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For Final Fantasy 3 Album Contact Information Username: timaeus222 Name: Truong-Son Nguyen http://soundcloud.com/timaeus222 http://tproductions.comeze.com/ ID: 39971 Submission Information Game: Final Fantasy 3 (NDS) ReMix Title: Chocobo's Comedic Side Console/Platform: NES, Java ME, NDS, PSP, Virtual Console, iOS, Android, Ouya, Windows Phone, Microsoft Windows OST Composers: Nobuo Uematsu, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Keiji Kawamori Sources: Fat Chocobo Appears! (see attached) This is for the Final Fantasy 3 album. ReMix: (VBR1) (WAV) Comments: "When Brandon asked me last minute to join the FF3 album (3 sources left), he wanted me to provide something that would add variation to the album. This quirky little ReMix is probably as varied as they come. :] At first I wanted to do a solo piano ReMix, but then I decided that Chocobo's entrance theme was too "one-noted" (think cooking) for me to try and expand beyond a silly mood. Imagine Chocobo as a comedian, wearing a Groucho Marx mask, in an old-school bar that holds an open mic night. There is a honky-tonk-like pianist that plays in a ragtime-meets-jazz style and old-school percussive accompaniment that reflects the current situation or predicted situation (i.e. fake-outs vs. actual buildups). This is basically a live-esque performance that, if recorded, would be while facing the audience but behind all of the performers. All the vocals were just me doing some voice-acting. The French guy's lines were inspired by a funny guy I met at church the week before I wrote this, when he said, "Hey man, play me a tasty beat [on that bass guitar]!" Aside from that, this is a little hard to explain, so I'll just leave you to listen to it and hear for yourself. Source Breakdown: 0:00.00 - 0:03.43 = Source (0:00.00 - 0:02.60) [Grand entrance] 0:05.69 - 0:07.66 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:06.20) [Enter Chocobo] 0:09.69 - 0:11.01 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:06.20) 0:13.42 - 0:19.40 = Source (0:08.24 - 0:14.41) 0:19.40 - 0:32.42 = Source (0:16.41 - 0:20.41) [Chocobo tries to establish himself] 0:32.87 - 0:35.52 = Source (0:12.41 - 0:15.91) 0:36.80 - 0:49.45 = Source (0:16.41 - 0:20.41) [Chocobo makes his first good joke, sort of] 0:49.45 - 0:50.71 = Source (0:12.41 - 0:13.91) 0:59.06 - 1:03.17 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:08.24) [Chocobo invites guest on] 1:03.17 - 1:22.35 = Source (0:20.42 - 0:24.42, 0:28.41 - 0:31.77) 1:22.35 - 1:23.58 = Source (0:14.41 - 0:15.91) [Chocobo's first punchline] 1:24.32 - 1:45.58 = Source (0:16.41 - 0:20.41) 1:52.72 - 1:55.91 = Source (0:12.41 - 0:15.91) [Ouch! That hurt!] 2:01.28 - 2:04.73 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:08.24) [Enter heckler] 2:05.21 - 2:11.34 = Source (0:16.41 - 0:20.41) 2:11.68 - 2:12.95 = Source (0:12.41 - 0:13.91) [Heckler, about to make a fool of himself] 2:42.48 - 2:44.51 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:06.20) [End of Chocobo's comedic appearance] 2:46.51 - 2:47.81 = Source (0:04.18 - 0:06.20) 2:50.22 - 2:55.54 = Source (0:08.24 - 0:13.91) 2:56.19 - 2:57.50 = Source (0:14.41 - 0:15.91) 3.43 + 1.97 + 1.32 + 5.98 + 13.02 + 2.65 + 12.65 + 1.26 + 4.11 + 19.18 + 1.23 + 21.26 + 3.19 + 3.45 + 6.13 + 1.27 + 2.03 + 1.30 + 5.32 + 1.31 = 112.06 112.06/184.08 = 60.88% source" Extra Info: I used the PSP version at first, but then realized the NDS version of this source tune had the exact same notes. Plus Brandon is going for FF3 on the NDS anyways, so I'm going with the NDS version. Script: [intro music] Chocobo: Check, check, is this mic working? Hey guys, this is Chocobo. What do you get when you cross chocolate and an oboe? My name! Hehehe. Hm. Tough crowd, eh? Alright, let's see what else I got. Hm. Ah, here we go. What's the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? One sells watches and the other watches cells! Yeah, you like that, huh? Good to see I'm getting somewhere. Hey, you there. Yeah, you. You in the khakis. Come on up! [Enter Jake from State Farm] (Entrance music) Chocobo: What's your name, man? Jake: Jake. Chocobo: Jake, like Jake from State Farm? Jake: Yeah. Chocobo: So like, do you always wear khakis, man? Is that like your style? Jake: Yeah, man. What about you? What do you like? Chocobo: I like knickerbockers more than khakis, to be honest. Jake: Are you insulting me? Chocobo: No, I'm insulting your pants. Jake: Dude, you're crazy, man. Your mom must be crazy too. Chocobo: My mom's crazy? Yo' mom's so crazy, I don't want to drive behind her. Jake: Oh yeah? Well your mama's so crazy, she tried to go through college without reading a single textbook. [GASP!] Chocobo: What's so crazy about that? My chiropractor did that and he succeeded. Yo' mama's so uptight, she makes stank faces in the mirror! Jake: Oh yeah? Well, your mom's so old that uh... that... uh... Jake: Yo' mama's so old-school that when you ask her what music is, she doesn't know! Heckler: Hey, you! Get down from zere! You're tainting ze mic with your stupid jokes! [Enter heckler] (Sillier entrance music) Chocobo: Stupid? Heckler: Yeah! I'm gonna show you some SICK, TASTY BEATZ, man, and you're gonna like it! Chocobo: You're gonna show me a purple vegetable? Heckler: No, BEATZ! Like ZIS! [beatboxing, followed by coughing] Chocobo: Hey, security, security, come and get this guy off the stage. Heckler: NO! I'll get myself off ze stage. You haven't seen ze last of me! [Exit Heckler] Chocobo: Well, that's it for today. Thank you, Jake, and weird... French guy. Thank you, and good night... I guess. [Outtro music]

