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What a ride! Fun (read: miserable & nihilistic, just the way I like it) lyrics that take me back to being depressed as a college student. :-D The only thing I'd say could have been tweaked was not having the source melody on guitar so quiet relative to the lead vocals during the verses, because the source melody felt too obscured. Aside from that, this was extremely creative; love the transformation and expansion of the theme via the lyrics. minusworld's got a mainstream songwriting career in the hopper if he wants it bad enough. :-) YES

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Sorry, I could have sworn I'd already voted on this, since I paneled it, my bad. The thunderstorm really picked up at 1:34, get your umbrellas out! Lovely soloing at 1:49 over the top of the theme's base progression. Great instrumentation, lots of subtle expansionist writing, as well as melodic ornamentation for quite a lovely personalization of the theme. Greg's performances crushed it, and Rebecca crafted what sounds like a genuine treasure. YES

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OC ReMix & Nintendo Force present The Impact of Iwata! August 27, 2024 Contact: press@ocremix.org ATLANTA, GA... OverClocked ReMix today released its 79th arrangement album, The Impact of Iwata. The album pays tribute to Nintendo's fourth president, the illustrious Satoru Iwata (1959-2015). Featuring 16 tracks by 40 artists, the album is the audiobook soundtrack & music supplement to Nintendo Force's first book, penned by editor-in-chief Lucas M. Thomas, The Impact of Iwata. Directed by OC ReMixer TSori, The Impact of Iwata album is available for free download at https://iwata.ocremix.org. The Impact of Iwata includes a diverse roster of musicians honoring the celebrated programmer, mentor, executive, and public face of Nintendo by arranging 18 soundtracks in a variety of styles, including rock, pop, orchestral, jazz, chiptune, funk, new age, and more. The Impact of Iwata was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any game publisher or developer; all original compositions, artwork, characters, and logos are copyright their respective owners. "Our lineup of ReMixers is a who's who of great talent on OCR from established veterans to incredible newcomers," noted album director TSori. "Each of them was very excited about the project and it shows in their ReMixes. I have no words to describe just how impressed I have been with the music on this album, so I will let it speak for itself." Visual artists from around the world and throughout the entertainment industry teamed up with Nintendo Force to provide artwork for the Impact of Iwata book's cover and each of its 16 chapters, including pieces touching on several of the titles represented in the corresponding album. The album's coverage of Iwata-related games includes: Balloon Fight Brain Age Dragon Warrior (Dragon Quest) EarthBound (Mother 2) Eggerland Mystery Kirby's Adventure Kirby's Dream Course The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Mach Rider Nintendo Direct Pokémon SoulSilver Version Pokémon Pinball Super Mario Bros. Super Metroid & Metroid Prime Super Smash Bros. Melee, Brawl & Ultimate; and Wii Sports. The Impact of Iwata album release also celebrates the 30th anniversary of EarthBound -- the SNES classic Iwata famously rescued after a difficult development process -- and is OC ReMix's second memorial tribute to Satoru Iwata, following the community's 2015 EP, Heart of a Gamer. "Everyone brought their A-game to this project, and it is not only a worthy companion to Lucas's excellent book, but also a fantastic and fitting tribute to Satoru Iwata himself and the role he played in our lives," observed album director TSori. "We hope you enjoy the products of this unique partnership between OverClocked ReMix and Nintendo Force as we all celebrate the Impact of Iwata!" 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). About Nintendo Force Nintendo Force is a spiritual successor to Nintendo Power, the legendary Nintendo print magazine that ran from 1988 to 2012. Editor-in-chief Lucas M. Thomas assembled a team of great Nintendo-loving journalists, writers, and artists to create a new magazine that would pick up Nintendo Power's torch and carry it forward into the future! The first issue of Nintendo Force Magazine was published exactly one month after Nintendo Power got unplugged. Over more than a decade -- from Fire Emblem Awakening to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and everything in between -- Nintendo Force has covered it all, across dozens of different issues, with a new one published every two months. Subscriptions for Nintendo Force Magazine are handled at Patreon.com/NintendoForce, and back issues are sold in the store at NintendoForceMagazine.com! ### Preview it: https://youtu.be/OcUdu3r9lcY Download it: https://iwata.ocremix.org Full album on YouTube: https://youtu.be/INPb0XRBZFo Torrent: https://iwata.ocremix.org/downloads/The_Impact_of_Iwata.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/community/topic/54157

