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I was happy with what I was able to do last round with what time I had available but I definitely felt my mix was a little "safe".  Didn't venture too far outside my comfort zone.  Starphoenix had a more interesting take to me so I threw a vote that way.  Definitely keep it up!
I was a little bummed that I didn't get Flash Man originally but looks like I get a shot at that theme after all.  I'll see what I can muster up this week, considering I'm remixing my first and second picks now.

Subbed this track as I feel it's ready for an evaluation from the judges panel!

Kirby fans?
Check out the vocal remix to the Kirby Dreamland theme from Super Smash Bros.! It’s all about Kirby and he doesn’t play! Enjoy! It's supposed to be funny! I took the original Dreamland theme and added some bass and drums.
 

All subbed! Good luck Round 3!

Sorry to see 2 competitors drop out. Hopefully you two will participate in some friendlies as the tournament progresses.

Round 2 is up and voting is open.
 

Just submitted my track. Aaaand you not going to like it! 
Enjoy!

Currently:
 

Good news! I learned how to embed. The piece is largely more complete than it was.  At this point it is much more full in textures and feels a lot less like a bunch of individual segments.
Things to do:
Finalize the thematic ideas
Do more with video sync (making sounds represent actions on screen).
Making things more consistent throughout, articulations mainly.
Clean up the notation and check for practicality (it is playable as it is, but are there places that could be simplified for the same effect).
Write a piano and guitar part of some significance that contributes to the piece as a whole.

Soul Calibur 2 is one of my favorite games, such awesome music! I totally hear it in the movement of this piece!

You've been chosen by the gods!
Inspired a fair bit by the music of the Soul Calibur games. Hope you all like it.
 

Secrets of The Creative Process: part 1 

This is pretty much my process

@Arceace Bring It. 

OH IT'S ON NOW
(frantically searches "Ground Man MIDI" on Google)

My track will be posted closer to the submission deadline. Not really happy with the way certain parts sound, and need to still create an outro... All in all, will have something tonight. Look forward to hearing the rest of the tracks.

My entry is in! Had a lot of fun with it, looking forward to see what Gar comes up with! 

Got around to submitting my track today since I wont have any time available tomorrow to work on music.  It was definitely tricky finding a way to work the two sources together given how different the mood and feel of them are but I reached a decent compromise I think.  Excited to hear the rest of the tunes this coming round.

You've got a knack for making really beautiful orchestral pieces! I love how romantic sounding this one is.

I might have fractured my rotator cuff this weekend, I could be out of commission for the competition, but I'll see if I need surgery, and I suppose I'll be ambidextrous this week in doing as much as I can! We'll have to see when voting closes as well. 

2018's Mega Man Compo-of-some-sort Round 1
Rage Reviews!
 
Razor Wind
Very nice use of the themes and sound fx! Great Energy throughout and the mixing is solid!  Only nitpick I can make is that the
ending is a VERY abrupt one note cadence with almost no decrease in energy in the phrase before it to signal the end of the remix!
Great listen! Most competent use of the stereo field in the round i'd say!  NEXT!!
Digital Redemption
Listened to this over and over trying to pick out metal man's theme but for the life of me i'm not hearing it!  NEXT!!
Dopamine
Great Rhythm Guitar tone! Only dig is that the lead is on the overly fuzzy side for my tastes!  Themes are recognizable! Awesome
remix! Why you don't do more Dwelling of Duels compos is beyond me! :/ NEXT!!
Fire Truck
Right off the bat that bass is really bottom heavy and unrecognizable in the mix! I'm afraid to hook up my subwoofer cuz i'm
worried it's gonna be all subs....! Themes are recognizable so good work on keeping things familiar! Biggest issue for me is that
there is no real use of stereo throughout the entire remix! By that I mean no expansion/contraction which was omnipresent in Razor
Wind! For the most part good work! ...NEXT!!
Thunder Crash
Bass hangs slightly to the left which was off putting until I realized a few seconds in you were going for a live jazz band on a
stage kinda thing. Nice work on selling that! Actually... is it a live band?!  Surely a week is too short a time to detail such
great humanization on all of these instruments...! Great remix! Regardless If you were able to write AND get a band together to
practice this OR detail this much interpersonal energy with midi in a week is a real accomplishment!!
...Unless you are just a very competent keyboard player! NEXT!!!   
Crash of the Tornado
Very funky! Dig the use of the strings throughout even if they could use some more detailing!  Enjoyed this mix. Get back to me in
a decade I might be able to vote on this matchup then!  NEXXXTTT!!!

Empty Desires
Ah Shademan, my source for the first mega man comp I did back in the day.  Allright I'm going to get real here. No gratuitous exclamation point use.  
Good that you subbed your WIP in the end. Only crit isthat outside of some really thick mud you had a very nice vibe going for what you had. Sort of reminds me of DJP's Marble Zone
remix. what's it called... Love Hurts i think? If you do finish this send me the link because I'd like to hear what this ends up being. 
Drill Bits
Very well developed remix!  But it fades out...! And it only has one bass...!!! You know you need to layer those things right?!!  NEXT!!

