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    "Impact of Iwata" - Audiobook/Album Partnership Project with Nintendo Force

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted · Edited by TSori

    **NOTE:  Most of the discussion is taking place on a Discord Server, but regular project updates and claim/track status will continue to be posted here**

     

    It's my pleasure to announce a one-of-a-kind album project and partnership between Lucas Thomas of Nintendo Force and OverClocked ReMix!


    Project Concept

    Nintendo Force Magazine has launched a Kickstarter to fund Lucas M. Thomas' new book, "The Impact of Iwata" which offers a deep dive into the life of former Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and his towering impact on the video game industry. After meeting its original funding goal in only 2 days Nintendo Force has added a number of stretch goals including an audiobook version – and this is where we come in!

    This project will be a 16-track album to be included as part of the audiobook release.  Each track will be based on one of the 16 chapters of the book, and is intended to fill the same role in an auditory format as the illustrations do in the print book. Portions of the tracks will be used as chapter introductions and between narration within the audiobook itself, and the entire album will be released in full as a bonus feature/promotional item. A full tracklist and description of source tunes/chapter topics can be found below

    See the Kickstarter for more detail:

     

     


    Album Roles/ What we need!

    Author/Nintendo Force Editor-in-Chief/Project Lead: Lucas M. Thomas

    Album Director: TSori

    Masterer:  ????   ( Zack Parrish available if no one else volunteers. Jorito also has contacts that may be available)

    Remixers: 

    Cyril the Wolf
    Emunator
    Hemophiliac
    Ian Martyn
    Jorito
    MIchael Hudak
    Ridley Snipes
    Siolfor the Jackal
    The Vodoú Queen
    Treyt
    TSori
    Vylent
    Zack Parrish
     

    Performers: 

    Donut - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
    Earth Kid - Harp, Piano, Vocals (female), Hammered dulcimer, Recorder, Ethnic percussion
    Ian Martyn - Irish bouzouki, guitar (acoustic and electric), bass, keys, Irish whistle and low whistle, mandolin, Irish tenor banjo, accordion, taishōgoto, yukyu, concertina, melodica, bodhrán, bendir, ukulele
    KestrelGirl - Violin
    pointblanket - Violin
    SableProvidence - flute, bass flute, dizi
    Sheabutter - Violin
    Siolfor the Jackal - Electric Guitar, Bass
    TSori – Trumpet, Flugelhorn

    Claiming Tracks
    All remixers wishing to claim a track should PM me and/or post in the thread. We'll go from there! 

    Genre Guidelines
    There are no specific required genres or instrumentation. The ReMixer is invited to take the approach they think will best for the chapter subject. That said there are a couple general guidelines from Lucas:

    The book itself is a positive and celebratory look at Iwata's life and legacy.  So the music should reflect that same kind of tone.

    While creative interpretation is encouraged, the source tune should be easily recognizable

    The majority of the book is going to be narration so we have been asked that the music not include any lyrics or sampled speech.

    This album is intended to be an official OCR album as well as a part of the book, so remixes must meet the appropriate standards.  

    Deadlines:

    The Final Deadline for completed, un-mastered WAVs is
    December 1, 2023

    Updated 7-1-2023 

    I've had to change my plans around for this just a littl ebit but here what we go with for a deadline schedule

    August 1, 2023  - Initial WIP :  Demonstrates your source tune and concept for the arrangement
    September 1, 2023 - Significant WIP: Further development of the inital WIP, i.e. more length more firm                                         instrumentation/sound design etc.
    October 1, 2023 -     Finished Arrangement: Full length WIP  
    November 1 2023 - FInal WIP - Completed track minus any changes needing to be made after review                                        and    feedback
    December 1 2023 - Final WAVs - FInal completed tracks go off to be mastered. 

    If we don’t hear from you and are unable to contact you for a month your claim will be dropped!  That said, life happens and we want this project to be the best that it can be! Stay in touch, and we will make it work! I'll be reaching out to everyone every 2 or 3 weeks to just check in too.  

    The Track List

    *NOTE: Given the nature of this project and the timeline, it is preferred that those that claim tracks have a demonstrated history of contributions to  another project(s).  However anyone may join, and  collaborations are highly encouraged !

     

    Track Claim & WIP Status (16)
    Bold Gold- Submitted for Mastering - 14
    Bold Green - Final WAV submitted  - 1
    Cyan - Finished Arrangement submitted - 1
    Blue - Significant WIP submitted - 0
    Purple - Initial WIP submitted - 0
    Orange - Claimed Track, no WIP yet - 0
    Red - Unclaimed Track - 0


    For reference: a full list of Iwata's Game credits can be found HERE.

     

    Also to be clear:  these are intended to be complete ReMixes that will be released as an album along with the with the audiobook AND used in part between narration segments in the audio book itself.  They are NOT background music or loops.


