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Yeah, if you ever need feedback again and it's not coming, shoot me a PM. It's my job to handle this thing so if your thread somehow slips through the cracks, let me, Nutritious or halc know That said, I don't think there's much that could change with your WIP, it's a very good one!

The intro part sounds like it's way too drowned in reverb, so I'd recommend taking that down a tad. Overall, it's a pretty solid arrangement, although I think it goes on a bit long. I think you could cut some of the meat out of this and bring it down to 3:30 or 4:00 and still retain the majority of the effect from it. I really like the groove and especially when your bass ranges pick up, it's pretty good for an atmospheric groove track. I can't think of any specific critiques, I think you pretty much nailed the genre you were going for. Best of luck with whatever you're submitting this for!

There's playlist links above both of the tracklist, or with DKC3 SNES, there's an RSN link as well.

Just in the interest of giving a status update to those curious: Brandon Strader is 100% finished with his Dixie Beat remix, becoming the 2nd person to get me a completely finished song! *applause* Blue Magic's been doing some serious work on Waterfall (GBA) and has also taken on another track - Big Boss Blues. Halc, too, has been putting some solid effort into both of his songs. 8-Bit Instrumental is the 4th artist to join the "silver club," and is finishing up with a Crazy Calypso song that I think everyone will love AMT, Vampire Hunter Dan, Harjawaladar and Theophany are all working hard on their songs (as far as I'm aware, anyway!) Mazedude will have a final WAV in any day now, his track is probably the best one I've heard so far! That's about it - thanks to everyone who's taken initiative to get things done in the last 3 days. I've been beside myself with excitement about how much progress many of you have made lately. Thanks all! To the rest of you, get on it, you've got less than a month before the deadline!

Yeah, I was just gonna say the same thing. Although the Sonic series can't be neatly wrapped up into a trilogy like DKC can, so I guess if you spin the question right, DKC could be the first complete series of games to get their own remix albums Also, major props to halc for being a total badass and springing a Water World WIP on me from out of nowhere Great Job!

You are a saint, thank you I appreciate the effort, I know the source material is somewhat out of your comfort zone but I've got no doubt that you'll be able to pull off something great. And yes, good catch McKnackus. I had them listed on the tracklist, but I botched the names. Everything is fixed now Woah, and just like that, I've got a real solid WIP in from 8-Bit Instrumental in a Hawaiian island jazz style. Very impressive! On another note, Jade dropped her claim on Enchanted Riverbank due to time commitment issues, so that one's up for grabs too. Sad to see her go, but hopefully someone talented will be able to step up and fill in the gap

Commiseration or commemoration? Commiseration is not a good thing Also, halc's updated WIP is kicking some major ass. I've never heard him do chiptunes like this before, it's really going places! I imagine you'll all be very impressed with what he's come up with! The Vagrance, likewise, has updated his Treetop Tumble dubstep mix recently and I should point out that it's also very solid Let this serve as an example to the rest of you - most of my WIP updates are coming from the same few people, I'd like to see some more fresh stuff coming into my inbox in the coming weeks. Nobody's going to hurt you if you get something in before the deadline!

It's mostly Monobrow's track, but Prot's told me that he'll help out on the song when needed. They work great as a team so I'm excited to see what they do with the track

Welcome AMT to the project! He's doing an electronic/metal hybrid of Big Boss Blues that I think has the potential to be really good. Thanks for signing on! Glad to have you

Brandon? Huh? Last time I checked he was only remixing, I don't currently have anyone else working with me on the project But he has made a really kickass Title theme remix, so kudos to him on that! And same to all the other artists who've submitted WIPs or finished songs!

