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Well hello there, folks! Yes, the time has once again come. As has been the tradition for over a decade now, remixers new and seasoned have come together to make a Christmas album for everyone to enjoy. Featuring songs from video games that were given a little yuletide twist, and traditional Christmas carols that got a kick in the genre, this year we have 10 songs for you get into the spirit with. Once again, a "thanks" goes out to Dyne for hosting this. And from all of us involved with this project, we hope you have a merry Christmas http://williammichael.info/aocc/aoccv13.html

OC ReMix presents Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma! December 19, 2019 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA... OverClocked ReMix today released its 72nd free community arrangement album, Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma. Featuring 31 tracks from 61 artists, Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma celebrates both the soundtrack and today's 23rd anniversary of Terranigma's European Super Nintendo release, and is directed by Jorrith "Jorito" Schaap and Troy "Trism" Plain. The album is available for free download at https://terranigma.ocremix.org. This 3-disc release features a deep roster of musicians interpreting Miyoko Takaoka and Masanori Hikichi's atypical and thought-provoking RPG score with more than 2 hours of arrangements. Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Quintet, Kamui Fujiwara, or Square Enix; all images, characters, and original compositions are copyright their respective owners. "This has been quite the experience," album co-director Troy Plain affirmed. "Three years and one hiatus in the making and it's finally here. I really hope you, the listener, enjoy this smorgasbord of different genres and interpretations of some truly amazing source music. Now; what to choose for Paths Less Travelled vol. 2..." Terranigma represents the inaugural album of OCR's new Paths Less Travelled series, an endeavor that will focus on the soundtracks of overlooked and lesser-known RPGs. The Paths Less Travelled concept was initially developed by the album's visual artist, the UK-based David "Odai" Owen, himself a veteran visual contributor in the OC ReMix community. "Every single contributor to the album has reflected stellar work on every track, and it proves to be a truly eclectic triple-album that pays homage to what I consider to be one of the very best unsung computer games of all time," declared Owen regarding the initial Paths Less Travelled installment. Paths Less Travelled: Terranigma also marks Jorrith Schaap's third directorial effort for OC ReMix, including 2017's Resonance of the Pure Land, an extensive musical tribute to Hiroki Kikuta's score for the popular and recently remade SNES RPG Secret of Mana. Having contributed multiple pieces to OCR's 2018 album Hometown Heroes: Town Themes Arranged -- including entries from the Suikoden, Legend of Heroes, and Dragon Slayer series -- Jorito is also no stranger to arranging music from more obscure RPGs like Terranigma. "After finally playing the game, the tracks, and their context, make a lot of sense, because they are all very well chosen and perfectly crafted for the occasion," explained album co-director Schaap. "The game is definitely worth a play, as one of the great SNES RPGs; if you haven't done so, do check it out." About OverClocked ReMix Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. OC ReMix operates under the umbrella and sponsorship of Game Music Initiative, Inc, a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization (EIN: 81-4140676). ### Preview it: https://youtu.be/b9dPugNPNig Download it: https://terranigma.ocremix.org Torrent: https://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Paths_Less_Travelled_-_Terranigma.torrent Comments/Reviews: https://ocremix.org/community/topic/48971/

This album is awesome ! A lot a jewels in its tracklist! I like this sunny atmosphere we can here on a lot of arrangements, that give the album its personality. Apart a few tracks who less speak to me, all the album sounds great to me. I've notably retained these tracks : Nature's March, Espíritu Gitano , Protectress , Groovin' Like a '90s Kid, Blue Magic But it's difficult to make a selection

Voted! This one took a few listens, in order to find my winner.

Sounds like wrong key in bassline at 1:17... (G# instead of G).

