Chimpazilla

You've got a good ear if you can hear clipping, Gario! I went over this with Sir_Nuts this afternoon, and he helped me decide to take the clipper out of my mastering chain and just rely on the limiter (I was using both). The clipper was giving the track a clean digital sound but at the expense of clipping (not going over 0db, but clipping the peaks). Mike and I both agree it sounds better and more natural now. Thanks to Mike and Gario, this continues to be a terrific production exercise!

'The Ballad of Bowser's Balls' - by Chimpazilla mp3 and wav (mastering changed 6/17/16, described below) *SHAMELESS SELF-PANEL ALERT* I had planned to call this track 'OMG No, Not ANOTHER Mario Mix' but ultimately I went with the clickbait title. This started as a production exercise only, but then it became a thing, so I finished it and now I'm foisting it on the unsuspecting public. Sorry guys, I really have no excuse. This was super fun to write though, and I hope it makes everyone smile. Any judge that requires a source breakdown for this remix needs to be fired from OCR in disgrace and forever.

This track is mastered way too quietly. I had to crank the track by 10db just to hear parts of it. The hard panning of the pianos bothers me, and one of the piano samples has a distracting sound when it plays each note, it sounds almost like percussion but I think it's just a flaw in the sample. The playing is pretty stiff, if this was played live then the sample is making the playing sound sequenced. Still I think this is a moody and somber take on these three themes. The transitions are somewhat awkward though, giving the track more of a medley feel than it needs. I think this might work much better if the production and mastering were improved, and if the transitions flowed more smoothly. NO (resubmit)

ReMixer name: ∑ Name: Matt Gallagher Website: http://soundcloud.com/jam-toast-studios or http://soundcloud.com/studio-dantalionor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPo-GF08JfA9RcVYdJEHNRA User ID: 33357 Game arranged: Undertale Name of arrangement (with link): ✶ It Seems that There’s Still One Last Person that Needs to Be Saved Songs arranged: Hopes and Dreams, SAVE the World, His Theme OST link: here Comments: Instead of the original (in particular, Hopes and Dreams), which possessed a grand sense of an epic, climactic final battle and saving the day, I decided to go for a more subtle approach, an emotional sense of wanting to reach out and save the one in front of you right now. Asriel wanted nothing more than to stay with the First Human forever, and I wanted to capture the sense of needing to reach out and not only save Asriel's soul but also tell him that he's not alone and that everything's going to be okay.

What a great concept here, very bold. I love the blending of these three themes, they make a really nice cohesive arrangement. The mixing isn't working well though, all the instruments are competing for frequency space in the mix. The sequencing is really rigid. There are several areas in the mix where there are sour notes and/or bad harmonies. The vibraphone is too loud. Still a bit to work on here, but there's a LOT of creativity in this arrangement. I suggest taking this to our forums for further mixing advice! I'd like to hear this one with the production improved! NO (resubmit)

Hello! I am Ynitsed Modnaf, I'm on the forum but, I'm not active on it because I'm not a big fan of forums so, I'm sorry... I hope it's not a problem. Contact information: _ My ReMixer name: AS_Ynitsed _ My real name: (I want to keep my name secret). _ My email address: _ My website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvZI5Lb9yf3T5I2sr_WVVFA _ My userid: 33331 Submission informaion: _ Name of games arranged: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past; The Legend of Zelda; Final Fantasy IX _ Name of arrangement: Protect the Castle! _ Name of individual songs arranged: Hyrule Castle; Dungeon; Jesters of the Moon _ Original composers: Koji Kondo; Nobuo Uematsu _ Links to the original songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uR7doemZD0; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7T6ZNgoP5M ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCeXApQxNw _ Comments: I wanted to remix A Link to the Past because is my favorite Zelda game and the game of my childhood. And, during the remix, I thought "And if I add this song and this too?". Just like that.

