Liontamer

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. ------------- Tengen Toppa Dairantou artists comments OverClocked Assembled (W!SE the all.E, 1-UP, MC Final Sigma, DiGi Valentine, metaphist, J.ME the Sista' Danius, Cam3, LadyJ, XPRTNovice, SuperiorX, The Auracle) Basically Melee theme/opening is the "main" source because it's used as the recurring choruses/hooks. Part 1 is mostly Melee, Part 2 is a modern ode to Brawl, and Part 3 is an old-school throwback homage to 64. Part 2 source breakdown: 0:00-0:33 - BRAWL main theme 0:34-0:55 - 64 All Clear/MELEE main theme 0:56-1:19 - BRAWL adventure map 1:20-1:43 - MELEE main theme 1:44-2:29 - BRAWL tournament registration/BRAWL main theme 2:30-2:52 - MELEE main theme 2:53-3:35 - BRAWL online practice 3:36-4:25 - BRAWL Target Smash 4:26-5:11 - MELEE/BRAWL main theme 5:12-5:35 - BRAWL all-star rest area MC Final Sigma: Falcon Jay-Z was just kind of an arbitrary selection, but obviously Big L(uigi) had to happen. In my mind, I was emulating Jay-Z from Reasonable Doubt and then your standard Big L, minus the insane vulgar punchlines, but hey - I hope you like punz, guize, cuz that's what I brought to the party! Just want to say, I'm so glad these tracks happened and that I could be a part of them. They're freakin' AWESOME, everybody seriously killed it, and there are a million memorable moments in this lyrical and musical tour de force. A lot of heads are going to be bopping for a long time, not only to these songs but to more OverClocked Assembled to come! But I think these joints should tide the unwashed masses over for quite a while in the meantime. DiGi Valentine: This was an unbelievably fantastic idea for a track, by Jordan. There was so much inspiration ranging from what Smash characters we could choose to what famous rappers we could mimic, we were all spoilt for choice. Humpty Hump (from Digital Underground) is one accent I can do fairly well, and from a lyrical point of view Pikachu fitted that bill. Got to represent them Pokémons ya'll. Pika Pi. The idea of a Biggie Smalls/Donkey Kong hybrid just hit me like an anvil and I couldn't get it out of my head. Plus, it meant also having the opportunity to mash together Diddy Kong with P. Diddy for the same verse, the ideas pretty much wrote themselves. I also had WAY too much fun recording ad-libs for some of the characters to be used in the background. The other vocalists on the track, man. Some of the impersonations are so on point that during production I had to rewind and do a double take because it almost sounded like we had got the actual artists themselves on board. Jordan's production is on a next level here, really going through a number of styles and moods. It's not a track, it's a journey. This was a crazy and absolutely fun song to work on and I'm so glad to have jumped on it. Niyazi Sonmez http://digivalentine.bandcamp.com SuperiorX: These tracks are just hands-down a lot of fun! I really enjoyed hearing what started out as one early WIP and evolved into 3 distinct and epic tracks. Thanks to Jordan for bringing me in to do a little dueling synth solo in the extended version with XPRTNovice. It was great to just let loose and write something really fun! 1-UP: I listen to this song every morning while getting ready for work. It's so sicccckkkk, lol, I know almost everyone else's verse. And whoever Falco was.... Damn, dude. You ripped that shit so hard I was like krumpin' and brushing my teeth at the same time. W!SE the all.E/Sir Jordanius: Man, I tried hard to just type a short and sweet blurb about this. I really did. Plus, later on I plan on uploading some behind the scenes footage on how a few parts of the song were constructed (or the night when my sister and I were goofing off while recording our verses). But you know how it is: when I've got a lot to say, I've just gotta whip out the epic novel long-winded Jordanius speeches. ;P In all honesty, there is no combination of words that I think any of us can formulate to truly convey how incredible this experience has been, but I'll do my best to shed a little light on what off in my mind while working with each talented contributor to this trilogy. Combined all three parts are about 20 minutes worth of music, so if there ever was a time to give a Jordanius epic novel backstory, it'd be now. XD Firstly, to set the stage, my original concept for this SSmash rap "suite" was first conceived way back in 2008 (probably earlier, but I don't recall much memories before high school). I was just experimenting and first learning about sampling, and, while playing around with the Melee opening theme, I thought "hey... this sounds like it'd be a pretty cool beat." I made a quick mock-up with some former friends but didn't think much of it. A few years later, I hit up the Recruit and Collab forums, but I proposed my SSmash idea in such a haughty and ridiculous way that it's no surprise that nobody was feeling it (I essentially said "Hey, I already made lyrics and the beat. I just want people to re-rap my stuff and master the beat as is.") After cooling down with my Kanye-itis attitude, I collab'd here and there and slowly tried to spread the word about starting a Hip Hop collective with whomever was/is interested. By now, most of you already know the rest of that story seeing as how "Time Traveller's Delight" turned out. What you *don't* know yet, though, is that immediately after wrapping up THAT collab, we each realized that we have a lot of potential within this collaborative group, and so we quickly started exchanging ideas for possible future O'Ssembled arrangements (Protip: be on the lookout for a few more, yes, even after this ). Since I had been eyeing the Apex thread for a while and I kept thinking to myself "maaaan..... I 'd really, really, reeeally want to revisit that SSmash idea again one day with the proper team," I decided to pitch a revised and more refined idea to Stardust iteration of O'Ssembled. The premise was/is to take any SSmash series character and create a bravado rap from their perspective, but in the style of a real-world emcee of their choice. And, boy, am I glad that they accepted my request. In fact, everybody greatly exceeded it. Not all of the "founding" OverClocked Assembled team could make it this time around due to various life circumstances, but I know that there is no shortage of eager Hip Hop heads within the VGM community, so in light of the Smash series fashion we've brought in some "newcomers." Here are my thoughts on each specific member that helped make this amazing trilogy possible: *1-UP: Emmanuel is a very talented lyricist, and I've been eyeing his stuff for more than a year now. I'm glad to see him growing a solid fanbase more and more, and so having the pleasure of getting him on board for this was very surreal and inspiring. He actually responded much swifter than I expected, and throughout the entire process he was incredibly easy to work with (ha ha, plus I ended up returning the favor and collaborating with him for some of *his* projects as well). I knew it was inevitable that somebody would have to represent "the original" Super Mario, and I can't think of anybody more appropriate to have done so. 1-UP's Will Smith flow is damn-near flawless, and when I first heard his secondary Ness verse I had probably abused the "let's PK honest" line in my daily vernacular for days. It was quite a pleasure to have him on board. *The Auracle: Getting Joe in for this was a little tough because he was actually one of the very first people to say "heck yes, I'm in," but. due to several varying circumstances, he ended up being one of the last few to get his verse to me. However, just like with "Time Traveller's Delight," I had absolutely NO idea what I was getting myself into when I finally received Aura's "DMX Snake" verse. Simply put, it was WELL worth the wait! I do not necessarily have a *favorite* verse because I feel like everybody brought a truly unique ingredient to the buffet, but to be honest, Aura's verse definitely had some snazzy spices and ecstatic flavors within it. Of all the possible ways to make a Snake rap, this was probably the greatest. I'm not sure what it is over there in the water of The Motherland, but whatever it is it's surely leading to the development of some siiiiick emcees. *Cam3: So DiGi and I are always exchanging "the word" on the street. Whenever I'm Nick Fury-ing around behind the scenes trying to get the ball rolling with stuff he'll be occasionally dropping in with a Deadpool status alert for dope news. He first showed me Cam3 and LadyJ's stuff (I'll discuss LadyJ more below) around late Spring of 2013 and I kept pacing back and forth wondering how to find an appropriate song to collab with him on (I could sense a profound Andre 3000 aura within his flow, so in my mind I kept thinking about getting him on board for a "chill" Nujabes-type hip hop collab). As I said earlier, some of the original O'Ssembled members could not make it in for this time around, so while approaching the deadline with a few spots still left open DiGi finally said "Yo, let's just hit up Cam! What's the worst that could happen?" The worst that could (and did) happen is that Cam3 fully delivered by bringing an absolutely drop-dead siiiick MewTupac verse! I knew that this guy had some rhymes under his belt, but I wasn't expecting to hear Tupac come out of hiding (lol) just to drop a ridiculous and truly "legendary" Pokémon rap verse. *DiGi Valentine: It was a given that I just had to have DiGi on board for this. After Sonic CD, he and I have developed quite a bond, and we are constantly exchanging thoughts and ideas. At first, DiGi was very enthusiastic about the possibility of making a Biggie Smalls and Humpty Hump verse, but then for a while he felt a bit unsure if his additions would just hold the rest of the overall quality back. I hastily put together a demo showing him of what we could possibly do with detuned vocal processing, and he was in! DiGi is quite the old-school emcee, and he really knows his stuff in regards to 80s and 90s rap, so I have absolutely no idea why he'd be uneasy about how his verse turned out because, in my honest opinion, they turned out bloody amazing. I first listened to his Humpty Pikachu verse when one of my cousins were around (and he's a casual Pokémon fan): there were so many witty punchlines throughout that my cousin and I just kept on looking back and forth at each other and shaking our jaw-dropped heads. Just like with 1-UP's ending line, DiGi's "I bang on these suckas like a conga drum" and "Run along kid, you need a gym badge" lines were instantly etched into my mind. Well, quite honestly, everybody produced clever, quotable lines, but DiGi's is overflowing with truly classic nuggets and I'm so pleased that he decided to hang in there.