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I see what they're talking about. Works for me, I'll agree there's a lot of personalization, albeit the melody and structure do seem on the conservative side. YES

I agree that the genre change makes for an interesting listen, and I like what you've got so far, but as Emu mentioned, the overall source is pretty conservative, and I think you need to have more development and personalization in here. The track definitely sounds like it's meant to be a soundtrack, with a loop incorporated, and that would be the time for you to really add your flair. Samples are the other big weakpoint. Emu called it again with the sax and guitar especially. I'd see about pulling in some better samples and adding more humanization to them as well (the sax is playing super straight, no vibrato, rhythmic variance, etc). This defnitely needs some work, IMO, but it's a neat idea that I hope you stick with. I'd use our WIP forums to get some further advice. NO

Emu nailed it. The opening synth had me running for my volume button; that's gotta get toned down a bit! Aside from that, I think the arrangement has come a long and awesome way. I hope you touch this up! NO (resubmit)

Pretty much nothing I can add here. Once it kicks in, the ideas are a lot more solid, but they do get repetitive. Overall this just needs more variation, and cutting down the intro as the main things, and adding some humanization/personalization in the intro will really add some shine. Hit up those WIP forums! NO(resubmit)

Andrew hit it. This is a definite improvement, and really makes me glad we sent it back to Dustin. Super groovy, way more variation. Nice work, dude! YES

Mixer name: TheGuitahHeroe Game: Pokemon Diamond Song: "Outside the Pokemon League" (I don't know what the official name of the song is; source: Remix name: "Reflection" LOL GUYZ THIS SHUD BE A DIRECT POST FR CHRISTMUS CUZ ITS CHRISTMUZSY SOUNDING!!!!!!!!!!111trolololololololol In all honesty, it was an accident. I had never meant for it to sound like Christmas or winter at all, then I listened to it again while THINKING about Christmas, and WOOOOW all of a sudden it sounds like Christmas. Funny how those things work. Could just be me though. It does kinda have a 'chilly' atmosphere to it. Not much else to say about this mix, other than what I said in the original submission, which is here: http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34484&highlight=reflection Hope you guys dig more than the last time -------------

Contact Information: MtM0201 Matt Murray mtm0201@fullsail.edu www.matt-boston.com ID: 12544 Submission Information: Game: BattleField 3 Remix: Battle In the Sky Original: Fire From The Sky Extra Info: BattleField 3: Xbox360/PS3/PC Composers: Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki Soundtrack: http://www.amazon.com/Battlefield-3/dp/B005U8D3R4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid= The remix was made with Logic Pro along with Absynth 5, Kontakt 4 & 5, Groove Machine, and various plug-ins and effects.

SomeGuy Charles Wheeler someguymusic1@gmail.com Facebook.com/someguymusic soundcloud.com/someguymusic tindeck.com/users/someguymusic youtube.com/someguymusic 46988 Kirby Superstar Sunset Ride Revenge of Meta Knight Ending Original My ReMix I started this remix about a year ago and I’ve worked on it on and off ever since. Here is my explanation of the story within the song: The piano at the beginning is the narrator setting the scene describing what has just taken place (Kirby’s destruction of the Halberd). The rest of the 6/8 meter section is supposed to take place during the actual sunset ride in the game as each party processes the recent events. The flute solo is the memory of sailor Waddle Dee :'( The solo trumpet is the voice of Meta Knight. The solo guitar is the voice of Kirby (and sidekick) as they ride into the sunset. As Meta Knight and Kirby recount the destruction of the Halberd the voices are in unison in some places and differ in other places. Upon conclusion of the 6/8 section, the setting changes once again to an undisclosed location months after the destruction of the Halberd. Kirby is asked about what happened, and he recounts the tale from his perspective. The solo female voice is designed to convey a flashback or dreamlike atmosphere. Kirby and sidekick are, again, the guitars. They destroy the Halberd. The solo female voice is heard yet again, signifying a return to the present. At another undisclosed location Meta Knight is asked the same question by his villain buddies. Meta Knight takes a brief moment to remember sailor Waddle Dee (solo flute) and then swears that he will one day avenge the destruction of the Halberd, smite Kirby, and enslave Dreamland (the building and final sustained note by the solo trumpet). I used a program called Magix Music Maker for this project. I mean no disrespect to the people at Magix, but I’m fairly sure it crashed somewhere around 300 times during the creation of this remix. I was fortunate if the program played 10 bars without a crash. I was also shooting in the dark with the mixing and mastering because I couldn’t play the song in Magix. Labeling this remix as an arduous task is a definite understatement. I look forward to working in FL Studio from now on. Best regards, Charles Wheeler -- “SomeGuy”

