SnappleMan

I offered him many options. In the end, he wanted to be the only person on that track. I then asked Master Hatchet if he wanted to quit and give the song to Beatdrop, but he was very enthusiastic about the song and just seemed more confident. So I told Beatdrop that MH was staying, and I never got a response.

I added some new info in the announcements section of the main information post. Check that section normally for any new info.

It ended at 6am.

Well, you all got plenty of time for the deadline. We'll take as much time as we need to get this thing sounding perfect.

Good to have you onboard, my friend! Hah, I have high hopes for this project INDEED! Oh, by the way, you might wanna try using AIM more often I got stuff to send you!

We might do that, depending on how it works out.

And about the two part sandopolis: Zyko and I have been wanting to collaborate for a long time now, so I presented him with Sandopolis (this was before I assumed the role of co-director). We both agreed on it, and I went to check on what DarkeSword was doing with the track. I liked what he had, and didn't know if I wanted to go through with the Zyko collab since I was already doing so many other things on here. Well, I proposed a solution for everyone! DarkeSword will work on his Sandopolis (I offered to play guitar for him), and that will be part one of the song. Part two will be done by Zyko and BrainCells. Think of it as one song done by 4 people. The two parts we have planned will mix together in one very nice piece. So yeah, it's one song, split into two parts, done by 4 people.

No no no, you all misread me. I mean in the case that some songs are extremely close (like the debate between track 1 of KiC) if the votes are so close that there is a debate about it, we can include both versions. The official album version, and the alternate track as a "bonus"

I'll leave that to KFC. I also have another matter to talk about. I'm thinking we do a double album set. (hear me out befora ya lynch me ) I think it would be cool if we put all the main game music on "part 1" of the album, and all the competition songs on "part 2". The main reason for suggesting this, is cuz I wanna include the better "losing" tracks. Like, if two people are doing the same song, and the end results are different styles, and both are good, we should include the losing track. Not only to give more people credit for their hard work, but also to give the listeners more than one style of a song they may really like. Reply and tell me what you think.

Well, I don't see it as a big loss (no disrespect to Beatdrop). We lost one member, but gained one more (BrainCells). So far, I'm 100% satisfied with how things are going so far. If everyone on here does their best and finishes their work, this should be the most varied, and musically advanced site project to date.

Greetings! This is the official thread of the Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles Arrangement Project, "Project Chaos". DJPretzel has recommended that I hold the release off until this weekend so he can get some things done right. I've taken his advice and we will be releasing the project most likely on Sunday. Just a while longer, people! Project Is Ready For Release I've been waiting on track info and other small things, but it looks like some people have just forgotten or whatever else. I'm releasing the project without track info, and without album art. These will be added with time after the release. I don't think it's fair to hold the project as long as I have just because certain people don't respond. Regardless, the project is set for release this Thursday, November 16th. Thanks for waiting so far! Our teaser site is up! Here we will post demos, unused tracks and other bonus songs that wont be on the album! ENJOY! ------------------------------------------------------ Final Preperations: This is the last update till project release. All tracks are now to be considered finished. I will be contacting whoever has yet to give me a title for their song, or information on their song. Format Change: For the website, I've changed my mind. Hadyn informed me that it would be better to simply have a writeup for each song, not full artist bios. Those who gave me all the stuff I previously asked for, thank you, I will only use what I feel is necessary. To the others who haven't yet given me anything, I will now be asking only for a writeup of your song. Tracklisting: Main Soundtrack Disc 1 1. Title Screen - SnappleMan - Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles 2. Data Select - KungFuChicken! - The Wait is Over! 3. Angel Island Zone - Rexy - Divided from Grace 4. Boss 1 (S3 version) - Daniel Baranowsky - Caution: Echidnas May Eat Your Brain 5. Hydrocity - housethegrate - Walk on Water 6. Marble Garden - Daniel Baranowsky - Knuckleduster 7. Carnival Night - Hadyn - Three Ring Nightfall 8. IceCap - Hetcenus - That Freezing Feeling 9. Launch Base - Gecko Yamori - Elevator Music 10. Boss 1 (S&K version) - GaMeBoX - Robotnik Radio Disc 2 1. Mushroom Hill - GaMeBoX - iMushroom 2. Flying Battery - SnappleMan - Dead Batteries 3. Sandopolis - BrainCells - Live at the Sandopolis 4. Lava Reef - Rexy, Hetcenus - Beneath the Ashes 5. Hidden Palace - Kanjika 6. Sky Santuary - Kanjika 7. Boss 2 - BrainCells, SnappleMan - Scrambled Eggman 8. Death Egg - The Joker - Before the Storm 9. Final Boss - SnappleMan - Malicious Fingers 10. Doomsday - SnappleMan, Ashane, norg - The Doomsday 11. Ending Credits (S3 version) - Red Tailed Fox - So Long, and Thanks for All the... Special Disc 1. Special Stage - chthonic - Red Sphere, Blue Sphere 2. Competition Menu - Rexy - Schumacher Bar 3. Azure Lake Competition - Ross Kmet - Momentary Standstill 4. Balloon Park Competition - Ichitootah - Helium Stairways 5. Chrome Gadget Competition - Hetcenus - Ivory Gadget 6. Desert Palace Competition - The Joker - Heat Blur 7. Endless Mine Competition - jmr - Eternal Excavation 8. Rayza - Azure Lake (bonus) 9. AkumajoBelmont - Water on the Dancefloor (bonus) 10. Hadyn - Heads Up for Tails (bonus) 11. Kanjika - Credits (bonus) 12. Gamebox - Ice Cap 4 Life (bonus) 13. Kanjika - Hydrochill (bonus) 14. Xenon Odyssey - Lava Passion (bonus)

