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I'm surprised how few tracks we have tagged with "lang-latin". Great track overall, this is now my preferred way to hear this theme.

Great song! I really enjoyed and appreciated the duet. I'm not familiar with the original. I did think the song was overcompressed at least to my tastes/ears (the open hihat felt like it "pumped" the mix throughout). But otherwise it was just a solid song and it was fun to hear a really successful vocal duet on OCReMix!

Okay, I'm back for one more comment! I've been listening to this track a bunch for the past day and there's just so much to love. I think what's really clicking with me is the Led Zeppelin off it all, especially something like The Rain Song. Forgive my lack of musical theory terms but the whole "soft-to-loud" journey this mix goes on just gives it so many layers. "Like The Rain Song" or "Stairway to Heaven" or "In the Light", this track tells a story just by changing up the volume in meaningful ways. And the use of "classical" instruments with the flute and strings, meshed with some ripping guitar work and drums that definitely get to shine throughout, it just gives this whole mix a saga-vibe that, again, I keep comparing to Zeppelin. Like, if Jimmy Page did a version of "In the Pines". It's creepy, like something out of those Norwegian-crime novels but it also rocks so hard, I ended up blaring my car speakers during those solos.
Okay, I'm done gushing. Thanks so much for this mix!
*gah, I love video game remixes so much* 

New all-timer alert!

This is so hypnotic, I can't stop listening to it. Tracks like this make me wish I wasn't such a chicken and could play Silent Hill games.

This reminds me of the old Hyadian Megaman music and boy this is a great treat for me. Fantastic job!

Guess which (dope AF) remix just taught me that Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Puyo Puyo are the same game 😬

I can't believe this hasn't gotten a review yet, so before this gets review bombed, I just want to say that the award it got from the Game Music Remix Awards in 2024 is fully deserved. Absolutely amazing singing from NiKo and rapping from Shinobi! The ingenious lyrics and arrangement are also top notch. I personally prefer TheMan's latest Brawl arrangement, but hey, he should already have an award in every GMRA category. Genres mean nothing to him, and yet he excels at many of them. 

Some cool chord progressions going on here! I also like the vocals. Good amount of cheesy.

Always love a fun metal remix, especially one that commits with proper harsh vocals. Excellent stuff, well done!

Zany, frantic, and full of energy. Reminded me of the band Enochian Crescent with some minor hints of Dani Filth laced in the middle.

Somehow, the mix of metal throat screams and N. Cortex's comic villainy just...works, in this bad guy's plea to win. I can't believe it's not butter...
This is definitely the sort of song that you shouldn't take seriously. Let it go and just experience this.
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Done? Okay.
This is so off the wall and crazy, and very well put together. The machine gun d-d-d-d-d-d-dies are probably my favorite part. Enjoy.

I normally don't get into metal ReMixes, but the lyrics and interplay of vocal parts are perfect.

So no joke, but I play this song / remix every time I have my players roll for initiative in our D&D campaign!
I love everything about this track. The sweeping strings, the cathedral inducing vocals, and the organic progression into "Demise of the Ritual" which is hands down my favorite song from the SotC album. This just elevates everything to a powerful, hard hitting, epic, thunderous homage to an already monumental video game! 

The vocals in this are amazing and form a sort of hypnotic, percussive element. And then those choirs are amazing...
Whoa, where did that electric guitar come from? Rock on! What a mood shift.
This is epic, full of moments that make me Neo-whoa. When you think you've had one amazing moment, another one just comes in.
It's mysterious and mystical. I want to climb big giants now and drive my sword in if this is what to expect.
 

Incredible job, both on the ReMix as a whole and the choir performance in particular!

I mean, the rule discussed in the OP is pretty specific, regarding websites like Udio, which are quite dubious (ethically) in how they were trained. OP is not banning all uses of AI in music and points it out clearly. This is not about being technology myopic and saying "AI is the devil" or something silly like that. This isn't about "you can't use tools in music" or anything similar either. For example, I begin all my mastering from Ozone's "smart master" function, which uses AI.
I don't see the point in this honestly. Sure, a big percentage of stuff we use in music is, to some degree, a black box (like, I have no idea how an EQ actually does what it does), but the difference in how much control I have between those plugins and (today's) genAI tools is night and day. Although I don't know exactly how my VSTs generate the notes that they generate, I tell them what note to play and I usually have control over a decent amount of the sound properties. With genAI you don't have control beyond a prompt and stuff like modifying an output is basically impossible (with today's tools at least).
As for more complex prompts like what you're saying... I dunno, it seems like a technology so completely different to what the OP is discussing that I don't think bringing up it as an hypothetical makes much sense really.

Killing it with the background videos lately

That background video is cool as fuck

What a great jam! I especially liked the drum fills and piano solos!

I couldn't understand a word of the Vocoded lyrics but this was a bop and a whole vibe. ?

Also, Misty is MVP.

Every part where the choir comes in was really cool! :D

This had a lot of energy and I found myself tapping my foot throughout most of it.  This track was a lot of fun and a hoot to boot!

What a beast!  So many genres, so much remixing, so much awesome!  This was a delight for sure.  (My favorite section was the Tetris one :] )

This was a lot of fun and I think I like it more than the original.  The solos at the end were great, I can't remember the last time I heard a theremin solo! :)

The variety in instruments and styles is very good.  The strings coming in at 2:50 and ramping up at 3:00 with the choir was unexpected but very cool, my favorite part of the track for sure.