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We've already accepted at least 2 ReMixes of ReMixes. Section 6, part 5 of the standards says "Submissions that are revisions or new versions of existing, posted ReMixes will only be evaluated as additions, not as replacements, and must be substantially different. Revisions are not encouraged and may be held to higher standards." Something like this mashup that relies on the direct sampling of original audio (like a traditional remix) would be rejected.

If you need help putting together files, Andrew will vouch for me re: FF4 recently. So feel free to get in touch with me if necessary. I'd like to look over your file tagging anyway to make sure everything is nice and consistent before the release.

Of course it's not allowed as an actual ReMix. You just mashed it up, you didn't primarily create the original audio.

VERY strong stuff. I'm glad Andrew and Dave both appreciated the synergy of electronic and organic instrumentation as much as I did. This was some really intelligent arrangement!

Case-by-case. Trying to generally answer your question though, I don't care if the structure is "DJ friendly". As long as the arrangement is sufficiently creative, interpretive and developed, you're free to do whatever you want with the structure. AnSo's right in that most tracks like your implied example probably wouldn't make it, potentially for lack of development, or potentially for lack of source usage. But like I said, it's case-by-case.

Please keep your fake stats in your ass where they belong.

Have some faith. I'm sure we can try something down the line after DragonCon too.

Please mail the Smirnoff Ice to the Georgia Dome, and my peeps will make sure I get it!

Hahaha! For the record, the random naked guy tripped over me and fell on the hardwood floor. With 3 drunk people roaming around, I thankfully saw no butts or nuts.

Brad, stop being a idiot all the time. You don't need to shit on other artists just because some other idiot said something stupid.

OverClocked ReMix Releases Free Fan Tribute Album, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption July 19, 2009 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA--OverClocked ReMix today released its 14th project album, Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption. The album consists of 46 arrangements of composer Nobuo Uematsu’s original score to the Square Enix game Final Fantasy IV. The album is available for free download at http://ff4.ocremix.org. Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption is not affiliated with or endorsed by Square Enix. Nearly 40 artists participated in honoring Uematsu in this all-encompassing project which consists of over three hours of music. The three-disc project consists of three acts; Betrayal, Strife, and Redemption. The discs correspond with the drama of the story and the tracks are arranged as a narrative, culminating in the two-part finale of act three. The album is best classified as a rock opera, but a variety of genres are represented in the album, enhancing the breadth of the original score. Andrew Luers, head coordinator and co-creator of the project, states, “It's been a pleasure to work with so many excellent musicians who all share a similar passion for the original soundtrack. This is a fantastic album, and I'm incredibly excited to share our team's hard work, dedication, and most of all talent with the Final Fantasy music fans around the world.” About OverClocked ReMix Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation, preservation, and interpretation of video game music. Its primary focus is www.ocremix.org, a website featuring hundreds of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans. ### Digg it: http://digg.com/music/Final_Fantasy_IV_Echoes_of_Betrayal_Light_of_Redemption Preview it: Download it: http://ff4.ocremix.org Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/Final_Fantasy_IV_-_Echoes_of_Betrayal_Light_of_Redemption.torrent

Nice work!

Nah. Hahahahaha!

starla, you smell! (i.e. you smell nice, but "8-bit Eighties" lyrics, we need 'em!)

Very strong stuff. I'd say this is Andrew's most polished piece yet. Everything came together really nicely here. If you had told me Kaijin had worked on this, I'd have believed it.

Which ones? The ones coinciding with the release of the OUS album or the ones pulled from the not-yet-completed OCR project, and thus aren't late? In other words, .

From "best" to "great", also.

We'll take care of those. We have a other songs in the DB that don't have ReMixes assigned to them, we're fine with that.

I can see what was meant about wanting the length to be extended, but that was never a big deal. It got in, it got out; win. Also, harping on fadeouts regardless of context is one of the dumbest criticisms ever in the community. It was always dumb when Prot did it, and it's dumb now.

Hey, for the Scuba Divers track, what's being said in the background in the line about Tidus from 1:11-1:12?

Seems like you're being way too "serious business". He wasn't going for oneupsmanship, so dial it down.

No worries, I appreciate the quick response. I need to get some sleep, but will finish the tagging and upload the files either tonight or tomorrow.

If you guys know which game characters correspond to the Scuba Divers lyrics, lemme know. Can I get a roll call of the Zeromus choir members, alpha'ed? -------- Those are pretty much the last things I need to finalize the stuff. Also noting now that I changed a few source tune titles to reflect the official English language tracknames, courtesy the US iTunes release, same as we did for VotL.

