Eino Keskitalo

For the longest time I thought the intentionally muddy sound quality stood in the way of a great arrangement. It's still a bit like digging through the mud for goodies, but the warbly soundscape does give the track a peculiar feel of its own. This track forces you to listen to it closely. It sounds broken and muffled.. and weirdly old and nostalgic. I get a mental image of adventuring through partially undersea ruins. While being viewed from the side, in eight bits. --Eino

It's interesting that the sound is getting flak in this thread - I've thought that this style of Shnab-sound is at its best in this particular tune. Everything is clear and airy, there's a huge amount of playful detail that is so much fun to listen to.. Of course much of this is due to the superbly lush, complex arrangement.. this isn't just the rollercoaster ride, this is pretty much the whole theme park crammed into a bit over four and a half minutes. I've played Landstalker a bit, and seen it played a bit more. I think the spirit in this track does the fun and unique game a great justice. --Eino

Hell yeah I've learned to appreciate this track even more. OA had good insight about the piece being free-spirited, roaming about with all the change-ups - and especially the tempo changes. It really flows. Listening to it is a bit like following a river along its path, with the scenery changing, mostly lush and green, but majestic in the end. Pretty impressionistic in that way. --Eino

One of my absolute favourites from the album. I like the game's soundtrack a lot, and the moon pieces are among the gems in my opinion. This one does justice, and gives the things its own spin. DA's vocals are excellent on this one, and great for material like this. Chilly! Along with "My Child", I think this piece was a big step forwards for DragonAvenger. (Bits of the delivery actually remind me of Kate Bush, which is good.) The production is good. Solid and meaty, yet very spacey. A wonderful amount of detail too. The whispering is a neat effect. Appropriately creepy. My one gripe would be that the vocals around 2:13-02:30 (the "Tonight" bit) sound a little plain. Structurally they're positioned at a kind of a high point of the track.. they could've been sung more powerfully, or perhaps with additional harmony vocals, for additional highlight, or perhaps effected in a way that would've made them blend to make the whole more interesting texturally. Instead they're a bit of in the middle. This isn't a major gripe though, the track overall is just so good that a bit that's just decent (instead of great) kind of sticks out. Great work all around! I'll also mention that the piece also functions very well where it's situated on the album. --Eino

Voted & commented! I'm very happy I could participate. --Eino

I enjoyed BLUENOISE, so I'm looking forward to hearing this. --Eino

I did one more. Total: earth-shattering 2. Oh and I definitely dig The Feather's Reflection a lot. --Eino

Enjoyable piece, and a unique take on a great original. The time signature change is well done, it's recognizable but personalized, just works, really. I like the stop-start shenanigans quite a bit too. There's also plenty of subtle variance and development within the piece. The piece has a pretty chill and contained mood. I think it could have broken away from that more at some point. I kind of kept waiting for it to burst into something more aggressive (I somewhat expected the fastest part of the source come in like that). Tension-release sort of thing. However, Rexy has a good point about this mix being pretty minimalistic, so perhaps with subsequent listens I'll start to appreciate its chosen dynamics more. A good one in any case, and very importantly, a refreshingly different take on Kraid's theme. --Eino

Three submissions, excellent. I just began mine, I hope I can work on it some more before submitting. --Eino

I love how everyone has their own suggestion. --Eino

This bundle contains six games that are on my to-check-out list. Regarding previously owned games, it'd be cool if you could gift away individual games from bundles you bought. I probably wouldn't e worth the hassle to implement though. --Eino

Can we make that official? --Eino

Sounds like you're easily disappointed. Anyway, here's some youtube links (these are cool tracks, I agree): , .--Eino

Let's see if I can get more than one in. edit: yes, more than one http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=827307&postcount=14 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830583&postcount=6 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830954&postcount=20 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830958&postcount=22 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830959&postcount=28 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=830960&postcount=50 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=831908&postcount=16 http://ocremix.org/forums/showpost.php?p=831921&postcount=20 Total: 8 --Eino

First I'll repost what I wrote for the album thread: There have been some comments that the last "my child" line should have more stuff going on in it. I feel quite the reverse, the power of the vocal is in that it is so understated and is not overselling itself at any point. The emotion comes across the best that way, I think. I still feel that the arrangement is overpowering the vocals towards the end, around 1:30-1:55 or so. It sounds a bit busy perhaps, though I find it hard to be more precise than that. It might be a mixing issue with the levels or frequencies or stereo separation too. The vocals have some timing issues here and there too, which contributes to the slightly cluttered feeling. Overall though, this is a wonderfully serene, and really, really sad song. I enjoy it very much. The vocals are powerful and clear and emotive, the writing is overall good, the piece sounds good and everything overall comes together in a really nice way, and also in a way unique to OCR ReMixes so far, as far as I can tell. --Eino

Yeah, this is a bit sad. I think PRC has brought the most new music out of me these past couple of years. Even though I can't participate nearly as much as I'd like, it's very important to me.. The concept of the compo is at the same time exciting, and very challenging. DjMokram has good insight. Don't forget though, that the past season had one of the biggest rounds ever (unless I'm mistaken), UNATCO from Deus Ex. That was a load of fun. Extending this one over the holiday season sounds like nice idea. Even I should find the time to participate. Plus it's a free round, no one can complain they couldn't find anything to work on. Also, it's like a little break at the same time. --Eino

I think asking before using falls under good manners, though. --Eino

Sweet trailer. Great quotes, all of them! Quite nice getting the 30th spot. Nice round number. Also, 30 projects already?! --Eino

Extend to Wednesday please, then I can afford to get the deal! --Eino

That's a great deal. Too bad I don't have a $1 (or $10, really) at the moment! --Eino

The PRC182 link is an admin link. I'd really like to participate, of course there's no time.. but I've often participated on PRCs regardless. --Eino

The highs are pretty uncomfortable to my ears too. Unfortunately, as this is a charming track. Short and sweet. --Eino

Nase, I get what you mean. I can't guarantee our track will have those qualities, like an interpretation in a more appropriate genre for them would. I'm less concerned about that though, and I generally like when things are taken to a different direction. We'll probably have to strip down the track a lot. The qualities that I (at this point) think will be preserved would be those of relief, celebration. Perhaps it won't work for the album's flow as the final track, if that's so I hope it can fit in some other way, and someone else can do another version (since there are three claims for Phantom and a Rose, I take that's a possibility). I don't think we'll be able to make a substantial WIP very soon though. I'm quite excited about the mood/flow aspect of this album, each disc having a theme/mood etc. So I'd be happy to try to work the track(s) with that in mind. --Eino

Sure it will. You'll see. --Eino

We'd like to take a shot on Second Truth from the Left (the ending theme). Upbeat trance, perhaps something in style.--Eino