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I saw this the other day and wanted to comment. Spread the good word, folks! AOCC is coming back again! 19 years... wow. I'm a proud papa. LOL. Good luck to everyone, do your best!

I'll endeavour to throw my hat into the ring this year. :)

If no problem with that, I'd be glad to join this album too, for the first time. After all, there's no strict quality controls or anyone being nitpicky with mixing on this one, right? :D

You say any source is okay, even if not VGM, but just asking: are original compositions allowed, too? Because it sounds more tempting to try something original but influenced by good weather (aka cold and snow haha). If this is only about arrangements/remixes of other things, the source I'm thinking of is "Ary" from Tales of Phantasia. The original is slow and chill as heck, but I'd love to try something a lot faster and upbeat, in the style of the so-called "doujin" artists from the 2000s like I-Chu, Akineko, U-Gen, etc. I can totally see the vibe fitting this style and still fitting the theme, kinda sounding like some weirdo is having fun running with a skate all around the streets of an empty city because everyone is busy at their homes with family and stuff, just a funny concept I'm toying with mentally :D

I just made a Christmas tune,  a version of Gloria. I'll send it your way when I get a moment:)

(hacker voice) i'm in
 see you in the update PMs!

I'm 100% in!  The only question is, what source am I going to do.  I have a couple of ideas.

Project update: Album's done, there are no more loose ends (When it was submitted in October there were one or two items that I was tying up behind the scenes). It's now entirely up to OCR and their staff to create the package, trailer, etc., and deliver some fantastic music for y'all. Thanks for your immense patience, it will be worth it!

Well, good news regarding my track: I already managed to assemble an awesome team of performers to join! 2 guitarists (for rhythms and leads separately), bassist, drummer, clarinetist, keyboardist... that'll be like a real great band. I got some progress with the video already, which, sure, not a requirement for the album at all haha but I'm doing it more of my own, as a kind of concept thing to better show the ideas. Basically inspired by classic horror movies in general and Nightmare on Elm Street in particular. All is going really well so far and everyone involved has plenty of time, so unless shit happens last minute, I have some good expectations with it. Excited to see what everyone else is cooking as well :)

Hey there! Apologies for the delay -- I have been extremely busy as of late, sorting a lot of stuff in my head and dealing with the auditions for an OCR album that recently had a resurgence. ^_^; I'll get back to this in no time!
Thank you! Welcome aboard! :D I'm a big fan of creepy stuff, too. :) It's not too late at all. ♥ But if you have a rough WIP you'd like to send me via PM, I'd love to hear it, especially if it's the Boss Theme from Terranigma inspired by Bloody Mary herself! :P And I didn't know that about Terranigma's anniversary, so that would even be more hype!
I'm happy to take it for a spin, and you're welcome to go find people to collab with, for both/either performing something or mixing the track. It might be best to do it via OCR's Discord server and ask around, but I plan on trying to master the tracks myself, so if you can find someone to help you do the mixing, that'd be ace.
Would you like me to add your track to the list? ^_^
 
Sure! That'd be great. You can send me a WIP of it, or the complete version of it that is akin to the one you submitted to the Judges' Panel via PM here. It's OK if you cannot do an unmastered WAV of it, tho -- we can work around that somehow. :) Would you like me to add your track to the list? :D
@Troyificus@The Coop@Unknown Pseudoartist -- I did receive your individual PMs, and I will get to them and reply ASAP. Once I get my head above water and see the results for the audition tracks come past the 30th of June, I'll be in a better spot to focus-in on your work. :) TYSM for your patience in the meantime, and sending me the mail!
 

You can count me in ON GOD

I'll review all of that, thanks. Going to torch my audition for now.

Yeah, I think NOC or PYR would be a good fit for you. Metroid Prime: Hunters has a unique remix of VS Metroid Prime, and there's a lot of "Dark World" type stuff from Prime 2 that would fit with it being the dark sector. If you want more material for arps/hooks there's Luminoth Energy Controller and Sanctuary Fortress Depths.

