Eino Keskitalo

Ohhhhh, I feel like I missed this one back when it was posted. It's right up my alley when listened to in a vacuum, but having recently played Beneath a Steel Sky, it's a delicious treat!

Alternatively to the reverb, a gap could be masked by some other sound as well. Sometimes the some "harsh digital silence" needs just some subtle noise and it'll feel better. Something I've struggled with in this scenario (reverse cymbal -> crash cymbal) is that it lessens the impact. I don't think I've actually even thought to have a little pause in there! But I've layered some other drums to accent the hit. Bass drum of course often falls in there naturally anyway.

I think I wanna be done now 😅 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v4k1kk3qgbn9hw6k2qcrf/eino_keskitalo_-_ninjan_graali-20250108-rc.mp3?rlkey=9z7vmrdurm3o1u752bh57gtka&st=50rct5h0&dl=0 submitted!

Ah, fun to see a thread on Gameable Audio! I've enjoyed it so far - listened to it only a little bit. I think I stumbled upon the 'cast from somewhere else; I listened to a "grab bag" style episode or two which didn't have a theme if I recall. I have some other episodes earmarked. I might even try and see how rusty my Swedish is with the earlier episodes.. !

Woof, love this ... amazing tension & uneasy release at the end. Wow!

New wip, basically still addressing the frequency hogging bass, and the ending https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/soxh60hm2zupc6hu07ap8/eino_keskitalo_-_ninjan_graali-20250106-wip.mp3?rlkey=lp1dky244qn63esr7n1a78pip&st=74oxwkcy&dl=0 And wow what a difference with bass 😳 kill your darlings, everybody ☝️👴

One more (maybe my favourite) * Olof Gustafsson (Blaizer / The Silents) - https://www.mobygames.com/person/597/olof-gustafsson/

Ahh, such a good pull. The arrangement kicks ass and I appreciate how it doesn't waste any time doing it. It's to the point! Let me be a pedant party pooper and question if the music is eligible for OCR - from https://www.bogozone.net/lyle.html It sounds like the music is not composed specifically for the game and was probably previously released separately? Sorry to bring this up after the ReMixer was already frustrated with the judging process. 😑

Very atmospheric track, contains multitudes successfully; Psamathes versatility showcase, especially love how the lower register brings a LOT to the piece!!

Love this question. Anybody have a list at hand of demoscene musicians who also made game music? That would get us close. Also I imagine if you arrange some Amiga music, you might accidentally be in that zone!

Ahh, this theme is so much fun on the guitar. I really like the approach taken here. Maybe I'm nostalgic for listening to jam session tapes back from my band-playing days ... I can see the thing about the abrupt ending. My brain is working hard to interpret what the ending means musically ... the love this piece describes wasn't built on a solid ground, sways and then it was abandoned soon with a final bittersweet note? 😅 At least it kinda loops nicely if you have it on the loop!

I ran the crawler script for artists and remixes as well. Got a couple of false negatives for each but manually checking both seemed fixed.

Was this fixed? I ran a crawling script through https://ocremix.org/games/ and it didn't come up with any empty pages.

Thanks a lot @Dj Mokram I really appreciated that 😸It's a blast from the past isn't it? Great analysis and very generous and kind. I guess I should pay attention to the mastering/clipping. I'll give that a look. I have a new WIP but it's not quite finished towards the end: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lms8dwgym9g5rguuzhcz6/eino_keskitalo_-_ninjan_graali-20240621-wip.mp3?rlkey=gzbxdzf4uneebvnhtp9boh3fd&st=94xm9v53&dl=0 After the judge feedback I think I've fixed the bass level and reduced mix clutter & brought leads to the front better. I extended the end to the point where I think it doesn't feel like it ends prematurely. I'm intending to work on the last 8 or 16 bars (of 7/4) so it's less copy-paste and has more variety, and I was thinking of adding a coda of the intro arpeggio.

Such an unexpected approach... but fits super well! Really well done!

Quite lovely I thought! I love this scruffy kind of chippy style. It sounds slightly broken and melancholic, but pretty!

Hehe, the detuning is pretty intense. I'm pretty close to falling offboard with it! But I didn't. I'm pretty delighted to hear an OCReMix in this style, and I also think it rearranges the source tune in a very interesting way.

It is chill and smooth.

I only now realized I got another wooden spoon to my proud collection in the final round ?

Smooth and enjoyable!

Got some great feedback from the panel: https://ocremix.org/community/topic/52388-no-ninja-gaiden-xbox-knight-n-grail-ninjan-graali/#comment-861883 Here's the new WIP where I've tired to: mix it a bit better, adjust pitch of some parts an octave down, etc. Didn't touch the structure at least yet. It still needs more unbusyfying, but it's getting there. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pwaofg1s3gc0hb5196p1m/eino_keskitalo_-_ninjan_graali-20240410-wip.mp3?rlkey=a23jfsugqs7i58r3nzqykyyx4&dl=0

Awesome to see this Sage business! This is important stuff. Just yesterday I was talking about OC ReMix's rare feedback culture to a musician friend of mine. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Nice and crunchy metal CT boss mix with a seasoning of orchestral elements. Worked quite nice for me!

Great fun!

Very chill, lovely to be "back in XG" with this tune.. tasteful personalization in the arrangement, very nice build-up / swell ... particular plus points for taking a looping VGM tune and making a _very_ nice conclusion to the arrangement!