Liontamer

Enjoying both Disco Dan's and Electron's Bubbleman ReMixes, I gotta go with AE's "Soap and Water" as my favorite of the three. There's so much going on here, it's incredible. This definitely stands on its own two feet as simply great music. I preferred more of the rearrainging of the theme in the beginning rather than the simple sound effects that AE gets into around the 3-minute mark, but honestly, it's all good here, because "Soap and Water" delivers in a big way, both as a remix and a stand-alone track. -LT

This one takes a little while to build up and ends too soon (one cycle just isn't enough), but the music here is incredible. My main gripe would be that the track doesn't sound as clean as I think it could be, though I don't think it hurts how strong the Mix is overall. This may be Khalal's only submission, but I say you should DL it cuz it's kicking asses all the way around the corner and back. I never played FF6, let alone the FF series (just not my thing), but "Devil's Lab Acid" is interesting to contrast with McVaffe's "Devil's Lab." Admittedly, the way Khalal's Mix caught my ear made me give McVaffe's some extra consideration, and I think that's one big plus that tracks like those as well as all the Chrono Trigger Zeal themes have: allowing you to check out several different, quality intepretations of the same song. -LT

The wind noises hooked me in the beginning to listen through Avien's "Winds of Eternity", and I'm glad I did. If you're looking for something completely different from any of the ReMixes here (and I know because I've listened to all of them), this is certainly it. Absolutely DL it and give it a listen. -LT

Rimco's "Doomed E1L8 Boss" is a favorite of mine that simply has a wonderfully melodic, somber, and deliberate feel to it. The eerie style of the Mix made me listen longer and longer, and, like I always say, brought a uniqueness to the picture that was hard to ignore. While the track builds, it doesn't build too loudly, so this is one of those tracks you can put on if you feel like just having background music in your ears, like Hazama's "Reminiscence (Deep Sleep)" from Genso Suikoden 2. I never played Doom, but I certainly feel this track should be tried out by just about everyone.

My roommate downloaded this song from OCR, and once I heard it playing while I was sitting around, I had to know what it was. That track was Chris J. Hampton's "The New Zeal," and it's the first track I got from OCR that wasn't a mix of a song I already knew, which says a lot about how good it is to stand out on it's own. It got pretty frequent play on my radio show at Emory University last semester, and will definitely be there to listen to when I go back there in Spring 2003. This'll always be a favorite, if not my absolute favorite OCReMix. Pretty safe to say it's a must download.

Hearing djp's House Party the first time is certainly weird and can turn off those not willing to hear out the whole track, but DEFINITELY stick with it and give it two or even three listens to let yourself see if you truly like it. I think many people would agree that, even if you don't initially click with this track from the get-go, there's something here musically that makes you think about listening to it several times to understand just what's being played. Listening to it multiple times, you'll get more accustomed to the warbling beats and the entire ReMix as a whole. If you don't like it immediately on the first listen, give it another one. House Party definitely grew on me, and is one of my favorite OC ReMixes as well as my favorite track from djpretzel himself. DL it now and check it out. -LT

The unique buildup of music from the beginning of the mix made me listen to TI Blasta Party further to see what it was about instead of skipping past it, and I generally liked what I heard with this one. The sound effects alone make this a noticeable track just because many of them remind you of aliens. Though a little bit repetitive, the beat here catches your ear, and I didn't feel the track tweaked my ear. The soft transitional at the 2'50" mark I could have gone without, but overall, this is a strong track by Taysiir that I enjoyed and felt was a keeper. Give it a try. It may or may not be your thing.

Music of Funk's opening beat is distinct and got my attention, and the track is good the whole way through. While I'm not a big techno fan, the music hear is nevertheless very tight, and the way it meshs so well with the sampling from the NES game is excellent. Because the music is very unique, I wanted it to repeat as opposed to viewing the ReMix as repetitive. I think you know what I mean. This being my first review, I have to say that I've listened to every single ReMix on OverClocked (yep), yet haven't played most of the games the mixes are from, so (while having a connection with a particular game is sweet) I appreciate just listening to the majority of the tracks here and judging them as straight-up music. In this case, Stephen Kennedy's Music of Funk is definitely great as a ReMix, but if you didn't know it was from the Batman NES game, you could argue that it holds its own in many respects as a song. Definitely check it out.