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Sorry, I haven't been able to get around to it. I was going to try to do orchestral techno. Good idea? Bad idea? I don't know, but it sounded interesting in my head!

Damn, shame we didn't get to see it in time. Well, I'm putting a close to this round. Mr. EA wins by default since me and TVG are BONUS entries. Congraturations! @Mr.EA Private-Message me for your source pick for MnP Round 111.

The skies the limit dude. Looking forward to your 90 genre, technical technological trancey death metal hardcore punk rock electro classical jazz fusioned african styled k-pop throat singing piece.

Oh god i forgot about that. Ahem...let's see: 1. The synths are pretty epic, really great use of sound design. 2. Drums are a bit lost, and don't have the nice swing of the original, but they don't sound too bad. 3. Love the transitions and interpretations of the main chord sequences. Great originality thar.... 4. Vocal samples were sadly annoying, they took away it's charm, and made it too goofy, too silly. Sorry. 5. But to end on a good note, i really dig your ending! Great use of the source, and a nice touch! Well done, it was a pretty good take on it.

I fixed it, or something like that.....

Oh i see it now. I was looking at the page title, not the description lol. I do apologise. My god i'm like 5 years behind. Daaaam.....

Project update, we are locking in stuff & are an Official OCR project! Keep an eye & ear out for the kick assery!

BTW, TVG what'd you think of my remix Shattner'd Soldier? Maximum effort? Or maximum fail?

I hate to be the a$$hole but.... "The NES is a classic sure, but it's done to death. How about another from Shattered Shoulder eh?" - Please read. Especially in bold. Unless you are joking, if that's the case i'm sorry.

nah, that whole section was cringe, and it looks like the remake will be faithfully-cringe-inducing

This had a stronger source connection than the SD3 decision that Emu linked. The arpeggio was used throughout, sometimes modified but always recognizable. If it was just a chord connection, I don't think this would pass muster though. I'm happy to pass this - like usual for Timaeus, the production is pristine. This track glitters and shines. On top of that, it's creative and an enjoyable sound journey. YES

I've gotta agree with Emu all the way. Reading the timestamped breakdown and comparing the tracks, I was waiting to see where I disagreed with Truong-Son's breakdown, and that never happened; everything matched up as he said. For me at least, both the melody's notes and the sustained chords are pretty simple and upfront in the source, so it was important that the connections to both were constant in this arrangement to keep it connected to the source, and that's exactly what I heard here. No issues with the arrangement, production was on point, and nice work! YES

Maybe I’m just on drugs, or maybe it’s easier for me to hear because I played this game a LOT back when I was younger, but I’m actually swinging the opposite way on this. I feel like Timaeus did a great job keeping the source recognizable, (if not directly intact) throughout almost all of the song. I think this is due to the way he introduced the melody in plain and simple fashion, but then gradually began to modulate and add grace notes as the song developed. This helps put the original tune in the listener’s mind and then ease them into some of the more liberal interpretations, which I think is a totally valid approach. Call me crazy, but this little experiment is actually working for me! By this point I shouldn’t even need to mention production or sound design – it’s most clearly on-point here as it is with every one of his Timaeus’ submissions, but the jazzy hip-hop vibe resonated especially well with me. I want to take a minute to revisit this vote from a few years ago – if that track was passable, then I think a very strong case can be made for this one, as well. Obviously it was a highly-contested split vote and this is a different track with a different judges panel, but it might provide a relevant precedent here. Good luck with the rest of the vote! YES

Yeah, I think Kris has this right in the end, I feel like this just doesn't strike home enough in terms of the source being recognizable. I think some adjustments could be made to fix this without too much difficulty, and I hope you do so! Other than that, the production is crisp and clear, I enjoyed listening! NO (resubmit)

This is a great sounding track as I have come to expect from timaeus. The source is simplistic, and I'm finding that the remix interprets the source a little more than I'm comfortable with, so that other than the chord progressions, I'm not really hearing this as a remix of the source, despite timaeus's extensive source breakdown. The track sounds great and is an easy pass given enough source, but I'd like to hear a couple more opinions on this before deciding. edit 2/5/16: If the source use is ok with Wes (who played the game a lot) and with Larry, then it's good enough for me! YES

I hate to be 'that guy', but isn't the game called 'Shattered Soldier'? And it's on the PS2, not the NES