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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! OC ReMix and YoshiBlade present Candy Corn! October 31, 2016 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA...To celebrate Halloween, OC ReMixer YoshiBlade has released the community's latest album, Candy Corn. Candy Corn features six dark electronic tracks by YoshiBlade arranging music from several video games for Halloween, as well as three special guest skits, and is available for free download at http://ocremix.org/info/Candy_Corn. This album was produced to help promote video game music, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the publishers or developers of the original games; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners. The album's selection of games interpreted for Halloween includes: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Castlevania (N64) Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin Chrono Trigger Pokémon Red Version. Alongside the music are several radio drama pieces written by YoshiBlade with voice acting by Vince "VinnyMac" Sparzak, OverClocked PodCast host Stephen Kelly, Abigail Endsley, and Joe "XPRTNovice" Zieja, who recently voiced Fox McCloud for Nintendo's animated short Star Fox Zero: The Battle Begins. "I am very, very proud of the teamwork that took place," YoshiBlade remarked. "I have several scripts/skits that I dream up daily and it really felt incredible to hear them come to life!" With a mixture of drum & bass, mellow, and industrial elements together with fun audio clips, YoshiBlade structured Candy Corn as a dynamic, mysterious, and complete listening experience for Halloween. "This project is the progeny of those anthology-style movies and TV shows, a la Tales from the Crypt, Creepshow, Tales from the Darkside," he explained. "In that vein, every track I consider a story leading into the next one, with the radio-style dramas serving as the reset button, the point of mental collection, then starting a new section. I really hope you enjoy the project!" Candy Corn marks the third Halloween album release for the OC ReMix community. Last year, OCR released the Castlevania-based album trilogy Vampire Variations, and Joshua Morse created the site's first solo artist album with his 2009 Castlevania tribute Sonata of the Damned. 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. ### Download it: http://ocremix.org/info/Candy_Corn Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Candy_Corn.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/community/topic/44655--/

Download it! http://ocremix.org/info/Candy_Corn Torrent it! http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Candy_Corn.torrent Boo!..... OK, now that that's out of the way. After seeing there was no plan for a Halloween project, I sent Gario an email on Oct. 1st and basically said "I have these spooky remixes, can we do this in less than 30 days?" and we did. I want to give a huge public thank you to Gario for being my point man here, I'm fairly certain this project would not have happened without his feedback, encouragement, and networking. Thank you, Gario. So this project is the progeny of those anthology style movies and TV shows, a la Tales from the Crypt, Creepshow, Tales from the Darkside. In that vein, every track I consider a story leading into the next one, with the radio-style dramas serving as the reset button, the point of mental collection, then starting a new section. I will say that I am very, very proud of the teamwork that took place. I have several scripts/skits that I dream up daily and it really felt incredible to hear them come to life with the help of the voice actors! I want to thank my voice actors Joe Zieja, Stephen and Bryan of the OverClocked PodCast, Abigail Endsley, and VinnyMac for their roles as The YoshiBlade Players (now accepting applications). That's about it! I really hope you enjoy the project, and thank you for taking the time to listen to it and to read my notes! - D L (YoshiBlade)

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The production of the piano was decent, though, to me, it's lacking. The sequencing sounded mechanical, but the soundscape is airy enough where that issue was mitigated some; to me, the timing of the piano chords shouldn't sound so blocky. From :48-1:36 & 2:00-3:00, the countermelody essentially became drowned out; while it wasn't a dealbreaker issue on its own, it's an issue for most of the song. This could use some volume and balance tweaks to ensure the countermelody isn't washed out by the other sounds in play. Just for clarification, I see your notes about feeling the encoding may have reduced the quality, but I don't believe 320kbps vs. 192kbps or VBR1 would be a factor in the critique. Melodically, this could have taken more risks, but the overall sound of this was decently personalized. By 1:36, the track was feeling repetitive; some sort of dynamic contrast through different instrumentation or textures would help. Right now, there's a gradual escalation through the additional padding/vox over time, but the overall flow of this piece still comes across as too static. 2:35's synth-led section was something new for a few seconds before the finish, but there's the potential for more. Watch the cut-off ending as well, that's just an needless error that should be corrected. Keep at it, Alexandre; you show potential with this one and it's clear you have the right ideas in mind as far as giving a track your own personalized, expansive sound. NO (resubmit)

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The timing was noticeably blocky, which interfered with how delicate the arrangement was intended to be and doesn't let it age too gracefully, but still a solid concept. I can't say I've heard this theme taken in a slower more emotive direction by anyone else, so I love that David brought something new to the table.

Those string articulations... Well, what can ya do? When you hear of the phenomena of ReMixers wanting their first mix pulled, it's understandable, but I like that it's here so that other aspiring artists realize that God-tier artists start off as beginners just like everyone else. Wing's more than made up for this one. Love the source tune though, and hope others try it down the line here.

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Hahaha! Yeah, I don't get why this was called a medley, when that's not the structure of this at all. From 2:22-2:49, you had the Side View Screen theme on top of the core Interior Screen theme, but that's about the only time anything major was going on other than the Interior Screen theme. This ain't a medley, so don't call it one. Anyway, ignoring harping on specific words, Chimpazilla's right that there wasn't much variation or development of this arrangement once you heard the first iteration of the theme. She's also correct that there needed to be additional substance to the writing, as these textures were relatively basic. I liked the backing organ/string writing behind the theme as an expansive element, but other than that there was very little interpretation beyond adapting the theme to this instrument set. I also agreed with her that this doesn't sound bad in terms of the sample quality and overall mixing/production. I felt some of the higher bowed string sequencing sounded too stiff, but it was nothing that drew out a pointed criticism with a timestamp, just a feeling that the overall sound had some (relatively minor) hitches with timing/realism. Decent initial take, Timothy, but there needs to be more variation and dynamic contrast within the arrangement. It's not enough to repeat the Interior Screen theme this many times w/o any meaningful differences; take the writing/arrangement in some other logical directions. NO (resubmit)

Agreed with Gario that this should have sounded less static, but the good easily outweighs what needed work. Fun stuff, Gian! YES

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Thursday, September 29 to Sunday, October 2 Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Cobb Galleria, Atlanta, GA http://awa-con.com OCR returns to Atlanta for our FIRST-ever panel at Anime Weekend Atlanta! Held at the Cobb Galleria (right by the Cobb Energy Center where VGM concerts perform in ATL), AWA is the the southeast's largest anime convention! Let's hang and talk nerd music, with an official OCR panel Friday afternoon AND a nerd music panel by Ongaku Overdrive on Saturday night to keep the conversation flowing! 2 PANELS! #1: OC ReMix: Video Game Music = The Greatest Music! Panel Date/Time: Friday, September 30, 2:15-3:15 PM Location: Room 103 (Galleria) Panelists: José the Bronx Rican Liontamer Theory of N #2: Nerdy Music for Anime Fans and Gamers Panel Date/Time: Saturday, October 1, 6:15-7:15 PM Location: Room 104 (Galleria) Panelists: Kent Ward (Ongaku Overdrive) Liontamer (Larry Oji), OC ReMix community manager & music judge None Like Joshua (Joshua Frohling) Theory of N (Dustin Lagaly)