Well, everyone has decided on a song, people are working hard, and things are looking good. It looks like we're ready to go official, so I'll talk to the mods tomorrow and see if they agree.

Actually, this is not gonna remain the project topic. We'll start a new topic in the project section when the project is ready. This topic is like, 70+ pages of bullshit at 10 pages of usefull stuff, so we'll just bring it into the project forum and lock it for referance.

Hmm, I made a post but my system must have fucked up cuz it's not here. Anyway, my friend MaJiN GeoDooD is offering his services to aid the project. He's a great guitarist, plays clean guitar very well, distorted very well, and has great tone. If you need some guitar work done (maybe some little riff to make your song sound cooler, or a nice clean section to add dynamics and style) don't hesitate to ask him! You can contact him on AIM at MaJiN GeoDooD, or by the same name on the OCR IRC channel (#ocremix).

Okay people, I know this is moving a bit fast, but we got some more people signing up to do tracks. No names till they decide if they're in or not. I'm confident that we'll get a nice assortment of styles and genres, and since we are getting a wide variety of people (not just OCR regulars), I'm also confident in a good turnout of songs. I'd like to ask the people who have something completed (WIP or finished song) to send it to me on AIM (SNKFreak) over the course of the week. I'd like to know where the project stands as a whole, so we can work towards starting an official project thread in the Site Projects forum as soon as possible. Also, it would be really cool if we can all arrange some kind of group chat sessions, either on IRC, AIM or whatever else is accessible to most of us. That way, we can all exchange tracks in private, comment on eachothers work, and not have everything out in the open for the whole world to see and hear our music before it's even completed. Anyone with ideas, questions, or threats should PM me or contact me on AIM.

Well, I look at it this way, Lava Reef and Hidden palace are the same song, just different arrangements of the same composition, just like any other zone. But, I think Norrin (he'll be doing most of the work on the track, I'm just laying down drums for him) will not mind leading one into the other, like I am with Final Boss/Doomsday, and release it as two tracks.

Well, it's only natural progression. The two songs are back to back, and are pretty much the same song only arrangements of one another. I'm planning to have a nice seperation of the two, so it's not just one structure. As much as I like to trash my own work (for good reason most of the time), I'm honestly putting out 1000% towards making the stuff I do on this album the best I can possibly do. I expect everyone else to do the same ! And so far, I'm happy to say that I'm seeing it happen! Alot of you are being very critical of not only eachothers, but your own individual work, and that's the absolute most important thing this project needs! Keep up the good work people!

Harr harr, more ROCK stuff, I just got Norrin Radd onboard, he's no fully decided yet. Chances are he'll be doing a collaboration with me on another track. UPDATE- Norrin Radd will be collaborating with me on Lava Reef zone. And we're also combining it with Hidden Palace, since they're pretty much the same zone anyway.

Hah, well, I'm sorry if actual live music is not up to par with FLStudio

The thing I'm noticing here is that alot of people are going out of their way to change the chord progressions and structures of the original music. I think it's better to try and keep the same feel of the original song, and arrange it to just enough to make it an interesting 3-5 minutes. The way I see it, we're making an arrangement album, not a "music inspired by" album, and definetly not a remix (since technically, remix is a very improper word to use for what we here at OCR and VGmix actually do.) Gah, I rant on too damn much.

I'm trying to get that little punk Ashane on this too, but you know how he is about being productive...

Okay folks, we just got Master Hatchet onboard. He'll be doing Flying Battery and (maybe) an acoustic gutiar rendition of Game Select. He's a very good musician, you can check out some of his work here: http://www.vgmix.com/song_view.php?song_id=3846

Hmm, I know that drum soundfont you're using. Some shitty power set from Hammersound, right? I don't think that sound works for the song. You need something that's more dry, and also other kinds of percussion too. It would be really cool if you keep the originals carnival theme. Start it with a big fat bass drum, like the original, and then slowly build it up. Tons of interesting percussion and a nice guitar lead would make this one really cool.

No, I don't have it confused. I've been playing this game for 11 years of my life, believe me when I tell you that I know it backwards and forwards. It's simply a matter of what works musically. Continuity is great if it works that way. Once I get both tracks done, I will decide how to transition them, and if it sounds better in the correct order, I will do it that way, if not, then it'll be the other way. Just reverse the tracks on your playlist and you should be fine

Simple solution, my good man! If your track wins over mine, I simply redo the ending. It wouldn't be more than a 20 minute matter.