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. ------------- Tengen Toppa Dairantou artists comments OverClocked Assembled (W!SE the all.E, 1-UP, MC Final Sigma, DiGi Valentine, metaphist, J.ME the Sista' Danius, Cam3, LadyJ, XPRTNovice, SuperiorX, The Auracle) Basically Melee theme/opening is the "main" source because it's used as the recurring choruses/hooks. Part 1 is mostly Melee, Part 2 is a modern ode to Brawl, and Part 3 is an old-school throwback homage to 64. Part 1 source breakdown: 0:00-1:55 - MELEE main theme 1:56-2:40 - 64 character select 2:41-3:50 - MELEE main theme 3:51-4:36 - MELEE menu 4:37-5:24 - MELEE/BRAWL main themes 5:25-5:47 - MELEE main theme MC Final Sigma: Falcon Jay-Z was just kind of an arbitrary selection, but obviously Big L(uigi) had to happen. In my mind, I was emulating Jay-Z from Reasonable Doubt and then your standard Big L, minus the insane vulgar punchlines, but hey - I hope you like punz, guize, cuz that's what I brought to the party! Just want to say, I'm so glad these tracks happened and that I could be a part of them. They're freakin' AWESOME, everybody seriously killed it, and there are a million memorable moments in this lyrical and musical tour de force. A lot of heads are going to be bopping for a long time, not only to these songs but to more OverClocked Assembled to come! But I think these joints should tide the unwashed masses over for quite a while in the meantime. DiGi Valentine: This was an unbelievably fantastic idea for a track, by Jordan. There was so much inspiration ranging from what Smash characters we could choose to what famous rappers we could mimic, we were all spoilt for choice. Humpty Hump (from Digital Underground) is one accent I can do fairly well, and from a lyrical point of view Pikachu fitted that bill. Got to represent them Pokémons ya'll. Pika Pi. The idea of a Biggie Smalls/Donkey Kong hybrid just hit me like an anvil and I couldn't get it out of my head. Plus, it meant also having the opportunity to mash together Diddy Kong with P. Diddy for the same verse, the ideas pretty much wrote themselves. I also had WAY too much fun recording ad-libs for some of the characters to be used in the background. The other vocalists on the track, man. Some of the impersonations are so on point that during production I had to rewind and do a double take because it almost sounded like we had got the actual artists themselves on board. Jordan's production is on a next level here, really going through a number of styles and moods. It's not a track, it's a journey. This was a crazy and absolutely fun song to work on and I'm so glad to have jumped on it. Niyazi Sonmez http://digivalentine.bandcamp.com SuperiorX: These tracks are just hands-down a lot of fun! I really enjoyed hearing what started out as one early WIP and evolved into 3 distinct and epic tracks. Thanks to Jordan for bringing me in to do a little dueling synth solo in the extended version with XPRTNovice. It was great to just let loose and write something really fun! 1-UP: I listen to this song every morning while getting ready for work. It's so sicccckkkk, lol, I know almost everyone else's verse. And whoever Falco was.... Damn, dude. You ripped that shit so hard I was like krumpin' and brushing my teeth at the same time. W!SE the all.E/Sir Jordanius: Man, I tried hard to just type a short and sweet blurb about this. I really did. Plus, later on I plan on uploading some behind the scenes footage on how a few parts of the song were constructed (or the night when my sister and I were goofing off while recording our verses). But you know how it is: when I've got a lot to say, I've just gotta whip out the epic novel long-winded Jordanius speeches. ;P In all honesty, there is no combination of words that I think any of us can formulate to truly convey how incredible this experience has been, but I'll do my best to shed a little light on what off in my mind while working with each talented contributor to this trilogy. Combined all three parts are about 20 minutes worth of music, so if there ever was a time to give a Jordanius epic novel backstory, it'd be now. XD Firstly, to set the stage, my original concept for this SSmash rap "suite" was first conceived way back in 2008 (probably earlier, but I don't recall much memories before high school). I was just experimenting and first learning about sampling, and, while playing around with the Melee opening theme, I thought "hey... this sounds like it'd be a pretty cool beat." I made a quick mock-up with some former friends but didn't think much of it. A few years later, I hit up the Recruit and Collab forums, but I proposed my SSmash idea in such a haughty and ridiculous way that it's no surprise that nobody was feeling it (I essentially said "Hey, I already made lyrics and the beat. I just want people to re-rap my stuff and master the beat as is.") After cooling down with my Kanye-itis attitude, I collab'd here and there and slowly tried to spread the word about starting a Hip Hop collective with whomever was/is interested. By now, most of you already know the rest of that story seeing as how "Time Traveller's Delight" turned out. What you *don't* know yet, though, is that immediately after wrapping up THAT collab, we each realized that we