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I'd have to time out the music to be sure it's arranging the sources for more than 50%, but the overall concept seemed solid. Strings at :05 sounded really bright/piercing yet had no clarity, which didn't bode well for the overall mixing. Immediately not feeling the drums at :29, which sound super duper hollow and fake, which dragged down the overall cohesion. The drum writing should be more punchy and interesting for the first section (and somewhat in the second half like proph noted), but otherwise the writing throughout the tracks seems cool and doesn't need to be touched as long as the source usage is dominant. Piano at :29's also very mechanical-sounding, then the string sustains are particularly exposed from :38-:48. Voiceover at :48 seemed to be occupying some of the same frequencies as the music, because it wasn't cutting through to the foreground. At 1:01, some bowed strings entered the background and the soundscape felt muddy. Lots of clarity issues. Vocals moved over into chipmunk stuff at 1:28 (I know it's Worms-inspired); they weren't understandable at all (less so than the source's vocals), but I'll live. Shift at 2:13 to the Worms 98 version of the source. Around 2:27-2:37, was hearing lot of plossives and heavy breath, like there was no pop shield for the recording mic. From 2:45-3:05, the voiceover's completely bowled over by the music. Maybe on monitors this didn't sound problematic, but on headphones it sounds like mud. This is a cool concept, but poorly mixed. (EDIT - 2/1/25: "Poorly mixed" for you relative to what I've previously heard from you, not "poorly, shittily mixed, this is trash." This IS currently messy.) I'd argue the voiceover stuff felt too similar to the original sources, but I'll live, since the music itself is transformative. The sample realism issues I had didn't make a difference in the second half, but definitely hurt the first two minutes in a significant way. Needs more production TLC before we can roll with it. Good base here, regardless! NO (resubmit)

An arrangement premise I can get behind for sure, Super Turbo in the style of Alpha 2! :-) Nice lil' time sig change at :49, then a cool gong shot at 1:02. I'm liking the basic change in the supporting writing to really add some fresh character to this treatment of Fei Long's theme. At 1:52, there was an effective dropoff before coming back with the beat at 2:06 and getting funkier with the interpretation. Haha at the "ATTA!" at 2:44. ;-P There could be more dynamics in terms of the overall groove, but what's here is definitely quality and deceptively well-developed. Nice work, BT! :-) YES

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Artist Name: Genesis 83 I wanted to do a 90s House style version of Dreamer from Streets Of Rage 2 as an experiment and to test my own musical capabilities having been self taught and having zero musical knowledge. This Track was composed in FL studio. Yuzo Koshiro the original composer is a legend to many of us on OC Remix and his music has stuck with me from me childhood to adulthood. I hope i have done the track justice. Games & Sources Streets Of Rage 2 - Dreamer and Various SFX

Pokémon TCG Pocket came out 2 months ago (Oct 2024), and people were recommending that I try it out. Uh, well, I ended up getting hooked (my favorite decks are Greninja Starmie water control and Celebi Serperior grass aggro), but I also decided to write a ReMix for it! The OST had such a coherent style, and some incredibly intelligent music theory behind it as well. I ended up combining the Title theme with the theme you hear during a Wonder Pick ("Feed Challenge Menu"), making sort of a Jazz Fusion arrangement with some 80s sound design. For the writing process, I actually tried playing out chord progressions with my MIDI keyboard instead of trying to visualize and mouse them in, and that led to more explorative results! :-) I also must shout out that a recent FL Studio revision let me put unique fades/volume adjustments on audio clips, which really helped my workflow; I finished this in less than 18 hours across a month. This actually had quite the overhaul at the beginning - the first version used acoustic drums, but it was just too dull (I think I've gotten spoiled by electronic drums :-P). I also had a few moments where I pulled a Mike Portnoy and said, 'yeah, you know what, I'll break some rules and just ADD or SUBTRACT a beat because it sounds right' (you'd hear him talk about messing with a time signature formula he had established, during his Drumeo video learning 'Pneuma' by Tool). I added a 4/4 measure at 0:33, added a beat at the end of 1:24 and 2:23 (making it 7/8, 7/8, 7/8, 8/8), and took off a beat during 1:41 - 1:55 on each measure (making it 7/8, 7/8, 7/8, 7/8). Other than that, I think this pretty much wrote itself. The instruments were mainly Zebra2 (E. Piano layer, Bells, Lead, Bass layer), Neo-Soul Suitcase (E. Piano layer), Shreddage 3 Precision (Bass), and Juggernaut (impacts, sweeps). And with that, I hope you enjoy, and... since heads has always been a good result in this game, may your coin flips always be heads! Extra Info: Source Breakdown: 0:00.00 - 0:36.13 ~= 0:00.00 - 0:34.76 (Title, loosely-similar chords) 0:36.13 - 0:52.50 = 0:34.76 - 0:53.08 (Title) 0:54.44 - 1:10.70 = 0:53.08 - 1:09.35 (Title) 1:10.70 - 1:23.68 = 0:00.00 - 0:03.87, 0:07.72 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu in 7/8) 1:25.45 - 1:41.73 = 0:00.00 - 0:03.87, 0:07.72 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu, different bass) 1:41.73 - 1:55.98 = 0:00.00 - 0:03.87, 0:07.72 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu chords) + 0:53.08 - 1:09.35 (Title melody in 7/8) 1:55.98 - 2:06.60 = 0:03.87 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu; straightforward) 2:10.20 - 2:17.32 = 0:03.87 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu; straightforward) 2:24.94 - 2:57.49 = 0:53.08 - 1:09.35 (Title; melodic variation + new bassline) 2:57.49 - 3:10.45 = 0:00.00 - 0:03.87, 0:07.72 - 0:11.60 (Feed Challenge Menu in 7/8) 36.13 + 16.37 + 16.36 + 12.98 + 16.28 + 14.25 + 10.62 + 7.12 + 32.55 + 12.96 = 175.62/197.43 = 88.95% source 36.13 + 16.37 + 16.36 + 14.25 + 32.55 = 115.66/197.43 = 58.58% Title 12.98 + 16.28 + 14.25 + 10.62 + 7.12 + 12.96 = 74.21/197.43 = 37.59% Feed Challenge Menu Games & Sources --- From what I could find, the in-game credits have these people on the sound team: Axumi Ito, dattxua, Harumi Yamaguchi, Takuto Kitsuta --- Title: Feed Challenge Menu (if you've played the game, it's actually the Wonder Pick screen.):

