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I asked djp about it, and he'll see if this issue is resolved when we move from IPB 3 to IPB 4. Definitely agreed it's needlessly annoying.

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OC ReMix Presents Final Fantasy II: Rebellion! June 8, 2015 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA... OverClocked ReMix today released its 51st arrangement album, Final Fantasy II: Rebellion. The album pays tribute to Final Fantasy II, released by Square in 1988 for the Nintendo Famicom (a.k.a. the Nintendo Entertainment System). Featuring twenty-one tracks from eighteen artists, Rebellion represents the fourth directorial endeavor of OC ReMix's most frequent contributor Brandon Strader, and is available for free download at http://rebellion.ocremix.org. Like Random Encounter before it, Rebellion includes a diverse roster of musicians honoring composer Nobuo Uematsu's influential work by arranging it in a number of styles, including piano, folk, funk, breakbeat, and jazz with a strong focus on guitar and heavy metal. Rebellion was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix; all original compositions are copyright their respective owners. "A great album is the sum of its parts as much as any social movement or revolution is the culmination of efforts from brave individuals. I'm eternally grateful to the artists -- without your hard work and sacrifice, this album would not have been possible," said director Brandon Strader. "To the fans -- I hope that listening to this album fills you with as much joy as it has given me these past several years. Thank you for the rebellion, and may our random encounter continue to bring us liberation." 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 it: http://youtu.be/JMy-icaL6RQ Download it: http://rebellion.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Final_Fantasy_II_-_Rebellion.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/community/topic/41181-

Preview it: http://youtu.be/JMy-icaL6RQ Download it: http://rebellion.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Final_Fantasy_II_-_Rebellion.torrent A great album is the sum of its parts as much as any social movement or revolution is the culmination of efforts from brave individuals. The sheer amount of dedication that went into creating Rebellion will be difficult to properly appreciate; many of the involved artists worked on their music for months. Some of them worked on particular songs for over a year. At the end of this journey, it was the combined vision, talents, and dedication of each artist that created an album with its own personality. A smooth experience that seemingly has its own narrative, from one song to the next. I'm eternally grateful to the artists that returned to work on Rebellion after the completion of the first album, Random Encounter. I am equally grateful to those who are making their first appearance, and those who have chosen to be on the final album covering Final Fantasy 3. Without your hard work and sacrifice, this album would not have been possible. To the fans - I hope that listening to this album fills you with as much joy as it has given me these past several years. Thank you for the rebellion, and may our random encounter continue to bring us liberation. - Brandon Strader

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Note, we'll need a different arrangement title, because what's here is essentially the official name of the source, i.e. "Tomboy Princess's March." Props for actively distinguishing yourself from Sugiyama's Symphonic Suite version. When Nate says, "The music grows dynamically with the whole orchestra as she attempts to prove herself," you absolutely get that imagery from the way things shifted at 1:07 and continued to intensify all the way until 1:30 finally topped off the energy level and stayed there until 2:05. Short arrangement and melodically conservative, but it personalizes the source nicely and says a lot! YES

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DragonAvenger hears enough source tune usage, but Palpable and Vig don't. I haven't checked this out myself, but if we're just dead wrong about the source usage, Alex, then please hit us back with a timestamped breakdown of how the sources are used and we can re-evaluate this one.

There's no way to tease out just the more recent songs, but as long as you haven't changed the files, you can put them in the destination folder and the torrent program should attempt to skip them. That said, all of the files have been retagged with more complete, consistent information, as well as hundreds of the files being encoded in higher quality. If you don't care about play count or ratings, we'd recommend you just re-grab everything.

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We'll definitely need a new arrangement title, yes. On the production side, there were some brief moments where the samples were too exposed -- mostly instances of flat brass or unrealistic bow movements with the strings. Arrangement-wise, the themes pieced together effectively, with a lot of care put into the transitions and flow, as well as personalizing the arrangements of each theme and providing good dynamic contrast throughout. The instrumental and textural changes kept the composition fresh throughout, the overall use of the samples was solid, and what this lacks in realism in places, it makes up for with creativity and energy. Welcome aboard, Trevor! YES

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We only post MP3s, so we'd prefer submissions in MP3, WAV or FLAC format. But when there are performance or music videos, we also link to those as well, on the writeup pages. We'd also prefer arrangement titles that are more personalized, just FYI. This is a great performance. Nice production to let the piano sound airy. How did I become the arbiter of medley-itis? Right, so that's what up for debate here. Well, when Vig says it's "not really an arrangement," he means it's not a cohesive, interpretive arrangement according to OCR's standards (because obviously this is an arrangement for piano). As far as the OCR arrangement standards goes, the standards are pretty clear with medleys... I'll say, many of the transitions here are actually OK, but yeah, this isn't an arrangement with a strong focus and direction, it's just snapshots of most of these themes pieced together without much interpretation. The transitions aren't all sudden; there's care put into shifting to each song, but after the first 2 minutes, it's just jumping around from theme to theme for brief looks with little interpretation, then it moves on: 3. The Great Deku Tree - 30 seconds 4. Fairy Flying - 15 seconds 5. Serenade of Water - 40 seconds 6. Song of Storms - 32 seconds 7. Link's House - 28 seconds 8. Treasure Chest Opening - 20 seconds Though it's a phenomenal medley adaptation to piano, the arrangement is super conservative and straightforward in the big picture, which makes it a NO-go vis a vis our arrangement standards. It's still a baller track, but falls outside what we're looking for - we look for focused, developed, interpretive medleys that flow more like a unified arrangement. A few abrupt transitions or brief, undeveloped theme cameos can be in there, but that can't be the meat of the structure. IMO, something like Claire's take on "Hyrule Field" is still relatively conservative but has more personalization of the theme and allows for more interpretation and focus on one idea. We're not anti-medley at all, by the way; we have lots of them posted. On the Zelda side, WillRock's "Fragments of a Legend" and Xenon Odyssey's "Royal Treasure" are examples of Ocarina of Time medleys that use several themes but are structured like one composition. Another example that's solo piano is Daybreaker's Zelda medley across multiple games, "Memories of an Ocarina." You certainly don't have to do what she did there, but we're actually pretty flexible. The takeaway is that medleys on OC ReMix need to feel like cohesive, focused compositions, not just "Theme A, then Theme B, then Theme C, then Theme D, then Theme E"... Claire, your performances rock. If you have anything else that's more interpretive or a medley that's more interpretive and cohesive, we're here. I definitely hope we hear more from you as far as submissions, as we'd clearly love to have something of yours posted. NO