My remix and remake of of Lake Floria, from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Based on Dr. Pez's guitar cover. This piece never actually really stood out to me in the game, however, I heard Dr. Pez's cover of it a few years ago and it's stuck with me ever since. Hope you can enjoy my take on it and find it relaxing!
-Juke

Since I voted, let me give you my opinion as well :
Razor Wind: I concede you my vote, you deserve it well. As Gario suggested, your kick is a little bit too weak, making it stronger or adding a short-attack bass would have reinforced your drums. Dopamine: A lot of energy, a lot of headbanging when I was hearing this. Metal fits Mega Man very well (yea this is a dad joke - I can, I actually am a dad -, or should I say bad?) which was well enough to give you my vote. Fire Truck: It was a tad too calm, in my opinion. I like the way you shaped your sounds, though, It has a professional feel behind it. Thunder-Crash Tornado Fusion: This is very Persona-like. I really "didn't see it coming" (lol did I tell you I was a dad?), but still very cool to hear. I may be picky about the sax that is maybe too much for this music, but that's me complaining, objectively this is a very nice work. Crash of the Tornado: OOOH, funky! Rythm was very well handled, and this was me shaking my butt on my seat for 2:48. Although your battle with pixeltea was maybe the one that made me hesitate the most, I must say that both are really well put remixes and that you got my vote solely because I have a crush on funk. Empty Desires: That's really sad that you could not get that done on time. It actually could have made me vote for you. it's well put together and I really felt like 0:59 was really too short xD If you finish that remix, I would gladly hear it. Drill Bits: I really enjoyed your chord progression, and I really liked how well It jams together. This would have been a really cool battle, but you got my vote by default. Note that since each remix ( except mine because I'm a madlad lol) incorporated very well their theme, I didn't feel the need to comment on that.
And now, for some responses :
Gario : Thanks for these nice words, but I didn't go by the rules and I deserve my defeat. AirMan is indeed included into the remix and it's not quite silent  xD And as much as OCR accepts or not my remixes, in the end, I sill will make music as I like it ^^. I'll let you search a bit more if you are curious but in case I'll give you the sampling guideline I gave to DarkeSword to prove that I indeed used both themes in my remix. It's just There. MindWanderer : Yup, The point is, I didn't see how I could arrange them without one being dominant over the other. And since I wanted both to be present I got stuck thinking. To the point that I said " Screw it, I'm gonna be sampling, chopping and screwing". My goal was to create an original theme that would still fit in a Mega Man game, based on the two imposed themes. So yeah, didn't respect the rules and couldn't think of anything better than that I gave my remix just to see how people would react to this or how many time before they find out what did I sample and when x) I knew I'd be losing anyway. Ridiculously Garret : Thanks, though I added too much reverb on my had which makes me cringe each time I hear my remix, but thank you for your nice words too It was fun even though I actually didn't know how to read the rules, at least I enjoyed hearing those nice remixes.
Are all the entries going to be in an album in the end? That would be lit af
 

Well, I'll try to say at least something.
Please don't take my words as a rant/taunt or whatever bad. I'm bad in finding proper words, due to my bad english. So I just say what i feel. 
And, yes. I had no time to learn language. Sorry.
Razor wind.
Cool sounding. Catching flow and clear understanding of happening. Glitchy stuff sound right in place. Can't say something useful from production side. Nothing bother me while listening. I'm OK with last pitched hit, cause i like it. Brings some natural ending to unnatural sound, from philosophycal side. 
Digital redemtion.
I do not have any enthusiasm or interest, as expressed above. Sorry.
Sounds like actual chiptune. And that's not good. Overall composition kinda senseless. It just moves to the end and nothing happening. I can't even take it as an ambient for my sound perception.
Sources just mixed. I can't catch anything familiar, except some notes. I mean, I can hear something form both sources, but just because I'm trying to hear em.
I checked your original stuff and I wonder why you made something like this. Cause your own music is interesting. 
Dopamine. 
Oh, wait. That's mine. It rocks! in beginning, but then it just suck.  
Fire truck.
I can't call it a ReMix actually. I can hear both sources at the same time and not sure you've changed anything. Soundscape is empty and.. You know, I have a feeling, you just was too lazy to make something. Sorry if I'm wrong, but if im right you need to reconsider your attitude to similar competitions. You have my vote, just because voting for myself is bad. Sorry.
Thunder-crash tornado fusion.
Ah.. Fusy-jazy track! Tough to vote. Sources are there, production is natural(some freq cleaning needed). So in this matchup you've lost my vote due to lack of enjoyability. That dissonant piano is very cool, but it's more like "see me playing and get out of here". 
Crash of the tornado.
Well, as I said. Very cool stuff! Great percussion, amazing bass, piano, strings and organ is the cherry on da cake. And sources well introduced. Best track in this round for me.
Empty desires.
Promising introduction. I'm sorry that you did not finish it. The only complain I had is the lead. I just don't like it sounds. Personal taste i guess.
Drill bits
Same boat as a first track. The only thing I'd suggest is to make bass notes a bit shorter when they in a pair. Ahhh. I hope you understand. Nice one!