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Oh boy, there's a lot to address... I'm still in progress of ordering my thoughts and ideas for the Liberi Fatali remix so apologies if it's just incoherent blabbing, but I will try to convey what I have so far. The style of choice would be my usual symphonic metal (with experience from these four remixed tracks - putting this out here just in case someone looks at my posted mixes and thinks "I can see metal alright, but absolutely no symphony") with more emphasis on the symphonic part (including full orchestra and four voice choir) and I was planning to stick closer to the source this time around instead of going hipster with the source as I usually do. A rough layout of the song I have at the particular moment is this: A rather drawn out ominous and menacing orchestral/choral intro build-up with lots of references to the source, slow chord progression with dissonances (particularly in brass). Guitars/drums/bass come in, tempo picks up, this part is more of a cover/rearrangement of the source with alterations. A bridge section with various instruments exchanging melodic and con bravura solo sections? Not entirely sure, haven't thought too much about this yet. Reprise (see point #2), leading to climax. A rather sudden drop in energy (just like the source tune on its final chord), orchestra closes off the piece. I am very welcoming to the idea of collaboration because, frankly, this is a very ambitious source to work on plus things I have in mind will require a ton of effort to pull off, so division of work would help a lot. There are a lot of things to do, and just to list a few... Composition - I imagine this would be a rather step by step process where people can listen to drafts, give feedback and improve the piece. Orchestra - I am using EWQL orchestral VST, which is sufficient, but there may be better alternatives that other people have. Additionally, if there's someone, who has a lot of experience in orchestral articulation and humanization, his/her input would be invaluable and make the piece a lot livelier. Choirs - again, I an using EWQL symphonic choirs, but I bet there are great voices out there to fill the role. Or just better choral VSTs. Drummers/bassists - both of these I usually have programmed, which is sufficient in most cases, but it's always better to have live recordings. Guitars - guitar is one of my main instruments, but there's really a lot of stuff to record, including double-tracking, solos, solo backings, dives, clean chords and arpeggios, etc. etc. Mixing/mastering - while I enjoy the challenge and I was getting the hang of symphonic metal mixing recently, it's a huge load of work and require hours to get it right without pushing important instruments into obscurity, I'd be very happy if someone helped out with this. Ultimately, we would need some kind of place to chat and polish ideas, like an IRC channel, but that can easily be arranged at any point. Let me know what you think of this plan. Currently I'm on holiday abroad until the 10th and might not be checking for replies every day, so bear with me.

New update: https://app.box.com/s/mcqeenajn4dqluh6mbbma9kqo2f48k32 - Added some variation to the melody at 0:39 - Piano now plays the melody at 1:17 - Added a piano solo between the 2 guitar solos. Drums and bass during the piano solo are just placeholders (will change that later).

Plan seems good, but I think a thread in the subforum would be better than outdated IRC! Definitely need that live bass but you can get by with programmed drums. EWQL I like the SO percussion and the choirs are good, but I'd look elsewhere for the strings/violins, like LASS. The brass might be passable but there are better options, I personally don't have them though. This would make a great collab and would be the perfect opportunity for one, for something big. Hopefully we can sort that out. Not sure whether it would include writing to a midi, or compiling different peoples' midi writing based on a central tempo and key... but it'll be interesting to figure it out, and having a thread on the subforum will help a lot with accomplishing that, and we will get that sorted out There's really only 4 left to claim?

Brandon, I'm pretty sure you may complete the tracklist in the OP at this point. Let's remix all the songs!

It's been awhile Honestly, what we wanna do is get IPS4 fully configured and do interviews on the forum blogs, which allow for nice integrated comments and the like.... Right now they're on the wiki, which is less than ideal, and probably part of the reason we haven't done as many!

Thanks for putting me down for "Blue Fields". Really looking forward to this project!

Very excited for this...not only did I get one of my favourite tracks of all time before it was snatched up...but I'm hoping to get the jazz collective involed as well. So great to see such enthusiasm for a game that is commonly regarded as a flop by critics. The ost on this game is second to none.

To be fair, Dracula plans his resurrection every 100 years (but never respects it anyway).

Hey, You should avoid asking endless strings of really vague questions. It's great to want to learn, but you need to be considerate of the effort other people are putting in to help you. If you want to know about how certain sounds are designed, you need to provide timestamps and links for the music in question. Avoid incredibly vague descriptions like "by high parts, all the instruments that aren't the bass drop part" or "a bubble forms around the sound and it shrinks, the sounds fading out quickly". Realize that sound perception is different to each person, and so even if what you're saying makes sense to you, it probably won't to other people. This forum is a place to get help, but you need to be willing to put your own effort in. You should put some thought into your questions before posting them. Also, please try taking the time to write in complete sentences. It will actually help us out a lot in understanding what your questions are.