Remixers: Emunator, Chimpazilla Emunator's Comments: This is one of my most ambitious arrangements to date. The original File Select song from SM64 was only about 20 seconds long, but it served as a warm, gentle prelude to a grand adventure that left a huge nostalgic imprint on my mind. It was a challenge expanding such a short source to a full-fledged 5 minute arrangement. To accomplish that, I shuffled between several styles here - because it's me, it's full of layered, watery pads and a dozen different bell sounds, but I wanted to really flesh out my style with some synth/pop influences, and also bring back more of the ethnic overtones that were featured in my first two remixes. The last section is a (hopefully very obvious) homage to 'Africa' by Toto that I had an absolute blast writing. This has been in the works for over 2 years. It was sitting at about 90% completion for the longest time, but something was missing. I showed it to my good friend Chimpazilla and she just ran with it. She filled in the gaps in my track with some original melodies and harmonies, additional percussion and pad layers, and gave it a dynamite mastering job that really made it shine. She helped me get over that last hurdle and truly do justice to the original concept I had in mind.

Contact Information Meteo Xavier. The rest should be on file. Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged - Secret of Mana Name of arrangement - "Psalm Of The Summer Sky" Name of individual song(s) arranged - "Color of The Summer Sky" Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc. "Good afternoon - it's been a while since I submitted anything to OCR and this one I am very proud to submit. This track is my contribution to a project that was themed to celebrate DJP's baby's birth and I jumped at the chance to do it as it had been a while since I was invited to a project and one of my all-time favorite compositions ever was fully open to remix. I was... 8? when I first heard "Color Of The Summer Sky" and it was a religious moment of itself. Although I like to play Secret of Mana during the Autumn season, the song itself really does sound like Summer during childhood. When I hear it, it makes me think of Vacation Bible School and other good church-related Summer memories, and that's where "Psalm Of The Summer Sky" comes from. I really didn't have a plan for how I was going to do this. I'd been working on trying to get a more aggressive, EDM style going, and I wanted to do a track that Daddy and Daughter could both enjoy on its own merits. I specifically chose a lead triangle because something in its tonal quality had an emotional and innocent feel perfect for what I was going for, lots of upbeat EDM sfx, bells, hard hitting beats, a smoky electric piano that also really hit home some feels without getting too emotional or melodramatic, and then later some aggressive leads to please the adults in the room . This is my first track where I used a lot of glitching too, and ultimately I was trying to go for a significant, upbeat dance track that was sort of a mix between Halc/Ben Briggs and bLiNd. I did try to rectify some of my previous issues with repetitiveness with this track, but I admit I couldn't do it as well as I'd hoped. Because the beats were all pre-made sliced up stuff (much of it from other beats I'd made for failed songs), I had trouble trying to variate them and make fills, so I tried to ease up on the repetition by adding more percussion in at places and using Gross Beat to change up the beats at necessary points. The electric piano IS humanized in terms of velocity, but it still might sound mechanical. My only other grievance was I made the supersaw section too loud and big, but I couldn't find a way to reduce it and keep that section sounding full and right at the same time. Still, without trying to toot my own horn too loudly, I think this is a major upgrade to my previous remix attempts and electronica production skills and very definitely the best remix I've done yet. I hope you enjoy. This track was mastered by bLiNd. It also got Hiroki Kikuta's personal thumbs up for it. Track breakdown is this: 0:00 - 0:28 - Color of the Summer Sky arpeggio over new intro-arrangement. 0:29 - 0:57 - COTSS Section A over re-arrangement. 0:58 - 1:11 - COTSS Section B, little more straight forward. 1:11 - 1:18 - New arrangement. 1:19 - 1:45 - Highly re-arranged version of Section A melody plays over completely re-arranged section. 1:46 - 2:30 - I think the only part of the original COTSS composition is played by the xylophone on the left, and even that is re-arranged slightly. 2:31 - 2:43 - COTSS Section C re-arranged as a riser. 2:44 - 3:11 - Pretty straight forward COTSS Section A with some re-arranged chords and an additional melody. 3:12 - 3:40 - Again, very noticeable Section A melody with lots of new interpretation and new chord progression. 3:41 - End - Section B arranged as an ending." Source:

Hey guys. So it’s been 5 (crazy) years since I submitted ‘The Angels of Hell’ and (an even crazier) 10 years since I created my first VG arrangement. Me thinks it’s time for something new! Remixer Info Your ReMixer name: Random Hero Your real name: Ryan Roberts Your email address: Your website: https://www.facebook.com/randomhero81 Your userid: 4705 Remix Info Game Title: Sonic Spinball (Genesis) Remix Title: Roboticize Me! Source: The Machine Original Composers: Howard Drossin, Brian Coburn, Barry Blum Game system: Sega Genesis If memory serves, I actually started this remix in 2009. It was originally intended to be much longer as I created about 2 min of addition material for the song. Maybe I’ll do and extended edit some day. Anyway, many of my songs have a story that goes a long with them and this one is no different. In the game, this level takes place in a giant robotizing machine where innocent animals are turned into ‘Badnics’ by Dr. Robotnik (I’m old school). The first part of the song (0:00-2:09) introduces the machine. Now, just picture a little furry critter being put inside of this massive machine, tubes and conveyer belts going everywhere, and the little guy having no idea what’s actually happening to him (2:10-3:05). It’s kinda exciting and kinda playful but still uneasy and foreboding (think Looney Tunes cartoons with the Powerhouse theme by Raymond Scott:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FLN0iQ9SQ). But then it sees another critter being turned into a robot (3:05-3:34. A melody I created). The Machine’s true nature is revealed! Then the machine goes into overdrive! It’s now a fight for your life! Does our furry friend escape? I wanted the song to reflect this sense of good vs evil. Or more specifically, The Organic VS. The Synthetic. No where is this clearer than during the roboticization scene (3:05-3:34) and at the end (4:00-end). The end melody really doesn’t sound natural at all anymore. It’s almost disjointed, with both strings and synths battling for supremacy. It just sound a little OFF! Hope you guys enjoy! Ryan Roberts Random Hero Source:

Remastered versions 1/22/16: Brent changed the arrangement a bit, added some effects, slowed it down, and improved the mixing, and I mastered the result. This track has now gone plaid past "evil" and arrived right at "demonic." Perfect for the album, methinks! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROJECT TRACK: for BadAss3 Remixers: Chimpazilla & Redg Game arranged: Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Name of arrangement: 'Molgera's Love' Source arranged: Molgera Battle theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlF0-Qs2xkI Special thanks to WillRock for his "chicka chickas" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This room, I've been here before. The thick musty smell and the dim sepia-toned light are so familiar. I'm in an enormous sand pit, enclosed by... walls? I can't escape, I must jump down below, must move forward. The ground rumbles as the room fills with even more dreaded sand. Suddenly from the floor bursts the most marvelous creature with sideways flapping lips... is this some kind of god? Before I can organize my thoughts, the beast has gone back down beneath the sand. The Thing of Glory emerges partially to reveal a single magnificent purple tentacle. I am being drawn into the swirling eddy surrounding this godlike Entity. It seems I am destined to merge with It... but no, the fear is too great, I must resist. Instinctively I lash out; the terror is too powerful to do anything else. Ah, but the Beast speaks the language of pain. I slash away. I am rewarded with miniature copies of Itself! The wormlike demigods leap and roar and hurl themselves at me. I am blinded by airborne sand. Paradoxically I am helpless against the aggressors until I draw them close to me! At the very moment they could most easily devour me, I have my advantage! I must kill them... I must... the Big One will have it no other way. Sometimes the murder provides me with a life-sustaining heart, but not always. The mini-beasts attack, more and more of them emerge from the sand, while their parent, the Primary, continues to taunt me from its position in the floor, waving toward me with its one sinister tentacle, surrounded by those two odd appendages, flapping hypnotically. I must kill this Beast. It is him or me, I'm sure of this now; I am running out of lifeforce. The minions surround me, offering sparing, random chances to regain my strength. I need hearts desperately, running too low now... lower and lower health. I hear a strange beeping in my ears, getting louder and louder... Oh Godlike Creature! Please give me life-sustaining hearts! My beautiful Molgera, revered All-Powerful Being, all I wanted was for you to love me... MOLGERA, WHERE IS THE LOVE??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source breakdown: Here are the sections of the Molgera source that we used: motif A: 0:12-0:38 http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI?t=12s motif B: 0:38-0:50 http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI?t=38s motif C: 0:38-0:39 (just 4 notes) http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI?t=38s main drum beat: 0:00-0:11 http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI transition notes: 1:04-1:10 (5 notes but we used 3 and repeated them as a 4 note pattern)http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI?t=1m4s chicka chickas 0:06-0:11 http://youtu.be/wlF0-Qs2xkI?t=6s And here is where they are in the ReMix: 0:00-0:22 transition notes 22 seconds 0:22-0:29 original 0:29-0:59 motif A (and chickas by WillRock!) 30 seconds 0:59-1:10 motif B 11 seconds 1:13-1:28 motif A 15 seconds ----------------------------------------------------------- From 1:28-3:40, the drums and bass are meant to represent the main drumbeat at the beginning of the source, and the bass is following the chord structure of Motif A. Since this is so tenuous, I have timed these parts out and put them in parentheses, but they are not counted in the total unless there is obvious source motif over them. They can be counted if needed only. ------------------------------------------------------------ 1:28-1:44 main drum beat using motif A chord structure (16 seconds) 1:44-1:55 motif A 11 seconds 1:56-1:58 motif C 2 seconds 1:55-2:27 main drum beat using motif A chord structure (32 seconds) 2:27-2:42 motif A 15 seconds 2:42-2:58 original harp solo over main drum/Motif A chord structure (16 seconds) 2:58-3:10 transition notes 12 seconds 3:10-3:12 motif C 2 seconds 3:12-3:20 motif A 8 seconds 3:35-3:40 chicka chickas 5 seconds ReMix length: 3:40 or 220 seconds Source use excluding the liberal bass/drums sections: 133 seconds or 60% Source use if bass/drum sections are counted: 197 seconds or 90%