Mayhaps doing NOC with either VS Dark Samus or VS Metroid Prime (from, ofc, MP1) might be interesting. :)

Hey all, I wanted to put feelers out for a Halo album since there's not much OCR content for it. Some notes:
Timeline/Production
- I'm gauging interest now and would plan on formally starting production in January/February 2026.
- The plan would be to have it out-the-door right around Halo 3's 20th anniversary date of September 25th, 2007.
- For visual assets, I can do a lot of branding and stuff directly. My girlfriend and I team up on art a lot (she illustrates), so we could most likely do key art for it as well.
Remix Guidelines
- Even though it's Halo 3's release date, sources from all Halo games are allowed. No "original trilogy only", spinoffs permitted, etc. to maximize the number of sources.
- Similarly, no restrictions on genre or production style as long as it fits OCR's submission standards.
- No tracklisting set in stone. We would just see what gets finished and sequence the tracks by vibes. If needed it could be more than one side/volume/disc.
- Related, no "slots", within reason. If 3 people want to all cover Covenant Dance, that's fine, as long as we have more than like 5 tracks.
- References to songs other than the source tune, non Halo-tracks, etc. are fine as long as the source is dominant.
I have a list of popular/interesting source tunes in my next post, which covers Halo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 (Infinite), as well as Wars, ODST, and Reach, which are spinoffs. There's a couple other spinoffs I'm not familiar with, mainly Halo Wars 2.

Halo's early soundtracks are somewhat unique because they have a lot of Medieval and World influence despite being military sci-fi shooters. Each game tends to lean into a few genres for flavor - Halo 2 incorporates New Age and Alternative Rock, while ODST is a noir-influenced spinoff set in Kenya, so incorporates a lot more piano and saxophone, pounding tribal drums and basslines, etc.
Additionally, if anyone is interested but is unfamiliar with the sources, you can give me some info on your style (or even reference tracks) and I can look for some specific source tunes for you.

Hey all, I wanted to put feelers out for a Metroid Fusion EP/album. I have a more specific tracklisting/direction in mind than the Halo album idea, which is meant to be more franchise-wide.
Timeline/Production
- I'm gauging interest now and would plan on formally starting production in January/February 2026.
- The plan would be to have it out-the-door right around Metroid Fusion's 25th anniversaries; either November 17th, 2027 (US) or February 14th, 2028 (JP).
- For visual assets, I can be in charge of it unless someone else wants to be, along with my girlfriend helping with key art illustration. 
- The album art will probably be split down the middle because of the album theme. 
Remix Guidelines
- This is similar to Double Wing Damage where there's a "traditional" half and an experimental half, however there are no restrictions on genre. Jazzy Sector 1, Breakcore Sector 3, etc. are all fair game.
- The "traditional" part is that the first half's arrangements would be dominated by the source tune. Small references to other sources are fine.
- The experimental or "Depths" tracks should fuse the Sector tracks with other sources, as only a few "Depths" songs exist in-game, and only one (Sector 4) is exclusive to that area.
Tracklisting/Direction:
The album would use "slots" and be 13-15 tracks total, with an A-side and a "Depths" side, like how Metroid games have expanded "depths" areas on revisit. Examples include Brinstar Red Soil's area or Phendrana Drifts Depths.

Side A
1-1. Intro (I have something in mind for this)
1-2. Sector 1 (SRX)
1-3. Sector 2 (TRO)
1-4. Sector 3 (PYR)
1-5. Sector 4 (AQA)
1-6. Sector 5 (ARC)
1-7. Sector 6 (NOC)
1-8. Optionally there can be an interlude, probably referencing the Restricted Zone. ("Warning: No entry without authorization!")
Side B (Depths)
Not every Sector has "depths" music, so incorporating other sources is encouraged here. These can be area bosses, adjacent areas, etc.
Some examples of non-Fusion Metroid combos could be NOC (a dark area) with VS Dark Samus or ARC (an ice area) with Phendrana Drifts.
2-1. Sector 1 Depths. Related sources: VS Arachnus-X, VS Neo Ridley
2-2. Sector 2 Depths. Related sources: VS Zazabi, Barrier Core-X, VS Nettori / Chozo Statue First Form
2-3. Sector 3 Depths. Related sources: Security Robot B.O.X., Sector 3 Emergency Situation, Crisis Mission
2-4. Sector 4 Depths (Underwater Area). Related sources: VS Serris/Yakuza
2-5. Sector 5 Depths. Related sources: VS Nightmare. (ARC + Nightmare = mix could be named "Cold Sweat"?)
2-6. Sector 6 Depths. Related sources: Security Robot B.O.X.
2-7. We can either end with 2-6 (vibes permitting) or have a dedicated finale/outro track. It would probably involve either Final Mission, Crisis Mission or the Credits theme.
Note that the related Fusion sources aren't all-inclusive, and there's a lot of wiggle room. For example the BOX robot and the SA-X fight Samus in multiple sectors, Facing a Huge Reaction plays in like 3-4 sectors, etc. As long as you have a reason for your secondary source it's probably fine, and multiple people having the same secondary source is allowed.
If there's interest I was thinking about taking either Sector 2 (TRO), TRO Depths, Sector 6 (NOC), or NOC depths and doing the Dark Samus thing I mentioned above.