have a lot of potential within this collaborative group, and so we quickly started exchanging ideas for possible future O'Ssembled arrangements (Protip: be on the lookout for a few more, yes, even after this ). Since I had been eyeing the Apex thread for a while and I kept thinking to myself "maaaan..... I 'd really, really, reeeally want to revisit that SSmash idea again one day with the proper team," I decided to pitch a revised and more refined idea to Stardust iteration of O'Ssembled. The premise was/is to take any SSmash series character and create a bravado rap from their perspective, but in the style of a real-world emcee of their choice. And, boy, am I glad that they accepted my request. In fact, everybody greatly exceeded it. Not all of the "founding" OverClocked Assembled team could make it this time around due to various life circumstances, but I know that there is no shortage of eager Hip Hop heads within the VGM community, so in light of the Smash series fashion we've brought in some "newcomers." Here are my thoughts on each specific member that helped make this amazing trilogy possible: *1-UP: Emmanuel is a very talented lyricist, and I've been eyeing his stuff for more than a year now. I'm glad to see him growing a solid fanbase more and more, and so having the pleasure of getting him on board for this was very surreal and inspiring. He actually responded much swifter than I expected, and throughout the entire process he was incredibly easy to work with (ha ha, plus I ended up returning the favor and collaborating with him for some of *his* projects as well). I knew it was inevitable that somebody would have to represent "the original" Super Mario, and I can't think of anybody more appropriate to have done so. 1-UP's Will Smith flow is damn-near flawless, and when I first heard his secondary Ness verse I had probably abused the "let's PK honest" line in my daily vernacular for days. It was quite a pleasure to have him on board. *The Auracle: Getting Joe in for this was a little tough because he was actually one of the very first people to say "heck yes, I'm in," but. due to several varying circumstances, he ended up being one of the last few to get his verse to me. However, just like with "Time Traveller's Delight," I had absolutely NO idea what I was getting myself into when I finally received Aura's "DMX Snake" verse. Simply put, it was WELL worth the wait! I do not necessarily have a *favorite* verse because I feel like everybody brought a truly unique ingredient to the buffet, but to be honest, Aura's verse definitely had some snazzy spices and ecstatic flavors within it. Of all the possible ways to make a Snake rap, this was probably the greatest. I'm not sure what it is over there in the water of The Motherland, but whatever it is it's surely leading to the development of some siiiiick emcees. *Cam3: So DiGi and I are always exchanging "the word" on the street. Whenever I'm Nick Fury-ing around behind the scenes trying to get the ball rolling with stuff he'll be occasionally dropping in with a Deadpool status alert for dope news. He first showed me Cam3 and LadyJ's stuff (I'll discuss LadyJ more below) around late Spring of 2013 and I kept pacing back and forth wondering how to find an appropriate song to collab with him on (I could sense a profound Andre 3000 aura within his flow, so in my mind I kept thinking about getting him on board for a "chill" Nujabes-type hip hop collab). As I said earlier, some of the original O'Ssembled members could not make it in for this time around, so while approaching the deadline with a few spots still left open DiGi finally said "Yo, let's just hit up Cam! What's the worst that could happen?" The worst that could (and did) happen is that Cam3 fully delivered by bringing an absolutely drop-dead siiiick MewTupac verse! I knew that this guy had some rhymes under his belt, but I wasn't expecting to hear Tupac come out of hiding (lol) just to drop a ridiculous and truly "legendary" Pokémon rap verse. *DiGi Valentine: It was a given that I just had to have DiGi on board for this. After Sonic CD, he and I have developed quite a bond, and we are constantly exchanging thoughts and ideas. At first, DiGi was very enthusiastic about the possibility of making a Biggie Smalls and Humpty Hump verse, but then for a while he felt a bit unsure if his additions would just hold the rest of the overall quality back. I hastily put together a demo showing him of what we could possibly do with detuned vocal processing, and he was in! DiGi is quite the old-school emcee, and he really knows his stuff in regards to 80s and 90s rap, so I have absolutely no idea why he'd be uneasy about how his verse turned out because, in my honest opinion, they turned out bloody amazing. I first listened to his Humpty Pikachu verse when one of my cousins were around (and he's a casual Pokémon fan): there were so many witty punchlines throughout that my cousin and I just kept on looking back and forth at each other and shaking our jaw-dropped heads. Just like with 1-UP's ending line, DiGi's "I bang on these suckas like a conga drum" and "Run along kid, you need a gym badge" lines were instantly etched into my mind. Well, quite honestly, everybody produced clever, quotable lines, but DiGi's is overflowing with truly classic nuggets and I'm so pleased that he decided to hang in there.

