Wassup Thunder

Congrats dudes! Awesome turnout this month!
For those who want the answer to my riddle.
Here it is!
NickC got it partially right, so he gets 1/2 a cookie. 
Souperion was bang on the money, he get's a full cookie.
As for the rest who tried, commiserations, hopefully you had a little fun.
And yes APZX that is the source ran through Paul's Sound Stretch, for only 7 minutes.
Well done to the winner by the way!

Ok this source is soo good, i think i might end up with a pretty insane (And maybe long) entrant. Stay tuned for that lol.

Rundas flamethrowing Malkovich will never be not awesome.

Rundas flamethrowing Malkovich will never be not awesome.

Rundas flamethrowing Malkovich will never be not awesome.

Thank you for the tip! I added time stamps for others. I am also grateful for your feedback. It really does mean a lot to me. I'm really happy you liked the percussion. Percussion is literally the bane of my existence and I struggle to really get the most out of it. I want to be comfortable making the sounds in my head be able to come through on the percussion side of things. I guess I'll need to learn more!

Well, that was the motivational image that I needed.  Now to look up Samus lewds. 
The turnout here was amazing, btw.  6 viable entries...wow I am honored guys.  Good luck tomorrow! 

My votes are in. I did comment on my choices from 1st to 3rd in a generalized, overall way, but if further, deeper analysis / critique is needed or wanted by the artist, I can post them here after a re-listen or two. ♥

Voted. With such an assortment of songs, I had to evaluate them by overall quality and innovation to the source. Great pieces this round.

Voted. With such an assortment of songs, I had to evaluate them by overall quality and innovation to the source. Great pieces this round.

My votes are in. Ya know, I was not expecting such an eclectic collection of tracks. It will be interesting to see how the voting turns out on this one.

Voted. With such an assortment of songs, I had to evaluate them by overall quality and innovation to the source. Great pieces this round.

Wow, a close race! Nice job, guys.

AH! THE GHOST OF PROJECTS PAST!
**runs**

I found something I liked about each variation. The first had a strong jovial vibe with that rigorous percussion and brass. The second's dreamy vocals gave a sweeping, almost cosmic feel. I assume that the third variation is around the 3:00 marker. That one sounded kinda plucky and playful. I am most impressed with the fourth one though. It has a thrilling grand sound. I enjoyed the percussion variety that accompanied the bright, almost airy strings and choral parts. I can say that in general, it all has a pretty nice sound quality, and I believe you're making impressive work. Keep it up.
Also, I identify with spending a lot of money, and THEN learning how to actually make something good with it. XD
Side note, I often find it helpful to include time stamps of pieces with multiple movements/variations. Then reviewers can easily navigate it!

Welcome to the Voting Stage!
There are 6 entries this round. There is 2 Bonus entry(s) this round There IS a voter bonus this round! HoboKa have a vote worth 2x. Muahahah When Voting, please don't be inflexible when considering the conservative approach. Don't vote for Bonus entries please.  Participants may not vote for themselves.   Vote ends on PINGAS day.  (I accidentally edited this one instead of copy/pasting to next round LOL)
 

Wow, a close race! Nice job, guys.

I've been uhh, reluctant to really post my original music anywhere because I haven't been the most confident in my composition skills but I want to reach more people so I want to get better! And that means being more vulnerable haha. So, here it is
 
Variation time stamps
#1 0:00
#2 1:52
#3 3:06
#4 3:52
The track's title is Variations on a Theme by Anthoney. The story behind it being a friend of mine had a tune in his head. He would hum it from time to time but it never went anywhere. He hummed it to me and asked if I could do something with it. I had ideas over some months but they never quite came together. So I decided to take them and create a set of variations.
There are about 4 "acts" or variations, with the last being the longest. I'm actually quite happy with the last one and the least happy with the first, both from a composition standpoint and a mixing standpoint. Concerning the latter point, rhe two were written months apart and in that time I had learned a lot about the features of my DAW and all the VSTs I have. I don't recommend dropping lots of money building a library of instruments first and learning later but that's another story entirely LOL. I almost think the last track could be a song in and of itself and I somewhat think of it as such.
Anyway, this has been a long intro post and I'd be glad to talk further about the composition and thought process but for now, if you care to listen to this 7 minute piece and discuss anything that stood out to you—good or bad—I'd be grateful.
 

Soundcloud is being weird again, but here it is
https://soundcloud.com/100_percent_roemer/gravbea

Sorry for posting two tracks at once. I was hoping to get feedback on something I feel is more akin to the type of music I like to write as well. Still, I think for OC Remix this isn't liberal enough, but I think when I was looking at doing this, I didn't want to stray too far from the original, but add to it. Still, maybe there is something worth exploring that I haven't opened my mind to. With that being said, I think I'm ready for some honest feedback instead of being stuck in my head lol. Thank you for your time and I appreciate any help. 
As a side note, I'm also somewhat of a newbie when it comes to mixing as well so if there is something that is offensive sounding, by all means feel free to critique!
 
Source music

My arrangement
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11sE7p7KYl-NlTCV-86fmJBs3PJiATI7H/view?usp=sharing
 
 

Got my entry done and in. I look forward to seeing how many metroid games get represented. Though I didn't help, by adding another Metroid Prime 3 track, haha!

Got my entry done and in. I look forward to seeing how many metroid games get represented. Though I didn't help, by adding another Metroid Prime 3 track, haha!

Got my entry done and in. I look forward to seeing how many metroid games get represented. Though I didn't help, by adding another Metroid Prime 3 track, haha!