Emunator

Really melodic and bubbly mix, it definitely makes me happy to listen to I can't be the only one to have drawn the connection between this remix and the Rainbow Road song from Mario Kart Wii at certain parts, though. I asked my girlfriend about it and she immediately drew the connection to Rainbow Road, too. Of course, I've been playing that game all day so it might just be stuck in my head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRbm_v9DHpI

Dammit, I don't think I've ever been so sad to hear a song end. I wanted this one to keep going on forever, I just got lost in the vocals and the simple but entrancing instrumental. The source tune is excellent too and you most definitely did it justice! I'm going to be looping this all night - I daresay this is the most emotive vocal act I've ever heard on this site, or at least on-par with my current favorite ("The Place We Knew") Thank you so much for sharing this awesome song, please keep submitting stuff here!

Oooh, the suspense!

This is a friggin' stellar artist list so far! I hope most/all of these artists follow through and finish the tracks they've claimed. This could be really great, best of luck to all those involved!

Any project with Audix and Fishy showing up this frequently on the track list has got to be good! I can't wait to hear the finished product!

Well, I can't say I'm a fan of the spoken intro, but the rest of it is pretty sweet!

So wait a minute, is that Party song actually a part of the project?

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c163/Emunator/Game%20Collection/IMG_1829.jpg That was taken two Thanksgivings ago, IIRC. That's the combined possessions of my whole family though, it's not just mine. There's no reason I would buy that many DS's or duplicate games for myself

Rozo, is this the one you're talking about? http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR00704/

The first 15 minutes, as well as the scene where he was looking through the scrapbook were pretty much the best Pixar moments I've ever seen. Coupled with the beautiful music, I was on the verge of tears a couple times in the movie. It was very melancholy for a Pixar movie, but it was executed so well. The animations and textures were flawless, as well. But the rest of the movie did absolutely nothing for me. Most of the gags felt kind of stale compared to what I've come to expect from Pixar, and the storyline itself just didn't entertain me much. The first 15 minutes of the movie were so great, it gave me the impression that the whole movie would be more of an introspective, quiet film that carried more of an emotional impact, and I ended up disappointed because of those expectations I set. There was a lot of merit to the movie, but it just made me realize how much I'd love it if Pixar would make an entire movie with the same mood and tone as the first 15 minutes of Up, crossed with the lighter-hearted, but still low-key and personal opening scenes of Wall-E. Obviously it's an unrealistic thing to expect, but I'd still like to see Pixar expand on the themes they introduced in the opening scenes of this movie and carry out that mood in a full-length movie geared more towards adults.

Brilliant start, as always. The song progresses beautifully and I really like the way the drums build up in particular. This reminds me of djp's Sunken Suite but with more personality and overall production/arrangement quality. I don't really have any particular feedback on how to improve, but I think you're on the right track with this. I can't wait to see your work get submitted and published, you're an AMAZING remixer and you deserve to be recognized for it!

Haha, I actually just made some money off of DKC2 the other day. I bet my brother that I could beat the game 102% in one day, without getting any game overs, and beating my previous personal best time (5 hours and 3 minutes.) I ended up beating it in 4:30 'course, it was only 5 bucks and I got paid in spare change, but still... money for playing videogames is always good! There were some levels that just sucked in terms of repeatedly dying... I can't remember any aside from the obvious Animal Antics, but it did remind me just how hard this game could be at times! I plan on rerunning the game again right before this album releases, too. I'd like to get some other people from this site to do the same thing and we'll compete for bragging rights

That's great to hear about the extra surprises - I was starting to think that I'd spoiled most of the magic of the project by overlistening to the preview track. I have no self control D: Glad to hear things are moving along though!

Remixers, don't listen to this dude. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Leak, leak, leak like a cheap tampon!

Link? I can't find the radio show anywhere.

I can't wait to check out the preview tracks on 8-Bit Radio when I get home! I'm really psyched for that and the interview. I hope the bLiNd track that's gonna be played is the one from the MAGFEST preview!