starlight buffalo Colin Herrera http://soundcloud.com/starlightbuffalo user ID - 54483 Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time Once More ~A Last TIME~ Temple of Time - Kondo Koji A friend asked me to cover a song from any Zelda game. After, he told me I should submit it here. The pieces came together and here we are. Taking a very minimal and clear melody and expanding on it is generally a fun challenge, albeit dangerous. Particularly orchestrally. Working out countermelodies and new sections that never betray the spirit of the piece, enough so that they feel organic and like they always belonged is great. Trying to take it somewhere new, but maintain the heart of it, so it could still feel like it could be dropped right back into the story. In truth, however, it was a slog to get through. A friend of mine died last September - a fantastic Zelda fan - and he was in the midst of a play-through of every game at the time. So it brought up a lot of difficult emotions. Maybe that's saying too much? Eh, honesty is honesty.

This is a really great arrangement of this source, with great performances. Interesting to take this arrangement from 3/4 to more of a slow 4/4 or even a 6/8 time signature. The violin is a highlight for me. The guitar work is really very good. The drums are good too, but I can barely hear the kick, and there is some lo-fi effect on the kit, most notable on the snare, that I think is intentional but to me it just sounds distorted. Regardless, great mix. YES

Contact info Remixer: Tim Sheehy Real name: Tim Sheehy E-mail: http://www.timsheehy.com UserID: 106 Submission info Name of game arranged: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia Name of arrangement: Somniatis Name of individual song(s) arranged: "Wandering the Crystal Blue" Comments: This arrangement had been collecting dust for years despite being nearly complete, so I pushed myself to finish it up. It's still not the arrangement I wanted it to be, but if let that stop me, nothing would ever get done. Still, I think it stands up to the original pretty well.

Dear Sir Pretzel, I made a remix for you. Here is a link to the stuff (mp3 320kbps) Contact Information Artist name: Kruai Real name: Asa Price Link to my soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/kruai User ID: 19037 Submission Information Game arranged: Sonic Rush Remix name: Darker Than Black Original: Wrapped In Black This game is for the Nintendo DS. The original song was composed by Hideki Naganuma. Link to original My comments: Dang, I love this song. Wrapped in Black is my favorite tune from the Sonic Rush soundtrack, and I jam out to it on a near-daily basis - it's one of my favorite tracks from Hideki Naganuma. He is one of my inspirations as an artist, and I hope to one day be as musically creative as he is! That's all I really have to say on the mix. All I ask is that you not call it "dubstep" this time around Yours respectfully, Asa Price

I adore this source! Cool idea for a remix, and the mixing is pretty good here, but the transitions are awkward with so much silence. The drums are simple and dry. The writing is pretty simple and the timbres are generic and unprocessed. The arrangement is the bigger issue. This mix consists of two identical playthroughs (or nearly identical) of the same material. For OCR there would need to be some variation in the writing or arrangement in the second half. NO