Oh jeez. This IS badass, and also cute and funny (ssssh I didn't say that). Brandon nails these vocals, always right on pitch, and wow what a range.... from Cookie Monster lows to the canines-only-frequency screeching highs. What a great concept this track is. Guitar work is ace. A breakdown would have been nice because the track is relentless but this works in context. It is mixed and mastered really well. I don't think I heard version #1 of this track, but this one works for me! YES

I really like this concept, the instrumentation is good, source is well represented with fun interpretation. I dislike the hard panning of the plucked instrument on the right and the guitar all the way left. The dealbreaker for me is the mastering, it's completely squashed to smithereens. The mix hits -5.9db RMS, I can't see why a mellow-ish track like this would need to be mastered that loud, and it's not clean, it audibly distorts most of the way through the track. Ease off that master compressor. A little less hard panning would be nice, but that is my opinion and not necessary. The mastering fix though, that's necessary. NO (fix mastering and resub please)

Contact Information Your ReMixer name : Hy Bound Your real name: Tyler Carson Your website: https://soundcloud.com/hybound Your userid (number, not name) on our forums, found by viewing your forum profile:Could not, for the life of me, find this. Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Final Fantasy X Name of arrangement: That's What Besaid Name of individual song(s) arranged: Besaid Island Link to the original soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJE6SSX-aw Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc.: Hey guys, long time no see! It's been a while and I wanted to break the silence with a little FFX arrangement. This actually has a lot of firsts for me (for finished material at least); hardware synths, live recording of vocals/snaps/claps and bass guitar. I actually used my Moog Tribute, run through my modular rack for most of the lead synths (which is why they all sound slightly different, they were recorded at different times, so I had to re-dial-in the sound, live and learn!). I also noticed as I was checking out the other Besaid arrangements before submitting, that Emunator's was influenced by Tycho as well. I think it's super cool that two different people can arrange the same song with the same influencing artist in mind and come up with something so different! Anyway, here's hoping it isn't another few years before the next submission!

This track would need a proper name, not just the name of the source tune. I like the concept and ideas here, but the mix gets really repetitive and the mixing leaves a lot to be desired, bass is muddy/boomy, instruments fight for frequency space, drums are buried, the whole thing sounds overcompressed. I think if backing instruments were widened a bit, it wouldn't sound so crowded in the middle. The lead synth sounds quite dry and lifeless, maybe just a bit of reverb and/or some filter movement or modulation? I think if this were fixed up mixing-wise, and possibly shortened a bit, it would pass. NO (resubmit)

ReMixer name: Furious FeedbackReal Name: Daniel TillmannWebsite: http://furiousfeedback.atUser-ID: 33354Name of game arranged: UndertaleName of Arrangement: Bergentrückung + ASGOREName of individual song arranged: Bergentrückung + ASGOREAdditional information: Undertale-Soundtrack Original by Toby Fox (http://ocremix.org/artist/14859/toby-fox), System: PCUndertale-Submissions by Toby Fox himself on OCremix: http://ocremix.org/game/95077/undertale-winOwn comment: My most favourite track from Undertale, Bergentrückung and Asgore's Theme. I programmed the main synth on my self-modded GameBoy Color using an LSDJ-Cartridge (quite some work getting the notes just by hearing), played the other instruments myself (Guitar, Bass, Keys) and used EZDrummer to add drums. Arranged and Mixed in Cubase 8.Thanks. <3

