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I could easily listen to this over the source. Has that cavern vibe, crystal feel and beats.

This is good and you should feel good! :3

Wah! Yah! Yahoo! The Mario 64 album is here! ^__^ I was most looking forward to the ghost levels and the music did not disappoint. Boo's Cues is suitably scarey (love the reference to SMW!) and Mari-O-Round's cheerfulness only adds to the fear. >:3 The splishing steps take you back to that level... that first time. Devastation's Duel and So Long-eh, Bowser! Kick. Ass. >:3 Fantastic build-up. It feels like Castlevania at parts. Also props to the accent in your title. XD The Strange Green Pipe has a lot of menance, but it's also uplifting and inspiring. Through the Flames feels like Mario's had a bit of a sit down and is contemplating the worth of it all. Poor Mario. Don't be told how to view the world. It gets better! :c Roads to Everywhere, Somebody Set Up Us the Bomb-bomb, and Supersnowman, are so so happy! What beats! (Also woodwind <3) The Third Dimension and Wings to the Sky are almost too happy even for me... almost! >:3 Very pleasing chirpfulness. aww c: In Roads to Everywhere, I can almost hear coin heaven at 1:22. And 1:31 makes me think of Donkey Kong. Very cool. Fun sections in Supersnowman at 2:20 and 2:35, followed by a playful end. Really enjoy the Coin tracks. Two great takes on the source. If any track brings back most nostaligia, it's Sunken Secrets. So much time spent there, and it's so easy to listen to this piece on repeat. I do like the effects from 3:01. Powerful finish. Prog Mario is light! head banging fun. Good feeling drive especially at 1:20. Strong outro. See You Next Time is a nostalgic finish to the game. ^__^ Do Pirahna Plants Dream of Electric Italians is a final wave goodbye. It feels like a second ending credits except for the musicians. A lovely step back to almost twenty years ago. Thank you all for the music. c:

My favourite bit starts around 2:20. The section at 4:06 is great as well. Love the variations and changes throughout. It's all very fun and happy!

haha, you guys should have submitted. Next time for sure! I thought definitely someone would have done a loverly Jolly Roger Bay painting. Poor José ended up doing nearly all of the stage art. (:

Oh! Oh! Very useful! Thank you. I've looked those potential genres you list. :3 I have looked up their definitions then compared them to 4 fields: - role - members in foreground (eg. soloists, aria vocalists) - members in background - specific pacing The role is unrelated to genre. (It is related to position of piece or purpose of piece.) Foreground and background membership is related to genre, because it dictates the sound that can be produced by restricting to certain instruments and vocalist types? Specific pacing may be key to genre. Pacing is the type of melody, no? I have written down the following pacing types: - incidental music and chamber music (usually lower key in background) - minuet and minuet trio (a movement in 3/4 time?) - waltz (a composition in triple time?) - polka (in duple meter?) - march (usually duple meter, regularly accented?) - quadrille (alternates between simple duple and compound duple time?) Are these genres? Maybe if pacing type is added to membership type... that will be the genre.

I apologise for my inarticulation of ideas. Uncluttered communication is not the easiest thing for me. Takes a while to orient the words. n.n' Does anyone have a good grasp of orchestral music genres and words used to describe them? My Google Fu has been unrather successful in finding genres within Classical music. From reading, I think there are 3 main types of music, but cannot see what falls under 1 of them. (1) Popular Music: pop, rock, country, metal, etc. (I can identify) (2) Folk Music: -search for an ethnic group or instrument- (I can identify somewhat) (3) Art Music: (what genres are in here?) If pop, rock, country, and metal all fall under Popular Music, what genres fall under Classical (or "Western Art"?) music? Searching for 'good classical composers' comes up with widely varying types of musical pieces. Even a site like AllMusic points to dissimilar "Related Artists". For example, Tchaikovsky's related artist includes Bizet which, while pleasant, is not greatly similar to my ears. I've also tried looking up descriptions of composers I do like for keywords for finding similar composers to no great luck. Some of the terms seem to identify what century they lived in instead of what sorts of music they made (eg. Classical, Romantic, Baroque), while other terms are suitably vague and haven't been so helpful to me (eg. Light Music, Dance Music). I'm not expecting to be spoon fed here: I'll read pages on genre terms. Just having trouble getting my footing even after sifting through many pages of information. A simple set of terms probably escapes me. Crossed fingers that someone here will know more. (And I didn't even use a single exclamation mark! )