Hey! No problem! It's not like we all have to always give quick replies at all. As to add my track in the tracklist... that's up to you, if you think it's worth it. Maybe I could help on other things too, like web development/design, which I have more experience in than with music making haha. Or with artworks or anything requiring image or video editing, which I do a lot too even though not a pro on these subjects either.

@The Vodoú Queen there's a 50/50 chance I can do something for Golden Sun - Jupiter Lighthouse. I should know for sure by late September, if that's okay.

I have submitted Star Fox: Double Wing Damage to OverClocked Remix project panel. Now all we must do is wait and see what's next!
Great job, everyone! I am so proud to have worked on this album and I'm appreciative of all your support and hard work! Everyone did awesome! We did Fox McCloud proud!

Project Director: @Darkflamewolf (Director of Arcadia Legends, Mizar Attacks!, and SeeDs of Pandora)   Project Concept: After much prodding and poking by a multitude of people/remixers, wanting me to get this Star Fox album project off the ground, I decided it's high time to get the pitch started! Hot off my take on the SeeDs of Pandora album, I figured we could do a similar thing where we had 'themed' discs with tracks that best matched the core essence of what the disc was aiming to be. However, since I'm not sure the overall interest and response to this album, I'm not going for a large multi-5-disc album like the FF8 one. Instead, I'm going to start off with a smaller 2-disc scope and see if we expand from there or get enough tracks to fill the entire ambition.

To sign up, you must join the Community Remix Album Collaborations Discord server. We use it to communicate between all members on the project and makes things insanely easy to coordinate and keep track of the project as a whole. Once there, you can find the Google Form to submit your claim on a track and be part of the project!
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/CtJ2a8kjRy   The two Disc types*: - ACTIVE: You can interpret your chosen track into any genre/type of music you want, but it needs to maintain the frenetic feel of the original track. It's basically giving the Star Fox fan more of what they want. They got a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat Corneria theme? Well, we'll give them that and THEN SOME. Keep it active! Make it hard, fast, loud, crazy - go wild! These are tracks I want to really turn my speakers up high and just rage/rock out to! Let the walls pound with the beat.
Note: But what if you want to remix a slower song from the OSTs into a crazy, active style? YOU SURE CAN! If it is active and fast, it belongs on this disc, regardless of the original source tune.   - INTERPRETIVE: This disc is for everyone not looking for those crazy times, but wants to explore the melodies and themes beyond their original incarnations. Complete freedom of genre, style and mood. You can stay within the genre/style/mood of the original track or you can go off in wild new directions with it and remix it in a way nobody has ever thought of. Can we have active tracks on this disc? Sure, but those probably won't be the focus, but that's not stopping you from making some beats. This is truly the 'freedom to remix' disc. So, if the first disc was giving Star Fox fans more of what they loved, this is giving something they never knew they needed! Be unexpected! Don't repeat what has been done before - do something fresh and new with these tracks if you can!