Hey Txai. Been a while since I saw a post from you here. I'm so used to seeing you elsewhere, I almost forgot you were here too Thanks for the compliment. But in truth, it wasn't about showing my visual prowess. It was about showing what I liked. I never made sigs until Teknobunny showed me how to post a sig. From there, I learned how to do sprite work so I could have a sig that I felt fit me better than a static image or just a straight-up sprite rip animation. I then used that skill to make sigs for others if they weren't able to do it themselves. If anyone liked what I made, that was just a bonus. I simply wanted to make what was in my head, and the OCR forums allowed me to use those ideas once they were done. And to be honest, that's what the sigs were for most people; showcasing what they liked, be it a game, movie, project, or whatever. For me, the slow progression of conversations here give it more of a lack of updates or abandonment vibe... in my opinion of course. These forums aren't nearly as lively as they once were, but does that mean you get rid of them? Of course not. If those who used to post here don't anymore, that's fine. They made the choice to leave. But the forums are still here for those who do still visit, and those who will visit in the future. I feel it should be the same way with the sigs. If someone has a sig they want to use that meets the stated requirements, then they should have the ability to use it. Give people the choice to have them or not, just as they can come here to talk or not. In fact, forum software has given people the choice to turn on sigs, or leave them off, for years. Why not use that option, instead of ditching the idea of sigs entirely? It will literally let people choose how they want to view the site with the tick of a single box. To be frank, no, I don't. This... ... isn't the same as this... The former has a very limited file and dimension size, which means you can only do so much with it before you're SOL. The latter allows for a lot more creative expression to capture your interests, who you are, and whatnot. To me, it's like what Soundcloud tried to do recently when they announced they were going to go from 3 hours of music time for free accounts, to 3 hours or 15 tracks, whichever came first. It's a drastic cut that limits what you can do in a bad way. I know some may see it as a "then put all your effort into what you can" moment, but for me, it's just a cut that does away with too much. After all, if I used to have a bigger canvas to always work on, it's hard to see being stuck on a much, much smaller canvas as a good thing. True to a point, but Bad Posts isn't an art site. It has a forum for art, but it's not about that art, be it visual, music, or writing. It's a place for us old farts to hang out with each other and shoot the shit. OCR on the other hand, is about art. The art of those who made the game music, those who made the remixes of that music, the games the music is from, and yes, those who contributed visual art to the albums, the websites, and even the games. OCR may be more focused on music, but the visuals have always gone hand in hand with that. But again, the visual art here is almost as present as the aural art. Album covers, banners, game mascots, the pre-chosen avatars a few years back... they were as much a part of this site as the music was and is. And with so many banners in signatures advertising those albums (both as the projects were happening, and once they were released), saying this site isn't a visual art site as well just doesn't ring true to me. Mix posts feature game art. Album posts feature user art. Hell, OCR has a host of mini sites filled with user-made art for each album. Sure, not every sig was about OCR, but quite a few were, be it links or visual art. And that users could use that sig art for themselves, the site, or both, was a good thing. So really, as I said, cutting away sigs and the art they contained feels like it's too big of a removal on a number of levels. Hopefully my replies give a better understanding as to why

Maybe it's just me and my old school ways, but a forum that celebrates an art form, yet provides its users little in the way to use art on it, seems off. I get that the "clean" look is what some want. Lots of businesses do. But OCR isn't really a business in the typical sense of boardroom meetings and company-use-only forums. It's a site about video games, video game music, and the remixes of said music. It's a site that sets out to celebrate the personalities of the music that's used to help create the moods, moments and scenes we'll remember experiencing years from now. So why take such a large chunk away from the personality of the forums and its users? I can understand limiting file sizes, image dimensions and what they might link to. Links to Pornhub, Pirate Bay or something isn't the best thing to have show up again and again whenever someone posts. Nor is a shrunken image of something questionable. But getting rid of them entirely just seems a bit much in my opinion.

Wow. It's certainly been a while since I was a sig maker... Anyway, what about two or three little buttons under our group and post count that can be linked to personal websites or social media profiles? Maybe with the ability to change the color/icon of each.

Interesting suggestion... will discuss with staff!

have a promote yourself forum here.