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RebeccaETripp Rebecca Tripp http://www.crystalechosound.com/ ID: 48262 Game(s): Seiken Densetsu sys Final Fantasy Adventure Song Title: Mysterious Mazes Songs Remixed: Dungeon 3 Here’s a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDfGrOoRPc This is my cover of “Dungeon 3” from the original Seiken Densetsu, aka Final Fantasy Adventure. This track, composed by Kenji Ito, is one of my favourite songs in the game, and I’ve always found it incredibly beautiful. It is also, unfortunately, somewhat difficult for me to listen to! I composed this track as part of a series of arrangements based on VGM compositions that tend to make me sad. My goal is to recontextualize the feeling of the track slightly, in order to allow myself to access the uncomfortable emotions associated with the original.

Thennecan - Proof of a Hero ft. Fredrik Häthén Credits: Arrangement: Thennecan ft. Fredrik Häthén Strings - Orchestral Fantasy Brass - JohnStacy & Allison Martin Trombone Woodwinds - GOTWinds Guitars - Thennecan & Cradius Bass - Matheus Manente Drums - Leo Miyata Contact Info: ReMixer name - Thennecan Real name - Felipe Salinas Email - Website - www.thennecan.com Userid - 35872 Submission Information Name of game - Monster Hunter Name of arrangement - Proof of a Hero Name of individual song arranged - Proof of a Hero Link to the original soundtrack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fEV6QbCww Comments: This is the final track of my latest EP called "VGM Life", which it's a tribute to everyone who has supported my VGM endeavors all these years, my family, my friends and my partner. Proof of a Hero is a special track for me because it's a track I got familiar with at the same time that I decided to get serious about video game music, that's why I wanted to make this epic orchestral metal arrangement and try to encapsulate everything I felt for my people and my journey in one big piece. Fredrik has been an incredible friend since I started this journey, and he was definitely the perfect match to help me build the orchestration for this arrangement. Also everyone who recorded for the orchestral and the metal parts did an amazing job, it's truly one of the tracks I'm most proud of ever. LT EDIT (8/1): We have an updated master from Thennecan. Hello! Here's the new master, sorry for taking so long but I realized I lost my take on a pc format some time ago, I re-recorded it. I diminished the volumes overall and gave more space to the mix. I think it's a lot more dynamic now and I think the section where the brass was clipping also was fixed. I forgot to add an original name to the track. I think simply "Heroes" would be cool, let me know if that works. LT EDIT (9/12): We have an improved master from Thennecan. Hey folks! Sorry for the slow response, I've been extremely busy this last couple of weeks. I mixed in a lower volume range and made 2 versions, without my mastering plugins and one with them so you can check more accurately what's not working on the track. Hope this helps solve the distortion and clipping problems, let me know what you think! Best.

Contact Information ReMixer name : Neverback-Music (19797), Latomarques (38178) Website : https://www.reitoken.com Userid : 19797, 38178 Submission Information Name of game arranged : Kingdom Hearts 2 Name of arrangement : Black and White Name of individual songs arranged : Monochrome Dreams Old Friends, Old Rivals I continue to train my symphonic skills with that new arrangement. That song was so funny to do. I hope you will like it

Contact Information ReMixer name : Neverback-Music (19797), Latomarques (38178) Real name : Pierre Backer Ruth, Emanuel Email address : Website : https://www.reitoken.com Userid : 19797, 38178 Submission Information Name of game arranged : Postknight 2 Name of arrangement : Opposing Fates Name of individual songs arranged : Opposing Wills ( https://youtu.be/9CX2-q1WyR8 ) I have recently discovered the game “Postknight 2” on mobile, and the battle boss theme keep my attention. I decided to do an arrangement of the song in a symphonic way. (I’m used to make more cinematic music) So with the help of Latomarques who is a brass players (Trombone, horns) we write that symphonic arrangement of the music. We keep only orchestral instrument by avoiding any synth or sound close to a cinematic ambiance. Basically with is orchestral player experience he write the introduction and the outro, that I have modified a little bit and he had corrected my modification as well to arrive to that final result. We discussed a lot regarding the notes ranges and the colors of the sound for approximately each for measures, until the end of the song. But for me, an arrangement is also an opportunity to try to make your own original part into the spirit of the song and to try to give more than the know melody. That part was this time more played with brass instrument, so the experience of Latomarques was an huge help to make it sounds good. (Not a real orchestra but we try to be closer as possible) Don’t hesitate to comment and give us your constructive feedback for maybe our next submission.