At the time of writing, we haven't had more than a morning of snow here. In mid December. Winter doens't have a good grasp of the seasons. This track is basically what happens when you take my beautiful, filtered-drums-y, kick-less style and fuse it with my groovy, thick and messy style. Half the sounds are from Eye of the Storm. I wanted to do more Zelda, and ended up with this one because there's very few good wintery tracks in the Zelda franchise. I also snuck in a melody from ALttP because the source seemed to be based on that track. "Winter's Grasp" source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-_qBshJXc (Temple of Droplets, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap) -rozo (#21613) ps there's two versions of it in the upload dir, one of which is too large for ocr.

Contact Information: ReMixer name: AlmightyArceus Real name: Jordan Wynne eMail address: Website: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlmightyArceus UserID: 33305 Submission Information: Games arranged: Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Name of Arrangment: 7/4, Snover and Out Name of individual Songs Arranged: Route 216 Composers: Junichi Masuda/ Go Ichinose Link to Original: More Information About This Mix: Ahhh, the holiday season. I've been waiting to remix this theme since last Christmas, since I really wanted to fit the spirit of the season. It's always good to approach things at a new angle, and being the season for joy and cheer, I decided to take a rather--different approach to the Pokémon song that is most commonly associated with the holidays: the theme to Route 216. I quite enjoy working in odd time signatures, and this one seemed to flow naturally...despite being a complete time switch from 4/4 to a 7/4 time signature. The original theme has a rather jazzy/cheery feeling, and I take this cheer and make it more quirky and interesting, while pertaining a sort of glacial joy as well; think of something along the lines of Wonderful Christmastime, but a bit more chordally and rhythmically involved. Lots of the chords carry hints of dissonance within them that manage to blend together rather well, and the piece stays surprisingly steady with the drum track helping lead the way. This song was produced on Garageband 2011, with enhancement/more mastering completed on FL Studio 9 by TheGuitahHeroe. I have to give credit to TheGuitahHeroe, without whom the mastering quality of the track would be much lower. He assisted in enhancing the production quality of the track (while also adding on a little tag of his own in the ending, as a little playful addition he wanted to include in my remix.) I thank him thoroughly. This song has lots of little playful differences and variances from the original, and plays with some of the transitions and such (as well as pays homage to the most classic of 7/4 songs in one moment--see if you can spot it in the solo line in the mix.) I hope you thoroughly enjoy what this track has to offer!

ReMixer name - Mak Eightman real name- Max V. Kravchenko email address- userid - 32137 Submission Information: Title - "Kill 'em All" link to remix - attached Name of game arranged - Alien Shooter 2 System: PC Name of individual song arranged - Action02 Link to the original soundtrack - Hello! The game series was made by SIGMA team(Russia) and had high dynamic and energy sound track. I just HAD to try! This one is a.. mmm.. Energetic stuff I suppose. 4 Drum Tracks at same time, crap tone of synths, Bit Machine corrupting some of guitars, maybe you even can find some work for your sub-woofer in this mix. maybe.. Overall mix sounds repetitive, but actually I intended to make it like this. Why? mmm.. I wanted to make something what can be used in this game as is and listenable at same time. Also all of this techno/dance/trance stuff sounds repetitive and it's OK. So hell.. Why not? LOL Everything is repetitive after all. But if it's still not at the propper level of repetitiveness or music production or whatever, well... Better luck next time, i suppose. Thank to: AMT, Monobrow, Lvl99, Clem, Kuolema for feedback and review. Special Thanks to "some dude" for nice comment(Sorry dude. You have a very difficult name) All the Best to you guys!! NOTE TO NOOBS: GO TO WIP FORUM!! Then submit) P.S. Sorry for my english, if I said something weird)