Ah, I thought the dolphin sound was a synth effect. XD hehe cool You're welcome for the feedback. I'm not a musician so I can't give you any specific advice on making the music, though -- sorry! BUT... you can look at your transitions at 1:34 and 1:52 then think how they're different from the more abrupt transitions at 0:57 and 2:28. You're right in that there are a few more notes there, which are absent from the latter 2. 0:57 sounds like you've skipped to another track at first without any transition. 2:28 has a bit of a drop off, so may actually be alright, depending on your taste. With 1:34 there's a little elevator transition and 1:52 has a little wind/waves before the change. Whoa, only a year of training and you made this?! That's pretty rad. You'll go far! Keep it up!

Oh, nice mix! You gave Tube of Medusa a creepy vibe, like the in EVO. ! Where's the dolphin sound? I can't hear it? XD Is it a clicking? I can't speak much of the production, although it sounds like you've got some ideas on improving that with the full version software, but I enjoy the melody in all of the sections. I don't think you have too many or too instruments. 0:28-0:56 is pretty cool :3 Melodies at 1:01 and 2:13 are keen. 2:23 is boss. >:3 Yeh, transitions at 0:57-58 and 2:28 are abrupt. Transitions at 1:34-35 and 1:52-57 seem alright. The ending piano at 3:10 after the fade-out seems out of place? It's so short and sudden. You could probably just leave it out.

Oh, this is indeed rather pleasant. ^__^ And the entire album is great! Have a listen. c:

Will do when I'm working. Promise. :3 Dollars for ocremix and artists!

Enjoyable mix. Favourite part is the flute at 1:30. I'm not aware of the off bass note, but I imagine it's irritating -- like off kerning in a word. Ignorance is nice sometimes. But at least it sounds like an easily fixable thing... if Scott were around... and if he still had his music files from the year 2000. :]

There's a lot going on here -- but it seems to go on together, like waves under water or wind in the air. (Also, yeah woodwinds! *fist pump*) Man, that's a niiice whistle. I want to say this could replace the original Saren fight music, but I haven't heard it! Still, I bet this would be an awesome substitute. Just menacing and oozes badass.

Huh. So cyberpunk does go into trance rather well. Satisfying. Shadowrun SNES is also one of my favourite games -- and you've captured the feel of the game in this one. Bit of street running and matrix play and concert all melded together nicely.

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What, only 8 rainbow road sources? No F-Zero rainbow road? At 0:39 I started imagining this as a ballet. Rather pleasant in that regard. And although my ear for identifying melody isn't the greatest, I'm not hearing this as a medley: every part seems different enough that it doesn't come across as a medley. But the recording quality seems off in places? I'm hearing static in my headphones throughout: 0.10-11, 1:00, 1:48, 1:50, 2:00-2:03, . . .

Wow, this mix goes from relaxing to kickin. It's got a strong, inspiring feel throughout. There are so many bits I like. The piece is simply made of fantastic little moments!

Ah I didn't make it. XD I know the other entries were really good, though. And more painterly Well... try again next time. Looking forward to the album. ^__^

haha, that's alright. It's my favourite soundtrack, and I can't even remember all the titles sometimes. You could give Wish a go, though. Bet it'd turn out great.

Oh! Oh! Almost up to twenty corridors of time! :u ... But this one is also nice and different than the rest. c: With the saxaphone I can't help but think of the Breath of Fire 3 ost. It works very well here. Chill.

I would put it in my playlist. It's a pleasant cover. With the instruments you've chosen, it feels close in mood to A Wish.

haha, that makes just "new" not "so new" c: Everyone was new once! ^__^ *beams*

Ah this one is scary :u But silly c:

! You are all so new. Don't be new forever! :3

Chills. Just... chills. Great mix. It's so tense it almost bleeds into Uninvited.