Contact Information Username: timaeus222Name: Truong-Son Nguyenhttp://soundcloud.com/timaeus222http://tproductions.comeze.com/ ID: 24526Submission Information Game: Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon ReMix Title: CONNECTED! Consoles/Platforms: Nintendo 3DS OST Composers: Keisuke Ito, Yasuhiro Kawagoe, Noriko Murakami Sources: Dialga's Fight to the Finish! (PMD2), Revelation Mountain, Tree of Life (Roots); attached. ReMix: (VBR1) (WAV) or, attached if the Box bandwidth runs out. Comments: "Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon!! Oh man, it's such a great game... Makes me wish I had a 3DS. Next best thing? Watching Marriland narrate through his mostly-blind LP for all the characters, giving each of them their own distinct personalities. When watching the LP, as soon as Marriland reached Revelation Mountain (which is the site for a mind-blowing plot twist! No one spoil it!), I said right then and there, "OMG YES, best track in the game [besides that of the final boss battle]". Having seen the plot unfold, I found it to have just the right melodic contour and chord progressions to elicit an emotional connection with the plot itself, and it even reiterates the same primary motif in different contexts like you might hear in a great ReMix. After listening to 'Revelation Mountain' for a few days, I found myself humming countermelodies to it. That tends to be a good sign, so I just went with my gut and started something. What you hear is pretty much exactly how I imagined it, from beginning to finish. In general, I wanted something ambient/atmospheric, generally low-key and relaxing, that later unfolds into an impactful section, and somehow tapers off for an outtro. It was kind of a challenge to incorporate a slow yet engaging pacing while not using too many intense drum samples, but it was still fun! For some atonal percussion, I recorded myself jangling coins, and I lightly glitched some tablas and rimshots (I did end up using some cinematic drums though!). I made many of the bell sounds, while a few others are from Crypto Cipher (Tabla Tarangs) and Impact Soundworks (Resonance). For the arrangement, you could say I went with the flow. I was a bit inspired by some of the Shou Drum demos from Impact Soundworks in terms of the meditative tones, but mainly I just wrote what came to mind---often something I hummed or simply imagined while not using FL Studio. I actually put in some of those countermelodies I hummed (the "secondary lead" bells at 1:56 - 1:59, 2:25 - 2:34, and 3:23 - 3:37). While writing this, I was also listening to the rest of the soundtrack, and I came across 'Tree of Life (Roots)', and geez, some seriously emotional passages in that as well! Some of the chords reminded me of the theme for the final fight in Mystery Dungeon 2, and I ended up humming that theme atop 'Tree of Life (Roots)', so I was inspired to incorporate both of those as well. Overall, unlike much of my other music, I'm actually most proud of the -compositional- nuance that went into this, and I hope you enjoy this too! The ReMix title is based on the many alliances you make in the game, and the "CONNECTED!" message that pops up in the middle of the screen." Extra Info: Source Breakdown: 0:15.00 - 0:30.00 = Revelation Mountain (0:00.00 - 0:07.56) 0:30.00 - 0:59.05 = Revelation Mountain (0:07.56 - 0:37.62) 1:00.00 - 1:15.00 = Revelation Mountain (0:00.00 - 0:07.56) 1:15.00 - 1:26.23 = Tree of Life (Roots) (0:11.49 - 0:19.85) atop Revelation Mountain (0:00.00 - 0:07.56) 1:30.00 - 1:57.82 = Revelation Mountain (1:49.29 - 2:03.26, 0:31.00 - 0:35.39) 2:00.94 - 2:02.83, 2:04.69 - 2:06.55, 2:08.12 - 2:10.95 = Revelation Mountain (0:07.56 - 0:37.62) [big polyrhythmic transition/shift!] 2:15.00 - 2:36.57 = Revelation Mountain (0:48.64 - 1:14.67) [mainly chord progression, plus the lead and the accompanying arpeggios] 2:37.50 - 2:51.88 = Tree of Life (Roots) (0:33.81 - 1:29.96) 2:51.88 - 3:07.50 = Final Fight (PMD2) (1:34.06 - 1:50.27) atop Tree of Life (Roots) (0:33.81 - 1:29.96) 3:07.50 - 3:37.50 = Revelation Mountain (1:48.36 - 2:03.26) 3:37.50 - 4:00.20 = Revelation Mountain (0:07.56 - 0:15.08) ["fade-out" via reverb automation] 15.00 + 29.05 + 15.00 + 11.23 + 27.82 + 1.89 + 1.86 + 2.87 + 21.57 + 14.38 + 15.62 + 30.00 + 22.70 = 208.99/246.00 = ~84.96%

Super conservative but good metal guitars. Drums aren't blowing me away. edit 7/5/16: Wow this is conservative. Both the remix and original are at 130bpm. I layered them together and the arrangements are identical. I'm leaning heavily toward NO but am I wrong to reject this for being conservative when it's a metal interpretation? It's not a midi rip. I'm torn. Call me Rip Torn.