Link to remix: Contact Information Your ReMixer name: ectogemia Your real name: Nathan Becker Your email address: Your website: www.soundcloud.com/ectogemia Your userid (number, not name) on our forums, found by viewing your forum profile: 39510 Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Mega Man 1 & Mega Man 5 Name of arrangement: Electric Sleep Name of individual song(s) arranged: Elec Man & Wily Stage Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site) Link to the original soundtrack (if it is not one of the sound archives already available on the site) Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: This was my submission for Round 3 of the Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet. I popped it out in a day and a half, and I'm really proud of the end result given the speed of its production. I think it does a great job of establishing the atmosphere I was going for with it: a travel through synthetic dreamland. I really don't have much to say besides having to remix Elec Man's "theme" (if you can call it that; IT'S FOUR DAMN NOTES. FOUR NOTES, RAAAAAAAAAAAGHGHHGd) three times is a fate worse than a thousand deaths twice over. And then some. And a little more, still. -------------- - wilyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0NSzqnjvA - elec

Original Decision Your ReMixer name : Bossai Your email address : legitanfou@hotmail.com Your userid: 44424 Name of game(s) arranged: Demon's crest Name of arrangement: Eternal Candle Link to the original soundtrack 1) Opening ( ) , 2) Legend of Firebrand ( ) , 3) this enchanting forest (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaVdaY66_as&feature=related) , 4) beyond the colosseum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g3FCZbokQE) , 5) metropolis of ruin (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMdXdVdI-oo&feature=related) , 6) a Sunken Aqueduct (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFj7Ap4bcw&feature=related) , 7) the hell of civil war ( )Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: resubmission to fix sound issues. the mix is more raw and personal. hope this one passes, it's my last try.thanks for your time.

-XLacusX -Lee-Roy -leeroy.faure@yahoo.fr -Guilty Gear X2 -Name of the arrangement: Orders Executor -Original Name: Holy Orders -Link to the Original: I've done this remix for myself but a friend told me to send it to OCRemix, I have used a midi file so I think it will be like my others attempts ( Remix of the Road - Street Fighter Alpha 3 / Remix of Max Man - Streets of Rage 2 ) here is the link:

Dear OC ReMix Judges, Attached is an improved version of an arrangement I originally submitted to OverClocked ReMix on Sep. 30, 2011, that was evaluated by Andrew on Oct. 22, 2011 and rejected on the grounds of poor sample quality. I gave the MIDI to oikanys who played it through the higher quality sounds in SONAR and a hardware drum module. The sound quality is much improved, and I hope it is sufficient. ReMixers: Sauraen, oikanys Emails: Sauraen: sauraen@gmail.com , oikanys: brennan.harris@gmail.com OC ReMix Forums Userids: Sauraen: 47320, oikanys: [none] Game: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993, Nintendo, Game Boy) ReMix Title: Melodies of Mabe Village Songs arranged: Ballad of the Wind Fish, Mabe Village, Koholint Island Software and hardware used: Sibelius, Cakewalk SONAR Producer, Alesis DM-5, Audacity I hope you enjoy this arrangement. Sincerely, Sauraen ---------- - Mabe - Balladhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmR6APNpZKU - Koholint

Brandon Strader 3123 www.bstrader.net Game: Portal 2 Song: Cara Mia Addio Source: Title: Goodbye There's a ton I can say here but I'll try to keep it short. I originally planned to only make 3 orchestrations for OCR: Rise of Kuros, Mirage, and Lady in the Water. But then 2 out of 3 of them passed without needing fixed, it seemed like a way to go and who am I to mess with something good. So here is an orchestration with a twist, it also has "italian" vocals. Yeah yeah, get ready for vocal hate... though the few people who commented on the music video said it was brilliant. DoD listeners were a bit more critical of it. Music video: (DoD version, but similar enough IMO) This new submitted version should sound better.Anyway, I am writing this from my new house where I am trying to build a proper recording studio, as well as living. I didn't know I would be here today submitting "Goodbye" on the same day I left, it was a very lucky coincidence. I'd like to dedicate this song to my parents who helped me every step of the way with becoming a musician. They supported me when I went to a smaller college, and when I chose a less successful career path (less successful than, say, being an accountant!). Without their support, I wouldn't be doing music, so I owe it all to them and a huge thanks. As for me, I won't be entirely alone. I've got an arm-mounted potato of my own named Zut. If I can turn this place around, I might have a chance to get more musicians coming in -- maybe even OC Remixers recording remixes and staying in the guest rooms. Tons of potential here. Until next time..... woosh.

