Liontamer

http://snesmusic.org/v2/download.php?spcNow=dkc - "Life in the Mines" (dkc-12.spc) Interesting intro. I definitely see what Vigilante was saying about the string attacks as they feel like the slightly lag behind. Can't say I like where the transition into techno was going, as the sounds and processing were pretty by-the-numbers. Not really much meat in the textures once things truly picked up at :57, with sparser sections like 1:10-1:35 feeling way too flimsy. The background strings there needed more meat on 'em as well to better fill out the soundfield. The percussion writing varied up on occasion, and there was a little meat on the bones, but the overall texture remained thin. More should have been done in terms of the arrangement of the source melody. The melodic interpretation in place is ok, but IMO repeats too much, making the overall arrangement feel underdeveloped. Ending arrived fairly abruptly at 3:00. Keep an eye on that kind of avoidable mistake for the future. Decent stuff, moreso on the arrangement side, but still quite a lot of progress would need to be made with both the arrangement and production to have a shot. More meat, more substance. NO

Another doujin submission, doesn't have an original title - LT * ReMixer name: moAbi * Email address: moabi@opus-xero.com * Website: http://opus-xero.com/ ReMix Info * Name of game(s) ReMixed: Legend of Mana * Name of individual song(s) ReMixed: Pain the Universe * Link to the original soundtrack: * Composer: Yoko Shimomura * System: ps1 * Your own comments: check this out!

Always enjoyable. Never had any issues with the arrangement or production, so I'm not sure why anyone thought it sounded questionable. The mix makes me want to see what others can do with the theme, which is a great accomplishment.

Bastard! Kept it secret!

Nice try. If it had been humorous though, it would show it.

Nice try. If I edited though, it would show it.

"Free site" as in the site's content is free, not that we're a haven for free speech. We're not. You don't have a right to free speech here at this privately owned and operated website. But that doesn't mean all judgehate is shuffled under the carpet. The standards get questioned, so we answer.

Just bumping. This is our new current "longest wait time" submission.

Yeah, music, especially the kind you're asking for, could be done fairly quickly. I'd wait on it until the project itself shows significant progress.

Plain, basic, ordinary. Not tasty like the ice cream. :'-(

As soon as I read his vote, it all came rushing back that Shariq is our Zelda expert. Reading his vote makes me kick myself for not simply soliciting his feedback when this issue came up. Yeah, my impression was that the ending choir was the only thing that may have been wholly original to this song. But indeed, we aren't a site for "remixes" with direct sampling of the material. "ReMix" as in rearrangment, not remixing as in sampling the original game audio. NO As an aside, your remixing work is otherwise very excellent, Andreas. Congratulations on contributing this to N+. You definitely sound like you're already on your way to being a success. I'm a big fan of your remix of Domu's "A Heart to Cover For" featuring Elsa Esmerelda on intro vocals. That's an amazing piece of work.

DeliPlayer 2

Maybe I should just delete all sub-10 character posts.

No we don't.

Im in ur post, fixin ur grammer.

I'm thinking not. Still, you may want to contact someone from SNESmusic.org: http://snesmusic.org/v2/ (check the bottom for contact info).

This was answered way back. WAAAY back. Look for my first post.

I threatened to revoke Dhsu's journalistic license if he didn't blog'er up. Enjoyz. Again, best of luck regarding sales. 100 sounds like a very reasonable goal. I hope you made extras to give away as demos!

As humorous as it may seem to you, there's no reason to mock the language barrier here on account of his translator being poor. Provided you can infer what he's asking, please help him accordingly.

I actually answered your accusation of this last time in the DarkCecil13 judgehate thread. Maybe you didn't see it (it was part of a massive response to several people), but I still have the whole thing. But indeed, we can't help that we receive more submissions from various franchises. Those are the more popular games, and, statistically, they will always receive more attention from submitting artists. I can't speak for other Js, but I know that personally, I love receiving submissions (and especially passable mixes) from games that receive little to no coverage. You'll never believe it, but I'm just as bitter as you are. I work here every day, and I see the disparity firsthand. I would love to see Sonic Spinball, and Treasure Master, and California Games, and Spider-Man & The X-Men, and Res-Q, and Breath of Fire V, and World Heroes, and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Duke Nukem. If we got nothing ever again from the most popular games, I'd be ok. But of course I don't truly mean that. And here's why: One great part of being on the panel is hearing even the tired and true "overdone" themes getting reimagined in ways I didn't think were possible. Shnabubula's SMB "Mario Likes Thorazine" and ambient & Skrypnyk's CT "Back 2 Skala" renew my interest in the old hat themes just when I think I've burnt out on them. They don't impress the most jaded of jaded, but I'm always amazed by what the artists here are coming up with. Keep it together, though. Some of the lesser known games/soundtracks are gonna get the treatment. We've got a Syberia mix coming up from Prasa U. that I've very glad we got. On the direct post side, Danimal Cannon of Arm Cannon has made sure that Blaster Master hasn't been forgotten around these parts. Anyone interested in Wild ARMs performed by a real, live symphony orchestra? And Top Gear 2 will be here eventually by an old school legend (you can probably guess). Every time we expand the database with a new game listing, with new composers, with new source tunes, that's meaningful progress to me. I always want to see more. Convince Ryan8bit to submit his Sierra game mixes. He's got this amazing King's Quest V mix that I've been badgering him about ever since I heard it in DoD, and even at MAGFest 5 he was talking about how unsure he was about it. And I'm a judge (and fan) asking him to send it in. There's only so much one man can do! If you really wanna help, If there's an obscure game arrangement you like, and you think it could make it, as the artist to send it. I will personally thank you for the effort.

Even though I was 99% sure of my call, Andy's running the FF7 project and perhaps could have picked up on other source material I simply wasn't familiar with that Siamey may have neglected to state in the sub letter. Any submission involving greater than 50% VGM arrangement is imperative to honoring the source material moreso than doing your own thing. I want to make it clear that while Heath's current track is not dishonoring anything, it also fails to explicitly involve the source material enough to be considered a substantive enough tribute as far as OCR's standards. The focus at this site must be on video game music first, wholly original material second. As Andy and I said, the production is all sorts of excellent, and what is directly interpreted is good. But the overall usage of the source material is lacking. If this is how you'd envisioned it, and you don't want to revise anything, more power to you, and that's cool. I definitely enjoyed the track. But if you'd like to integrate some more FF7 material directly into the arrangement and resubmit this, Heath, it would be a very welcome addition. My vote stands as a NO (resubmit).

Can we get any further follow-up on whether zircon's breakdown is satisfactory for those of you that know theory? Let's please make the rounds so that we can have a conclusive result this week if possible.

Yeah, kinda lazy, but he's implying that the feed itself wasn't displaying the usual information. Who knows, something could be functioning differently than before. I'm sure djp can check if anything's up.

David, you see this one?

As far as I'm concerned, you're early. And with a great read. I've followed up things with today's post of mine on a new piece posted up by the 8-Bit Artist, tying into the upcoming VG concert and art show, 16-Bit Genocide. Happy reading!