Your ReMixer name: Pixel Pirates Your real name: Tobaunta Torkelsson Your email address: Your website: pixelpirates.nu Your userid: 37469 Name of game(s) arranged: A Robot Named Fight Name of arrangement: A Pirate Named Fight Name of individual song(s) arranged: The Factory Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc: A Robot Named Fight is an indie game made by one person, but it does not show because the game is just pure awesome. After playing many hours of the game and talking with the person who made the game, I felt like remixing his game would help spread the word of the game. The Original song is very dark to fit the gore theme of the game but since our kind of music is happier compared to that then this is the way we try to go but not too far to lose the original soundtrack completely.

Your ReMixer name: Pixel Pirates Your real name: Tobaunta Torkelsson & Fredrik Vinterstjärna Your email address: Your website: pixelpirates.nu Your userid: 37469 Name of game(s) arranged: Crash Bandicoot Name of arrangement: Pixel Bandicoot Name of individual song(s) arranged: Main Theme & Cortex Boss Theme Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc: When the Crash Bandicoot remake was in the work I got excited and started working on this remix, starting with just the main theme I could not really get it to be as good as I wanted it to be so I put in some elements from the Neo Cortex fight since these two are the most iconic tunes from the game for me personaly.

Your ReMixer name: Pixel Pirates Your website: pixelpirates.nu Your userid: 37469 Name of game(s) arranged: Cave Story Name of arrangement: Pixels in the Plantation Name of individual song(s) arranged: Plantation Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc: This was the first video game remix we did together back in 2013. This song is what created Pixel Pirates or Pixelhunters as our name was back then. We had both worked on many non-gamerelated dance songs before this both solo and together, so dance-version was a clear path for us to take regarding genre.

Original Decision This is my latest version of this tune. I hope the quality of my arrangements is improving. I have found a couple guides online that I believe have helped my production, and I got a couple synths on sale also. Thank you for your time and consideration ahead of time! Original linked below, remix attached.

Original Decision Artists: HoboKa [feat. APZX, Sykozealot] Game: Super Castlevania IV Source: Simon's Theme + Castle Gates Description: APZX offered to have a go at the E/Q and he did a pretty good job of balancing things out I think. Credit goes to Sykozealot for the E-Guitar work.

Original Decision Hi OCR, Here is a new version of my arrangement. The main upgrade: Last part rearranged (variations with the main synth) Secondary instruments reduced to reinforce melody 2nd bass sytnh lightened, notably at part 6 (cf. break down) Melody doubled in octave at some parts to give more deepness Snare replaced by a clap that works better IMO, and correction on volume Thanks to Jorito who has given me some feedbacks to polish my track. It was really helpful for me! Enjoy Originals Funfair 0'00 intro - Melodic Line 0 0'04 ML1 0'18 ML2 0'33 ML3 0'48 ML4 1'01 ML1 1'40 ML1 + ML4 Gallery 0'00 ML5 0'25 ML6 0'48 ML7 1'10 variations Breakdown 0'00 Intro 0'25 Melodic line 0 0'30 ML1 0'44 ML2 + synth impro 0'59 ML3 1'16 ML5 (+ ML6 in background) 1'30 ML5 + ML6 1'45 ML0 1'51 ML2 + ML4 2'06 ML3 + ML7 2'22 ML1 + ML2 + ML4 2'37 ML6 + variations 3’03 ML0

There's a ton of precise filtering, glitching, and processing going on here that does a phenomenal job of keeping the arrangement fresh despite having such minimal source material to work with. Arrangement-wise, the track ebbs and flows strategically to keep things from stagnating. The production on your resubmission sounds a lot cleaner too - there's still moments where the filtering causes everything to sound overly crunchy, and the relative lack of sub frequencies in the kick/bass patches leaves the overall master lacking in punch, but on the whole, it's much stronger. Nitpicks aside, there is an abundance of creativity that prevails here. Welcome aboard! YES

