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Noting that I've only heard the updated version, which is what I'm judging. Arrangement was definitely on point, so no issues there. I'm in love with the arrangement, and being familiar with the OST, I loved how it was consistently and creatively in play here. At first I was wondering why the production was a problem, since the intro was hot, but at :35, it was immediately apparent. The soundscape was definitely cramped and imbalanced, and I don't know why the beat had to be so prominent, but it's definitely taking up too much space. At 1:00, the supporting orchestration sounded lush, but swamped out. Why is the kick at 5:34 so loud, even louder than what came before? The balance is just off for too many extended periods of time, and the densest parts suffered for sure. The violin's not as bad as I was led to believe, but in tandem with the beats, the soundscape is just too crunchy. Quieter moments like 1:26-2:01 & 2:51-3:03, where the parts breathe more make me hate to vote against this all the more, because this is such a good piece. I wish I could get on board, and Xavier is awesome as always, but the way this is produced is just too crunchy and cluttered for extended periods. I understand about holding arrangement and production in appropriate balance, and I want this on the site, but not enough to lower the production bar this much, IMO. Any further effort to tame these sounds and get this improved further would be great. NO (refine/resubmit)

Synths seemed rather flat to open things up. Lead synth at :41 was also generic, plus had some odd notes. The soundscape also sounded kind of lossy for whatever reason, with the lead feeling buried from 1:01-1:29. 1:42's lead seemed a little more expressive, but the (otherwise cool) supporting writing from 1:49-2:10 was burying the lead and creating clutter, so the balance continued not to make sense, IMO. I hate to sound like this is bad; it's not, but I'm definitely not as enthusiastic on this as anyone else. The arrangement wasn't clear to me, i.e. the A-to-B connections. It could just be lack of familiarity with the theme, but the arrangement sounded pretty liberal with the treatment, and I'd need more of a breakdown to feel confident on it. It may be more rhythmically similar than melodically similar. More importantly, things were too busy, the beats were repetitive and the leads were vanilla/generic. Flex gave the best, most detailed critiques on what could use more detail work. Ben's persistent, so I'm not worried that he couldn't work on this further and get it over the finish line, but it's not there yet for me. NO

Man, the ReMixer name AND mix title are both... no effort. Why? Oh well, we'll see if a change on either is something they'll consider, if it passes. The highs here were a bit piercing, but not enough to merit a strong complaint. Overall, the soundscape was clean and well-mixed. Onto issues, the vox at 1:47 was definitely not rockin' it, but it was at least ethereal enough to not make the awkward articulations a big deal. The lil' plucky synths underneath it had some odd notes that stuck out sometimes until 2:16, but it wasn't a huge deal. At 2:31, it would have been nice to hear the beats be a little more progressive and fleshed out, but it wasn't a huge deal. It's just that you'd have moments where more elements dropped out, like from 3:00-3:22 and the beat felt plodding and barren when it was more exposed. On the whole though, the textures were solid enough, and the arrangement had some good energy, even though the pace could have been more energetic and varied. This was a consistently good interpretation with the genre adaptation and new writing ideas while retaining the structure of the source. I'm not ZOMG, but it's ticking the boxes for me with a solid, well-rounded enough presentation. It could be spiced up, but I definitely heard no dealbreakers here. YES

Definitely been chillin' to this once since Temporal Duality dropped. Nice work, Corey! Glad to finally have you as official.

Dayum, big news yesterday. http://twitter.com/MartyTheElder/status/456303189998841856 http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/16/halo-destiny-music-composer-martin-odonnell-fired-by-bungie/ http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/halo-composer-terminated-awithout-causea-from-bungie Sooooo... back to Halo by joining 343? Anyone. We'll see what other info eventually makes the light of day.

BUMP! What about a baby pic or two? Perhaps her listening to Contra 'AMEX Reflux', perhaps not!

Yeah, it's "The Sin War". You can get it from http://www.doulifee.com/Storage/OC_Removed/.

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Just putting some alternate ideas out there that involve less work. Someone could do an EP, maybe 6-7 tracks where some people just pick a GB song they like and arrange that, with no specific game or genre requirements. In the effort to keep it tight, you could also restrict the game choices to launch titles, of which Super Mario Land and Tetris were the main draws. There's definitely no album coming on April 21, but if someone wanted to run a short, compo-style quick creation of an EP in time for the North American release date (July 31), that could work. If someone else wants to pick this back up with a fresh approach, they should start a new thread.

Really glad to finally have this out! Everything came together nicely on this one. Great work, Kyle & crew! Nothing but good memories here, as Turtles in Time was my first Super Nintendo game!

"I love being a TURTLE!!!!!"

OC ReMix Presents Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked! April 9, 2014 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA...It's PIZZA TIME! The WORLD'S MOST FEARSOME FIGHTING TEAM of remixers is ready to drop some TMNT-goodness on your shells with our 47th album, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shell Shocked!! This two-disc, 22-track album honors Konami's legendary 16-bit TMNT titles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time for the SNES and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis! Led by director Kyle "KyleJCrb" Crouse with epic artwork by Nate Horsfall, 33 musicians from the OC ReMix and Dwelling of Duels communities gathered for this huge tribute to the tubular teens that'll make you scream "I love being a TURTLE!!!!!" Shell Shocked is available for free download at http://shellshocked.ocremix.org. This album was produced to help promote the music of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Konami or Viacom; all original compositions and characters are copyright their respective owners. "I wanted to capture what I had imagined as a hard rock sound in the music of the original Turtles in Time," said album director Kyle Crouse. "The Turtles themselves have always been steeped in the culture of the 80's and early 90's and have a bit of that era's playful cheesiness, so I wanted to reflect that in an album that had a hard edge but didn't take itself too seriously. Despite having a heavy rock and metal influence, the album is packed with variety, with arrangement styles ranging from power metal, punk, progressive synth, glam metal, jazz fusion, blues rock, funk, and even some Vanilla Ice-inspired rap rock." Shell Shocked is Crouse's third OC ReMix community album in a directorial role and his first as sole director following the tributes Tales: Summoning of Sprits in 2009 and Super Dodge Ball: Around the World in 2011. 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. ### \m/ Preview it: Download it: http://shellshocked.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_-_Shell_Shocked.torrent Comments/Reviews: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46707

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Yeah, the pictures were already in left-to-right order of how they were mentioned in the article, Anorax, so it wasn't exactly rocket science to match them up. Anyway, I linked them up. I took those labels off. If we ever get new art, they can be added back with a fan art credit.

Also, Minako Hamano was the composer of the source for "Kindred", not Kenji Yamamato.

Why'd they drop that cake? :'-( Sorry, Kris.

Seriously. I thought I had reclaimed my life again. :'-(

We asked Max to give us a quizzical look and he kindly hooked us up! Much love to Smooth for pushing VGM fellow acapella legends Rough McGruff!