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OC ReMix and Cyril the Wolf present X over Zero: Mega Man Metal! November 26, 2019 Contact: press@ocremix.org FAIRFAX, VA... OC ReMix is proud to present Cyril the Wolf's X over Zero: Mega Man Metal, Connor Pelkey's power metal tribute to the complex friendship and rivalry between Mega Man series' leads X and Zero. X over Zero features nine intense metal arrangements of tracks throughout the Mega Man X and Mega Man Zero series, and is available for free download at https://ocremix.org/info/X_over_Zero:_Mega_Man_Metal. "I wanted to show off a story, in brief, of two characters who were intertwined from the very first moments of Mega Man X until the final scene of Mega Man Zero 4," album director Connor Pelkey explained. "The lyrics are all inspired by the game's plot directly and (with just two exceptions) all are sang from the titular character's perspective. X over Zero was produced to help promote video game music, was made by fans, for fans, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Capcom; all images, characters, and original compositions are copyright their respective owners. "I've always been a massive fan of the Mega Man X series, so it became sort of the mountain I wanted to climb," recounted Pelkey. "I felt confident that I could pull it off after writing 5 albums of original music, and wanted to make something to honor the video game music roots I'd come from. X over Zero marks OC ReMix's fifth album honoring the Mega Man franchise. Besides the officially Capcom-produced Mega Man 25th anniversary album For Everlasting Peace, the community has also created 2012's Mega Man X: Maverick Rising, 2011's Mega Man 9: Back in Blue, and Joshua Morse's solo album The Robot Museum. 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. OC ReMix operates under the umbrella and sponsorship of Game Music Initiative, Inc, a 501c3 non-profit charitable organization (EIN: 81-4140676). ### Download it: https://ocremix.org/info/X_over_Zero:_Mega_Man_Metal Torrent: http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/X_over_Zero_-_Mega_Man_Metal.torrent Comments/Reviews: https://ocremix.org/community/topic/48897/

Download it! https://ocremix.org/info/X_over_Zero:_Mega_Man_Metal Torrent it! http://bt.ocremix.org/torrents/X_over_Zero_-_Mega_Man_Metal.torrent As far back as 2007, I've been really into the idea of writing lyrics to video game OST music, partially inspired by the more parody/humorist lyrics of Brentalfloss and the like, and I wouldn't become aware of The Megas until late 2009. I've always been a massive fan of the Mega Man X series, so it became sort of the mountain I wanted to climb. I felt confident that I could pull it off after writing 5 albums of original music, and wanted to make something to honor the video game music roots I'd come from. Starting from 2016, after discovering the bustling VGM cover scene on YouTube, I started to release my lyrical interpretations of Mega Man X tracks to my YouTube channel and I would often get comments suggesting I cover tunes from the successor series Mega Man Zero. From that point, I knew the framework I wanted to fit an album into. I wanted to show off a story, in brief, of two characters who were intertwined from the very first moments of Mega Man X until the final scene of Mega Man Zero 4. It took a lot of effort to make sure these all sounded like they were from the same album since, in the midst of the project, I moved to a new house *and* completely changed my recording philosophy. The lyrics are all inspired by the game's plot directly and (with just two exceptions) all are sang from the titular character's perspective. I wanted to thank my collaborators, Drummershy and DS for helping fill out some tracks. Thank you to my sister EsperPhoenix and Brandon Snell for contributing some additional vocals to a few of my choirs. HUGE thank you to my wife for putting up with my wailing. Finally, thank you to OverClocked ReMix for helping with this release, and all of *you* for listening. - Connor Pelkey (Cyril the Wolf)

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Yeah, it's not traditional vaporware, but that doesn't matter. As I said last time around, the source usage checked out from the get go, and the arrangement's creative. It's still arguably too lo-fi, but it still works for the genre, and it's not like it's poorly produced. Last time around, my vote definitely wasn't that it's too weird; I thought it had a lot of potential, but for being so short, it was relatively underdeveloped and ended up losing steam a little over halfway through. Now it has more detail work in the writing along with a brighter, fuller sound, all without losing any bit of the character this had before. Whereas this really dragged on after 1:31 last time around, there's more substance and variation to the leads and textures along with good SFX usage to keep things interesting and not feel like the vision was compromised at all in the effort to flesh this out a bit more. Really nice subtle step up to lift this over the line, Michael! YES

Dance-in-your-chair good.

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Thanks a lot for being willing to revisit this one, bsolmaz. I genuinely appreciate it, and I'm glad you were able to add these additional subtle touches to put a little more meat on the bone and easily walk it over the finish line. YES

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I can see why this got some borderline YESs, but I'm in agreement with the NOs on this lacking enough dynamic contrast, even in light of the narrower dynamic curve here. One thing that doesn't help is the beatwork being so repetitive and also relatively empty and basic. Arrangement-wise, this does personalize the sound nicely, and I felt like I was hearing something in a similar vein to Super Mario Galaxy music; this has a lot of personality and the mixing's solid, but the beats need some fleshing out and/or additional subtle variation, and the melody could also use the same, even though changing up the instrumentation went in the right direction for helping this stand apart from the original. This is a really good base, and doesn't need wild changes, but it does need some additional variation. Definitely don't drop this one, PC, this is really promising. NO (resubmit)

Agreed that this was excellent. The time sig change was brief, and actually could have gone in some other directions as well to extend the change-up, but it was very smoothly handled. Good expansive genre adaptation of the source, along with clean, precise mixing that packs a nice punch. Great work, guys! YES

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The track's more lo-fi-sounding now than where I feel would be optimal, but I can get past it; IMO, the beats don't pack much punch anymore, and I think the soundscape sounds too distant. Lots of new original writing sprinkled in here and there to accent the track and develop the interpretation more substantively than last time, even though I was fine with the first version. IMO, it would be better to get another pass to make the overall sound more clear, but the arrangement substance is still there and I'm fine with the overall production as is. Even if it's not the strongest pass, I'm still on board. YES