Hey Reviewers! I unfortunately haven't really been able to be a part of this years December events due to working hard on finals and a Christmas present for all of you (!), but I've been following closely along. Everyone's been doing a great job, but it looks like people are losing steam in the final stretch! Don't let OA get away with the prize when you're all so close! 11 days left, take him out!

Remixer Name: David Lindskog Real Name: David Lindskog website: http://soundcloud.com/david-lindskog user ID: 47785 Arrangement Info Games: Super Smash Bros. Melee: Yoshi's Island (Super Mario World - Overworld) Super Mario Bros.: Underwater Super Mario Bros. 2: Overworld Super mario Bros. 3: Swimming New Super Mario Bros: Walking the Plains Name of Arrangement: Plains, Capes and Turnips I've had this idea for a few years to arrange a bunch of super mario music into a xylophone rag and perform it. I finally decided to make it happen this year during my senior year of my undergrad at the Lamont School of Music at University of Denver. So this arrangement is for 5 players: 4 marimba players and 1 xylophone soloist. The players in this recording are as follows: Xylophone: David Lindskog Marimba 1: Jackson Stevens Marimba 2: Kevin Matthews Marimba 3: Rose Martin Marimba 4: Chris Lundberg Videos of this performance and one other are available on the Lamont Percussion Studio youtube page and My youtube page: DavidLindskogMusic and ID4Alien ---------------------- - SMB Underwater - SMB2 Overworld - SMB3 Underwaterhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca4hAp95kmg - NSMB Walking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDD-WaDb0TM - SSB Yoshi

Your ReMixer name FFmusic Dj Your real name Haroon Piracha Your website http://soundcloud.com/ffmusicdj/ Your userid 129 Game name: Shadowrun (Super Nintendo) Arrangement: Running The Shadows (FFmusic Dj Mix) Original song: Running The Shadows Game Composer: Marshall Parker Comments: Song inspired by the the most overlooked game of all time, Shadowrun for the SNES. I actually made this song as a gift for a friend who is a fan of the game. The song was composed on Reason/Record and is mixed in the style of Hard Trance. As traditions with trance songs, the song consists of a lengthy intro and outro filling 32 bars so the song could be spun if necessary. It's bpm is 128 and it's in the key of Cm. I was just trying to have fun, the bass was too much fun to play around with. I like how it turned out. This is my first submission in almost 8 years. Happy to be submitting again. ---------------

Name: Arceace Real name: Ben Clifton Email address: Game: Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Arrangement name: “Aerial Carousel” Original track: Balloon Park Link: Comments: I didn’t even know that I wanted to remix this song until I heard it in my media player a few months ago. I suddenly realized how catchy it was and how much I enjoyed the music as a kid. Needless to say, I began experimenting with this song right as soon as I heard it and the arrangement took off from there. I have always had a soft spot for Sonic games, and this one is especially nostalgic for me because it was the first one that I have ever played. While nearing the end of the arrangement, I realized that it had a really cluttered sound to it. I noticed that the drum samples that I was using were the cause of this problem. It was at this point that I couldn’t find a way to go on. However, OA managed to help share some valuable insight to help me make the mix sound better. Not only did he show me what good drum samples sound like, but he also provided valuable feedback for my whole remix. After making the changes that he had recommended, it started to sound better again. So I would like to thank OA for helping me make the remix what it is now. Please enjoy! Ben

Remixer Name: IKRENEGADE Game: Guilty Gear XX Name of Arrangement: Be Jazz or Be Dead Name of Song Arranged: Holy Orders: Be Just or Be Dead Additional Info: this was recorded live to 2 inch analog tape with some small overdubs, meaning that it largely maintains a "live" feel. There are some small performance issues but I think that the arrangement stands fairly well. Thanks to the players involved over at AZ Dustloop. ------------

Your ReMixer name - Leolainen Your real name - Leo Karlsson Your email address - Your website - Your userid - (Can't find it) ------ Name of game(s) arranged - The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time Name of arrangement - Saria's Rave Name of individual song(s) arranged - Saria's Song Original made by Koji Kondo Link to Original: ----- Own comments about the track: I tried to submit a remix of Green Hill zone like two years ago but it wasn't approved so hopefully I might have a chance this time. About the track itself I'd call it some sort of electronic dubstep techno or something. Dubstep seems very popular these days so perhaps it's the key to success? I'm honestly kind of proud of this one. It's simply one of those tracks that just came from nowhere and ended up resembling a finished remix. Please, enjoy it. //Leolainen