Hey, Love the site! Submission: Download: (Enter 0 for free download) Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRWq53IFXVQ This is my dubstep remix of the Dragon Roost Island theme from The Legend of Zelda, The Wind Waker. (The music in the original "The Wind Waker" was composed by Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi and Koji Kondo.) This game was released on The Nintendo Gamecube and remade for the WiiU. Comments: This remix was really fun to make. I'm currently playing through this game for the first time and just had to make a remix of this theme. My remixer name is "Kytronic". My real name is Ciaran Regan. My website is: www.soundcloud.com/kytronic https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwvmsUCNKCFUhF4YQyIZNQ My email: My userID is 54482. Thanks, Ciaran

Really good performances here. The arrangement is super conservative but I like the adaptation to metal. Unfortunately as Wes pointed out, this is a short track and it consists basically of two playthroughs of nearly identical arrangement. The mixing is good, so it's just the arrangement I'm having an issue with. I'd love to hear this again with the second half having some variations in writing or instrumentation. NO

Contact Information Rocklynn Sami Rocklynn www.rocklynn.se 50707 Submission Information Mega Man 5: Darkman Stage Wily´s Doom Mega Man 5 Darkman Stage Music Original score composer: Mari Yamaguchi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ipPeVc0i7I The song was requested by a user in the forums. The music is recorded in Cubase 7. Other information: This remix is produced, mixed and recorded by Rocklynn. Lead guitar by my brother Johan Tauriainen (remix name JT) Song: Rocklynn & JT - Wily´s Doom

That's one beefy kick! I like it... until it drops out totally at 0:30. The soundscape goes from really meaty and full to very empty. I think that 0:30-1:29 could really be the intro to this song and not a breakdown occurring so early in the track. The transitions are awkward since there is near silence each time (and a rendering click at 1:43 and again at 3:20). There is a LOT of copy pasta going on in this track, although there are one or two elements added each time (extra hat groove or something), the additions aren't enough for me to overcome the copy pasta. The track cuts off abruptly. The best part of the track is from 2:15-2:37. WOW I love this section, but it is so short,only 12 bars, 22 seconds. The transition that precedes this section though is VERY odd since it is total silence. The areas of total silence, especially right before drops, are not a good arrangement choice imo. There is so much potential here, the sounds are beefy and good, but this arrangement needs to be completely reworked before it is ready for prime time. edit 4/19/16: Where did the beefy kick go? Aw man. I liked it a lot. I'm still in love with the 22 seconds in the middle, but the rest of this arrangement is still too repetitive and sparse for me. The rubbery bass you added starting at 3:07 is definitely a step in the right direction, but I wish something this cool and funky would have started much earlier. I still hear way too many transitions that consist of a buildup followed by silence (or silence with one drum hit or some very minimal sound) which isn't strengthening your drops. The silence at 2:14 is the most egregious instance of having a weak transition as it precedes the biggest of the drops. The outro is so stiff and sparse. The part from 0:31-0:45 (and really all the way to 1:30) is so sparse as to be uncomfortable for me, I think some kind of interesting padding or atmo in such sparse sections would go a long way to making it flow better overall. I'm very sorry but I still think this arrangement is too weak. Good luck with the rest of the vote! NO (resubmit)

updated version (3/29/16) original version Contact Information Air3s (SonicThHedgog) Adeseye Agbaje Air3s.com Your userid - 35014 Submission Information Sonic Adventure 2 Chao Cave (Air3s Remix) Chao Cave (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Y7aBcuOPI) If I cant use the name "Chao Cave(Air3s Remix)", then I would like for the remix to be called "Chao Cave Rave". Preferably, I would prefer "Chao Cave" Submission!

This is really lovely and well crafted. It is emotional and haunting. This is an easy yes for me if the source is there, gonna check that later.

