Seiken Densetsu 3: Songs of Light and Darkness - History

[Meteo Xavier]

I want to make a Peter Gabriel joke here (actually I kinda did already), but I'm probably the only one who'd understand it.

[Rozovian]

Yes, a florist.

[Wiesty]

I enjoy popping in on this thread from time to time to see how it's progressing. I was a young lad....probably about 15 when I asked Usa to do a track on this album. Knew nothing about remixing at the time. I'm 26 now and this project is the last stronghold of my childhood on OcRemix 

[Meteo Xavier]

Yep, and I'm fightin' fer time to keep working on the stuff needed on the backend of things. We've absolutely not been able to move an inch without some sort of mountainous obstacle in the way and I've had unquestionably the worst Thanksgiving of my life last month, but every day the fallout of those things clear up a little bit more and my chances of moving things along here get better.

[Rozovian]

@Wiesty, I still have your old wips. Would have been cool to see what you would have made of those. Granted, they're old old, but still.

Everyone else, I have a shortage of track notes and bios. I've yet to look through ocr PMs, so I'm hoping the majority of them are there. But if you haven't sent me anything, or want to update what you sent, please do.

I mean, we can release without your bios and track notes (and we want to release it, honest), and as demonstrated, I can make stuff up for you, too.

[Rozovian]

He's making a list. He's checking it twice. He can't rhyme. He speaks in third person. He wants track notes and bios, because he's misplaced a lot of them, and others he never got. That's what's on the list.

[Meteo Xavier]

Rozovian. Sent you an email on Gmail. Respond back when you get a moment. Thank you.

[Rozovian]

Answered. Protip for other projects: decide where to manage the project. We're spread across too many platforms, including but not limited to AIM, Facebook, ocr PMs, this thread, email, and Discord. Despite my attempts to consolidate communication, that is.

I'm currently picking tracks for the release flood. I have about 30 flood track candidates. It's a few too many. This is a problem I never foresaw.

[thorlius]

Nice little hint in the latest remix post. I wonder what it could mean?

Also, last month (a month ago today - January 7th) was the 10-year anniversary of the first post for this project. Bit of a milestone there. Is that an OCR record? (pun intended)

[Special-Man]

Any news? Is there at least a vague release date?

[Rozovian]

I wish I could say we're releasing tomorrow. Nope, not quite there yet. We're working closely with ocr staff to finally get this thing finished. Trailer's been shown at a panel. Audio is just some track length/silence edits and tagging from being done. It's close, but not quite tomorow.

[Rozovian]

While we're all busy behind the scenes and none of the rest of you know anything about that...

...does anyone know anything useful about putting a listening party together? We had one for AOCC which was a lot of fun, and while a behemoth like this is quite the endeavor to do a live show-type listening party, something where we listen together would be fun. Anyone interested? Anyone know anything useful.

And feel free to interpret the question as a hint that the release is near.

[Rozovian]

Screw it. Screw everything. This is never getting finished. We might as well call it quits and just drop the files somewhere.

Don't think I haven't thought that way.

But now...

[Mak Eightman]

18 hours ago, Rozovian said:

Screw it. Screw everything. This is never getting finished. We might as well call it quits and just drop the files somewhere.

Don't think I haven't thought that way.

But now...

WTF? This SUMMER??! No way!

[Special-Man]

Finally!!

[Darkflamewolf]

Congratulations on getting this done! Well executed accomplishment! Looking forward to the album!

[Calatia]

The announcement tweet with album art is a promising sign. Though the next big step in the right direction will be when Liontamer adds the album, track list, and release date to VGMdb.

[Rozovian]

Contributing remixers, check your emails and pms. I've tried to contact everyone. There's a few of you that Meteo has contact information for that I don't. If you're on the project, you should have been contacted by one of us by now. Please respond asap.

If we've failed to reach you, it's even more important that you contact me ASAP.

[pu_freak]

Awesome trailer! so... I guess the album is real then? :p

[Calatia]

Liontamer added the information to VGMdb and it looks as though the album is set to release on Monday, October 01, 2018.

[Special-Man]

Seiken Densetsu 3 was released in Japan on September 30, 1995. We will see!

[Rozovian]

On 27 September, 2018 at 12:53 AM, pu_freak said:

Awesome trailer! so... I guess the album is real then? :p

Or we've spent the last 10 years trolling y'all.

Seriously, this is getting exciting. But I have no idea how I'll feel when it's finally out. Relieved. Saddened. Ecstatic. Hungry. Proud. Embarrassed. Nostalgic. Any suggestions?

[Jorito]

I think the word you’re looking for is proud

[pu_freak]

Yeah man, your perseverance is highly admirable! Many would've quit ages ago

[Special-Man]

It's out!

Congratulations!!!