ReMixer name - Tomaaato Name - Marcello Ciciriello Email - Website - http://twitter.com/#!/hi_tomaaato Userid - 46390 Game - Final Fantasy VI Name of arrangement - Mr. Thou Name of individual song(s) arranged - Cayenne The track I have chosen to remix is Cayenne from the Final Fantasy VI soundtrack: http://ocremix.org/game/6/final-fantasy-vi-snes Hi, I'm Marcello, a 21 year old keyboard player and bassist from Bedford, England. This is my first serious attempt at remixing/creating my own interpretation of a piece of music from a video game. All of the parts you hear in my remix are played in on a Roland Cakewalk A-800 Pro keyboard, being fed straight into Reason, which is the core piece of software I use both in the studio, and live on stage. The track was mastered in Logic Pro 9, and I have gone through many iterations of the mix, asking my friends all sorts of questions to try and get pointers for a better mix such as "Is it too bassey? Is it too trebley? Is it too loud or too quiet, either individual instruments or the track as a whole?" etc. I am a big fan of both progressive rock, and electronic music, and the inspiration behind this arrangement comes from both of these genres. To sum things up, I really just played what I felt like playing, and this is the finished product, and hey, if anyone likes it, that's a massive bonus to me! I am by no means a professional musician, and I am still learning every day new techniques in both keyboard playing, and music production. If this track is not accepted, please give me any relevant criticism so that I know where I can improve with any future submissions. Thank you for your time -----------

Contact Information ReMixer name - Moomba Real name - Joe Griffith Userid - 21941 Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged - Final Fantasy VII Name of arrangement - Mother Name of individual song(s) arranged - Listen to the Cries of the Planet, J-E-N-O-V-A, Those Chosen by the Planet, Mako Reactor Comments: Of the above mentioned tracks, I'm not entirely sure how many of them fully qualify as having enough source material included to be considered a solid part of the arrangement, the main bulk of the track is built from Listen to the Cries of the Planet, tinged with a fair bit of J-E-N-O-V-A and chunks of Those Chosen by the Planet and Mako Reactor... there's even a very short cameo by a portion of the melody from Trails of Blood. The origins of this remix are pretty straightforward. Ever since listening to Nekofrog's arrangement of Listen to the Cries of the Planet, 'The Planet Is Dead', the ostinati from the original have been continuously rotating in my mind. Though for some reason chunks of J-E-N-O-V-A kept creeping into it. In fact, large portions of Aerith's Theme also kept injecting themselves into the mental picture I had of the track, but when it came to writing, they didn't really gel too well with the rest of the track, at least not without altering the melody to points at which it no longer even resembled the source material. When I first got into writing music, it was with a very minimalistic style and I've never quite shed those roots (nor do I want to). Several of the tracks from the FFVII OST are also quite minimalistic in nature, with lots of awesome ostinati and very simple melodies, so I took it upon myself to go about combining a few. I'd actually already written a large portion of the minimalism heard throughout the track for an original piece... in 4/4. It didn't take much modifying to get them to work in 6/8 though. I owe a fair bit of the final sound of the ReMix to Jeff Ball (some1namedjeff) for giving me the push to actually go back and make the track sound a bit more unique and interesting. Lastly, the title of the track is pretty straightforward: Jenova - Mother, the Planet - Mother (of life). Also I suck at picking names so it was the best I could come up with! Cheers! --------- - cry - Jenova - Those chosen - Mako

Remixer Name: JourneyJay Real Name: Jaysin Christensen Email: jaysinc@gmail.com Website: Soundcloud.com/journeyjay Forum UserID: 37733 Game Arranged: Final Fantasy 8 Name of "Original Soundtrack" Arrangement: The Man With The Machine Gun Name of Original Arrangement: Journey With A Machine Gun PlayStation One Original Composer: Nobuo Uematsu FF8 was my obsession as a kid, ad I love the music soooo much. I hope to take part in an FF8 album here on ocremix someday. ----------------