ReMixer Name: BAMFBassman11 Real name: Bruce Norris Email address: brucenorris11@gmail.com User ID: 28711 Name of game arranged: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Name of song arranged: Midna's Desperate Hour Comments: I recently went out and bought Reason, and this is the culmination of my first attempt at anything electronic. I chose this song only after experimenting with a groove in three, and seeing how 'Midna' fit I immediately began to shape an arrangement around it. I kept the arrangement fairly consistent with the original (with exception to the B section), but added a trance/dnb kind of feel to it that keeps the flow going from beginning to end, and keeps that energy pumping. In retrospect, I suppose a story could be crafted from the audio steps I took; anyone who's played the game knows at what point this song comes in, so I figured a lot of rhythm could be representative of the constant desperate element. The more contemplative sound could be appropriate in the middle to represent how Link begins to ponder the events that just happened. The drum break could represent a surprise attack, maybe...? I don't know. However, I wasn't even thinking about that when I made it. I was just trying to make something that grooved, and others could groove on. Since it is my first submission, I would ask that if there are any ways I could improve upon any aspect that the judges would be open to letting me know so I can improve. I'm all about getting better, and working in the electronic world was a welcome changeup, but I could always use the advice. Thanks, ~Bruce N. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Game Rip) - (70) "Midna's Desperation" The piano part sounded too much like the original, but I'm willing to panel this since the overall package was interpretive. The production definitely needed work. The high end frequencies sounded cut off, and everything sounded lossy and distant, very apparent at :11 and the changeup at 1:17. Nice transition and addition of the pad at 1:39, repeated at 2:01, 2:23 & 2:43. This original section went on too long IMO, but started hinting at the source a bit with the piano after 2:47. 3:04 (finally) changed up into another original section, before (also, finally) bringing back the source at 3:28 (nice SFX usage right before then) with a cut-and-paste of :56's section. 3:49 offered some changes for the lead to at least offer a little variation. Things wound down 4:03 via subtraction which was an effective finish, though the mechanical-sounding piano sequencing was exposed. Going from 1:17-3:28 with just brief hints of the source needs to be trimmed down or modified in some way. It just went on too long without "Midna's Lament" in a significant role and made the arrangement seem too disconnected from the source tune. So in short, I'm liking the overall ideas, but this needs some additional work to realize its potential. This could either use some trimming down of the original section or more integration of the source during that section. The production also needs to be cleaned up, and the Midna's sections bookending the piece could use a little more variation from one another if you think you can make that work. Cool first sub, Bruce, this is already a solid foundation, so I hope we hear more from you on this one. NO (resubmit)

Original Decision: http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20228 ReMixer: Hollidayrain Name: Sreyas Krishnan E-mail: sreyaskr@msn.com Website: www.soundclick.com/hollidayrain ReMix title: "Breakout" ( <---Mp3 can be downloaded from this location) Game: Kirby's Block Ball Song: Level 1 Theme (http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/nintendo/gameboy/kbb-stage1.mid) Platform: Gameboy I tried to make some appropriate changes. I added another layer to the drums tracks, added another trance bass part at the track got to the meat, changed the melody up in the main section and made it repeat less in the build up, tried to make the 'section #2' melody of the source more obvious (played by both the piano and oboe in the section between 3:05 and 4:00 and again by the square synth at 4:31, added a few lines with one of my vintage vibelike synths, and layered the main lead to make it just a bit less flimsy. Thanks! Sreyas 'Hollidayrain' Krishnan www.soundclick.com/hollidayrain --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.zophar.net/download_file/15457 - Track 5 Sounded pretty interesting, though still a bit stock with the instrumentation. The mixing needed some work, as I wasn't getting much high-end and the sounds were mudding together a bit. Less so than the previous version, but still enough to be a significant problem. Once you clean up the soundscape, you may want to add a pad to fill things out in the back. The fullest sections featuring the source verse (e.g. :43-:57, 4:01-4:56) still sounded underwhelming, probably because the clap groove could stand to be meatier. I think you need more power in the groove for those areas; it may simply be a matter of how you're mixing things. Oooh, what are those super fake brass & woodwind samples doing upfront at 5:10? They just made the ending sound awkward, because they're the only audible "organic" instrumentation in the whole song, and for all of, what, 15 seconds? It didn't fit at all, so I'd switch those sounds for something else. (And I did hear that stuff far in the back earlier on; that stuff was OK where it was, when it was quiet.) Dynamically, this had more going on than last time. Arrangement-wise, I generally liked it. There were a lot of good liberal and original sections that pieced together nicely with the source. Definitely some good things here to expand the source tune and add your own spin to it beyond the genre adaptation. Work on making the soundscape sound cleaner and less distant, then see what you can do about boosting up the dynamics with a few tweaks/additions, and I think this could be the one. The core of what's here with the arrangement was solid and doesn't need to be drastically altered. Definitely use the WIP forums on this one, and nag whomever you need for feedback in order to get this where it needs to be. Even if you're not able to get this to a state where we could pass it, you're showing artistic growth and are headed in the right direction. Certainly an improvement; keep it up! NO (resubmit)