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    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2013

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    Posted · Edited by rnn

    Since you need more reviews, you're getting an uninformed, non-musician review:

    Not the most difficult round to pick favorites for, but the quality and enjoyability of the mixes in this batch are arguably the best so far and reminded me why I loved the 2011 run of this compo so much. I'm gonna keep these short and mostly positive, because I'm busy working on other artwork for OCR.

    Bees - If you took out the Hornet Man part, you'd have a beautiful Moon remaster.

    Flush the Sky - Feels like it lacks direction and an overall mood, but the orchestration sounds very natural. Obviously laid some good elements down and I'm guessing with more time, your inspiration would have caught up to you.

    Rockin' Sockin' Cinder Blood - Gorgeous piano performance in the middle. All three parts were well done, but I wish there had been some unifying thread throughout.

    This Place Blows - ties with 'The Moon is Dumb' for best title since Pete's 'I Oni Wanted To Play Wif Ryu' in the WWRR compo. Also, you're a trooper.

    Going Commando - Fun stuff. Honestly didn't think Commando and Moon were gonna work out together, but I was clearly wrong.

    Stone Cold Rock - had some doubts about this one at first because of the sudden change in mood around 2:20 but then I just imagined Huey, Dewey and Louie leaping in to help Stone Man out and then everything was amazing.

    Lunar Storm - Definitely one of the best arrangements with no jarring transitions between Tornado and Moon. Wish it could have had a little more energy in the first half, but otherwise, an interesting fun time!

    Moowa - beautiful stark opening fitting for both sources. Was expecting some buildup after the first minute but it never went there, dangit.

    Celestial Shimmer - Honestly had a hard time picking out the sources except maybe the Moon stuff at the end, but it has a certain quiet charm reminiscent of a Cafe SQ track.

    Precious Precious - Took a second listen to hear the Jewel but once I caught it, thought it brilliant, especially considering how disparate the sources are. Voted it first, because it seemed to have the most distinct development and consistent character.

    Ganymede Cactus - 2:17. Nice job - a key change that makes sense.

    Lunar Aquaduck - I loved the Neil stuff, but I honestly didn't care for the Aqua Man bit before the 0:30 point. I felt like everything past that could have crept in a little sooner during the tail end of his speech. Otherwise, this is super fun and such a clever arrangement. I'm sure I'll be playing this over and over again long after this compo is over.

    Ducksickles in Space - You probably already know I thought this was pretty sexy.

    Solar Man Needs to Grow Up - Great performance but would have been even better if the Solar Man source could have been tweaked to fit the hopeful mood of the Moon theme.

    Mega Man X: The Grand Maverick Remix Battle 2012

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    Posted · Edited by rnn

    - Prophecy: ... Use of Catfish's intro theme is a bit tricky on the 1:30 section. The song is very good, but unless I'm missing something, seems very unbalanced in source usage.

    It makes generous use of both themes, just not in an entirely expected way. The latter half of the first minute is all Catfish (okay so it's possibly a blend of both Catfish's and Centipede's intros). Underlying chord progression is a compromise between the two sources. During the obvious Centipede section at the end, it sounds like the part of Catfish's theme that starts 40 seconds in is weaved into it...

    ...Or at least that's what it sounds like to my untrained ear.

    Mega Man X: The Grand Maverick Remix Battle 2012

    in Competitions

    Posted · Edited by rnn

    I really like the badges, Darke! Nice and saturated just within the boundaries of good taste;D Only thing that puzzles me is the choice of artwork for Nana, since that's actually fanart-that-looks-like-official-art. It's close enough, but for the sake of consistency - with the badges at least - I figured you'd prefer all official images.

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    Hello all (again), congratulations on making it to the end! I really enjoyed lurking these past couple months and the amazing music your teams cooked up - no seriously, I'd say this was the highlight of my life for its duration, sad though that might sound, ahaha :lmassoff::cry:. I've also gained a huge appreciation for the music of the classic series and the games in of themselves because of this competition, so thanks a lot for mitigating that as well.

    I'm more of a visual artist, but I am super super envious of people with musical chops (there is a lot of admiration mixed in the jealousy). Before this, I wasn't really familiar with OCR, to say nothing of its community, but I think I'd like to frequent this place more often from now on. I'll definitely be keeping track of future competitions. Thank you again! WCRG'11 was a fun ride:) Totally platonic hugs and kisses for all the gentlemen and the lady.

    Now to get this album cover art done! Thirty-six Robot Masters is a lot to draw...

    Yours,

    An effervescent creep

    Mega Man: The Wily Castle Remix Gauntlet 2011

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    Posted

    Glad to hear I wasn't the only one having trouble voting this week. By my untrained ear anyway, it sounds like the production is pretty even and especially high across the board but in terms of the cleverness of the arrangement and incorporation of the two themes, nothing particularly stuck out to me.

    Everyone's piece was really enjoyable though, and in the end, I went more or less with the tunes that had gotten the most replays - hurtling C7 to an easy first place (if you have the time, btw, I second the notion that you extend this to ten glorious minutes!)

    By the way, Ecto, after hearing all your lighthearted trash talk in this thread, I was really pleased to finally hear your bite is as good as your bark with Electric Sleep (WHAT? It's not SHEEP?). I so wish I could have voted for four songs instead of three:(

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