Eino Keskitalo

If you release stuff through OCR, you've agreed to the content policy and it is effect for your song. Releasing your music through other channels doesn't invalidate the OCR's content policy, right?

A friend was the programmer for this one: Coffee Time - worth checking out, it's quite funny! Got a great reception at the jam site as well.

Ha, I remember hearing an arrangement of this in @KyleJCrb's GameFuel F-Zero special. Pretty rocking track I have to say, interesting to see what comes out of it!

Nice energy and beats, some nice stuff and detail on the background. I have to say, I was really, really hoping for some variation on the lead sound before 2:30-ish (very nice stuff after that!), it would have improved this track considerably!

Super nice work. Usual Tetromino tightness, but I do think I enjoyed this arrangement from them the most so far. There's tons of variety in the arrangement, my favourite is the ominous synth + heavy drums and bass section. I did think the ending was quite sudden, I was fully expecting a coda to wrap things up when that happened. In any case, a tight, super enjoyable version of a classic theme! (btw the "Download MP3" box shows an incorrect length on the ReMix page)

Sign me up for the 5/4 and 7/8 sequels!

Nice going! I appreciate the invite, but being swamped with other tracks to finish (and having no personal connection whatsoever to this particular FF) I won't be claiming at this point. Doesn't feel necessary at this rate!

I really like the combination of the acoustic sounds & the delay in the intro. The feel is very airy and pleasant. However, for my ears the harmony and melody don't work together at all at several points, making a good portion of the tune feel very random. Particularly the chord choices for the acoustic guitar don't seem to support the melody on the piano. This is too bad, the sound and feel of the arrangement are really great. Intro and outro were really nice. Looking forward to future work for sure!

I remember reading about the game on HG101. Sounded pretty good, perhaps I'll be inspired to pick it up!

Sounds like you guys are having a lot of fun. Wish I could be there.. ! DLd round 1 pack, hope to listen soon!

It's one hell of a track, too.

I've been a fan of Bowie since about the age of five, and he's always been the most important musician to me. He even did some VGM for Omikron: The Nomad Soul (not just the songs which ended up on the ..hours album either). Really sad he's gone. I don't have Blackstar yet, but the stuff I've heard (especially Sue) really hits the spots for me. Sounded like they (Bowie and Visconti) weren't happy with thinking outside the box enough when making The New Day and were able to break that down on the new album. Experimental Bowie is the Bowie I like best so I'm sad there wasn't more to come in this vein.. but most of all I'm just thankful for so much great music and inspiration.

Really, really nice source! (a bit messy harmonically towards the end though, but the good parts are great) Makes me sad how busy I am. I think I post something like this in half the PRC topics. But I'll keep this source in mind for future.

Thanks for the replies! Indeed, I should check the Finnish law as well. The Tetris case is a good point too - the nature of the source itself limits its usefulness I have to say. One thing I can add myself is that some of the rightholders may well have licenced the music with a Creative Commons licence. Such is the case with Shovel Knight (scroll to the bottom). It's a rare case, but I think this is good information to add to OCR database at some point.. ?

Wow, I totally missed the replies. The project in question would have been a freely streamable non-profit video (by a not-for-profit instance) on Vimeo. I was wondering if tunes with Capcom sources are ok to use (according to Capcom) in non-OCR context. I believe OCR has an explicit right to post rearrangements from Capcom games. The question is, do usage rights transfer to third parties.

Little tweaking to the duet leads. Done! FC 4 2016/01/08

Tight stuff. It's clear to hear how XPRTNovice is your go-to collaborator for this type of tune! The process Joe mentions (snippet recording) sounds like a lot of fun as well.

Ungh! The Mario voice samples definitely grab our attention (and seem to be quite divisive) but that's far from all there is to this solid disco house thumper. For my money, the SFX use is really well embedded to the arrangement. Even though the vox samples are pretty much in your face, they work to build the piece and are very well paced, and don't feel like used for their own sake. I can see if you're allergic to sound effect samples it would make you uncomfortable, but I must say I thought I'd heard enough Mario voice samples in arrangements but this doesn't grate me in any way. It's precisely because they're a part of the arrangement and not just pasted on top for laughs. The brilliantly James Brown-esque (indeed!) "Ungh!" is a simple highlight, and the "poing!" combined with the coin sound is delightful. I like the pacing of the beat, the sometime sparsity of the soundscape gives the tune a wide open feel, which is a fun contrast to the humorousness of the vox samples. The instrumentation is a good combo, I like the classic synth tones especially, but the tasteful splashes of delay and the disco borrowings of funk wah and string interjections are very effective too. Great opener for the album.

If the album ends up late for release, it can be polished a bit and released five years later!

Very good feedback, thank you! If there was one thing I would change it'd definitely be to not play that backing arp quite so constantly. I'd like to think that the repeats at the ending & the suddenness of it make for a proper closure, but I suppose it just sounds more successful to myself than it actually is. Trivia: this is actually my first posted arrangement that has a source from a game that I've substantially played (FFX). Weird huh.

I did 2! ..so I didn't find the time to transfer the ones on paper to the forums. Will still be coming of course.

Man, the statistics really make me get back to participating.

Obligatory "I'd love to participate, but.." reply. But hey, I'll try to listen & vote!

I'll cheat and quote myself a bit from the Workshop thread: "Well, that was cool, cinematic without being plodding. I liked how "agile" it felt. Perhaps a bit long, but I really liked how the tempo increased towards the end." The blending of orchestratic and electronic elements is indeed seamless. Even with the super-impressive flood of pretty high quality Souls arrangements from him, this is easily one of my favourite RoeTaka arrangements, and if you like his other stuff, be sure to check this out even if you are not familiar with the game. Good job highlighting some less known material with a very polished and fitting tribute!

I have a few written down on the notebook. Some of them need more work (timestamps & source checking). I just need some opportunity to sit down on the computer with it - I've been listening on the bus and writing thoughts down by hand. Dunno how many I've got, it'd be fun to break 50 but I doubt I'll reach that. It's been fun though!