Dextastic

I first heard about Damage a while back and I was thinking maybe I would pick it up eventually to add the occasional epic rumbly hit to my tracks. I had no idea it was so diverse. I'll have to look into it more.

Still Damage Drums.  There is a wide variety of ways you can get awesome sounds from that massive package.  From full loops, partial loops and fully adaptable kits - I wish my other sound libraries were as diverse as Damage.  One of these days, right?  Anyways, thx for comments guys.  I shall be posting Dex's source pick momentarily. 

Congrats to Dex for coming in first place, and thanks to everyone for their entries and comments!
I've gotta echo Dex's comments on your bonus entry, HoboKa - I loved those drums!
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As for mine:
I kind of figured that I was really stretching rule #2 for MnP (slowing it down from 198 to 120 BPM), but I thought why not give it a go anyway. Still, I'm glad you all enjoyed it, and it was even compared to Metroid Prime's soundtrack. Heck, that alone made me ecstatic! So, thanks for the comments, Dextastic and HoboKa!
Dex, you mentioned that you liked that echoing lead - if you have the Synth1 VST, check out Alfmeister's Magic Cracker soundbank (it's an 80s synth soundbank) - it's called Dreamer's Delight MW. The bass was from the Gecko Soundbank, and it was called Breakin' Bass.
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Once again, I enjoyed all of the entries this round, and I'm looking forward to the next.

I forgot to submit my comment on the bonus entry when I voted so I'll just post it here now.
hoboka - Damn, those are some epic drums and I thought you did a really good job with the drum part and the leads. I liked the rising part on the synth strings (?) you added about 2/3 of the way through.
 

Music will go up either tonight or tomorrow.

The source already sounds like a remix 

Patience, my friend

This round has been...resurrected!! I live again!!!
Deadline: October 29th @ 1PM Vote Ends: October 31st @ 5PM (so we can enjoy final product on Howlowe'en night!)
ENJOY!!   Depending on participation, I will submit an actual entry, or as a BONUS.  Hoping I only have to do the latter.
RESURRECTED for Howlowe'en, my ghoulish whippin' good self-flagellating friends!! Or is that just me? Anyhooo...it's time to give this monster of a song a 2nd chance for Howlowe'en! Give it up forrrr....CASTLEVANIA IV!!!!

Well, I'm leaving this battle with honor. I've lost to one of the greatest piano performance, i've heard in awhile. Thank you @Arceace!
Actually I didn't expect I get so far. Still, mostly because of self dropped competitors.
Too bad. 
Thank you everybody for your music and effort! You all are great!  
Surprise!! 
 
P.S. MM Competition curse still works on me. I have a new job. And it look like I'll be vanished for another 3-5 years.. Nice
P.P.S. Next time @Garpocalypse, another 3 years later I guess.

Next compo I do I think we'll two-week mixing rounds, or maybe 10-day mixing rounds (as to encompass two weekends) and a shorter voting period.

Yea I was really looking forward to this match up with you since it was these compos that made me a fan of yours in the first place. Got something special planned for this round.
 
...Here's hoping it all comes together. :]

I forgot to vote. Thanks for the reminder!
And it's nice to see some new blood around here!

I thought your entry was frigging incredible and while I loved Ridiculously Garrett's entry too I though you had this round in the bag. I was pretty surprised when I submitted my vote and saw you lagging behind.
Your mix wasn't super clear like most modern pop/EDM productions are, but I thought it captured the live jazz/big band feel perfectly and in fact your mix isn't too far off from how that kind of stuff is usually mixed.

I worked a little on Palette, it's really good for its price tier, so the free version is a no-brainer for sure.

If you have the full version of Kontakt, Palette Primary Colors is a nice freebie for strings.
https://redroomaudio.com/product/palette-primary-colors/

Looks like I made it in time.
Could not make anything up until now because my daugther is born o/
But since I had some time I decided to participate this time.
Good luck to all others !

"Bundeslang must enter himself instead of letting HoboKa save the contest each time."

By the way my vote included "I want easy sources as well, please scrap the rule that sources with OC Remixes aren't allowed," but it's not about wanting easy sources so much as wanting inspiring sources.

I liked em both. Hoboka did a nice job with the 8 bit piano part and the additions, while evktalo changed the beat and the vibe nicely. Also it's nice to see another Renoise user around. Is that the space piano instrument I hear?

"Bundeslang must enter himself instead of letting HoboKa save the contest each time."

By the way my vote included "I want easy sources as well, please scrap the rule that sources with OC Remixes aren't allowed," but it's not about wanting easy sources so much as wanting inspiring sources.

The trick is to just submit whatever you've got. Like I just did!

Surprising, I figured there would be more takers on this one.

I can't speak for others, but for me having the longer remixing period would be very helpful. It's always been odd to me that PRC, which I find more demanding than MNP, also has a shorter deadline. 
Also, with PRC being as old as it is, its restriction on song choice (no songs done before on PRC, and no songs that have a remix at OCR) might be causing song selections that aren't so inspiring. I know I've had trouble finding songs meeting this rule. Maybe amending the rule by adding something like "no songs used for PRC or having a single-source OCR remix posted within the last 4 years" would help. It depends how badly you desire more variety.

Yeah it's nice...and has good remix potential!

Yeah Zorrakh's mix was very good but was also very close to the BOTW version of the tune. In my mind it would be mnp if that were the source, but not for this.
A couple of people commented on the production on my piece, which was actually very simple. It was just Superior Drummer (with very static midi values to make it sound more electronic) and then a bunch of Hybrid 3 presets that blended decently to my ear. Very little EQ or saturation otherwise. Oh, and a little bit of chipsounds and electric guitar. Production-wise it was probably the easiest mix I've ever done.

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