Eino Keskitalo

I was probably inspired by Axes Denied and the Precursors project to find out more about video game music covers and remixes. I read somewhere that OCR is full of elitist bastards and I actually stayed away from the place for a while. At the same time I wondered why so many of the mixes I downloaded from VGMix were so substandard. This is much more my kind of place. I guess I'm an elitist bastard myself! --Eino

My favourite Rozovian track, and one of my favourites from EOBLOR. I love the soundtrack, which helps, but the execution here is (a) very appropriate, ( very well done and © hits a nerve. I find I really like this kind of a track. It's a bit similar to this ReMix, which is one of my favourites. --Eino

Very nice track, not a super favourite but well executed regardless. Rozo has his own style, clarity and synths being the central features. His sound is recognizable. The drums in this one are very Kikuta-like in my opinion! My nitpick for this piece is that the strings sometimes feel like they drag a little bit behind. They could have perhaps been shifted a little bit forwards to compensate for the attack. --Eino

Cool source, and great to see a submission this early. --Eino

Hyvää syntymäpäivää! Grattis på födelsedagen! --Eino

Another \o/ for Wonder Boy III from here. --Eino

It's on the to be posted list in the judging process thread, with plenty of other tracks approved around the same time - and there's a couple of (non-album) tracks from 2009 too. So it's just taking the usual long time. --Eino

My friends had consoles, at home we had a PC without a soundcard. I had heard some great NES and C64 tunes before I really recognized them as a separate and important part of the game goodness.. I believe I enjoyed musics that were good, but can't really name a favourite soundtrack. So I guess mine are 16-bit games: Street Fighter II, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest and FF4 on SNES. I think Mystic Quest was the point where the penny dropped and I really started paying proper attention to VGM. Star Control 2 and Pinball Fantasies on PC - not least because of that they both played MOD music on the PC speaker.. (!!!) (Actually, some great beeper melodies: ).Shining Force II on the Megadrive/Genesis deserves a mention as well. I'd like to think I was a fan of Castle of Illusion, Wonder Boy III and Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks on the Sega Master System, but probably not (great as they are). I was a fan of the games themselves, though. edit: How did I forget Link to the Past?! I like how the beginning of the game has just the rain atmosphere, it kind of makes you pay attention to the soundtrack more. Link's Awakening on Game Boy was great too. editedit: Hehe, except that it does have music except for a very brief bit in the beginning. Well, nice rain effect anyhow. --Eino

Necroposting Iji threads should not only be allowed, but actually required. Hero Core is fantastic as well. And if you're a fan of Remar Games, you probably already know about http://ludosity.com/games/garden-gnome-carnage/. edit: Looks like earlier in the thread I called Iji's soundtrack merely "great" - in fact, it is brilliant. And so is Hero Core's. --Eino

Thanks for the comments, EBison and SoulinEther. It's very satisfying to hear that some of those things worked for you. Good ideas, too! I certainly like the idea of adding more textural detail, and also the idea of giving that 2nd half lead figure a bit more space. Cool to hear you liked it so much, SoulinEther. I haven't yet worked on the piece, but from my last listening I felt the overall sound was flimsier than I'd like - and that seems to line up nicely with all the comments I've received. I have a lot to learn when it comes to production, so I'll be spending a lot of time trying to beef this one up. Any hints what I could do would be greatly appreciated! --Eino

Try PM'ing this guy, he had a great rock remix of the title and Concrete Man stage, that didn't get accepted due to being on the coverish side, but it was great nonetheless. --Eino

What do you mean with "modern version" - what type of music? There are a billion versions out there, and 13 (thirteen!) on OCR.. so, what would a modern version sound like? --Eino

I agree. I like to follow the Judges Decision forum, but the tracks out of the blue are neat surprises. --Eino

Wehey, another finished project to look forward to! Congrats! --Eino

Owen Pallett kicks ass. --Eino

Looking forwards to it! --Eino

Thanks! I'll probably try extending it, but not just for length's sake. If it won't work, then that's the structure. --Eino

Thanks for the replies again! So far everyone has mentioned the plain/basic/cheap sounds (here and elsewhere), so they do need to be beefed up. I don't want to have a realistic sound, I want to keep the tracker feel, but at the same time it shouldn't sound plain. Mak, those were some inspiring ideas, marimba could well work! =) SonicThHedgog, I don't have any midi.. it's made with Renoise tracker. Thanks for the offer anyhow! --Eino

Hey cool, some replies! Thanks, SonicThHedgog (took a while to type that right), I don't think it's quite up to the par to the posted ReMixes yet. But glad you enjoyed it! mak, you probably listened to the source. Click the box above the "source" link, the one which says "click to listen". --Eino

Congrats on getting it done! --Eino

No avatar, no sig, no personality. <3 edit: oh wait, I do have a sig --Eino

Oh yeah, that vibe definitely is there, I did think that the piece works very well on acoustic, and reminded me a bit of Alice in Chains. --Eino

I can hear 00:14-00:39 is the main riff, that begins the source. I think it's transposed a bit too. I personally liked it being slightly rough, such as the slight detuned bits around 02:19-02:20 and 02:24. --Eino

Sounds pretty nice, the playing is all right. The problem I have with this track is that I keep waiting for something else than the strummed guitar to come along. I don't feel that it keeps my interest on its own. Cool to interpret that source on an acoustic guitar though! While I say it doesn't really keep my interest, it does have a lot of variation in the arrangement and the intensity. Good luck with the panel. --Eino

It sounds a bit better now I guess, but still pretty squishy, which is probably Youtube but if it wasn't, we here wouldn't be able to tell you. --Eino