Contact Information Your ReMixer name: MES Your real name: Lee Prisby Your email address: Your website: www.Klaymore.com Your userid (number, not name) on our forums: 33333 Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Banjo Kazooie Name of arrangement: Rare Ravine Name of individual song(s) arranged: Gobi's Valley Additional information about game including composer, system, etc. (if it has not yet been added to the site): Composer by Grant Kirkhope for Rare's Nintendo 64 classic 'Banjo Kazooie.' This track appeared as the theme for the sixth world in the game. Link to the original soundtrack (if it is not one of the sound archives already available on the site): It is very likely in the archive, but here is a YouTube link for reference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sau5ZTNKCe4) Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc: Playing through Gobi's Valley made us parched -- the only way to quench our thirst was to get Jiggy with it and lay down some metallic grooves. The harmonic minor scale that is used to give the song its desert feel translated perfectly into a metal arrangement. We were able to get the song's original composer, Grant Kirkhope, to listen to our remix because we know he's a metalhead. He told us he liked our take on it and our attention to detail. We interpreted that as "good work and thanks for not messing up my song."

Your ReMixer name: Slimy Email: Website: https://soundcloud.com/slimy-4 User ID: 51975 Submission Information: Game: Undertale Name of Arrangement: Two Races, Long Ago... Name of Songs Arranged: Once Upon a Time, Your Best Friend Links to Originals: Once Upon a Time Your Best Friend Comments: Although the structure of the original song is mostly intact in this remix, I've completely changed much of the chord progression, and aimed to give it a different mood. This remix is meant to sound like it could fill the same role as it's source - an opening to the game - and yet sound more solemn/contemplative/melancholic, like the weight of the entire game is on the shoulders of this one song... or something. Oh, and the melody I ended the remix on? Completely intentional.

previous decision Hi guys! Since this remix wasn't part of the mixpost, I'm submitting it now. Hope it passes this time. Contact Information Chernabogue, Tuberz McGee, Furilas, Mirby, Brandon Strader My userID is 17636 Submission Information Advance Wars Are You BadAss? Sturm's Theme -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-7nzSphdk GBA / Taishi Senda Line-up: Chernabogue -- arrangement, lyrics, mixing/mastering (v1) Tuberz McGee -- lead and rhythm guitars Furilas -- bass, vocals (v1) Mirby -- lyrics Brandon Strader -- vocals (v2), mixing/mastering (v2) Chernabogue: Believe it or not, but this mix was supposed to be released on BadAss II. That means I've been working on it for almost four years. Countless collaborators participated to its creation, and I can't thank enough those who patiently helped me. Advance Wars is a series I enjoyed a lot on GBA, and Sturm always has been a problem, as the final boss. The music of those two games is really interesting, and Sturm's theme kept looping in my head -- I had to remix it. During this period, I was listening to a lot of Helloween (still do), and this remix is a tribute to their music that inspire me a lot. The metal fans may find out I was inspired by the song ""Are You Metal?"" by that band, and I decided to write a similar song for Sturm. All riffs, solos, synths, and stuff in that remix were written from Sturm's theme, while the structure itself is inspired by Helloween's song. As always, after the horrible MIDI arrangement, I contacted my recording buddies, Tuberz McGee and Furilas, in order to have live guitars, bass, and vocals. I also contacted Mirby to get a better version of my lyrics. After all, my English isn't the best -- vive la révolution! The first version was rejected by the Judges and cut from BA2, despite my best attempts to master the beast. And when Pieter contacted me to help him on BA3, I knew it was the time to finish it. Not so strangely enough, it was the last track we finished for the album (searching for a good vocalist, re-recording of the guitars that were lost in a data transfer, etc.) but I think we really did something epic. Thanks a bunch to everyone who helped -- especially Tuberz, Furilas, Mirby, and Brandon -- they were BadAss enough to keep Sturm alive. Now, enjoy this track and the rest of the album. \m/ Mirby: Chernabogue needed better lyrics for this song so, being a fan of the series, I obliged and helped out, adding in more references to the games and the world in which they take place. It was fun to write. Bradon Strader: The universe conspired against me finishing this song but it's done, so enjoy it! Tuberz McGee: So Alex (the bae) asked me to do guitar things for a metal thing on an album thing and I said sure thing. So I loaded up the file and saw that he'd written some tough stuff so I actually had to practice, so whatever I guess that's a good thing right? Either way, this song is BadAss. Thanks for having me Alex <3. --------------------------------- Alex, can you clarify how much direct usage of "Are You Metal?" (or not) exists in the actual arrangement? Thank you, bro! -Larry --------------------------------- Hi LarryAre You Metal isn't directly used. My arrangement draws inspiration from it, but doesn't copy anything directly.Let me know how it goes,-Alex