    Chapter One – Satoru Iwata: The Early Years 
    CLAIM: Jorito - "Eggerland Swagger"
    This chapter covers Satoru Iwata's childhood all the way up through his earliest years at HAL, when he worked on games for computers like the Commodore 64. 

    Sources: Not a lot of those early '80s games had much music in them, so this will be the trickiest track to nail down. Other potential sources of music in his earliest years include the original Star Trek TV show (he was a fan as a teen and one of his first games was a Star Trek game he made on a calculator), as well as the 1972 Winter Olympics (they took place in his hometown and he actually had a small role in the opening ceremony!).


    Chapter Two – The Pinball Repairman
    CLAIM: Treyt - "Pocket Arcade"

    Satoru Iwata's first commercial release working with Nintendo was the original NES Pinball game from the early '80s.

    Sources: NES Pinball didn't have much sound beyond the noises of the ball bouncing around the table, but it inspired several further pinball games later on the NES, Game Boy, SNES and beyond. So anything tracks from titles like Rollerball, Kirby's Pinball Land, Revenge of the 'Gator or Pokémon Pinball could work.

    Chapter Three – Teeing Off with Golf
    CLAIM: Cyril the Wolf - "Funky Mountain Peaks"
    Just as Mr. Iwata laid a foundation for all future pinball games, he also established the template that future golf games would follow by programming NES Golf!

    Sources: NES Golf, again, not much sound. But several later golf games have tracks to turn to, like NES Open Tournament Golf. He and HAL worked on everything golf-related up until Camelot took over with Mario Golf on the N64. Kirby's Dream Course, HAL's Hole-in-One Golf, VS. Ladies Golf, Jumbo Ozaki no Hole in One Professional . . . (Come on, you know you want to make the world's first Jumbo Ozaki remix.) 

    Chapter Four    Balloon Fight
    CLAIM: Mike Norvak - "Balloon Trip"
    Sources: anything on the balloon fight ost

    Chapter Five    Super Mario Bros.
    CLAIM: Zack Parrish - "Life is Peachy"
    Source: The water level music from Super Mario Bros.

    Chapter Six    Mach Rider, F1 Race, Famicom Grand Prix: 3D Hot Rally (early 8-bit racing games)
    CLAIM: Siolfor the Jackal - TBD
    Source: Any track from these games

    Chapter Seven    Dragon Warrior (Iwata worked on localizing Dragon Quest to bring it to America)
    CLAIM: Xaleph - "A Translator's Tale"
    Source: All of Dragon Warrior is on the table

    Chapter 8: Kirbys Dreamland
    CLAIM: Lucas Guimaraes - "Parasol to the Stars"
    Source: Any Kirby OST

    Chapter Nine    EarthBound
    CLAIM: Ridley Snipes - "Bonhomme de Neige"
    Source: Any track on the Earthbound OST

    Chapter Ten    Super Smash Bros
    CLAIM: Vylent - "Desert Smash"
    Source: Tracks that are unique to the smash brothers series

    Chapter Eleven    Pokémon Gold & Silver, Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap (all the Pokémon stuff) 
    CLAIM: Emunator: -  "Gold Soul"
    Source: Any of the above pokemon OSTs

    Chapter Twelve    Expanding the Gaming Audience (Wii and DS hardware launches) 
    CLAIM: Hemophiliac - "Live from the Wii Sports Arena"
    Source: Any of the Wii system or DS system music.  Wii sports is also eligible

    Chapter Thirteen    Brain Age
    CLAIM: TSori - "Think on Your Feet"
    Source: The Brain Age OST

    Chapter Fourteen    Nintendo Directs, Ask Iwata Interview
    CLAIM :  Ian Martyn - TBD
    Source: The Nintendo Direct Theme or any other “deep cuts”  that have been used as a part of those events

    Chapter Fifteen    Roundup of Other Games: Lolo, Arcana, NCAA Basketball, Air Fortress, Ghostbusters II, etc.
    CLAIM: The Vodoú Queen - "Chozodynamic"
    Sources: Any track from the above OSTs


    Chapter Sixteen    Remembering Iwata 
    CLAIM: Michael Hudak - "Guide to the Infinite"

    This chapter while still being positive and hopeful will have a more reflective tone and the music can reflect that as well.  
    Sources: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the kingdom OSTs


                                                         ANNOUNCEMENTS


    6-23-2023
    Project Kickoff!  Lets go!

    7-1-2023
    Alright, we're off and Rolling now.  ALL tracks are claimed, and 6 have already had WIPs submitted.   A huge Thank you to everyone who volunteered to claim a track and especially to those of you who got juggled around a bit as we figured out how to deal with the rush of claims. 

