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Lava Reef's music is my absolute favourite of any Sonic OST, and having this gradually building from chilled-out up to a *slightly* more frenetic interpretation is just beautiful. Excellent work, Eladar.

Ch(K)ris C(K)ubed!

So I guess it's time for an update, huh? The majority of people have gotten back to me regarding my statement and the majority of those people have decided to stay on, so the project will continue as is. I won't be actively recruiting anyone else, but will accept anyone who wishes to join. As such this album will likely be a single 'disc' affair rather than a double, but at this point I'm just looking to get it finished and out the door, so to speak. A few people asked that I make it abundantly, 100% clear that anyone who is participating in this project does not support or condone the actions of Jeremy Soule, alleged or otherwise, and that the content is a celebration of the Secret of Evermore soundtrack as an art-form and nothing else. In happier news, we've got our first finished track! @about:blank has finished his Fire Eyes remix which has now been passed over to @Chimpazilla for mastering. Massive thanks for getting that finished so quickly, Chris So, in closing, things are little bit sombre here at PLT HQ (which is just me now...) but we're going to soldier on regardless. Thank you to everyone who has agreed to stay on, and thank you to everyone who is taking the time to read this message. *EDIT* Well, I should probably read all my messages before making a forum post because we do in fact have TWO finished tracks! @Manji has finished his Elephant Graveyard remix as well! Big thank you to you as well, Chris (two Chris', what are the odds?!).

Simply a case of not being in my news sphere, I guess.

STATEMENT It has recently been brought to our attention that certain accusations have been made against Jeremy Soule, the composer for Secret of Evermore. The accusations came to light long before we decided to tackle Secret or Evermore, however for whatever reason neither Dai nor myself were aware of it at the time. Since we were made aware of this information there's been a lot conversation between Dai and myself, with some input also being sought from @djpretzel. djp pointed me towards his statement attached to THIS POST he made back in April and has confirmed that OCR will be happy to release and promote the album. My outlook on the situation is similar to that expressed in the post linked above. I do not condone the actions of anyone seeking to abuse another in any setting. That should go without saying, but sadly in this day and age it probably should be spelled out. In the case of this album I am celebrating the music of the game, not necessarily the composer himself. Separating the art from the artist is always a dicey subject to tackle, but I am personally OK with carrying on with the project. Unfortunately, PLT creator and my assistant-director for this album @Drawn by Dai has decided to step down from the project in light of this information. He asked that I include the following statement in this post: I completely understand and respect his decision in this and it leads me to my next point of action. It's entirely possible that there other people now involved with this project who are also unaware of the controversy regarding the games composer. As such I will be contacting everyone individually asking them if they wish to continue on the album. If anyone wishes to leave them I will completely understand.

Having just had this brought to my attention, I've got say I really like this arrangement. Definitely gives the feel of an epic quest being undertaken. I really like the mini-piano solo around the middle. Excellent work all round!

@theconsoloist has reached out and claimed the Main Title theme! Very much looking forward to seeing what you do with this source, buddy!

@Siolfor the Jackal is gearing up for a showdown and has claimed Final Battle - Carltron. Welcome to the project, buddy!

Hot off his solo debut on the Golden Sun album, @guitarSVD has claimed the Storekeepers source and officially joined the project! I apologise for the lack of updates, I have no other excuse other than I'm rubbish at providing updates. However I'm happy to say that album is moving along nicely. We've got 15 claimed tracks now, which will be more than enough for a single disc release if we don't manage to entice anyone else onboard. I'm feeling the loss of the signatures quite keenly at the moment, as they were a great method of non-direct advertisement for the project. A few quick forum posts in different sections of the site and you've suddenly brought the album to the attention of people who otherwise wouldn't be aware of it. Ah well, got to move with the times I guess. A huge thank you to everyone who's gotten involved with the project so far, you guys rock! Without wanting to sound too cringeworthy; if you could perhaps mention this project to any remixer friends you might have to try and get those sources claimed I'd greatly appreciate it. Stay safe, everyone!

Amazing! Welcome aboard, buddy! I'll DM you with check-in dates and whatnot.

Hey thanks TSori! Much appreciated! We'd love to have you as part of the album, so here's hoping you're able to clear your workload in the near future

I chose the source for that PRC round! I dearly love Psycho Pinball (though I had it on the Mega-Drive rather than DOS) and wanted to shine a light on the awesome soundtrack for others to hear. If I recall it even prompted Eino to play the game while he was crafting his remix, which pleased me greatly. I've considered it for a Paths Less Travelled volume at some point, though due to there only being about 6 tracks on the soundtrack it would be more of an EP than an album. As for the track itself; I totally dig it. The source tune is your run-of-the-mill Big Top circus tune, and Eino's upbeat EDM take on it really gives it a new lease of life while retaining the circus feel of the original. Thanks for bringing some representation to this piece of my childhood, buddy!

@Trev has offered his violin services to anyone wanting to add a bit of live string action to their track. Drop him a PM to get the ball rolling (don't worry, he's a really nice guy!).

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That there's not a single comment on this is a crying shame, so to remedy that here's my two pence: This track is awesome. In fact; the song structure reminds me a little of a Meat Loaf song (not any song in particular, but generally anything written by Jim Steinman and performed by The Loaf). A slow build-up, likely with some crooning about a love lost, then kicking it up into high gear with energetic promises of what will be done to win the lost love back, then back to slow for the outro; possibly with words of acceptance that the love will always be lost, but that it's OK to move on. Am I reading to much into it? Maybe! But what does it matter, it's all fun and music at the end of the day. And this track really is awesome.

@Argle has dug up the Horace source! Welcome to the project, buddy!

Well, this is all sorts of crazy. Samples, time-signature changes, awesome hooks, dubstep!? In theory this is totally not my style of music, but damn it is super catchy. Amazing, utterly bonkers work!

Long time OCR member and album contribution veteran @Dj Mokram has officially joined the project, taking the Pyramid source. It's really nice to see this album coming together with a mixture of old skool remixers and some of the newer contributors to the site. I've been lax with my weekly updates (mainly because I'm not entirely sure what day it is half the time) but I'd like to thank everyone who's joined the album project so far as well as those who have taken the time to just check out this thread. Let's see what the coming weeks bring!

Done. I've only linked to tracks that are still available, for obvious reasons

Yet more fresh blood joining the album, @about:blank has claimed Fire Eyes. This whole things is really starting to come together!

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A newcomer to the PLT project; @brink-of-time has joined the party, picking up the Ivor Tower Town source. Welcome aboard!

Love me some metal Mega Man. The production on this is top-notch and the arrangement is absolutely killer. More, please!

Ahoy! We've managed to hook a big contributing artist for this next one; @djpretzel has agreed to come aboard and take on the Pirates of Crustacia!

All these years later and this is still an absolute favourite of mine. The production, the arrangement, the excellent use of SFX at the start of the track, everything is just perfect. I love the guitar tone and the synths used throughout, after the intro the overall feel of the track isn't dissimilar to that of Dragonforce.