Well, they're both aware of each other's interest in the same track, but I don't think either of them wants to collab. I'd be pretty excited to see that happen, but I'd say that 2 separate remixes by two of the most talented remixers in the community is nothing to be disappointed about either

Arrangement's sounding pretty good, I like the percussive work especially, it keeps the mix moving My biggest gripe is the fact that your strings sound very muffled, like certain frequencies are getting lopped off by a limiter or EQing. It's most noticeable in the intro when your strings are most exposed, and as a result it felt like I was listening to the strings from behind a glass wall The piano sample feels a bit weak as well, and the delay/sequencing in general seems a bit too rigid, if you understand what I'm getting at. Hm... I think this is pretty close but I would definitely look into what's causing the issues with strings and look into nabbing a more expressive piano sample. I know free ones exist that sound better than this, they just require a bit of hunting down. Good luck!

Yeah, it's tough to say. The orchestration is obviously amazing - you've really made a name for yourself with these brilliant orchestral compositions lately, and I think this one's a must-listen regardless of whether it's too conservative. My gut tells me that this is too conservative to pass the OCR panel, but it's worth a shot I suppose. This is one of those mixes where the sound quality and orchestration is good enough to warrant at least giving it a chance to be on OCR. I'd also highly recommend submitting this to R:TS so you can get it some more immediate exposure. Good work, I don't really think this is OCR material but you've got a talent for making this sort of music and I can't wait to hear more from you!

The arrangement ain't too bad, but I really don't think you can meet OCR's quality bar using the guitar samples that you've got currently. I'd highly recommend finding a guitar player to do this live for you if you're serious about submitting to OCR. Also, the volume disparity between the first 2/3rds of the mix and the last part in regards to the orchestra is really too large. I'm listening on crappy speakers so I can't say for certain exactly how bad it is, but to suddenly have the orchestra reach peak volume for 30 seconds after being super-quiet for the rest of the song is really jarring. IMO, bringing the rest of the song up to the volume of the last part would be the best path of action to take, but experiment with your volumes so you get something more dynamic. You've got potential here, but when you're writing significant guitar parts, you're gonna have to find someone to help you out if you want to make it sound convincing because your MIDI guitar samples don't do the arrangement justice.

I still contend that this sounds a LOT like virt's Dance of the Zinger, especially in the intro and the synth choices you picked. If you haven't listened to that one yet, I advise you to just so you can see if we both hear the same connection Listening to it again, this is pretty much classic Willrock. Finish it and ship it off to the J's to see what they think. I personally don't think your stutter drums work as well as they did in Treasure Hunter, but maybe that's just my ears. The meat of the remix is very solid and I think it shouldn't be difficult to get past the panel. Best of luck bro

I personally don't like that very short, breathy vocal sample that you repeat a lot throughout the song, it just seems a little distracting to me. Nice work on the ending though, I'd say this is good to go aside from a few very minor gripes that you can mainly chalk up to personal preference issues. If you're happy with this, I'd say it's good to sub Good luck!

Ultimately the name will be chosen at my discretion, but I value public opinion a lot so if a certain suggestion gains a lot of support, it may very well influence my final decision.

I think this one's standing out to me most of all the suggestions. Not sure if it's something I'll really consider going with in the long-run, but good suggestion I want something that either references the fact that it's ending out a trilogy, or that both game soundtracks are being remixed in one album. Thanks for all the suggestions and words of encouragement, I'm glad there's people interested in both halves of the project!

Most of them are below par, yeah, but there's a handful (I count 3 or 4) that are still really good source tunes. Plus, you can always dual-claim with someone else, so you're free to do whatever the hell else you want I just *prefer* for totally unclaimed tracks to get done so we get as much variety on the album as possible. Status update: Brandon Strader just switched over to "Hangin' With Funky" which means that Stilt Village (SNES) is now unclaimed. It's a fun track that could easily translate into something happy and folksy, so check it out if you're up for something like that

Glad to find that there's so many people who like the GBA soundtrack, or are at least familiar with it. And for those of you who are checking it out because of this project, that makes me feel awesome that I've been able to publicize Dave Wise's awesome work a bit more. Everyone's familiar with what he and Eveline did on the SNES half, but a big motivation here is to raise awareness about an awesome soundtrack that not a ton of people know about. So cool! Neither - it's based off of the bird variety of emus

But even I'll admit that going public on the same night as Serious Monkey Business is a pretty cheap way to cash in But it's obviously not going to steal any of the limelight away from SMB; it only stands to increase the general level of DKC-related hype around the site. And since Taucer, Bahamut, or any of the other staff gave me the go-ahead, I figured I'd just go for it.

