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    Sonic 1-2-3 mixs

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Excellent set of remixes here. Hard to choose favourites. I like most of them. I thought the Chemical Plant and Casino Night ones were a little weaker than the others, but that's probably down to personal preference. Still, keep doing what you're doing. It works more often than not. ;) Really impressed with your skills!

    Streets of rage 2 remixes

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    I'm a big fan of the SOR series so I thought I'd check these out. Amazing job! I've used a bit of Logic at College so it's cool to see what else can be done with it. Really great interepretations of the classic songs. :) I particularly like the Ending and Stage 4 out of that lot.

    I'm actually working on Stage 1. Not sure if I'll get it done. If not, I guess it's just good practice for when I finally get it right :-P

    yeah your pretty much right, i basically played them as i heard them with updated instrumentation, i hope people can enjoy them anyways! if its not broken why change it :P

    Hey, I'm guilty of this too. :-P I'm aware that some people on OCR make mozart-remixes in that they add so much more to what's there. But I believe remixing is about paying tribute, so sometimes you don't have to overly change something which was already great to begin with.

    Mystical Ninja (1998) - Japan Sea (Ambient Reconstruction)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Alright :) Another ambient tribute done. This time of the 1998 Mystical Ninja game on the N64. I was quite impressed I was able to put this together considering the original is a 30-or-so second loop. Since many people probably don't know this one, I'll post both the original and my interpretation below:

    Original:

    Mine:

    Expect a similar kind of feel to my previous remixes. Repetitive, but with a hint of progression. I gradually bring in more instruments as the track goes on. The quality in the video isn't too clear. But as always, I provide the MP3 so it doesn't matter too much. Hope you enjoy :)

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Last Day (Ambient Reconstruction w/ SFX)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    My mastering isn't great. Also, about the volume, it's quiet in the video but I later replaced the download MP3 with higher volume. I wasn't trying to do anything new with the song, just bringing it into modern day respectfully, while un-looping it and arranging it as a song. Thus why it's called a Rebuild (a play on remix, yes, but it's more descriptive). Don't expect anything overworked, just enjoy it!

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Last Day (Ambient Reconstruction w/ SFX)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    I normally don't post on things I find here in the workshop.. I find some real good songs here.. but this one.. this one made me decide to leave something.. I usually play just about anything I get here as grinding music for the current MMO I'm playing.. this was no exception. I may not be into all the technical stuff involved with music.. but I know what I like.. and I like this. Was traveling around Northrend on WoW and listening to this.. Hit Icecrown to do my dailies.. And I nodded to myself.. was dark... the usual snow started.. all the while this played.. It was perfect. I had liked it before but it was a true mood setter for me, very well done in all respects.

    Nice little narrative you gave me song, there. :wink: hehe Thanks. Glad it fitted in with the game :)

    Have you switched it to mod review yet?

    Oh I emailed it to them but I'm not sure what I do next. I also made a mistake in my email. I forgot to change the ID tags to match the filename. Since OCR have remixers as artists I called mine Iceferno - 6 Hours, but the ID tag still says Koji Kondo - Last Day (Clouddrifter Rebuild) etc. I was thinking I'd wait for the rejection letter and try again with the tags fixed.

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Last Day (Ambient Reconstruction w/ SFX)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Last Day is one of my favourite game tracks of all time, from one of my top games of all time. Having the OST, I was always a bit bummed how short the official track is, so it's nice to see this (more than) fill those five minutes in the game you can hear actually hear it.

    Overall I dig it. Pardon my technical jargon inadequacies... the main synth works, though part of me kind of yearns for something more organic, like a natural string (or quartet, which would be symbolic in its own rite) to really set that somber tone, especially with some of the second half--after the five chimes--sounding more natural. BTW, that second half is gorgeous... sounds like a play off of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata... was that intentional as another subtle, symbolic inclusion?

    Can't wait to hear how things progress! :D

    Yeah, your critiques are fair. I wanted some better surrounding pads and synths, but I made the best of what I have, even though I never really use the instruments to their utmost potential and later learn that I have more great sounds.

    Interesting idea about the nod to Beethoven, and I suppose it could be in a way. :) I've always liked that lullaby style of plucking. But really, it was linking the moon and the observatory together, with the feeling of impending doom in each regard.