Username: Averruncus Real Name: Avery Shen Email: Works: https://soundcloud.com/avery-shen UserID: 54063 The Journey Home Link to track: Origin: Final Fantasy IX Sources: Unforgettable Sorrow/Endless Sorrow (with elements from the piano arrangement) The Place I'll Return to Someday theme (more specifically Terra) A Song from Her Memory/Melodies of Life Star-Crossed Lovers/Bittersweet Romance As FF9 is my favorite game of all time and it's soundtrack is partially responsible for me being interested in music, doing an arrangement based on FF9's music has been a goal of mine for a long time, but I never really got round to doing it until last year. Unfortunately with the release of the highly anticipated soon to be released Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart, my track might be a bit redundant, but I'll give it a shot anyway! The overarching theme for the track is one of belonging and home, which are the central themes of FF9. I choose to start with Endless Sorrow since it, to me, has one of the strongest themes of belonging, as it play in the Black Mage Village after the gnomes join. Both groups in a sense share the lack of belonging (Black Mages created for war while the Gnomes are from an entire different planet) and share a home since they have no where else to go. I kind of just went with whatever came to mind after that, but to me, the song is about the story of Zidane's journey to find the place he belonged, ending with him ending up with his beloved. Not a great explanation, but I can't express properly what I was looking to achieve, sorry! The track is by far the largest/most complex I've ever attempted and has been an important learning experience for me in terms of arrangement and mixing. I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with how it sounds, but I've hit a wall (from listening to it hundreds of times) and can't really make any more meaningful changes anymore. I tried to go for a more realistic recorded orchestral feel in my mix, but my arrangement doesn't quite hold up. Despite that, I'm still proud of the outcome and am looking forward applying the experience I've gained in improving my next work. I hope you enjoy it, thank you for your time!

ReMixer - RoeTaKa Name - Alex Roe Email - UserID - 9374 Games Arranged - Dark Souls Arrangement Name - Knight and Executioner Songs Arranged - Ornstein and Smough Game info - Dark Souls Composers - Motoi Sakuraba, Systems - Microsoft Windows, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 Comments: I get requests to remix certain Dark Souls songs; Ornstein and Smough is the most popular one. It's a song that I would avoid because it was just a big intense orchestral piece...and that's what I usually make. With 'E.S. Gwyn' I could avoid it sounding like a cover cause the original was for piano and I had a strong idea to push it. Here I just thought, well, I've been listening to Lords of Shadow 2's music quite a bit recently, let's try doing something like that then! I had to take liberties by moving the arrangement around to fit the ideas I was going for. There's a section at 1:40 for example which was just this small organ part in the original and I liked the movement of it, so I gave it its own moment (and even used some organ so people might recognize it from that). It was a lot of fun to make after the dread settled. I'll probably take a break from Souls remixes, I hear Bloodborne is coming soon

Cool funky disco vibe right away. The bass writing is good. The track has some great elements, but it relies on constant drum-dropouts and stop-start effects. The soundscape never changes once it is established. This track has definite promise but I feel like it ends up sounding repetitive and never goes anywhere. The production is pretty good overall, could use a little boost in the highs. The sustained backing string could benefit from some sidechaining with the kick. This could be a really cool track, but the repetitiveness is killing it for me. As Wes said, maybe some kind of real breakdown would add the arrangement variation that I'm hoping to hear as I listen to this. It's close though, for me. NO (resubmit please)

Contact Information Yusou Deandre Pope https://soundcloud.com/yusou 49448 Submission Information Killer Instinct Gold Secrets of Kung Fu Kim Wu Theme, Jago KI1 Theme, Jago Gold Theme Killer Instinct 2/Gold composer:Graeme Norgate, Robin Beanland I was always a fan of ki music and I'm a big kim wu fan theme and all so I figured I would make a vgm remix as paying homage to the character.I wanting to try something different with the oriental sound of the original track so I went for a funk like electro sound that I think turned out great I know it rough around the edges, but I'll work better in the near future I hope you all enjoy.

