Pavos

Are you still up for doing an Eternity mix, Brandon?

Generic boss battle themes are fine as well, if that's what you mean (such as 'Fighting of the Spirit' from the Tales series)

I want as much variety as possible, so I would prefer for you guys to mix seperate games. However, the more passionate you are about agame, the better mixes you usually make. So... as long as the two mixes use different sources and have a very different approach, but both according to the guidelines (such as one very more orchestral rock/bombasticly epic and the other one creepy and ominous), I'm fine with it. Also, hakstock should still do Chrono Cross

I know, I edited my response in my post

Awesome! Yeah sure, like we said: the main focus should be on the boss theme, but it's fine to mix in other sources Added it to the FAQ since we got several questions about it Yeah, that fits perfectly! Keep the focus on the creepy stuff and not on the grunt, then you're fine!

As long as the main focus is on the boss theme, and you follow the genre it's fine

Sure guys, send me a good WIP, vision and timeframe and you can join And a ToP mix would indeed be awesome

"If there is true evil in this world, it lies in the hearts of mankind" ~ Edward Morrison BadAss: Volume 3 Now that BadAss: Volume II is released, it is time to finish the trilogy! As with all trilogies, the first one is the basic part, the second one is the darkest part and the third one is the epic conclusion. This will also be the case with BA3 and it will be done like this: for BadAss 3, there's a small change in genre/theme to keep things interesting. Instead of gritty and mean as with BA2, Volume 3 will be more adrenaline-pumping, epic and twisted. People should feel dark and evil when listening to this album. This could be done with epic and bombastic songs, but also with really creepy or twisted songs. This means more orchestral influences (such as low choirs or strings) or more dissonance/eerie arrangements. Think you're (wo)man enough to contribute to the final BadAss album I'll be directing and the conclusion of the (first?) BadAss trilogy? Then join up and embrace the darkness like never before! Only the most vile and twisted of musicians will be able to withstand the pure evil that will undoubtetly be contained within this album... Forums: http://badass3.proboards.com/ Staff: Pieter van Os (pu_freak) - Director Alexandre Mourey (Chernabogue) - Assistant Director timaeus222 - Production feedback Assistant & Mastering FINAL TRACKLIST: Disc 1 (43:51) 1-01 Lashmush - Monument of Non-Existence [Dancing Mad (Final Fantasy VI)] 1-02 Sbeast - Zeromus Sum Game [The Final Battle (Final Fantasy IV)] 1-03 Kammo64 - Darksightedness [Dark Bowser (Mario & Luigi - Bowser's Inside Story)] 1-04 Chernabogue, AngelCityOutlaw, Furilas - The Metal Emperor [Machinedramon (Digimon World)] 1-05 GamerShredding - Warriors of Shredder [Mid-Boss Battle, Boss Battle (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Manhattan Project)] 1-06 HoboKa - Jaded by Death [Deathevan (Breath of Fire II)] 1-07 Chernabogue - Crescendo to Chaos [Last Battle (VS Rival) (Pokémon Red)] 1-08 XPRTNovice - The Power [Grahf, Omen (Xenogears)] 1-09 Mak Eightman - Amputate Your Metal [boss Battle (Wild Guns)] 1-10 Chernabogue, Tuberz McGee, Furilas, Mirby, Brandon Strader - Are You BadAss [sturm (Advance Wars)] Disc 2 (42:18) 2-01 PabloComa - Opening the Way [The Opened Way (Shadow of the Colossus)] 2-02 pu_freak - The Dark Defender [Magus' Castle, Magus Confronted (Chrono Trigger)] 2-03 David L. Puga - (Progeny) Of A Frail Humanity [Wesker Theme, Wesker - Beginnings, Mercenaries - Wesker, Winds of Madness (Resident Evil series)] 2-04 neshead80 - Fortress of Doom [sub Castle BGM (Super Mario World)] 2-05 Chimpazilla, Redg - Molgera's Love [Molgera (The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker)] 2-06 Kammo64 - Mad Jack's Drop [Mad Jack (Donkey Kong 64)] 2-07 SkyRiderX feat. XPRTNovice - Twisted Rebirth [Dark Samus Theme, Tallon Overworld, U-mos Theme (Metroid Prime 3, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2)] 2-08 timaeus222 - Soiled by the Egyptians [Cave2 Tank, Day 5; Arctic Ridge, Day 9; Hydroponic Lab (Vectorman 2, Vectorman 1)] 2-09 Darkmoocher, timaeus222 - Become Death [Day 4; Absolute Zero, Day 15; Worldlink Center, Day 2; Metalhead, Day 16; Twist and Shout (Vectorman)] 2-10 Lashmush - Seed of Perdition [Lavos' Theme, World Revolution, Last Battle (Chrono Trigger)] FAQ What's the deadline? You will need to give me an update every two months. Newcomers need to show me or Chernabogue progress (could be just a PM with a quick update) every month. The cut-off point will be on December 2014. What happens when I miss a deadline? You're kicked off the album, unless you've contacted Chernabogue or me with a valid reason. The strenght of volumed releases and not being restricted to one soundtrack is that I do not need a specific song. We won't postpone this album by months if one song isn't finished. You've been warned. How do I join? Just send me or Chernabogue a WIP along with your vision of how the final song will be and a timeframe of when you're planning to finish it Any specifics I must do with my ReMix? Yes, most importantly: follow the genre as stated above. Also, the source must (obviously) be a song that is associated with a boss. I aim to get a 50/50 division of well-known vs obscure sources. Can I also use another source? You can, as long as the main focus is on the boss theme and you still follow the specifics as stated above. Please use other sources from the same game. If you really have an awesome idea to mix in a source from a different game, we can discuss it. Why the quote? Because the evil in us will show through this album. Every artist will have to reach in their inner evil to create the epicness that will be BadAss 3. Also, the quote has been used by Dhaos in Tales of Phantasia. Resources: pu_freak - Piano Chernabogue - Orchestra, drums and various instruments (programming/VST), and mixing/mastering timaeus222 - drum programming, critical mixing/mastering, and face-melting guitars/bass So, that's about it. Let's finish this!

