OceansAndrew Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Your ReMixer name : SuperTrey09 Your real name: Trey Dieterich Your email address: SuperTrey09@yahoo.com Your website: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000184377873 Your userid (number, not name): 45330 http://ocremix.org/forums/member.php?u=45330 Submission Information Name of game(s) arranged: Super Paper Mario Name of arrangement: Now I Am Become Bleck Name of individual song(s) arranged: The Evil Count Bleck, Closing Battle, and Champion of Destruction Additional information about game Composers: Naoko Mitome, Chika Sekigawa System: Nintendo Wii Link to the original soundtrack: Your own comments about the mix, for example the inspiration behind it, how it was made, etc: Programs used in the making of this include: Steven Slate Drums, Fruity Loops Studio 10, Halion Symphonic Orchestra, many different samples, soundfonts and patches in FL, and live guitars recorded direct into Pro Tools 8 LE where everything else was mixed. Some audio leveling in final stages were done in Audacity as Pro Tools doesn't bounce mp3s (If there's a plugin to buy then it's a waste of money I don't have lol). I recently started playing Super Paper Mario again after finding it in a pile of games I was going to sell and came to find out I hadn't made it very far whenever I had previously played it. So I decided to complete it. As I progressed through the game, I found Count Bleck to be a very interesting character with some pretty cool yet eerie tunes. As I made it toward the end of the game and battled against Bleck, I realized that the battle theme was kinda lame in my expectations. It was a good theme but I started to wonder what Bleck's battle would seem like if he had a kickass metal theme playing in the background. Since Bleck is a destroyer of worlds a metal theme suits him well. Therefore the title based on an old saying is "Now I Am Become Bleck." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 This is a pretty cool arrangement of the themes, though the mixing isn't quite right. It feels like there is a *ton* of headroom in here, which makes it sound not as powerful as it could. The balance seems overall pretty good, but it's just so quiet. The drum programming is excellent and varied, and the guitar performance overall is good, The keyboard ideas are tasteful, and overall I really enjoyed it, but the production needs to be normalized to clear out all that excess headroom. Please resubmit this, it's really good. No, please resubmit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Going to defer (and agree) with Andrew here. Really good idea for an arrangement, and all the playing is great. Drumwork is solid as well, but eh production needs to be tightened up a bit. Resub this, please! NO (resubmit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Yeah, right off the bat, this is sounding intense. Annnnnd, immediately I see what OA's talking about with his vote. The mixing is jacked. It's always a shame when you hear a metal track where the performances are intense, yet the production makes everything sound muted and distant. Work with whoever you can that has a better ear for mixing, take your lumps and re-balance this. The performance itself is badass and a total pass as far as the arrangement, you just need to production to also bring it for the most part. This doesn't need impeccable production quality, but it does need to be more reasonably balanced/normalized. As long as you can get it improved significantly, resubmit this and we'lll very quickly fast-track a vote on this. We DEFINITELY want this posted to the site in some form, Trey, definitely do not drop this one. NO (refine/resubmit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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