    Both of these are great, but this one is my favorite. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it at all. Those sound effects just put the icing on the cake--I loved them. This thing could be accepted easy. I've heard much worse accepted--and this ain't that. :mrgreen:

    Well that's great to know! I may just attempt a submission of this then :) If I still don't manage it, no biggie. As long as I get at least one remix on here one day.

    Thanks for your comments. Some positive but also some constructive views. I appreciate it :)

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Last Day (Ambient Reconstruction w/ SFX)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Well, the Astral Observatory remix was a lot of fun to make, and this one was no different. :) I put a lot into this and it isn't necessarily just a rebuild of the original song, though it is close.

    Available to stream on YouTube and as last time, an MP3 link is in the video description:

    Details of the track are below (in italic and small font as a form of spoiler-proof):

    • Featuring original MM sound effects! The song starts with 12 bell chimes, signifying 12am on the 3rd night. Rumbles of the moon falling are amongst the bell sounds and intro and at various points in the song. A low-pass and reverb'd kick is also used in this section.

    • After the main part of Last Day is done, it seems like it repeats, but that's not the case. The intro is heard again, this time with 5 bell chimes, symbolising 5am of the "4th day"

    • After the Moon's Tear hits, I make things more dramatic by continuing on with what sounds a little like a windup-toybox/piano playing a melancholic version of Astral Observatory. It plays once on it's own and once with lower synth-string accompanyment.

    • The song finishes with a Moon-fall rumble followed by the low-pass reverb kick I tweaked, depicting the moon crashing.

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Astral Observatory (Ambient Reconstruction)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Thanks for the warm compliments :) Yeah, that's fair about the repitition, but also I agree it works best in Chillout. I think I may have been partially inspired by the Ambient remixes Michael Woods used to make. They repeated the choruses but somehow kept building on them too.

    It's strange how this worked out. I just seemed to keep finding the right sounds over and over again. Sometimes I try really hard and no ideas come to mind. But with this it was like "that works, hey that works too! So does that! And that! And that!" lol It was an exciting process for me :)

    Zelda: Majora's Mask - Astral Observatory (Ambient Reconstruction)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Hey guys. It's been about 2 or 3 years since I was last here lol. I'm not able to make game remixes that often. I need a very specific source of inspiration. But anyway...

    Here's a reconstruction-remix I just finished today of the already-gorgeous Astral Observatory. I haven't changed a whole lot, just kept the essence in there while adding a slight variation in the middle of the track.

    It would be nice if this could be accepted, but I'm not expecting it. My mastering is never perfect, but I hope it's at least reasonable on this one. It sounds so to me :) You can stream it on YouTube:

    A link to the MP3 is in the description. Hope you enjoy :)

    PS: Clouddrifter is my alias for Ambient/Chillout. I use several for different styles. ;)

    bLiNd - Temple Trance (Iceferno's 2007 Update)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    I actually haven't heard much of Industrial Fear. I don't really have enough Trance tools but I was just able to pull off a remake of Temple Trance. I told Jordan I might try Meteorave next...

    I don't know why, but the TinDeck link seems to have been deleted :( There's 0sec of song in there now. So I'm not sure about uploading on here unless OCR will allow it as finished? Then maybe I could email attach it, or has OCR uploading changed since I last did it? Last thing I tried upping here was back in 2005...

    Streets Of Rage 1 - Round 4 (Nu Disco Remix)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

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    Also, there is no outro.

    WTF? I was told to get rid of the outro. And that's what I did! Man, maybe I should just give up?

    Why do remixes on this site have to be so perfect anyway? They're not official. No label is gonna want to sign them. Ofcourse, there is always the off-chance that a remix might get signed (eg: Technikal's "Anxious Heart") but this is hardly ever the case. Perhaps if you were paying for these remixes, then they'd have to have perfect mastering. But they're free. Producers often release free stuff but don't really mind if it's not quite as finely-tuned as they'd like. It's just a bit of fun.

    Perhaps I should've waited longer before submitting anything at all? I've made this mistake once before when I submitted Music 2000 material to VGMix back in 2004. I'd like to be able to be acknowledged for some vg remixes, but I guess that day hasn't come yet...

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