This is amazing. Arrangement is conservative, but WOW what great performances. Everything is mixed to perfection. Great genre adaptation, the source lends itself perfectly to metal. Pure awesomness! YES

Hello guys, Shinray here ! We previously submitted a theme of Guile from street fighter 2 ("Guile's Theme goes with metal"). We're back in the field to submitt to you this time another arrangement. It's a theme fromGolden Axe II on Genesis called "Ravaged Village" (first stage's theme). We hope that you'll enjoy it guys ! If you want to listen to it quickly here are some links : Video : Only audio and download (.wav) : Information needed : Time : 2'54 ReMixer name : Shinray email address : websites: http://www.shinray.net/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shinray/105828056104629?fref=ts http://www.youtube.com/user/ShinrayOfficial?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/shinrayofficial/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/114786599309212300853/posts Name of game arranged : "Golden Axe II" Name of arrangement : "Ravaged Metal" Name of individual song(s) arranged : "Ravaged Village" Additional information : The arrangement, composing and mixing have been made by Benjamin Dupré, Matthieu Budin and Benoit Serraillier. Thank you OC Remix ! Best regards Benoit Shinray

This track is a borderline direct-reject for me. The arrangement idea isn't too bad, but the writing is repetitive as heck. The piano delay in the source isn't my favorite effect, and it's too strong in the remix. Maybe if the piano writing were less stiff and unhumanized, and if there were some lows removed from the reverb, it wouldn't sound so cheesy to me. The writing is identical to the source material. The drum groove is so simple and quiet. The hats and crashes sound so cheap and default-ish, no polish at all. The bigger issue in this track unfortunately is an aspect that you thought was cool, that low rumble from the reverb plugin and the overly low piano delay. If you look at a frequency analyzer while this track plays, you'll see you have inaudible rumble playing VERY loudly, which isn't cool, it takes up frequency space in a bad way and causes you to not be able to master loudly. The track sounds very loud and overcompressed, distorting audibly in some places, although it never gets louder than -16db RMS. It's that darned rumble. Your cave effect would be much better accomplished by using sweeps, wind samples, other types of sfx (water dripping perhaps) and delays. This much low end on things just wrecks it totally. That rumble is the kind of low end garbage that a good producer is careful to remove from every instrument in the mixdown stage. I suggest taking this track to our wip forum for further advice, as the arrangement has merit. Don't be discouraged, but please learn from this! Good luck. NO

Hi OC ReMix judges, Seven months minimum for reviewing tracks is a LONG time, but given the volume you receive, I understand and appreciate your work. I've been a fan of your selections since the early 2000's and have awaited the day I could produce and submit my own work. I hope you enjoy it. I'd like to learn from your constructive feedback, so be harsh! Cheers and happy new year! Anton ---- ReMixer name: Anton Nation Real name: Anton Email address: Userid: 54404 Game arranged: Maple Story <http://ocremix.org/game/766/maplestory-win> Name of arrangement: Gallops on Pianos Link to arrangement: Individual songs arranged: Ellinia <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M-ytoRguS8>; Ellinia Tree Dungeon <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDyTSx1kUcQ> Comments: I've been getting into producing EDM and decided to give one of my favorite tracks from Maple Story a dance-inspired mix (though it's hardly danceable). There are intentional sub-bass frequencies coming from a reverb plugin and a low pass filter on the piano melody. I included it to create the sense of a cavern, similar to the tree dungeons where many players would spend their time in the game. The breakdown is the tree dungeon melody that is sequentially accompanied by elements of the main melody until it fully returns with an epic drum thundering in the background. One big recurring element is the "galloping" string of identical piano notes that is featured prominently at the end of most of the verses and the intro and outro. This was the inspiration for the Native American-esque name.

What an amazing concept to do a quartet, and Joe sounds great as his very own saxophone quartet. Odd that the track is mastered so quietly, it never gets louder than -8db. The big issue here though is that this is not one track, but several. They are basically all the same track too, same instrumentation concept but in different styles. This is cute and probably works in context of a bonus for an album or web series, but not for a standalone OCR track. NO