previous decision Contact Information ReMixer name: Majeles Real name: Mico M. Email address: Forum user id: 5882 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Information Name of game arranged: Advance Wars & Advance Wars 2 (theme exists in both games) Name of arrangement: Unworldly Invasion Name of original material: Sturm's Theme Link to original material: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsEnlbZunzE or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-7nzSphdk Platform: Game Boy Advance Developer: Intelligent Systems Publisher: Nintendo Composer: Taishi Senda ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the RESUB remix attached to this email. Comments I've updated the remix for the better according to judges recommendations. I've changed the remix name from Unearthly Invasion to Unworldly Invasion. Thanks in advance for your guys time. hehe

previous decision Took me a while, but here’s a resub of http://ocremix.org/community/topic/42198-no-vampire-killer-wicked-chip/ Mostly did production stuff like EQ and volume balancing, but I also re-recorded most of the vocoded vocals and changed the drum samples. I liked Emunator’s idea of having the song break wide open after the intro, so the intro is deliberately dry, mono chiptune instruments and drums. Other submit info as before, the only thing that changed is the link to the track: Bye, Jorrith On 04 Mar 2015, at 18:57, Jorrith Schaap <> wrote: Hey there, Remixer name: Jorito Real Name: Jorrith Schaap Email: Website: http://www.jorito.net/ Userid: 3917 Drums performed by Erik Vreven Submission information: Name of Game(s) Remixed: Vampire Killer Additional Game information: System: MSX2 Developer: Konami Genre: Platforming Released: 1986 Composer: Kinuyo Yamashita, Satoe Terashima (Please note that though there are a lot of resemblances to the NES game Castlevania, this is actually a different game) Name of Arrangement: Wicked Chip Names of song arranged: Wicked Child (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rp19k4-Qlg) Link to the remix: Comments about the mix: My drummer friend Erik wanted to create a Drum 'n Bass-ish groove for Vampire Killer's Wicked Child song by using the original game song and adding live drums and some sub bass to it. I thought we could do better and started remixing the song from scratch. As always things got out of hand and it turned into a groovy chiptune DnB combo with live drums and vocoded voices. This track took a looooong time to finish; we started it in July 2014 and it was finished only in March 2015. I guess that’s what happens when real life (tm) catches up with you and puts you out of composing business for 6 months. Still, the track benefited a lot from this seasoning and the helpful feedback in the workshop forums and for a first try at something chiptuney I’m rather proud of it. Cheers, Jorrith