Producer name: SpaceGhost Real name: Deion W. Email: User#: 36070 Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/Knucklez09 Submission info: Game: The Legend of Zelda Arrangement: Fairy Fountain Song name: Fairies in the Fountain Original composer: Koji Kondo Original song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id0kbyKCG8c Comments: A relaxing Trap remix of fairy fountain from almost every Zelda game I hope you guys enjoy this track. Thanks, SpaceGhostBLK

Original Submission Hello again! I have now revisited the track and made some changes: Made the bassline in the intro a lot simpler. Added "fillers" with the source material’s lead at several sections of the song. At 1:40, changed the "tropical" lead to having mostly the same notes as the source lead (in the previous version it played at double speed and had a lot of variation) Removed a lot of backing instruments/percussion that only took up space and wasn't barely audible anyway. Overall, went through all leads and stuff and made them more similar to the original. Removed the extended outro and replaced it with the “Failure” tune, very short. I hope you like this new version! Link to Remix: Contact Information ReMixer name: Tab Newflax Real name: Tobias Nylin Email address: Website: https://www.tobiasnylin.com/ Userid: 2108 Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Super Mario Bros. 2 Name of arrangement: Subcon on Mushrooms Name of individual song(s) arranged: “Underworld”, “Success”, “Failure” Comments about the mix: Hello! This is mainly a remix of the “Underworld” theme from Super Mario Bros. 2. Some tiny parts of the remix are also from the “Success” and “Failure” themes of the same game. As you might know, the original “Underworld” theme is very short, it’s only roughly 10 seconds! I always liked this song, although it’s a bit repetitive I never get tired of it. I got inspired to remix it and extend it for several minutes. The sound of the remix is mostly inspired by Infected Mushroom, and so is the name of the remix. I hope you like it! Timestamps: Links to source songs, I will refer to these names in the timestamps: Underworld Theme Part 1: 0:00-0:04 Underworld Theme Part 2: 0:04-0:10 Success Failure

hello, I'm French and don't speak English very well, this is my first submission, I hope my request is correct. Thanks Link to my submission : Re Mixer : Onirik Dreamer real name : Karim Ajroud website : https://onirikdreamer.com user id : 38210 Name of game arranged : The legend of Zelda, Majora's Mask Name of original track : Calling the Four Giants Name of my track : End of the world Additional information about game : Nintendo 2000 (N64) Link to the original soundtrack : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ2fpLGAeH8 Your own comments about the mix : I find this piece infinitely sad and I wanted to add a more dynamic, cool and nostalgic touch to it, i hope you like it.

Remixer Name: Roph UserID: 26567 Games Arranged: Final Fantasy IX Name Of Arrangement: Save Your Valediction Song(s) Arranged: Sword Of Doubt, Protecting My Devotion Features Harpsibored playing harp, Sableprovidence playing flute and Dawnaria's vocal prowess. This came about as an entry for Dwelling Of Duels' Battle Month and started off relatively simple - solo harp leading into the main sword of doubt orchestration, but grew in scope more and more the two tracks blending together, a vocal interlude, and the introduction of live extra woodwind which after ~50 or so revisions and a month of work, resulted in the final piece now. When you love a game as much as IX, a piece like this becomes a labour of love.

ReMixer name: Neon X EMail: Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV8NwzoUa9I9HD1YXRIXp3g UserID: 37046 Name of game: Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Name of arrangement: Sonic the Chemist Name of song: Chemical Plant Zone Original composer: Masato Nakamura Link to original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYB7iLZNWE For clarification: Name of remix: Sonic the Chemist Name of original song: Chemical Plant Zone

>OCR Artist Name - jdamashii!! **NOTE - just another reminder for convenience. "Sir J/W!SE/etc." aliases are retired and everything I submit through OCR is strictly under the name of "jdamashii!!" This is also ignoring my original music projects with the Philharmonic stuff. Just to make errythang easy I'm submitting stuff as jdamashii!! _____________________ > Remix du jour - Runescape / Old-School Runescape Original Source(s) by Ian Taylor (Mod Ian) Michael Manning (Mod Michael M) Arabian https://runescape.wiki/w/Arabian Al Kharid https://runescape.wiki/w/Al_Kharid_(music_track) Agents of Keli https://runescape.wiki/w/Agents_of_Keli A Song for Khnum https://runescape.wiki/w/A_Song_for_Khnum _____________________ >OCR-ified title - We're All Ali Down Here Thanks for listening, hope y'all enjoy. *source links are in the Wiki pages above*

