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Oh hi. I'm that guy with that spreadsheet. Had a shower thought today, where a lot of my OCR things seem to have their beginnings... I realized from looking through the catalog that there are still quite a few sections of pre-2006 that are missing tags. So I went through this evening and marked on the spreadsheet all the ones up to the end of 2006 where it's needed. I've not looked beyond 2006 yet but I'm feeling fairly confident that there shouldn't any missing from there, unless I happen to stumble across the odd exception. I find it weird that there's some absolute classics that are missing tags... So I'm putting up my hand to finish the job. Here's the list of ReMixes missing tags: 171 312 318 - 320 339 340 365 368 371 - 375 436 460 462 466 - 470 472 473 475 478 480 - 482 484 485 490 - 493 494 496 - 499 511 512 514 - 524 526 528 - 531 535 - 539 542 - 551 553 - 556 559 - 564 568 570 573 575 577 - 580 582 - 589 611 613 615 - 620 654 656 658 - 661 663 - 668 692 693 698 - 700 702 703 705 - 716 720 - 722 724 726 728 - 735 738 740 742 743 746 747 866 - 871 874 876 878 - 881 884 - 886 889 892 - 895 897 898 900 902 - 904 906 907 910 - 916 919 920 922 - 928 930 931 933 - 935 937 - 939 941 - 943 946 - 948 951 952 954 955 987 - 961 964 965 968 - 974 976 - 978 981 - 983 985 - 987 990 992 993 996 1004 1007 1009 1012 - 1014 1016 - 1024 1026 1027 1032 1033 1035 1037 - 1039 1041 - 1045 1049 1054 1057 1060 1061 1064 1065 1067 1072 1075 1077 - 1082 1085 - 1087 1091 - 1094 1096 1097 1099 1102 - 1106 1109 1110 1112 1116 - 1121 1124 1126 1128 - 1133 1136 1140 - 1148 1150 - 1157 1159 1162 1163 1165 - 1167 1169 1285 Also, I saw that @Liontamer was responsible for the lyrics tags. If I may, I would urge putting the explicit tag on 570 and 1419, please. There's also a lot of other mixes up to the end of 2006 that I feel could do with additional tags, but I think it's more important to get the ones without tags done first. Please hit me up.

Watermelon Flava was on my shortlist!

Definitely loved listening to Klonoa! So many twists and turns in the soundtrack and so much variety!

This ReMix's reverse snare groove is what makes this one for me, the way it comes in only every now and again, and I'm waiting for it and waiting and yay there it is. Yes, there's all this amazing tune work making the Hidden Palace theme nice and chill on top, but I can just get lost in this drum groove for ages. This is very happy to sit in its space and like DA said, it goes into the background but I think that's actually something that works in its favour. Some of the sounds may be dated now as we look in from the future, but that doesn't stop this one from being one of the true classics that deserves more love.

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.

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. ... 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.

Heavy hitting, this takes no prisoners at all. It has a very cosmic feel for such a little "throwaway" original. This goes places. Very befitting of its title when thinking about the omniscience and omnipotence of a deity... This is big. BIG.

So I'm thinking, oh yeah, this is going to be a nice little rock-out number, and then we hit that transition around 0:40... the GROOVE hits full-force. Nice. I love how this takes one piece of music and then breaks it apart into various components and gives it all different treatments. A prog journey indeed through some very interesting locales. I dig this.

Piano solo time! Listening to the original reminded me of that classic SNES RPG-march sound... here, we have a far more sedate take that really allows harmony to shine through without being lost in the pomp and circumstance. The piano delicately plays with the melody, even with interspersing the pirate music's harmony. Gorgeous.

Classic OCR metal sound here, great guitar solo. The lyrics are great. Esper and Cyril's voices blend well and sound incredible. There's some questionable, flattish notes in Cyril's solo, but there's a lot of power in his voice and it's on full display here. I'm surprised that this has flown under the radar on here... I'm trying to pinpoint who Cyril's singing reminds me of...

Subversion, yes! Take something bombastic, but remove it from the heat and put it in the fridge. This is what this does...the energy is still there but it's restrained, tempered... and says everything it needs to say in that short length of time. I wanted it to go on but that would be a waste. Lo-fi with teeth.

Dark is not an adjective that I normally put with the noun "lo-fi", but I love the combination of the two. I like the tone of the guitar in the second idea...the beats in the third idea before the keychange were a bit jarring, but once I realized that it was to help set up for it I'm okay with it. I wasn't familiar with this melody until I heard this mix but what a great way to highlight this tune!

I did not want to make a review of this initially because I feel like my words can't capture how exquisitely, heartwrenchingly beautiful this ReMix is. So, I'll answer Larry's questions instead: What does this music make *you* feel? Where do you think you are? What imagery do you see? I feel a sense of sadness, but also a sense of release, as I'm standing in a beautiful eastern garden just after the twilight sun has dipped below the horizon and beautiful purples and pinks stretch across the sky and color everything, including the lake and the pagoda that I see. The breeze blows softly, and the flowers are starting to lose their petals from the trees. What a fitting goodbye to Iwata-san.

Yes, this one is definitely challenging and it's definitely not for everyone. It's the textbook definition of something being taken so far from its source but still being within the bounds of source usage. But for what it does, it is incredibly clever. The very tone itself gets shifted and transformed. The rhythm of the simple melody gets transmogrified. It's not something that would necessarily get a lot of airplay in my playlist, but am I glad this exists? You betcha.

ROEMER is always full of surprises. That heavy and oppressive synth suddenly giving way to that exquisite B-section, for example... The fish's music gives me very strong Mazedude vibes — his early Doom stuff, in particular — but also both artists show amazing versatility. Here, ROEMER is showing off both. Keep an eye on this ReMixer for the future, because the world is their oyster.

While the bulk of the piano work early on doesn't stray too far from the original and thus keeps its vibe, the little flourishes here and there, the occasional key change, the octave changes on the initial descent... this is the light to the original's shadow. This really is a Song of Healing, despite the title. Sometimes the nicest path doesn't stray too far from the well-worn trail, and this ReMix shows that.

The original piece for this was very abstract and atmospheric, so to bring this into an EDM space is inspired. The syncopation is disorienting, which is something that I love musically... Tracks like this are why I love this site.

Heard the distant-sounding opening and was then like..."Ooooh, where is this going...?" This is like classic "OCR techno" but for a new age. The melancholic chords give a dark aura, while the reverb reminds me of an empty opera house or pillared temple... the atmosphere is heavy and suffocating. The string solo then duet is amazing, like a golden shimmer on top of the deep shadows... This piece is a slow burn in all the right ways. I want it to loop back to the beginning and just keep going.

Exquisite water sfx accompany delightful piano and then when the beat drops... such a good vibe. The mix enhances the original but doesn't take away from its mystique: it's like the original is the mix and this is the true source. Dig.

Yeah, I'm definitely getting 80's slasher flick vibes from this...the synths and that distinctive electric tom. The electric buzz that pervades underneath gives it a creepy edge... I want the whole thing to break out into the thunderstorm but it won't and that's fantastic because it keeps the menace right there.

This has a very pop sound and it's great...the software used reminds me of Owl City. The lyrics are very believable and mature. I can see this song applying to a Touhou fan who can't pass the levels, "stuck in my head making all the wrong moves"... Fantastic.