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Yeah that would be ridiculous... oh wait That was amazing. Final Fantasy III, no less... in America, at least.

X-com and Mind Control. Holy crap, is that an amazingly broken ability, once you get it.It works both ways just as well, though - for that reason, Ethereals fucking suck.

This is a nice, fulfilling arrangement of the source. I suspect we have ourselves a Deus Ex fan, here. Some of the texture instruments have a bit of a strange sound to them (no attack or release and heavy reverb), which works in some contexts, but in this case kind of get in the way of the thicker, more rich sounds you employ. Might just be my taste, though. I like this.

In b4 DrumUltima. This is some really sexy Xylophone work. I commend you guys for a job well done - I'm glad this wasn't shut down for medley-itis purposes.

Shnabubula, much love and respect! You have an awesome birthday, man! Also, Sir_nutS! You have an EVEN MOAR awesome birthday!

Oh my God, I've always wanted to arrange Area 3 from Castlevania: Bloodlines. I am unfortunately unable to dedicate anything to this project at this time, though, due to a string of obligations that I just can't ignore. If in the future the track is available (or if you're comfortable with waiting on me for some time - beginning of next year, minimum) then I will certainly cover that track, but I'd understand if you couldn't hold it in favor of another person more able to put something out in a timely manner than I. Yeah, weird track to have ideas for, but I've seriously been sitting on some ideas for that track for years... Regardless, I will remix this someday, but it's always nice to have another reason to get something going.

This is awesome and easily worth cluttering OCR's community space with.

Ecto - You could push a star pretty easily. You're a competitive force to be reckoned with in the compos past, and I've personally enjoyed your stuff at a professional level for some time. Sir_nutZ - Yeah, time commitments are tough, and I understand if you can't join. Consider, however, that you're not the primary mixer. You're really only responsible for giving guidance and/or providing a short part or two for what is primary another person's remix. Won't be nearly as demanding (for you, anyway) as the GMRB has been.

It'd sure be a shame if people weren't able to participate in this due to lack of... erm, 'star power'. Let's see a remixer or two more come in here to help out!

Well, if you're in the Direct-Posted list then you won't show up on the 'To-Be-Posted' category, as that's for mixes that have passed through panel. Due to a variety of behind the scene circumstances, posting tends to take time on the site (on average, music will take about a year to be posted on the site from the time they're accepted), but it still moves. If you got a letter that you're a DP then don't worry, they haven't forgotten about you. You can always message Liontamer or DjP if a fallthrough-like situation is a concern, however. I'm not absolutely sure how well they respond to e-mail, as I've never tried, but perhaps they're more responsive to messages.

Mmm hmm, that's pretty much been me every round this compo. Left something like Wednesday two weeks ago, so I was on a tight schedule, too. Glad that I was able to push you, there.

lol, I feel you, man. I hate it when that happens, but 2-3 minutes of music in 3 hours is better than nothing. Nice work, ToN - it's a well deserved win, on your end. Good luck with the rest of the compo!

Hey there, BadliZ, welcome to OCR! This is a nice cover of the Deus Ex title theme, here. I like the orchestral ideas you present in here, and the electro segue was neat. I'd argue that you have a better grasp on electronic sounds than orchestral ones, based on this arrangement - when using orchestral instruments it's best to really understand what each one should sound like coming from a human player (that is, knowing how instruments will strike, how they'll swell and why they do so): the process is called 'humanizing' the orchestra samples, and it takes an arrangement from decent to great, when done properly. I liked the electronic sounds - they sound like things that Alexander Brandon would use (he's the composer for Deus Ex). Because of that it sounded pretty close to the source, overall. Not sure if that's what you'd want, but that's what it evoked, for me. Sounds pretty good, though, thanks for sharing! I hope some of what I said will be helpful for you.

Happy birthday, Michelle! Come back to these parts more often, please!

Nah, don't worry about it - you never said you were submitting. Posting VG remixes just for the sake of posting cool music is perfectly fine on these forums! If someone says that it's "not OCR material" that just means that, due to a technicality or site-specific guideline (like, in this case, too much sampling) the site would not accept this submission if you intended for it to be posted. You're doing exactly the right thing by posting it in here for everyone to enjoy, as those guidelines don't apply to simply posting in here. The sampling was well done, and the comments in here show that we both liked it. If that's your thing then keep it comin', and welcome to the site.

Not OCR eligeable, but actually really neat. I'mma likin' your style, man. Better than Wiz Khalifa's use of the Schala theme - you play with the sampling quite a bit more.

I'd like to sign up for this. Last time around I wasn't able to participate, but this time I'm up to help you guys out. Sign me up! Nice picture, too. Let's see, strengths: I'm an electronic composer, specializing in 9-bit sounds (particularly good at epic chiptune wankery), as well as very experienced in the Reason 5 DAW. I hold a well rounded education in composition and music theory, so I'm handy for composition advice and scoring live instruments, if it's needed, and am well versed enough in production to give decent general advice. Go me.

I like the changes that you made to this. I'm sure people can find more things that could be done better, but in my opinion I believe you should be safe for submission. Nice work on this one!

MOD REVIEW As mentioned before by Rozo, the source is in here, for sure, despite the great deal of variation. Very nice arrangement - this version would've taken my track down from second place in that compo, for sure. It's a nice, thick style. The only overall complaint that I have is that there is not enough bass in the track (not the instrument, the EQ level). Give that a little boost in one or two instruments and I think you'd have it covered well enough. At 1:23 - 1:33, you start stacking too many instruments in the same range, and the overall clarity suffers for it. Consider moving one of the instruments up/down an octave - that'll clean up the soundscape and give that section some more impact, to boot. Other than that, I'm liking the sound of this track. Make those small tweaks and submit it - I'll be expecting it on the front page shortly.

Disco Dan! Aw yeah, I'm glad you found time in your busy schedule to toss OCR another remix, after all this time. Still love your minimalistic style to this day - glad to see that you still have it. Still couldn't resist another MM3 remix, though - gotta love it

Brandon Strader, happy birthday!

Mmm, going to turn my track to DS in about an hour. I don't have any more opportunities to work on it in the week, but I'll at least have something to show for this round. Not gonna lie, it's actually kind of impressive for four hours of work. Wish I had the rest of the week to make something more significant, but we work with what we got.