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as someone who tried to do this yearly (and only managed for 3 years (3 eps of 3 songs for 3 halloweens does sound kinda cool though), i love this idea, i have a couple of songs i'd like to do, i just need to pick one. but count me in. also, if you need help with the website/hosting/whatever, let me know, i might be able to help.

I'm in, leaning towards something original instead of a remix but maybe that will change after i go through my game music archives. Maybe something along the lines of my old BABY SHARK remix could work, because there's nothing more horrifying than baby shark...    

Oooooh.... me thinks this might be a great place for choirs / singers doing banshee / ghost / goblin etc vocals to have lots of fun. Teeeheeheee. Very interested in singing on and/or arranging vocals for a track on this:) - Bonnie Bogovich the weird lady who runs The Bwak Choir co-founder of Super Smash Opera https://blackcatbonifide.com

I really love this triplet bassline!  Very cool trancey vibe going on here.  I hear sidechaining on the bass, I think, but nothing else.  Adding some sidechaining on your other elements (pads, plucks, even the lead) in varying amounts will make this soundscape groove all that much better.  This is not a dealbreaker issue for me, just something I'm pointing out. The lead that you are using is a rather wide saw sound, and it's not wowing me as a lead.  This sound would do better as a backing or countermelodic element than a lead.  It melts into the soundscape rather than rising above it to carry the melody. There is definitely repetition in this arrangement, 0:45-1:00 for example, is just the same thing over and over without anything of interest happening there.  That's a lost opportunity to do something surprising for your listeners.  The lead writing remains the same throughout most of this arrangement with no variation from how the source plays the lead motif.  I'd love to hear some more personalization on that motif now and then as the piece moves along.  From 1:15-2:30 it is just the same thing over and over with a few elements added along the way but with that lead sound and writing never changing, it feels very long and repetitive. The transition into 2:30 is very awkward with nothing bridging it.  2:30-2:50 is very simple with nothing of interest happening.  That would be a great place to add some surprising element like a new arp or sfx or some automated filtered stuff or some weird spoken vocal.  Then there's a halftime drum groove over an 1/8-note bassline, then with zero transition we are into a slower section at 3:10 which feels so weird, is that synth doing a swing pattern?  I can't entirely tell but the pulse there feels clunky.  At 3:30 there is yet another feel and groove.  The synth playing the pattern is the same one that has been playing throughout the entire track so far.  The autopanning at 3:45 is too fast, it would have more impact moving more slowly across the stereo field. At 4:00 there is a new lead sound, with personalization on the source motif, finally!  I like this writing, and I like the lead sound much better than the first one although it's still not a super strong patch for a lead and ends up feeling a little washed into the soundscape.  This section is cool though.  Zero transition into an extended outro. This arrangement has a ton of cool ideas in it, but it does not sound or feel cohesive to me.  There are so many patterns, speeds and vibes, and the transitions between the sections are nonexistent so the listener can't prepare or anticipate the next thing.  The sounds are not super sophisticated and they are used very repetitively.  I feel like either the arrangement should either be shortened, or more variation should be introduced as these longer sections go on and on. NO

Decided to keep it short and sweet this time! But I could see it making sense to extend the ending further!