Theory of N

Gimme Melee!

"Goodbye Geno..." has been re-opened for those interested.

Yeah, I'd have to disagree with you on the "finish a track before starting the next" approach. I'll typically have 3-4 tracks going at any given time at different stages of development. Not only does it ensure that you're continually productive (as opposed to "Well, track's done! Time for a break!" which turns into a week-long (or longer) hiatus), it also REALLY helps prevent ear fatigue. Binging on the same track can have negative effects on your music and changing things up can help against that. Unfortunately, that's not always possible. What you're talking about is basically inspiration based on emotion. It's entirely possible that a person has absolutely nothing significant enough to draw inspiration on. The best advice I've ever been given was from my college Music Composition professor: "The art of music is 10% inspiration and 90% craft". While emotion is by far one of the greatest sources of inspiration, it's possible to capture a particular emotion without ever having experienced it through understanding of what musical elements or sounds evoke that emotion. Inspiration and emotion are secondary to understanding the craft of writing music. Especially if you write professionally with deadlines. You can't just wait for inspiration to strike

Once you come to the realization that you will literally NEVER run out of creativity, it becomes much easier to get out of that 16-bar rut. It doesn't matter WHAT you write. Don't be afraid to go somewhere completely different with the track. Deceptive cadences are always nice.

Haha, it's cool dude. The fact that you fell for it AFTER it had been revealed as an April Fool's joke makes it even better

I really hope you're trolling. If not, http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=43488

Correction: 100%

OH, IT WAS A JOKE ALL ALONG. I knew there couldn't REALLY be anything worse than Bad Tuna.

I've been thinking on it long and hard... I think I'd like to change my name to Theory of Ñ.

I apologize. You're right, the jealousy that stemmed from my exclusion of this project quickly turned to rage and I took it out on all of you who spent thousands of dollars and many months slaving away on this brilliant work of art. My emotions clouded my judgement with billowing, dark clouds that flooded the streets of my moral character. But I can see clearly now. The rain is gone. You guys put together one hell of a final product and I commend you for it.

This is ridiculous. You guys raise $150,000 to release a "masterpiece" and this is what I get? Shitty video recordings of someone's TV? 1-second long tracks? Comic Sans? This is the worst thing since Bad Tuna.

Oh dear god, Overclocked Rasslin is incredible.

I kind of like this. My biggest beef is the lack of source. There isn't much that really resembles the source until a minute in and then not a significant resemblance until around 1:18 though I'm a fan of the more liberal arrangements and since this is clearly unfinished, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. That synth that comes in at 0:55 doesn't really feel like it fits to me. It doesn't really gel with the rest of the soundscape you've got going on to my ears. Other than that, I'd say it sounds like you're maxing out the sound and your brick wall limiter is making the would-be loud parts quieter than the rest of the mix. Some compression or level adjustments might help with that. Definitely an interesting concept. Can't wait to hear it finished

I really can't take anything seriously that happens on that date.

I think probably the best part about this game in my eyes was the fact that it doesn't give a fuck. It explored subjects that most developers would absolutely cringe at including into their game because of potential backlash; Most prominently, the racism aspect. I think it's awesome seeing developers taking a huge risk like that and seeing it become so successful.

The Starlight's Flower? That's probably the most mixable of the ones down there. I omitted it because it's really just a chord progression with the same motif repeated over it. There's not much material at all. If you can mix it, go for it and send me a wip

I've still gotta wait until tomorrow after I get off work to go into town and pick it up on PS3.

Unfortunately, it won't be.

Yes. Restricting a project to a single genre is unifying and makes for a consistent album. Having a project completely open to anything EXCEPT for a particular genre because you don't like it is a different story. Let's get off of this topic now, shall we? I think I summed up everything that needed to be said about it in regards to this project in my last post.

You are correct in assuming that the original composers probably did not have dubstep in mind when composing for this game. That also goes for most other genres. Your point falls flat when you compare this to VotL in which there were quite a few liberal genre adaptations. The great thing about OCR is that we're not confined by genre. We're all about keeping the music alive in one form or another. If you enjoy mixes that are more conservative and what you believe to be more the idea of the original composer, awesome. There are plenty of remixes like that and there will be some on this album as well. But personally, I find the more liberal arrangements the most appealing because it seems more of a collaboration between the original composer and the remixer; the highest amount of creativity possible by taking an original composition and making it your own. You're not the only one who thinks the way you do so your opinion is not invalid. However, my goal for this project is to 1) Pay tribute to Yoko Shimomura's incredible work by exposing the source material to those unaware and prolonging its life through reinterpretation and 2) Showcase the incredible variety of talent OCR has to offer. I believe restricting any genre or form of music would be counterproductive to both points. By no means is the quality of this project going to drop because you don't like one track on a 30+ track album. If you want to restrict musical creativity because of genre bias on your own projects, feel free to do so but I personally couldn't get behind anyone who ran something with that kind of attitude.

I've had this thing pre-ordered for over a year. I AM SO HYPE.

Remember this, Pete.

That was what made me doubt it was the same thing at first. But I used to listen to a better recording of it ALL the time in my car. So I searched a bit more and found this one:

No, that's the original song from the cartoon by The Jets. Or I'm wrong and he did an INSANELY good job at mimicking it. But my money's on the former. Also this completely made my day when I heard about it. I already started up my DuckTales fund to buy this when it is released.

I approve of this thread. I will contribute by also stating that I have not planted my seed nor have I tied the knot with a female companion in this thread that in no way will help either of those things come to fruition.