Jorito

Noooooooooh, he's a precious resource that you have to use sparingly! Although I do not rule out I might ask him (or any one of the other 14 people I collab'ed with ;))

Session musicians are fine. DarkeSword's logic makes sense: having access to a musician is like having a sample library.

Was pleasantly surprised the remix period is 2 weeks, where I expected one. That makes my remixes less of a rush job so that can only mean they will be better quality, rite?

I'm also in the retro branch, but I don't see any participant called 'Woe' in there

two weeks AND its castlevania? this one is gonna be great!

I was also super relieved to see the 2 week period. 2 weeks allows me to take a day here and there for some recovery from work stress without feeling guilty over not remixing.

Sources and brackets are finished and in the first post.  Please review to make sure your selection is correct and that the timing works for you.
Also please note the area title assigned to your source.  You'll be using that when you name your remix submission files.
Edit: Missed this earlier, somehow:
Yeah, that was before I started frequenting these forums, but I did notice that from reading the archives.  That's why I'm doing a point-based losers' bracket, so that if someone is too fatigued to continue, their dropping out won't be a free pass for their opponent--and if they want to jump back in later on, they can.  That's also why I'm calling the winner of the winners' bracket a tournament victor even if they lose the final round (thus effectively making that round optional for them), but the winner of the losers' bracket has a shot at earning co-winner.
Also, since I'd like to make an OCR-I out of this for Castlevania's 30th anniversary, I want to give people who drop out more chances to create something they like well enough to include.

Get your sigs here people: LINK -- And re-up the sigs elsewhere

Okay, I'm having somewhat second thoughts. My overly busy schedule has become a bit less busy and a bit more predictable. I'm happy to take the back seat here and give any other takers or leavers priority, but if you're closing signups with an odd number: sign me up with Wicked Child as a source.

I got you all a digital download code for free music, I'm gonna hide it below in white text so that it isn't taken by people not involved with secret santa:
www.ocremix.org
To everyone else, hope you had a good Christmas  

Okay, I'm having somewhat second thoughts. My overly busy schedule has become a bit less busy and a bit more predictable. I'm happy to take the back seat here and give any other takers or leavers priority, but if you're closing signups with an odd number: sign me up with Wicked Child as a source.

Okay, I'm having somewhat second thoughts. My overly busy schedule has become a bit less busy and a bit more predictable. I'm happy to take the back seat here and give any other takers or leavers priority, but if you're closing signups with an odd number: sign me up with Wicked Child as a source.

Interesting theme for sure! I wouldn't mind entering myself
No brilliant arrangement ideas just yet, and I'm not gonna be the one that collabs with live instrument (apart from human whistling)

Jorito's WIP is very cool Looking forward to more WIPs, and completed songs!

Mid January; gotcha! I'll see what I can come up with
*edit* I got off my lazy *** and finally started on my WIP. About 1:30 done so far (not bad for a 27 second source) and good ideas on how to progress.

I contacted BMC_WarMachine (who worked on VV3) and he'll try to enter! Just waiting for him to register lol

The theme is awesome. And I hope we get some more OCR people. People who can't play an instrument could now collab with people who can.
Btw, I talked with streifig a bit and we had the idea for some sort of "artist matchmaking" thing to help people find collab partners. So, if you have great arrangement ideas but need someone to record guitar, help you with orchestration or do the mixing, we might be able to help.
I'll post more details once we figure out exactly how it's gonna be done.

Nowadays? Everything.

....what the hell, I can't leave this one without a review after doing the other two.
General Overview:
Volume III AKA the Super Castlevana IV volume AKA the best pre-Michiru Yamane Castlevania. Point is, Super Castlevania IV's soundtrack was amazing, and this volume did that soundtrack justice. It's a lot darker and it feels more cinematic compared to the other two. The other two volumes had more loud, fast paced, upbeat highlights. But this volume contains a perfect balance of those fast tracks, and tracks that are a lot slower, and more soothing. And of course, Nicolas Cage.
Album Strengths (AKA Personal Favs):
Track 1-4: Heart of Limestone (Limestone Cavern) by Rexy
The original track was already creepy enough, but the original track relied on synth notes to convey a horror feeling. This track relies only on the piano to convey horror, and it does a really good job of doing so. (Couldn't think of anything else to add beyond what I said in my original review)
Track 1-7: Whipped into Shape (Rotating Room) by Sbeast
The rock elements of this track make this seem like it would be fun. But then you add the synths and the piano, and it becomes a lot darker. And I love that feeling of having fun in a dark environment.
Track 1-11: Deadly Furniture (Banquet Hall) by Slimy
Intense orchestrated arrangement. Almost Night on Bald Mountain-esq. Only instead of Chernabog sending little demons to cause havoc, Dracula is possessing random pieces of furniture to cause havoc.
Track 2-1: Endless Tomes (Library - Collection Space) by Sam Dillard
This sounds to me like what would happen if Yasunori Mitsuda worked on a track for a Castlevania game. It's so ominous, with a hint of intensity here and there to make that sense of exploring the unknown that much more wicked.
Track 2-4: The Harbinger of Death (Treasure Room) by timaeus222
It's a good exploration track, but when the beat drops, it turns into an aggressive battle theme. The build-ups to the beat drops are what make this track great, and the beat dropping segments themselves are just incredible.
Track 2-8: Stairway to Perdition (Beginning) by Audio Sprite
This isn't as complex or as intense as many of the other tracks here, but maybe that's why I like it so much. It's very nice, funky, and nice music to relax to or to go out walking with your headphones. 
Track 2-9: Dracula's Secretaries (The Attendants' Rooms) by Slimy
Very nice and cinematic take on one of the last levels in the game. It feels very much like a climax to the Castlevania adventure.
Track 2-10: The Night King's Lament (Dracula's Room) by Sam Dillard
The best track in the entire Super Castlevania IV soundtrack evolved, and made to present an incredible showdown between Simon and Dracula. If you listen to Dracula's Secretaries and The Night King's Lament back to back, it almost sounds like it could be a medley about Simon on the home stretch towards Dracula, and then finally meeting him in a memorable showdown. 

What I'm curious about is if anyone actually won OA-as-a-dog
BTW, pretty interesting to see all these reviews popping up in the new timeline feature. Great job everybody!

Hoping to get back into PRC in 2016. Maybe this round.
Oh, and Bundeslang always deserves a Bonus Point.

I started something for this, I just hope I can set some time apart from gaming to finish it.

Hey guys,
In a crazy whirlwind of productivity, I put together this arrangement/music video in roughtly a 24-hour window lol.  There's a link to the SoundCloud file in the video description if you want to download it.  I hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7206KnnMYvI

Mid January; gotcha! I'll see what I can come up with
*edit* I got off my lazy *** and finally started on my WIP. About 1:30 done so far (not bad for a 27 second source) and good ideas on how to progress.

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