FOR FINAL FANTASY 8 PROJECT Remixer name: Bluelighter Real name: Guillaume SAUMANDE Mail: ID forum: 21840 Game & Songs: Final Fantasy 8 & Slide Show part 2, Slide Show part 1, (Retaliation) Title of the original submission: 3, 2, 1… ACTION! Composer: Nobuo UEMATSU Album project: Final Fantasy 8 Links: o Slide Show p2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8m5J28Chio o Slide Show p1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rh4AF6F4tk o (a bit of Retaliation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9m5KM-jvE) Hi OCR, On the occasion of ff8 album project, I've made a new version of my arrangement of slide show. Now, the mix is more concentrated on Slide Show pt2 and pt1. Beginning and ending describe an OSCAR Ceremony and middle sections describe some actions scene extracted from the movie of character Laguna. I've also reworked on transitions to give more fluidity on this arrangement. Now, they are shorted and different parts come after the others more naturally. View the new building of the arrangement and the concept little modified, I've preferred changing the title. The allusion to an OSCAR Ceremony is clearer ^^ I've understood the interest of a breakdown for this kind of mix. So I give you the plan of the arrangement with some notes on inspiration. Enjoy *************** Breakdown Originals o Slide Show pt2 § 0 – 0'32'' Melodic line A (MLA) § 0'32'' – 0'49'' MLB o Slide Show pt1 : § 0 – 0'21 MLC § 0'21 – 0'35 : not used § 0'35 – 0'42 MLD o (Retaliation - a little in rhythm of 10 first seconds for some parts) Mix o in C o Pt1: 0 -> 20'': intro – MLA (inspired by piano collection version) o Pt2: 0'20 -> 0'48 : MLA in soft instrumentation o Pt3: 48'' -> 1'15: MLA with march band rhythm o in Fm o Pt4: 1'15 -> 1'40: MLC idem -> Bass string increased to emphasize melody (slide show pt1 more recognizable now). MLD for transition o Pt5: 1'40 -> 2'18: darker section -> few modifications to introduce next part § Some bars present the stressful rhythm by low strings (near for rythm“Retaliation”) § MLB with this same rhythm with irregularities in time signature o Pt 6: 2'18 -> 3'05: § Bass string rhythm take from “Retaliation” (discreet) § in G#m : 2*MLB and MLC together § in C#m: MLC (one time) § in F#m: MLD (to conclude and come to the next part). Rhythm of retaliation accentuated by winds. § We retrieve here the transition of the OST between SlSh pt1 end and pt2 beginning o Pt7: 3'05 -> end : in F : MLA soft and march band rhythm § Some modifications in tempo -> accelerating rhythm § Same conclusion as the last version

Gario is right yet again. Yep this is pretty darned conservative. The instrumentation is different, but not enough imo to overcome the verbatim source writing. The synths are pretty generic sounding, although they are used well enough. I definitely recommend you add some writing variation somewhere along the way (and/or some instrument variation at some point) to set your arrangement apart from the original. The overcompression is another issue, you've got the track limited so it peaks at -2db, there's no reason to set your limiter ceiling that low. The track really pumps and not in a good way, it's a mushy wall of sound with no dynamics. Like Gario, I really like this track. Fix it up and let's hear it again! NO (resubmit)

Once again Gario nailed it. The track does sound overcompressed, ease up on that final limiter at least by raising the limit to 0 or -0.1 or so but -3 is a bit too much. The leads are indeed drowned out. The drum shuffle is getting lost in distortion as well. Decompressing the track should fix all of this and give it more dynamics overall. You've got some lovely purposeful distortion/bitcrushing going here but the overcompression is causing it to lose impact. And yes please fix the ending. You don't have much of an ending written there, but even if you leave it as-is, you've got to at least render to the end of the final delay tail. NO (resubmit please)

This isn't the greatest piano sample, is it. It most certainly does not sound like midi to me... although sections like 1:42-2:10 (where the notes are played single-file) are really not well served by this particular sound. I wouldn't even know how to begin timestamping this arrangement, I'll leave that to Larry but I seem to be hearing plenty of source. I like this arrangement quite a lot. If there were a way to upgrade this piano sound I'd say let's get that done, but absent that I'm still a YES on this cool arrangement. I love the style change at 4:38 (following the Fur Elise interlude)! The good outweighs the bad for me. YES

It's low-heavy but I love low-heavy and the lows are well controlled. Perhaps a bit more highs would be nice, but I'm not having an issue with balance. This is a really nice take on this source, moody yet groovy. Good sound choices. The transition at 2:12 is awkward and unsignaled, could have used some transition sfx at least (the little reverse that's there is too short to signal this transition on it's own). Overall nice work. YES

Wow, what a nice voice! I think the drums could be a little louder, the vocal is a bit loud by comparison and seems to stick out of the soundscape a bit. Perhaps a bit of reverb on the vocal would help melt it into the track better. I'm not having a problem with the transition at 2:04, it's bridged just fine for me. Nice track. YES

The vocal starting at 2:25 is a little drowned out by the instrumentation, but wow, all the vocals here are excellent. What a lovely arrangement and beautiful performances. The track could have been mastered just a little bit louder. But this is really very nice. YES