I agree, the GBA soundtrack is so underrated, but it's definitely one of my favorite soundtracks ever. You've got good taste

This has been in the works since December actually

This wonderful song vies for the spot of "favorite track on Serious Monkey Business." I think it might only be topped by one or two others. Forest Interlude is my favorite source tune ever, so I'm always interested in hearing new takes on it, but the way Fishy reimagines the original while sticking extremely close to the mood is fantastic. The way he wrote in so many other instruments to the song is what really pushes this over the edge for me - the guitar is nice and surprisingly appropriate, but it's the emotive piano and strings that really give it the needed creative boost. Beautiful work Fishy, this is definitely one of my top 5 favorite songs of all time!

Welcome to the Donkey Kong Country 3 Remix Project! Vimeo mirror (recommended) / / Lossless Download / Audio-Only Preview / 1st Audio PreviewPreview #2 - Updated! (Lossless WAV Download) (320 kbps MP3 stream) Promotional Poster / Project Concept Art / Christmas Promotional Items Signatures/Banners 5 Animated Signatures for project supporters Disc 1 (SNES) Road to Double Trouble (Fanfare) - Cody Wedel, Flexstyle, Emunator & Brandon Wedel [0:55] Let It Beat (Dixie Beat) - Brandon Strader feat. Usa [3:38] Joe Elm (Crazy Calypso) - 8-Bit Instrumental [2:49] Unbearable (Brothers Bear) - Brandon Strader [3:50] The Submap Emissary (Submap Shuffle) - Zylance [4:38] Purewater Pressure (Stilt Village) - WillRock [3:24] Bash the Bastards (Bonus Time!) - WillRock feat. Level 99 [3:40] Funky's Joint (Hangin’ At Funky’s) - Brandon Strader [2:52] Unfinished Business (Swanky’s Sideshow) - Matt Drouin [3:00] Thrill of the Chase (Hot Pursuit) - Flexstyle [4:35] Epic Bananas (Treetop Tumble) - Sole Signal [3:58] Don't Drink the Water (Enchanted Riverbank) - Flexstyle [3:56] Banana Revolution (Live in Kongcert) [Cranky's Showdown] - Jason Covenant feat. AkumajoBelmont [4:35] Permafrost (Frosty Frolics) - Draconiator & Flexstyle [4:51] Kingfisher's Stream (Cascade Capers) - halc & Mattias Häggström Gerdt [5:00] Deep Sea Lights (Water World) - Theophany [6:33] Exploration C (Cavern Caprice) - Monobrow [5:54] Shenanigans Bananigans (Jungle Jitter) - Archangel [3:23] Cliffside Clamber (Rockface Rumble) - Ergosonic [5:40] mojo gogo (Jangle Bells) - prophetik [3:00] Disc 2 (SNES) K'ReMispheric Pressure (Northern Kremisphere / Krematoa Koncerto) - halc [3:47] Wonderfall (Cascade Capers) - mv [4:51] Winter (Frosty Frolics) - GSlicer [3:56] Low Life (Treetop Tumble) - The Vagrance [5:16] Blast Beatdown (Nuts and Bolts) - tefnek & zircon [3:42] Intoxica (Pokey Pipes) - Radiowar [3:35] Water Warped (Water World) - GSlicer & The Scarborough Joker [3:09] Can't Boss Us Around (Robot Anarchists from Hell Mix) [boss Boogie] - HoboKa & Flexstyle [3:28] Krematoa