Ultimately, I'm cool with the arrangement, but I immediately felt the mechanical piano sequencing was too prominent and exposed. I thought the guitar lead also strained for credibility, though its placement worked well to downplay realism issues there. I've listened to plenty of S.S.H., so I get the guitar sound (though S.S.H. pulls it off better). The arrangement is good, BUT... the piano timing is a ultimately a dealbreaker for me given how integral it was to the arrangement; it just sounds too stiff and unrealistic and should be adjusted. NO (resubmit)

I'm in (well) before tomorrow! BIRFDAY!

Really smart stuff from Ben. I'm continuing to enjoy it!

Neblix - Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition "Sonic Boom (American Mix)" Street Fighter II - Guile's Theme Street Fighter IV - Indestructible Neblix: FOR APEX TW-TW-TWENTY FOURTEEN!!! When Shariq started recruitment for Apex 2014, I figured I would do another Street Fighter remix since SF is my jam (not SF2 though, Third Strike is where it's at). I had Gen's theme in mind, but I kind of let it sit for months. When the deadline crept closer, I realized that I would just not have very good ideas for Gen's theme. I looked at Ken's and Makoto's theme after that, but then I realized that Guile is a character in SFIV (and derivations). Knowing the sheer popularity of the song, I decided to do it, for some sort of shameless artist "LOOK I MADE A GUILE REMIX" stunt. This was a really fun remix, though. The first half of it was done the night I got back from Thanksgiving break, I was up until 5:00 AM, mixing and tweaking instruments. The next morning and afternoon, all I had to focus on from there was the arrangement and part-writing. I like to mix as I write, because then I can hear how the parts will actually sound before moving on. I started with the verbatim Guile's theme and harmonized it, also trying to add some piano flourishes here and there. Later on, you hear the original SF IV theme song so that I could tie it to the current Street Fighter for Apex and not SF2 way back when. I added improv wherever I could, in the leads and the drums especially. Lots of syncopation. Love syncopation. And solos. Love solos. ALSO NO REVERSE CYMBAL TRANSITIONS OP I focused on a piano lead (Piano One is a really good free piano VST, get it!) and a sYnerGi GS GM soundfont for the lead guitar run through Guitar Rig 5 Pro. The other tools and instruments I used were FL effects and Komplete stuff (drums, bass). The rhythm guitar is the free Shreddage from the ISW trial pack. Surprisingly, this is I would say my best remix to date, and it only had literally five or six instrument tracks. It's quality, not quantity. c: ----------------------

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

If we switch forums (not for a long while), we may allow customs ones. So you're limited to what's there. But there are 1000+ avatars, so hopefully something will stand out that you'd like.

He'll definitely be missed by me. :'-(

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix. EDIT: [00:39] <DragonAvenger> nice ears, granpa larry [00:42] <@Liontamer> he produces like poop [00:42] <@Liontamer> nah, I gotta find the Prot "that's not a marimba" or whatever [00:42] <@Liontamer> from way way way back Found it! 'Twas violin. I stolez from the best. http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01171/

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

I could get on board with that. I'm not feeling I need to change my vote over it, and could live with it as is, but whether this makes it or not in this current version, I'd agree the pulling back on some of the grating loudness would help, so I can pass that onto Brent.

We are LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

I'm slightly less lazy.

djp is super busy/lazy/diaper-changing. It's one or the other...or the other. Definitely passed this one along way back.

Dunno why your Firefox is messed up (maybe someone else could offer some insight), but if IE is working for now, post your thread wherever, and we can move it to the correct area.