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The opening beats weren't my style, but I dig the arrangement's creativity throughout. It's cramped in places (e.g. 2:54-3:11), but that wasn't a huge deal, and the parts usually had room to breathe. Structurally, it's pretty melodically straightforward, with very nice variance of leads and supporting instruments to keep things fresh while constantly keeping the theme in play. Nice work as a tag team! YES

The metallic percussion's just sampled from the original audio, which already is a ding against it vis-a-vis the standards, because it's pretty wholesale sampling with no changes. I agreed with Emu on the balance being off, and when the sampling was in play, it was just way too loud over the top of everything else. The driving beat of the sampled material didn't click at all with the ambient material. IMO, get rid of the extensive SPC sampling (which is only cluttering the piece), and then focus on more melodic development & variations of the arrangement, as well as more dynamic contrast. NO

There was an obvious sour backing note at :36, but otherwise pretty solid. I thought the percussion, while varied, was kind of vanilla; another J may be able to articulate why that is. A little loose in places, but it's pretty purposeful, and the personality of this shines through. Pretty subtle & cool usage of the chip tones as well; it accents the piece and works well without sounding gimmicky or forced. Cool stuff with some rough edges that add to the flavor! YES

Kris looped me in on Dylan's request to revisit this. Does anyone have a different opinion on their vote based on this?

This man gets it! McRIB!

The overall sound was pretty thin, but arrangement was creative. The opening flourish sounded pretty fake; the brass here's not great (not horrible either, just very exposed as unrealistic samples). Even when it's busy, the lack of realism of the instrument tones & articulations stand out. But on the arrangement side, there's definitely some additive writing and good personalization of the theme through the added original writing and the orchestral adaptation. Back to the production, for example, the strings at 1:51 are unfortunate; they just sound thin and fake. Actually, all of 1:51-2:24 was pretty exposed. It's too bad; if your attention to production matched your writing and creative vision, you'd be nailing it. It's not merely the sample quality, Daine, which seems iffy but potentially passable. Much more importantly, you're just not doing anything to mask/mitigate the realism issues of the samples, and that drags the production quality down of an otherwise nicely personalized cover. Some careful reverb or delay could help in that respect. NO (resubmit)

I download any file whenever available. However, Flex is right that sometimes the stream itself is perfectly fine to make a decision. If I were to YES something off a stream, it would be conditional on getting an actual copy of the file, since we'd have to post an actual MP3. Nothing more to add.

Make the file downloadable, which solves the problem.

Anyone can post there. If something doesn't belong there and isn't an OCR project, the thread is moved, no big deal.

I'm not hearing any of this at all, only what sounds like vague stylistic similarities. What is the "motif" timestamp from the source? :29/:36? Sounds like a rhthymic similarity where the notes aren't the same. At 3:15-3:30 with the leads (:51 of source), it sounds like a rhythmic change, but the notes seem different, not just transposed. Help me out with more details.

Just PM me a link to it.

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Interesting combination of two step-cousin themes, not unlike DaMonz's "Medieval Koopa Jam" weaving Super Mario 64 and Jazz Jackrabbit 2 together. Here's how I broke down the source usage, for reference: Castlevania 64 - :40-1:00, 1:20.75-2:22, 2:53-3:02.5 = 90.75 seconds Super Mario World - 1:20.75-1:32, 1:41-1:51, 2:11-2:40.75, 2:43-3:02, 3:27-3:56 = 99 seconds Will co-sign on these YESes. A bit thin, but the arrangement's smart and creative!

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What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. Incredible voice sampling, for one thing.

Just include a PSD file hosted somewhere in case any last-minute text decisions are made. Ultimately, it's The Damned's call, dammit! Happy subtitling!

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1) The subtitle should be "A Tribute to Satoru Iwata" 2) I will co-sign on Mario having crazy eyes; and 3) I believe Pikachu's body shape needs another pass, especially because all of the other characters are much more true-to-form by comparison. Good job so far, Odai!

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Just quoting the Standards to drive the point home for anyone reading: Even when it's not an actual medley in terms of source usage, I feel this holds true as far as a (purposefully) disjointed structure. Interesting, but a very straightforward NO.