* - More discs and their types will be added depending on how big this balloons as a community project.   --- QUESTION: What if a track has already been claimed by another, but it's for the ACTIVE disc and I want to do the same song more INTERPRETATIVE, can we both claim it?
  ANSWER: YES! However, this is the only instance doubles can exist. We can't have two Star Fox 64 Corneria's on the ACTIVE disc, but we can have one Star Fox (SNES) Corneria on the ACTIVE disc and one Star Fox 64 Corneria on the INTERPRETIVE disc. One variant per disc. Likewise, each Corneria theme is different from game to game, so we CAN have Star Fox (SNES) Corneria on the ACTIVE disc and a Star Fox 64 Corneria on the ACTIVE at the same time since, if you listen, they are different themes for the same place - this also applies to any track claims on the INTERPRETIVE disc.

QUESTION: What if a track I want to claim isn't on these track listings?

ANSWER: Then when you fill out the Google submission form on the Discord server, claiming a track, request it to be added to the list and that you're claiming it! ---     TRACK LIST   I am listing all available tracks from all Star Fox games, but that does not mean they all need to be claimed/covered. We'll take whatever we can get, but this album is meant to be a tribute to the series as a whole, thus the entire listing.   Star Fox (SNES)
2 - Course Map Select - @Hemophiliac
3 - Corneria - @bLiNd
4 - Meteor - @Xaleph
5 - Titania - @Rotten Eggplant
7 - Asteroid/Venom-Orbital - @Rockos
12 - Venom Base - @bLiNd
15 - Black Hole - @Xaleph
17 - Controls - @ZackParrish
18 - Menu Theme/Map Theme - @APZX
Star Fox 2 (SNES)

6 - Titania - @GlacialSpoon

Star Fox 64 (Nintendo 64)
1 - Title - Tim Hellman
2 - Select - @Thirdkoopa
7 - Sector X - @Flake42
8 - Zoness - The Vodou Queen
9 - Area 6 - The Vodou Queen / @Thirdkoopa
10 - Venom - The Vodou Queen
15 - Aquas - @Ridley Snipes / @Treyt
17 - Boss A-C (Any theme or multiple medley) - Pixels and Paradiddles

Star Fox Adventures (Gamecube)

4 - Krazoa Palace (all variants) - @Treyt / @Rockos
5 - Krazoa Shrine - @mo.oorgan
8 - Thorntail Hollow (all variants) - @ZackParrish / @Emunator
23 - Dragon Rock - @Emunator
27 - Snowhorn Wastes - @Rockos / @gravitygauntlet
All variants means you can take any and all segments of the theme and mix and match. Use all or use a few, up to you.
 
Star Fox Assault (Gamecube)

17 - Aparoid Homeworld - @Xaleph
23 - Titania - @Xaleph

Star Fox Command (Nintendo DS)

All variants means you can take any and all segments of the theme and mix and match. Use all or use a few, up to you.
 
Star Fox Zero (Wii U)

23 - Fortuna (all variants) - @Xaleph

All variants means you can take any and all segments of the theme and mix and match. Use all or use a few, up to you.
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Our Official Track List