Preview The Impact of Iwata: https://youtu.be/OcUdu3r9lcY Download The Impact of Iwata: https://iwata.ocremix.org Full album on YouTube: https://youtu.be/INPb0XRBZFo Torrent: https://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/The_Impact_of_Iwata.torrent Lucas and I had talked about figuring out how to do some sort of collaborative project between OCR and Nintendo Force since my first remix was posted back in 2017, so I was thrilled when he called and pitched the idea for this album. He was well into writing his book, The Impact of Iwata, about the life and contributions of Satoru Iwata to Nintendo and the video games industry as a whole. He had brought on several very talented artists to create illustrations for each chapter of the book. However, he also had plans for an audio book version and suggested that we create an album of ReMixes to serve the same role in the audio book as the illustrations in the print book. In addition to releasing the album for free on OCR, it would be included, in whole, with the audio book, and clips of each track would be used between chapters. I loved the idea. We pitched it to OCR staff and they were as enthusiastic about it as we were. So, we got started. I put up a forum post to recruit, and to my surprise, all 16 tracks were claimed in less than a day! Our lineup of ReMixers is a who's who of great talent on OCR from established veterans to incredible newcomers. Each of them was very excited about the project and it shows in their ReMixes. I have no words to describe just how impressed I have been with the music on this album, so I will let it speak for itself. Suffice it to say, everyone brought their A-game to this project, and it is not only a worthy companion to Lucas's excellent book, but also a fantastic and fitting tribute to Satoru Iwata himself and the role he played in our lives. We hope you enjoy the products of this unique partnership between OverClocked ReMix and Nintendo Force as we all celebrate the Impact of Iwata! - TSori

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Nice and chill; I dig the mood this sets and shieldeater's ability to vamp and expand upon the source tune with original writing ideas, with the source tune at the foundation of the piece. Also enjoy how things really ramped up post-2:22. shieldeater on the marquee is guaranteed good! YES

I'll keep it brief. Some of the string samples strained for realism at times, but the tools were used well here overall. Loved the textural changes throughout. Nice time sig change as well, and you certainly succeeded in giving this a much more cinematic flavor. Nice work, com_poser! YES

Soundscape was cramped, but not a problem to listen to. GREAT theme choice; I'd never heard of this game. The focus on the bass at 1:14 was so good, and the drumming in tandem with it had an amazing rumbling feel to it that surrounded you on headphones. Spirited, expansionist cover approach to the theme with a squishy belly (read: more interpretive) for the middle section. Dosu-koi! YES