Production is as solid as we've come to expect from Black Ace by now, but this is a long track that is foundationally pretty repetitive, even though there's a lot of well-integrated bass stabs throughout the second run through so there's not any straight copypasta. There's a lot of source tune here so I'm also paneling for a sanity check there. Sounds great though at first listen!

Remixer Name - Black Ace Real Name - Alexey Bakhmetyev E-Mail - Website - https://vk.com/cjblackace UserID - 34929 Name of Game - Shin Megami Tensei V (Nintendo Switch) Name of arrangement - Sands of Da'at Name of song - Shinagawa Theme Game info - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Megami_Tensei_V Original track - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U17FDOUW2Bc Release Date - 20 Mar 2022 Download FLAC, PNG and looped animation here - Thanks!

Hello, it's me again! Remixer: Ivan Hakštok Games arranged: - Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea - Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout Name of arrangement: Starlit Sails Names of songs arranged: - Stella parts 1, 2 and 3 from Atelier Shallie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhPr0R_YTU0) - End of Hibernation from Atelier Ryza (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0zBU_U1IHQ) This was my entry for the December 2021 Dwelling of Duels Free Month, Magfest edition. Just like in last year's Magfest DoD, I placed 2nd behind that guy T-Dick and The Tiberian Sons, although it was much closer this time! But honestly, I didn't even expect to make the top 5, there were a ton of great entries. I've never played any of the games, but I discovered some cool Atelier series music this summer while listening to random Japanese VGM cover artists. I was shocked to see that nobody ever covered anything Atelier both on DoD and ocremix, so I thought I might break the ice. Since there are several sources, here's a breakdown: 0:00 - 0:23 = intro 0:23 - 1:07 = Stella 2 intro and verse 1:07 - 1:25 = Stella 1 bridge 1:25 - 2:10 = a combination of Stella 2 and Stella 3 choruses 2:10 - 3:09 = the chords for both the acoustic and the electric solos are based on the chorus sections from all 3 parts 3:09 - 5:14 = End of Hibernation, with some extra piano soloing 5:14 - 5:17 = Stella 2 intro 5:17 - 5:41 = just some original doodling 5:41 - 6:34 = accordion solo over the repeated first 4 bars from Stella 2 chorus 6:34 - 7:56 = chorus section repeated a few more times, with a final guitar solo, followed by an outro based on the Stella 2 intro

> OCR Artist Name - jdamashii!! **NOTE - for convenience I've sent this in previous emails but just as a reminder everything I send to OCR is strictly under the "jdamashii!!" handle. Officially retired W!SE/Sir J/Agent 47/Great Value Winter Soldier/XxTha Reallest UchihaxX/ etc. And even though this was made through my "Tempus Tonic Philharmonic" project I'm still submitting it to OCR as "jdamashii!!" > Website - tempustonicphilharmonic.com > Remix du jour - RUNESCAPE / OLD SCHOOL RUNESCAPE Original Source(s) by Sam Jones (Mod Sam J) Ian Taylor (Mod Ian) James Hannigan Born to Do This https://runescape.wiki/w/Born_to_Do_This Scape Main https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Scape_Main Scape Original https://oldschool.runescape.wiki/w/Scape_Original Scape Bold https://runescape.wiki/w/Scape_Bold > OCR-ified title - Experienite Tinderbox ___________________________________ Background ___________________________________ Hello. Gonna keep this as brief and as non sappy as possible. First and most important, thank you again for those who reached out about clearing my head. Way better and I understand the sentiment of life as a gift. Just because someone stumbles and loses their path, doesn't mean they're lost forever. On topic, I'm hoping that by the time this gets to the Judges queue there are a few Runescape tracks already... because seriously, with how long OCR's been kicking ass and taking vgm ReMix names, y'all STILL sleeping on the dopeness of Runescape's music library? Muhfuckas got Cheetahmen and Rollercoaster Tycoon but no Gielinor grooves, cmon son. Haha so yeah, I've always wanted to submit some RS tracks since obviously with Sonic it's one of my top 10 favorite games period. And obviously I wouldn't be down bad for RS if I didn't spend years operating under the handle of a literal face value reference to one of my favorite characters Wahisietel. So hopefully this arrangement doesn't just stroke my own ego but also serves as a solid love letter to the RS community, new and old, by capturing that feeling of successfully catching your first lobster or creating your own full mithril gear from scratch! Making music feels like high 90s for me while trying to socialize and connect with people has me still at level 3 with a daunting size of locked quest requirements. So thanks a LOT for the patience with me awkwardly figuring out how to navigate the right path for me. I've never stopped loving music (both hearing new exciting sounds from others as well as contributing my own music), so hopefully this is the first of many with returning back to my roots of songs where you can listen and instantly know "yeeeah.... this guy's definitely having fun. He enjoys this." Peace -J

