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What an odd source you picked, very fitting for Halloween! Anyway, this begins exactly like the source, with more modern sounds of course. There's a very deep menacing bass and some heavy saw synths setting the mood, with a bright synth on the back and the main melody playing as well. Some hand percussion joins on the second repetition and starts adding elements on each repetition. Mix here is quite busy, all elements are loud so nothing truly stands out as the "main element". In fact, the main melody is arguably the least present element. It's also a loud mix. Around 0:44 we move to a second section that's similar to the second section of the source, although the timings are slightly different. Around 1:00 we move to a new section, based on the 3rd one from the source... Basically, we're keeping the same structure as the original. Mix continues to be very busy and it's hard to pick out the main melodies. There's a new section at 1:27, once again following the source's structure. After a little less than a minute we reach a break/transition at 2:24 and then the track ends on some bright synth arpeggios/melodies. On the arrangement side, as other judges pointed out, this is more akin to a "remaster" than a "remix" (at least, this site's definition of "remix"). Structure of the cover is basically the same as the original (bar the ending) and melodic elements are almost 1:1. Now, don't get me wrong, this is a valid approach, but OCR is dedicated to posting stuff that reimaginates the source in some way. For example, if structure/melodies/chords aren't changed much, maybe the genre is changed and that adds enough of a new spin for a cover to fit the site. Here, however, you went for the same "genre" and mood than the original. On the production side, I enjoy the samples you picked, they're fitting for what you set out to do. There's a constant creepy/unsettling feel that's very well done. I also enjoyed the small sound effects you used in a few places (like that bass dip around 1:56). That said, the mix itself is extremely busy, everything is super loud so it's hard to focus on any particular element. It's a "wall of sound", but not in a good way. Overall, this is a nice "remaster" of the original. However, that's not really what OCR posts. That said, there's definitely space to improve the balancing on the mix. NO

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