    I had initially planned to give everyone different check in date based on their claim date, but since almost everyone claimed their track on the same day, I'll keep it simple and just schedule deadlines for the 1st of each month.  Details above in the deadlines section!

    7-5-2023
    Chapter 10 : Super Smash Brothers is open again!   if you missed your chance during the initial claims frenzy your opportunity has arrived!

     

    10-2-2023

    Things continue to move along at good clip!  We are steadily marching towards our final deadline in December.  I am planning to review all the current wips with Lucas here in the next week or so and talk through mastering and plans for release.  So if you have updated wips, please send them my way!   Keep up the good work everyone!

    2-4-2024

    I just realized I did all my update sin discord instead of here . so here's one.   The end is in sight! We are working to finish up just a couple straggling tracks while mastering begins on the other 14.  We're also starting to get all the "i"s dotted and "t"s crossed  so we can have this ready for release.    All the ReMixers on board have really brought their A-game to this album and I think everyone who listens is going to love the results.   Let's keep charging toward the finish line!

    OCR04414 - Final Fantasy X "Yuna at Zanarkand, Her Mind on Lost Friends"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    50 minutes ago, djpretzel said:

    Speaking of geeking out, for the life of me I can't read this mix title without thinking of TNG's "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" :)

     

    His eyes open!

    As soon as I saw the title I wondered what kind of ReMix  would reference a TNG episode that way.

    Unintentional Star Tek pun or not, this is a fantastic effort by @suikun.  Keep the good stuff coming!

     

     

     

     

    Whats's your all-time favorite OCR Album (if you can pick one)

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by TSori

    It's hard to not pick an album you directed.  I poured a ton of myself into A World Reignited and I feel like everyone on that album brought their A game.   Arcadia Legends gave me the chance to do my first ReMix.

    Personal biases aside though. I have to give a shout out to Reserve Tank: VARIAtions.   Watching the community rally around Blind and crank that album out in a ludicrously short amount of time was a sight to behold. it also gave us some absolute gems, among them: Big Giant Circles' "In Your Prime"  and Zircon & (then) Pixietricks' Kindred, which is easily in my top 5 remixes on all of OCR.    

    OCR04211 - Golden Sun "Hope in 8"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    Glad to see this one up on the front page!  Lucas did a such a great job with this arrangement.  It's a very unique take on one of the most recognizable and celebrated tracks on the OST.  It also taught me how much harder it is to try to do improv in 5/4. My brain did not want to work that way.

     

    Fun fact:  this is third member of what i like to call the Gondowan Jazz Trio.  By some happy coincidence, all three sources tunes from the Gondowan region in game ended up being remixed as different flavors of jazz.  

     

    Congrats to Lucas on a great ReMix!

    Paths Less Travelled Volume 2: Secret of Evermore

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted

    No worries, Trism

    These albums can be rough even in the best of times, and with all the complication Soule's situation and the rest of what's going on world have introduced it seems to be frought with problems.  

     

    If someone else wants to take over I'm totally fine with that, but at this point my suggestion is that we call this project off, let the individual artists do what they want with their tracks, and allow another, hopefully less troubled  OST to be the subject of "Paths Less Traveled: Volume 2"

    OCR04125 - Golden Sun "Streets of Tolbi"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    On 9/16/2020 at 2:07 PM, WesternZypher said:

    Surprised no one's chimed in about this yet. It's definitely as described - a song that paints the band dance-marching down St Charles Av.

    Thanks, man!    That's a great description and quite a compliment.   A number of years ago I marched down St. Charles Avenue  in the Krewe d'Etat parade.  Thanks for the reminder!    Glad you enjoy the ReMix!!

    OCR04123 - Golden Sun: The Lost Age "At the End of the Road"

    in ReMix Reviews & Comments

    Posted

    This was one of my favorites on the album.   The best descriotion I can think of for it is "full of memory"

    To me it feels like a look back over a long life.  It takes us through joys and sorrows, cherished memories both happy and defining.  It is at once both tragic and celebratory.   A touching piece describing a beautiful ending.

     

    I was truly impressed by the amount of melodic variation bluelighter found in this source.  For me, the dynamic contrast is the biggest selling point.  It would have been very easy to shy away from that in the performance, but  blielighter never does, and that gives this remix a lot of heart.

    Beautiful arrangement and a tear-jerking performance 

     

    Paths Less Travelled Volume 2: Secret of Evermore

    in Recruit & Collaborate!

    Posted · Edited by TSori

    WANTED: Collaborator for Mixing

     

    Recordings are starting to come in for my Film Noir esque  bass, trumpet and piano trio.

     

    Mixing however is t really my thing and I prefer to leave that to someone who is A: more skilled and B: enjoys it more than I do 

     

    So if anyone would like join our collab to handle the production side of things, let me know!

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