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Track credits * p4p3r - synth solo * minusworld - guitars, bass, vocals, programming, production, lyrics This was my entry for Dwelling of Duels' Mitsuda Month in July of 2022. Chrono Cross is one of my top 5 favorite games. The music is phenomenal and emotional, the number of party characters boggled my mind, and the plot twist mid-game was one of the few times I've ever been surprised by a story. So, when the theme was announced I knew right away I wanted to cover Cross. Up until this point I had been fairly conservative with my DoD arrangements, focusing just on figuring out tracking, editing, mixing basics, etc. With the feedback I'd received from DoD over the months and a game I really wanted to cover well, I decided to push myself for this arrangement. Despite its flaws, this track managed to clinch my first DoD medal at third place much to my surprise. I've revisited this mix since then, but some of my original, uh, choices are still present. I'm not terribly interested in mixing this from the ground up again since I have a long backlog already, so I hope this will do. 😅 Sometimes, for DoD, I'll have a style in mind before the theme is announced and I'll look for a track that fits. I was initially considering shoegaze, thought Chronopolis would fit, and then realized I could fit some djenty guitars underneath the source tune's synths and piano for a TesseracT-inspired song. I recall agonizing over the structure of this track quite a bit, wanting to make sure ideas and sections sounded good and flowed together. Looking back, I realize I accidentally settled into what I now call the "generic prog song" structure: long intro, verse 1, chorus, verse 2 which has some significant variation on verse 1, chorus, prog breakdown, chorus revisited or alternative chorus, outro. Don't tell anyone about this, though. It's my best kept arranging secret. 😉 The source for Chronopolis has roughly three sections: A, the synthy build with the blips or bells or whatever they are, B, with the floaty repeating piano line, and C with the drums and piano fourths. A and B are similar musically, so I used ideas from both to make the long intro and verses. To make the funny percussive blips, I used NI's Kinetic Metal. The piano line from B was shifted to a clean, delayed guitar. TesseracT's polyrhythms are often spread across a lot of measures, but I'm too lazy for that, so the one I wrote for this is across 4 measures, 16 beats. The C section is adapted to the chorus with some rhythmic changes because prog. 😄 I'm quite happy with the arrangement structure, but one thing I wish I'd considered 2 years ago was finding another source from the Cross OST to use for the alternative chorus. In this arrangement, the prog breakdown (at 4:34) and alternative chorus (at 5:41) are original bits. Since these bits occupy approximately 1m50s of a 6+ minute track, I hope it's acceptable for OCR. 😅 I've only given TesseracT's newer albums post-Altered State a few spins, but I don't think I've ever heard a guitar solo in one, so I wanted a synth solo instead. My friend p4p3r steps in for a blazing synth solo at 5:20 which sounds amazing. On the lyrics: I have an inner nihilist that I keep locked away most of the time that I let out to write these lyrics. 😅 They are, quite simply, meditations on death. The lyrics gave way to the title: time (and the chrono- prefix) is a synonym for death. Fun fact: I recorded the vocals in the backseat of a car late at night so I didn't disturb my household. 😆 Anyway, enough rambling. Hope you enjoy! Lyrics: Verse 1 Sometimes, I watch the clock go round And I know, it’s really counting down Terrified, shivers down my spine Someday I'll run out of time Chorus Why seize the day if I cannot make it last? What’s the point of it all, when the die has been cast? Every tick, every tock, pounds in my head Imagining that morbid scene when I’m finally dead Verse 2 Is it dark on the other side? Or will my soul be left behind? Reborn, with another try Fate unknown, running out of time Alt Chorus Will I remember? Will I forget? Will I be alone? Will there be - anyone? Anything? They won’t remember, they will forget Memories fading. Someday I’ll - just be gone Fade to black Time is up! Games & Sources Chrono Cross - Chronopolis - https://youtu.be/BIma45whqjc&t=7975

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Artist Name: Bluelighter Hi OCR, Here is an orchestral arrangement of “Madam Boss Fight” from Remember Me. I was really impressed by the work of the composer on this game, combining on some tracks a real orchestra (not here) and electro effects. This track doesn’t appear in the official soundtrack. It’s played during a boss fight, a key moment of the story. This music really contributed to the intensity of the fight. It was all the more striking for me. The track was not evident to arrange, because of some passages with only electro rhythm, without melodic marker. I’ve globally retained the arpeggios of the beginning, two melodic lines and some rhythm passages more interesting. Some other parts would have been interesting to integrate, but I've preferred concentrated myself on only some points to get something more cohesive. I wanted with this arrangement get sthg epic and stressful, only by using orchestra sounds. Without the electronic dimension, I could concentrate on orchestration. I enriched some of the originally electro-only parts with orchestra embellishments. Or I used them to imitate certain dissonances created by electro sounds in the original. The order of the parts is globally similar to the original, but I’ve integrated some winks to get a united ensemble. Enjoy! Guillaume BREAKDOWN Part 1 : intro soft -> based on the melody at 2’16 – 2’38 wink to the rhythm effect -> based on 3’00 – 3’10 Part 2 : a) 0’26 : strings arpeggios -> based on 0’00 – 0’20 b) 0’37: addition of French Horn as a melody -> based on 1’13 – 1’50 Part 3 : 0’50 arpeggios continue and brass play the melodic line -> based on 0’20 – 0’52 Part 4 : -> based on 1’13 – 1’50 a) 1’20 : bass by strings, some dissonant effects with winds and xylophone b) 1’37 : addition of the melody by celesta -> based on 1’13 – 1’50 Part 5 : -> based on 3’55 – 4’30 a) 1’57 rhyme elements by brass -> based on 3’55 – 4’20 b) 2’20 Reminder of the melody presented in intro ->based on 2’16 – 2’38 c) 2’30 transposition with dissonant orchestra effects -> based on 4’20 – 4’30 Part 6 : a) 2’45 -> based on 5’10 – 5’30 b) 3’07 variation on part 5 -> based on 3’55 – 4’20 Part 7 : 3’20 soft, reminder of the melody played in part 3 -> based on 0’20 – 0’52 Games & Sources Remixer name: Bluelighter; Real Name: Guillaume SAUMANDE Game & Songs: Remember Me & Madam Boss Fight Composer: Olivier Deriviere

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