This is a pretty incredible song for me - I've never played Final Fantasy VI, and yet I get a nostalgic feel from this song all the same. I think that I've listened to this mix so many times (it was one of the first that I discovered on the site) that it's become nostalgic in its own respect. I can't say that for very many remixes here. It's so simple, but the instrument samples are great and the arrangement is pure and heartfelt, it feels exactly like the remix title implies; sorrowful, somber, and cold - the pining song sung by a hero's heart as he witnesses a comrade fall in the midst of a wintry battlefield, pensive and mellow, yet transcendantly powerful at the same time. I'm rambling here, but I think this is one of the most emotive remixes on the site, and to me, it conveys exactly what the title leads you to expect. I've never played the game this song is from, so I don't know the context it's used in, but this piece practically creates its own context simply through the music and title. Beautiful stuff.

Given the progress shown on the original post, what would lead you to believe that this particular one would fall short? Even if that last track was never finished, I can't think of any reason why this wouldn't be released at some point in the near future

Dude, you *have* to finish this mix. Your Manoria Cathedral mix was great, but I think that if you could extend this one and expand on the ideas you've created so far, I think you could definitely surpass that landmark. I love the drum/percussion work and the ambience level of the song is just right - nothing feels drowned out by reverb. Some of the drums remind me of the sample used in the Phazon Mines theme (sorry for the vagueness, I'm not familiar with the actual name ) which would fit incredibly well with this type of mix. I'd love to see more of that tpe of drum come up as the song progresses. This is officially on my watch list, great job! Oh, and the title that you're using is perfect, you should definitely keep that title when you finalize the mix (which should be ASAP!

Good God, I'm blown away. Absolutely drop-dead amazing collaboration. I've unknowingly listened to Dan's vocal work before, but I never associated his name to tracks like "Knuckleduster" before. However, when I first listened to this tune I immediately recognized his excellent vocals. Zyko's rapping started off a little awkward in the first few lines, but I think it worked out as the delivery speed picked up just a little bit. Parts of it reminded me of Sage Francis' style, which works well with Zyko's voice IMO. Even if you're not a fan of zyko's rapping, you've gotta give him credit for being such an experimental artist that's willing to go to a lot of different places with his skill. Great lyrics all around, as well. That's one problem I've had with a handful of fan-made vocal mixes - the lyrics are quite often extremely lame. Didn't have that problem here. Vig guitar is great. That's pretty much to be expected. I'd love to have a twin-guitar breakdown at the end with zkyo also chipping in with his signature shredding style, but oh well. One of the best vocal mixes on the site, I can't believe I missed out on this one until now.

Definitely the kind of mix I can appreciate. It's full of energy, but with the exception of a few remixers, I've found that plain guitar mixes have kind of lost their appeal to me. That's where this mix shines - the extensive instrumentation really brings this song to a new level of awesomeness I look forward to seeing what you can bring to the table in the future, and to the DKC2 remix album in particular. I'm excited to hear your track for that!

Ah yeah, I didn't take that into account. It could be that the VGMix version is just a WIP (I wasn't able to download it) but from reading the comments, it sounds like they're talking about the exact same song that I'm listening to now.

If memory serves, that song has been released for quite some time now, perhaps even longer than the project's been around. It's been on VGMix for a while, so unless I'm getting my dates mixed up, I'd guess that tepid just took an existing WIP/finished song and submitted it to the album. If VGMix would load, I'd be able to look at upload dates and see if I'm right, but it's being a pain right now ._. EDIT: According to VGMix comments, Crystal Swamp was first commented on on 1/15/08, a few months before this project was even started. Well, that explains how an early copy got released

This is pretty tight. I'm not sure if I liked the section in the middle with all the tempo shifting though, but the rest of it was pretty sweet. The first half left me wanting way more acoustic guitar though. Great ending. Thanks for the unintentional full preview track

Oh, that's cool. Any other hidden tracks that I should be aware of?