As someone who works at a non-profit, I will co-sign to this. Loads of people make salaries/livings working at non-profits, and if people are being paid more than subsistence-level salaries at Feminist Frequency, that in and of itself shouldn't bother anyone. Since I'm being invoked, I'll also add there are better, less stressful ways to gain notoriety. And even if you granted that all of the women being attacked are even somewhat exaggerating, the genuine threats they receive easily represents the worst of the gaming community. At the end of the day, they're mainly being attacked for wanting more equitable representation of women in the games industry and more well-rounded storytelling for female characters in games, neither of which deserve criticism. On the flipside, it's sadder that a horrible person like Milo Yiannopoulos had his profile raised by Gamergate. I'd rather see people complain about how it's put money into his pocket. That would be like criticizing Planned Parenthood for mentioning they're under attack. It's actually pretty important they mention that. Their problems aren't over.

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OC ReMix Presents Vampire Variations: Volume III! October 31, 2015 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA... Celebrating Dracula's favorite holiday, Halloween, OverClocked ReMix today released its 54th arrangement album, Vampire Variations: Volume III. The album pays tribute to Super Castlevania IV, released by Konami in 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Featuring twenty-four tracks from twenty-three artists, Vampire Variations: Volume III represents the third directorial endeavor of French arranger Alexandre "Chernabogue" Mourey, and is available for free download at http://vampire.ocremix.org. Vampire Variations: Volume III includes a diverse roster of musicians honoring the work of composers Masanori Adachi and Taro Kudo by arranging it in a variety of musical genres with orchestral elements. Vampire Variations was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Konami; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners. Accompanying this newly-released third and final volume in the trilogy are re-released editions of Vampire Variations: Volumes I & II, originally published by KNGI and featuring arrangements of the first Castlevania for the NES, 1993's Rondo of Blood for the PC Engine CD and 1994's Bloodlines for the Sega Genesis, including brand new artwork for all three volumes by Andrew Warwick and a grand total of over 4 1/2 hours of music. "This is the end of a grand adventure," said director Alexandre Mourey. "It started all out as a simple tribute to Castlevania's 25th anniversary, and we're now celebrating its 30th with the final volume of the Vampire Variations trilogy. Once again, Dracula rises as humans wish to pay him tribute. I truly hope we have been able to do justice to the Castlevania series with this trilogy, and that people will appreciate our hard work." 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. ### Preview Vampire Variations: Volume III: http://youtu.be/KKBHKD4uwio Download the Vampire Variations trilogy: http://vampire.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Vampire_Variations_Trilogy.torrent Comments/Reviews (Vol. I): http://ocremix.org/community/topic/42027- Comments/Reviews (Vol. II): http://ocremix.org/community/topic/42028- Comments/Reviews (Vol. III): http://ocremix.org/community/topic/42029-

Preview Vampire Variations: Volume III: http://youtu.be/KKBHKD4uwio Download the Vampire Variations trilogy: http://vampire.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Vampire_Variations_Trilogy.torrent This is the end of a grand adventure. Looking back five years ago, I didn't expect I would end up finishing an album trilogy in 2015. I wasn't a posted remixer and not well-known in the VGM scene, and I know I improved a lot since. It started all out as a simple tribute to Castlevania's 25th anniversary, and we're now celebrating its 30th with the final volume of the Vampire Variations trilogy. Once again, Dracula rises as humans wish to pay him tribute. This last album's production started after several people encouraged me to do it. Plus, when you already have two albums out, you cannot quit before doing a third one. After thinking about which game we should cover, and discussing it with djpretzel himself, I decided to choose Super Castlevania IV for its classic, yet under-remixed soundtrack. As the final volume had to be the most epic, I also decided that all tracks should feature orchestra instruments in order to create a somewhat cinematic experience. I cannot thank enough all the artists who helped me and dedicated their time to create those albums. I truly hope we have been able to do justice to the Castlevania series with this trilogy, and that people will appreciate our hard work. I am far from being good at writing such notes, so I'll keep it short: enjoy, and thank you for everything. -Alexandre "Chernabogue" Mourey