The little accenting sounds brought in at :13 are too piercing, IMO. Actually, the sweep from :53-:58 was grating too. It's not pleasant on headphones; the highs should be cut. More of the same issue from 1:17-1:38. Love the brief dropoff at 1:38, then some beats return at 1:49 to give it more direction & drive. At 2:10, the change in the melody was briefly meandering, but no big deal. Nice lil' transition sound at 2:20 to the sustained synth line; love the subtle dynamic here. The highs should really be pulled back so this doesn't sound so piercing on headphones, but that's no reason to hold it back as is. The adjustments have made this sound much more cohesive; I didn't have any reservations of this sounding like a WIP this go-around, and the subtle dynamic curve works very well here now. Nice work channelling a mysterious and delicate approach to the source, Brad! :-) YES Edit (3/26/25): From 1:07, the accenting sounds are still piercing, moreso from 1:17-1:38 when the pattern's more active, but less so than before. :-) It's slightly less of an issue from 1:49-2:20, but still going on there as well. I'm still at a point where, ideally, they'd still be adjusted, but still not at a point where my vote's conditional.

Hell of a throwback palette; awesome sound design for the intro. Ramp up at :34 was very muddy but thankfully only lasted until :42 (again from :50-:57); still, I had to throw on a control track to make sure my headphones setup wasn't jacked up. Arrangement-wise, it has huge energy and good textural evolution to keep things dynamic. The drop at 1:59 followed by the tension right afterward until 2:29 was tremendous. Wasn't expecting the instrumentation shift around 2:27, but it still works. More old disk drive action to transition into glitching, intensity, and density for the final minute. We definitely appreciate you sending in some old gold, Jack, and thanks for being a part of the exemplary, creative arrangements that have made OCR what it is. :-) YES

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It took a while for the theme to overtly kick in, but it was there in full force at 1:30 (earlier around :45 during the buildup). Moody, snowy, lo-fi, sleigh bells... I'm digging it. Sets quite a nice scene. Not sure why proph thought other Js may ding it for not having forward momentum; it's lo-fi. Not that the genre particularly matters for me; there's lots of ways to approach an arrangement and this has enough dynamic contrast, so I don't mind the mellower approach and more low-key energy. :-) Glad you sent this in, David! YES

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The mixdown still isn't ideal in that some of the backing bass elements are quietly mixed, but the overall presentation's stronger. Lead at :17 is better, and the dropoff at :33 was nice contrast, where the texture became clear and you also threw in some accenting SFX. Nice transition sound at :57 as well. The dynamics and sound design are feeling a lot more cohesive this time around. Good pulsating/warbling sounds at 1:22 that were changing volume and moving around the stereo field to add flavor to the presentation during the break section until 2:01. The lil' SFX at 2:03 was too loud as well as the glassier sounds starting at 2:04, which were shrill; nothing dealbreaking, but should be adjusted. Lead at 2:35 was a little bland, but had some modulation on it to spice it up, and the final section had good subtractiveness to the instrumentation for the finish. You should be proud of the progress you've made, and it shows that pushing through and learning by doing has brought you farther faster than overanalyzing things and being caught in analysis paralysis. You've also made OCR history; no one's ever had this many resubmissions of a track to finally make it through, yet the proof's in the pudding of your persistence paying dividends. Wanted to check this out in case I was going to dispute it, as I hadn't been a YES yet throughout all these revisions, but here we are! YES

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US! OC ReMix = 25 YEARS OLD! 4,500 ReMixes later, video game music is STILL an art form! We've got a celebratory Zeal mix by JSABlixer from the upcoming anniversary album TimeShift, and we'll be doing lots more over the course of the next year to celebrate the creativity and impact of this powerful community! Thank you to everyone -- past, present, and future -- who have made OverClocked ReMix what it is. Please share some positive memories on how you discovered OCR, artists and tracks you love (original VGM OR ReMixes), let's go! :-D

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Not sure why it's an audio match in Vimeo; maybe @jnWake also published their track on paid music services? We're fine with it being used as long as it's credited to both the artists & https://ocremix.org (per our Content Policy, so that anyone who likes what they hear can then find it). :-)

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