There is such an abundance of texture and body to this track, it's truly incredible how rich you've made this sound. Although we get a lot of metal submissions, not a single thing about this sounds generic, and the layers of ambiance you've added through choir and sound effects only help distinguish this from its peers. Really killer work all-around. Mixing-wise, the leads are a little buried but aside from that, everything is clear and balanced. The loudness doesn't bother me here. Let's get this one posted! YES

When I first paneled this track, I felt like something was off but I was having a hard time articulating. The other judges have done a great job articulating the issues present here, so I will recap some of the positives first. Your soundscape is mellow and intimate, which suits the source tune really well. It's really challenging to work with sequenced instruments with an arrangement where everything is so exposed, but the instrument choices and stylistic changes are on a solid foundation. You've definitely got potential here! This feels like a very polished demo, but it's lacking the level of polish in several critical areas that other judges have elaborated on well - there is very little synergy between the different instruments both in terms of mixing and performance. The piano frequently falls out of rhythm with the groove, and the drums don't feel like they're living in the same place as the rest of the instruments. The tone of the lead synth is perfect, but the lack of expression and modulation again makes this feel more like a demo than a finished product. The mixing definitely should be addressed with some stereo widening and panning, making sure your reverb levels are consistent, and generally adding a bit of bite to the track through some light saturation, perhaps. I'd also suggest expanding on your backing pads and layering in more texture throughout the track if you're still struggling to make everything feel like it's glued together. I want to stress that this is a great start to a track, but it's not there yet for me. Best of luck, looking forward to your next submission! NO

I can't help but admire the approach here - you stick very close to the original in terms of backing instrumentation and writing, but at the same time, you've found numerous ways to fill this with life beyond what was ever capable on the original PS1 soundtrack. Obvious highlights include the accompanying vocals and the gorgeously expressive whistle that enters at 1:38, but the lively percussion writing was notable as well! Production and sequencing is crisp and lifelike; everything feels like it exists in the same space. All of these upgrades add up to a substantial amount of interpretation to me. I was admittedly off-put by the "choir practice" at the end when I first heard this submission, but listening again, I can imagine it working in a cinematic context. I hear this sort of tonal dissonance used in film scores frequently so, although it does still feel like a bit of unrealized potential, there's certainly a context where it works. I dig it; regardless of how the vote goes, this will stay in my listening routine. I'm glad you chose to submit, even in its unpolished form. YES

Giving this a quick listen at Larry's behest. I'm definitely hearing where the NO's are coming from in terms of imbalanced mixing. The drums are so much louder than everything else, it's extremely evident in the gaps when the percussion isn't present. Kris also honed in on a very valid point that the percussion drops are sudden in a very unsettling way - a surprise drop can definitely work but in this case, it just feels unpolished. I'm not going to retread any of the specific suggestions other than agree wholeheartedly with the previous two votes. I think the mixing needs some work, but the bones are solid - I wouldn't change anything about the sequencing or instrumentation, but the volume level disparity between the drums and everything else makes this feel unfinished. NO (resubmit!)