It's released! http://badass2.ocremix.org !

I finally finished the game... now I can enjoy this project even more

Happy birthday man!

Yeah it's really an awesome trailer, great stuff Alex!

Happy birthday man!

I can help you with giving feedback if you want. Won't be able to do a remix, but I can always record some piano parts if people want those

Real smooth jazz version of an otherwise (in my opinion) not very memorable source. You can definitely hear the chord progression and the "feel" or the original, only it's MUCH better. Great stuff making this mix from that source

Alright guys, we've passed eval some time ago so we should be having our release in a few months! Time to start hypin'

Haha Journey's End is a great name for a mix of that source EDIT: It's an awesome rendition of the source, but I think there's too little original stuff to be accepted for OCR

Just started to play SD3 since I never fully played the game. Let's see who finishes first

Don't fuck around

I don't know the source, but this is a sweet sounding mix! Definitely going in my "chill" playlist

Thanks for your lengthy and helpful answer. About the hype-machine: when this project reaches eval, it'll still be several months before it gets released (due to the many projects in line). So I don't know if you want to fire up the hype-machine already. Aside from that, kudo's for directing this for as long as you have and good luck with the finishing touches.

You are, of course, free to do what you want, but I disagree with some things of your previous statement. I'm not telling you what to do and I don't want to start an arugment or anything, but just hear me out. Telling people to contact you without any consequences for them diesn't help. And sure, it would be a shame if you lost some people, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices if it's otherwise going to negatively influence the rest of the project. Like Stevo said, the finished tracks aren't getting any younger and stalling them will only make them sound old. The most activity (I think) the project had was when Rozo set up some deadlines and kicked some people (including me) out. It's too bad that it has to be that way, but that's how you get people to work. zircon did the same thing with the FF6 project and you can't say that that was a bad album. You just have to draw a line somewhere. I don't think that's true, but I do think all of the projects combined exhausted the remixers. And if you WERE to run out of mixers, wouldn't that be more reason to say "hey, let's drop three tracks and make sure this thing gets released"? Really? You accuse Stevo of lack of insight? You know with how many projects he has helped right? You can ignore his experience if you want, but he's not the only one that has had this problem. I know you guys are not lazy, because running a project takes a lot of time and even more effort. But saying that, when you push for the final milestone, is to "rush it out to satisfy inpatience" is wrong in my opinion. Making a decision for a (hypothetical) final cut-off date for the end of September will not decrease the quality of the rest of the album. It's only four songs now, are those really worth to delay the album for many months? OCR has got an enormous hype-machine. Everyone following their twitter, facebook, mailing list, whatever will get a message to repost the album in some way. I think this is covered. Same deal, when OCR gets their press release out, many sites will publish it (including kotaku: http://kotaku.com/tag/ocremix) This will be taken care of by putting pressure on the mixers I think. And saying that you will take doubles or that anybody can still work on any track they want only decreases that pressure in my opinion. And still, not EVERY track needs to be mixed if it means delaying this for another year right? You've got already so many great mixes on this album, don't delay them infintely all for the hope of a maximum of four more. Have you asked José if he can do it? I know that Chernabogue also makes trailers (he made our BadAss 2 one), so you can ask him Seems not essential for finishing this project. All in all, I think you are way closer than you think you are, you just have to give that final push. Set deadlines, for yourself and for the mixers. Get a trailer made (there are people here who can do that) and work with OCR to get the promotion stuff done. Again, I don't want to step on your toes and if you want to do it your way, just go ahead. It's your project after all. BUT, if you want to to finish quickly, there's a better method than what you're doing now I think. And if you guys think you don't have the time to make that final push, ask someone that does.