Sortie One - Corridor Mode
01 - Theme of the Star Fox - Tim Hellmann (Star Fox) - 3:42
02 - Sweeping Elipse - Rockos (Star Fox) - 4:43
03 - Venom Pulse - bLiNd (Star Fox) - 4:11
04 - Fighting Storms in Titania - Rotten Eggplant (Star Fox) - 4:23
05 - Initiate Code Blue - Treyt (Star Fox 64) - 4:18
06 - Playing Crazy (with the 6th Blockade) - The Vodoú Queen (Star Fox 64) - 4:45
07 - Cries from Crystal Eyes - mo.oorgan (Star Fox Adventures) - 6:54
08 - Arwing Dreams - bLiNd (Star Fox) - 4:55
09 - The Hardest Path - Pixels & Paradiddles (Star Fox 64) - 5:44
10 - Dark Star - Xaleph (Star Fox) - 5:17
11 - Dunes of the Lost - GlacialSpoon (Star Fox 2) - 3:44
12 - Spectre - Treyt (Star Fox Adventures) - 3:44
13 - Meteoric Slipstream - Xaleph (Star Fox) - 6:05
14 - Fortuna Protocol - Xaleph (Star Fox Zero) - 3:25
15 - V.I.R.U.L.E.N.T. - The Vodoú Queen (Star Fox 64) - 5:07
Sortie Two - All-Range Mode
01 - A Hollowed Day - Zack Parrish (Star Fox Adventures) - 5:07
02 - Space Shine - Austin "APZX" Simons (Star Fox) - 3:24
03 - The Perfect Aparoid Dinner - Xaleph (Star Fox Assault) - 3:49
04 - The Death of Fox McCloud - Lucas Guimaraes (Star Fox 64) - 4:40
05 - Wing Men - Hemophiliac (Star Fox) - 3:09
06 - Now Boarding Flight 6 to Venom Lucas Guimaraes (Star Fox 64) - 3:02
07 - Weapon Warp Punk - Flake (Star Fox 64) - 3:46
08 - Free as a Bird - The Vodoú Queen (Star Fox 64) - 5:34
09 - Boundless Skies - Zack Parrish (Star Fox) - 4:30
10 - Bazooka Polace - Rockos (Star Fox Adventures) - 5:45
11 - Ballast - Ridley Snipes (Star Fox 64) - 3:44
12 - Rock and Ice - Rockos/gravitygauntlet (Star Fox Adventures) - 4:59
13 - Sands of Titania - Xaleph (Star Fox) - 4:54
14 - Eyes of Obsidian - Emunator (Star Fox Adventures) - 3:58
15 - Hollow Nights - Emunator (Star Fox Adventures) - 4:57
Reference Links:
Star Fox OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byIjMomjWkA
Star Fox 2 OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oODu0MAG9l8
Star Fox 64 OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FdW6cTHs4c&t=1s
Star Fox Adventures OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSE3q9ktpy8
Star Fox Assault OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9naJ4i6fO8
Star Fox Command OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEfudt7Vy4&t=1s
Star Fox Zero OST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55N8LLKYIy8&t=1s

Tracks updated! ♥
I might be utilizing the forum's 'CLUBS' function here for this, as suggested by DarkeSword himself. :) I've also got access to the CRAC server as admin / album director, so I will be adding channels for AOCC and AOCH there as well, soon. :D
Here's the link to the server, if you're not already on there! -- https://discord.gg/wKyadaTT
And as a bit of a surprise, The Coop and I are working on the front and back covers for this!! Yay! Progress! :3

Official website details are still up in the air, but I'll be touching base with @tibonev & @colorado weeks on that ASAP.
Hang ten, guys! Looking forward to hearing your WIPs! 🎃🥰

Oh, nice, I don't know how I missed this project, but I love the idea! I just love creepy stuff (how creepy that sounds like! haha)

Maybe a bit late, but I have a very rough WIP for a track that I think it'd fit this album pretty well. It's a dark/horror/creepy/whatever arrangement of the boss theme from Terranigma, highly inspired by that annoying boss, Bloody Mary. Terranigma's anniversary is in October too and I'd love to make a video with it once it's finnished, so the plan is just ideal.

So far it's 100% MIDI but the structure has plenty of progress. I'm pretty confident with my arranging skills and ideas but everyone in the VGM scene seems to hate my mixing haha, so since this project seems not to be that nitpicky it'd probably be just fine. Still accepting help from performers or even in mixing/mastering if anyone is interested, tho. I can share the latest WIP as reference if that's needed.

Tracks updated! ♥
I might be utilizing the forum's 'CLUBS' function here for this, as suggested by DarkeSword himself. :) I've also got access to the CRAC server as admin / album director, so I will be adding channels for AOCC and AOCH there as well, soon. :D
Here's the link to the server, if you're not already on there! -- https://discord.gg/wKyadaTT
And as a bit of a surprise, The Coop and I are working on the front and back covers for this!! Yay! Progress! :3

Official website details are still up in the air, but I'll be touching base with @tibonev & @colorado weeks on that ASAP.
Hang ten, guys! Looking forward to hearing your WIPs! 🎃🥰

It'll be a link to the server itself, but I hadn't made the channel + threads yet. D: 
I'll be doing so when I return home in a couple days. Defo by this Sunday / next Monday. ♡ And I'll post the link to the server here! :)

It'll be a link to the server itself, but I hadn't made the channel + threads yet. D: 
I'll be doing so when I return home in a couple days. Defo by this Sunday / next Monday. ♡ And I'll post the link to the server here! :)

You know how it is, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.