ocre Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Note that this is NOT a hate thread. Also I would never remix Excitebike for reasons I'll leave up to your imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Note that this is NOT a hate thread.Also I would never remix Excitebike for reasons I'll leave up to your imagination. Fine, I strongly dislike the Megaman character and his games. Therefore, I shall never do any music from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Fine, I strongly dislike the Megaman character and his games.Therefore, I shall never do any music from it. nice save. I just wanted to make sure I didn't divide the OCR community or make it look like a rant about certain games. I love you guys after all. I think seeing the robot masters on everyone's forum sig made me sick of megaman too actually. But, we are playing with people's childhood memories so don't make me bust on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Didn't we have a thread like this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garpocalypse Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 You've got to be freaking kidding me... Still, following in WR's shoes is not a bad thing. This year (or next) will be the year of the GAR! and not the fish either! Should have done a search, sorry. Lock thread if need be or keep it goin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavos Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 When I make solo mixes, I always mix from games I know. But I've been quite a few projects of games I've never even played and I don't mind doing that either. Those are, however, usually my more interpretative mixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Limbo. I'll never remix the music from Limbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Briggs Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I will never remix yoshi's story because it's awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperiorX Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I will never remix oatmeal raisin muffins because I think they taste disgusting. EDIT: at one point, the title of this thread had something to do with muffins, so my post isn't complete nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Petitpas Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I don't do games that I don't know or don't like the OST to begin with. I'm a guy of the 80s so I know a shitload of the best games from the NES/Snes/N64 (and a few Genesis), the best games.. those I used to rent for the weekends when I was young and when emulators didn't exist; wel I'm pretty much only interested by those. I think the nostalgia drives me a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I will never remix yoshi's story because it's awful YOU SHUT YOUR GOD DAMN MOUTH. Meh, anything can be re-contextualized to be something you like. Thusly, for me, pretty much nothing is ever OUT of the question... But I'm pretty tired of 'boss-themey' music that gets remixed into 'boss-themey music with better production', a lot of orchestrally things and rock things... So Final Fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VNilla Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I don't have any music that I really refuse to do, but I most certainly prefer to work with catchy songs that I remember fondly. Since I grew up playing a Gamecube, my current "brain mixes" are a jazz-ish medley of Double Dash and a rockin' remix of the Hooktail battle theme from Thousand-Year Door.* The problem with working with newer tracks is that (a) I can't deviate too much without the risk of "ruining" the source, and ( The source sounds so good that there isn't much room for interpretation. * P.S. Seriously guys WTF why are there no Paper Mario remixes yet?! If I'm the first one to get a PM ReMix posted, I will be sooooooooooo disappoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychowolf Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Any games from the Magnavox Odyssey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Globulous. It's just too good for me to attempt (too fitting with what instruments zircon uses in their respective moods). At least, today. Maybe in the future. Edited June 28, 2014 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Ignoring a game series because it's particularly well done and beautiful makes no sense. Would you do the same to a woman with similar adjectives? Nerds!I wouldn't avoid a series just because the music was so good that everyone liked it. That would be more reason for me to cover the music, because the music is GOOD, and people like it. I like it. It means something to me. I may avoid working with sources or games (or people) that have a negative emotional attachment to them. I thought I remembered this question! I think I stand by my answer, though I was just going to put "I'd remix anything." There's definitely games that include sour memories but I'd feel ok remixing them these days. Like Streets of Rage, I never thought I'd remix that because of how important it was in my childhood and playing it with my Uncle as a kid, but I think I could remix that today, and maybe dedicate it to him. I think popular games like Ni No Kuni definitely have the bestest of musics, dat Joe Hisaishi. I'd remix it because it's amazing and I love it. But I've got no problem with remixing Big Nose the Cave Man either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Still hate Megaman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I would say Sonic, but I've already done Green Hill Zone. I avoid Sonic and Mega Man, because honestly people seem obsessed with them in a way I can't understand. I'll stick with lesser covered games like Chrono Trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I wouldn't say games, but tracks instead. I could remix stuff from Sonic 2, but not the over-done tracks like Casino Night or Chemical Plant. However, remixing an underappreciated track like Sky Fortress was a pure delight. I tend to try to remix tracks that aren't already too much covered, even if the game itself has been remixed to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Williamson Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) I would say Sonic, but I've already done Green Hill Zone. I avoid Sonic and Mega Man, because honestly people seem obsessed with them in a way I can't understand. I'll stick with lesser covered games like Chrono Trigger. I could agree with this, though I still do remixes of Sonic songs. The thing is that Sonic stuff is really great stuff to remix. That's why it's so popular is that Sonic's got some legitimately great stuff and great stuff to remix. However, I love to kind of do things as differently as I can compared to everyone else (I've never been the "well that's what everyone else is doing" person), so I usually bring my own different style to remixes I do and Zelda tends to get remixed a lot but I often am disappointed because I feel like there's a lot of potential in Zelda songs that either never are remixed or have been and haven't satisfied me. So I do a lot of Zelda stuff. I honestly don't know much about Mega Man so I that's why I've never really remixed anything from that franchise. I've done a few Mario remixes, though. I'm obsessed with Mario stuff. Even when it's embarrassingly cheesy, I love it. Part of it is because of childhood, the other part of it is because honestly even some of the super cheesy stuff is actually kinda well-written. Some Mario music is flat-out dumb but still enjoyable, but the majority of it is actually really well done, thanks to Koji Kondo, may he live forever. I tend to enjoy remixing older stuff, though, because I like to do my own little spin on it but kind of create something in a way where it's like "if I were to write this song and record it with the technology today, how would I do it." I love the chip tune sound but I often love to remix stuff simply to arrange it and record it with higher quality instruments just to create something to hear what it could potentially sound like today. Speaking of which, there are plenty of songs from Super Mario 3D World that are remixes of really old songs in some of the earliest Mario games and not only does my nostalgia kick in, but even if they're cheesy like they tend to be, I absolutely love how Koji and his team reworked those old songs into the sound quality of video game music today. I just love it. Also: * P.S. Seriously guys WTF why are there no Paper Mario remixes yet?! If I'm the first one to get a PM ReMix posted, I will be sooooooooooo disappoint. There's a Paper Mario remix album that is currently in the making. Edited June 28, 2014 by Garrett Williamson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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