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    Commercial Tracks based on/blatantly copying Game Music

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Like, seriously? This wouldn't even pass as a remix here... straight ripoff...

    I really don't get how they can get away with this :')

    Kickstarter gets burned down, whining about piracy, seems they don't really care about plagiarism.

    Also funny how some comment "it's inspired by <insert song title>". Yeah, copy/pasting is so inspiring lol. Atleast they should give proper credit.

    It's funny to see a videoclip with thousands of people going crazy on a (bad) FF8 remix, though.

    Commercial Tracks based on/blatantly copying Game Music

    in General Discussion

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    Didn't see a topic about this yet, only VGM based on real life songs, not vice versa.

    So today I was watching some Slam.FM (a popular TV/radio station here in The Netherlands) and I was disgusted. There was a track playing by Afrojack, named "Rock the House", and the melody was a copy/paste from FF8's The Landing (and even some Zanarkand in between).

    I wonder why Square/Sony (I don't know who holds the rights) doesn't sue them, cause it's clearly a huge copy/paste.

    Afrojack - Rock the House:

    (Starts with the chords from Zanarkand)

    (1:00 = The Landing, the main riff in the whole track)

    (3:50 = Zanarkand again)

    The Landing Original:

    To Zanarkand Original:

    Another one I found earlier, Adrenalize - Voices of Passion. It's a copy/paste (although there's a LITTLE more variation) of DKC2's Bayou Boogie.

    Adrenalize - Voices of Passion:

    Bayou Boogie Original:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsbV5mkNLsE

    I wonder if you guys have any more examples.

    Maybe it's weird but I feel sad in a way that the original composers / games don't get credit. It would be -ideal- to have them play at huge Clubs/Festivals and have the crowd known about the game they are from :)

    Final Fantasy XI: The Land of Vana'diel REMIX ALBUM (AVAILABLE NOW)

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Oh. My. God.

    Best thread on this site. Preview sounds awesome, FFXI has the best soundtrack of any FF imo, with every theme perfectly suiting to the environment it was used for. So happy to see this game getting some more love!

    Airship and Gustaberg sound great. Can't wait till august :)

    /cheer Lampje@Cerberus

    Hopefully there'll be some more BGM's coming to the European Theatrhythm DLC... Japan has quite a few!

    Portal - Still Alive Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    You might consider revising the vocal; i don't know how OCR feels about having the voice from the actual game in the song. Someone smarter than me can comment on that.

    I am not submitting it to OCR so no problem there :D

    drums are pretty loud, especially the hat.

    Agreed, I should have mastered it a bit better. Or atleast a little, as it's not done at all xD

    for me, the arrangement is okay, but it seems sort of repetitive. I know that's an element of techno, but the song doesn't really progress; this may be a part of the less than stellar transitions that have already been mentioned. maybe try mixing up the instrumentation in synths once in a while.

    Agree again, it's repetitive! Had a few more ideas but really hated working on it after a few days so I decided to wrap it up instead

    Lastly, don't use YouTube. get a soundcloud, mediafire, or tindeck account for uploading songs. YouTube can screw up the sound quality.

    I do have Soundcloud and Tindeck but I also put everything on YouTube and Newgrounds. While YouTube's quality may suck a bit, it is still probably the best platform to spread video game remixes. Since you don't easily go on Tindeck and search for Portal Remixes :D

    Good luck with the track, Still Alive is a great source and i'm sure you can do it justice.

    Thanks, and thanks for the comment man :)

    *Replied in the Quote*

    Portal - Still Alive Remix

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Just found out that the kick is way too loud and the rest is way too quiet. That's what you get with cheap headphones :D

    Thanks for the replies guys!

    Oh and agreeing with Jean Of mArc: it does sound like 2 songs mixed up. I am not fond of the final transition. Something I have to work on.

    Seperate Ways (DKC2 Jib Jig - Dream/Uplifting Trance Remix)

    in Post Your Game ReMixes!

    Posted

    Remix: http://tindeck.com/listen/nipw

    Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGHQ5iBJkzA

    Heya OCR,

    I'd like to share some music I am working on atm.

    It's a simple trancey remix from DKC2's Rigging theme.

    Since the source is quite short and I don't like repetitive music it's just 3:18 long.

    Probably alot of mastering and EQ issues still left there. Also not satisfied by the emptyness after the climax (missing some mid-range I think?).

    Comments and critics very welcome. Seriously, you dont have to be nice, I'd like to know what could be improved :)

    Thanks!

    Mario Kart: Road Rage [Still Recruiting]

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted · Edited by Lampje4life

    Still figuring out what I'm gonna do with mine. I'll just work on it this weekend and send you the WIP when I got it. It's leaning more toward N64 Victory Lap now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ChX5kn5p34)

    Btw, serious suggestion: What if you'd leave the tracklist open for now? Reasons I could think of would be:

    * You won't get all music from all mariokarts remixed probably, so it might be better to leave the tracklist open and maybe even allow multiple remixes for the same song

    * Alot of the tracks share the same notes. Like Rainbow Roads, Victory Lap, Ceremonies, Koopa City, Toads Turnpike.

    It's your project, but I'd think about it :) Or atleast give every track from any MK game a chance to be on the main discs instead of leaving some to be bonus.

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