Inferno (Mill Fever) - Mattias Häggström Gerdt [3:59] Wrinkly's Nightcap (Wrinkly 64) - Doc Nano [4:00] The Mighty Junglol (Chase) - Jason Covenant [3:48] X-Y-X-X, B-A-B-Y (Crystal Chasm) - Ross Kmet [4:21] Breaking the Crystal Key (Mama Bird) - Theophany [4:15] Afterburn (Rocket Run) - Sole Signal [3:11] Bring the Noise (Big Boss Blues) - Blue Magic [3:12] Friendships Through Dark and Light (Medley) - Vampire Hunter Dan [6:19] Return to Kong, Bye-Bye Baddies! (Baddies on Parade) - Josh Whelchel [5:12] 'Til We Meet Again (Game Over) - DCT [3:43] Disc 3 (GBA) Knautilus (Intro Tune) - Theophany [4:54] Treehouse Campfire (Medley) - Level 99 [3:04] Piña Kremlada (Northern Kremisphere) - Hylian Lemon [2:36] Thump Brothers (Brothers Bear) - Flexstyle [2:40] Accident! A Mountain Rescue by Skies! Glory! (Frosty Frolics) - PROTO·DOME [2:18] Party's Over There (Bonus Time!) - OA & DragonAvenger [3:12] Ripsaw Boogie (Treetop Tumble) – ilp0 [4:33] The Paper Chase (Chase) - Diggi Dis [3:09] Funky's Tricks (Funky's Game) - Malcos [3:10] All Mixxed Up (Hot Pursuit) - zykO [6:12] Arichnophobia (Arich Boss) - Flexstyle [4:13] Vext (Pokey Pipes) - GSlicer [3:48] Post-Apocalyptic Society (Boss Boogie) - Harjawaldar [2:27] Nutz in the Head (Nuts and Bolts) - zykO [6:35] Tangerine Fever (Mill Fever) - Mazedude [4:58] Disc 4 (GBA) Undercurrent (Enchanted River) - Pot Hocket [3:01] Aquatic Transformations (Water World) - halc feat. Level 99 [5:01] Heart of the Cave (Cavern Caprice) - Rozovian [8:21] Cranky's Mojo (Cranky’s Dojo) - Peach [4:04] Chasing Waterfalls (Cascade Capers) - Blue Magic [3:26] Cornfed Kong (Rockface Rumble) - zykO feat. Diggi Dis & diotrans [6:02] Spanish Jitters (Jungle Jitter) - David Wise [5:43] Sea Breeze Concerto (Stilt Village) - Monkey Kong feat. David Wise [4:40] Beneath the Moonlight (Stilt Village) - Theophany feat. Harmony, some1namedjeff & Fishy [8:55] Distant Dreams on Stormy Seas (Game Over) - Emunator, Theophany & Cody Wedel [3:48] Disc 5 (Bonus Disc) Take the World Back (Northern Kremisphere SNES) - Acolyte [5:59] Jitterbug System (Jungle Jitter SNES) - Flexstyle [3:05] Rocket Rave (Rocket Run) - Draconiator [6:26] Treetop Intense (Treetop Tumble SNES) - Danton F. [3:44] Joyful Jungle Jig (Jungle Jitter SNES) - Chernabogue [2:46] Heart of Darkness (Cavern Caprice GBA) - CC Ricers [4:56] Canopy Crawl (Jungle Jitter GBA) - Evory feat. Gintokipianist [3:05] Banana Revolution (Flexstyle's Slam-the-Breaks Edit) [Cranky's Showdown] - Flexstyle vs. Jason Covenant, AkumajoBelmont [4:49] Cranky's Christmas Mojo (Cranky's Dojo) - Peach [1:59] Can't Boss Us Around (Original Mix) [boss Boogie SNES] - HoboKa [2:54] FrosTronix (Original Mix) [Frosty Frolics SNES]- Draconiator [5:40] Dive (Water World SNES) - Theophany [5:00] The Crystal Key is Broken (Mama Bird SNES) - Theophany [5:51] Footloose Falls (Cascade Capers SNES, GBA) - Emunator [3:53]