, and Info regarding the Game Music Industry.

Game Music Radio Stations

Radio Stations that Play OC ReMixes

  • VGDJ: The Official OverClocked ReMix Podcast - OC ReMix, podcast style, with hosts pixietricks and zircon - snippets of various tunes, reviews, and much more.
  • ocremix at ormgas.com - Streaming OC ReMixes 24/7, it's the unofficial but otherwise endorsed spot for OC ReMix radio.
  • VG Frequency - VG Frequency featured the artists of OverClocked ReMix and VGMix, which are the two most popular internet spots where musicians apply their talents to reinterpreting video game music in tons of different musical styles.
  • 'ZRN: 'Zone Radio Network - An Internet radio network with various video game genres
  • WARC 90.3 FM - Allegheny College's Music Listening Alternative
  • WRUW-FM 91.1 - Cleveland's Most Eclectic Radio Station

ReMixing

  • Harmony Central - The biggest, oldest, best online resource for musicians - awesome.
  • K-v-R - The definitive site supporting open standard audio plugins (VST, DXi, AU, etc.)

Music Equipment/Software Manufacturer Websites

Access, Alesis, Cakewalk, Casio, Clavia (Nord), E-MU / Ensoniq, Emagic, Fender, Image-Line (FruityLoops), Kawai, Korg, Kurzweil, Lexicon, M-Audio, Mackie, MOTU, Native Instruments, Propellerhead Software, rgc:audio, Roland, Shure, Steinberg, Tascam, Yamaha

Music Theory, History & Terminology

Music-Making Magazines

Electronic Musician, Future Music, Keyboard, Mix, Sound on Sound

Music-Making Software

Buzz

Cubase

FruityLoops

Reason

Trackers

  • DMOZ entry for MOD Software - Open directory list of good links on MODs / tracking in general.
  • MAZ Sound - One of the oldest and best sites on trackers, with tons of links, downloads, and information.
  • United Trackers - Non-profit organization of musicians supporting the Internet (MOD) music scene - site has good scene news and resources.

Samples & Patches

Samples in Audio / WAV Format

Samples in Soundfont Format

Promotion

Latest Albums

Latest ReMixes