zircon Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 (edited) The Contest Last year, we ran a remix contest to help find new artists (and complete unclaimed sources) for the FF6 Balance & Ruin project. The contest was a huge success and we brought a number of new people on to the roster. The majority of the project is now done, but we still have a few tracks left that we could use arrangements for; these sources tunes were either overlooked, or the ReMixers who previously claimed them ended up dropping out for time reasons. This is your opportunity to try your hand at arranging one (or more!) of these themes for the project! The Source Tunes The Mines of Narshe The Unforgiven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llw2SLyM4Mo Metamorphosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR9kw69Z4-A The Wedding Waltz ~ Duel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRggPOU8dEQ&t=2m32s The Fierce Battle Umaro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd0fnITPGPE The Fanatics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpolIKYChFA Guidelines * You may arrange the source tune(s) in whatever style you want. However, I encourage you to try to keep with the general mood and 'feel' of the original. For the Fierce Battle, you could try a rock or metal mix, an uptempo electronic track, or even a chaotic jazz piece. But I wouldn't recommend a soft New Age arrangement. * Feel free to team up with other ReMixers, though you will be splitting the prizes amongst yourselves. * Please do NOT use any sampled audio from the game - even sound effects. * You must predominantly use at least one source from this list. You may use multiple sources, or sources not on this list, but preferably to a lesser degree. * Try to adhere to the OCR standards of production and arrangement. Voting In the interest of time, the judges panel will be selecting the winners for the contest (along with myself and McVaffe). We WILL be anonymizing all the entries beforehand, of course. Prizes All entrants and submissions will be carefully considered for addition to the Balance & Ruin project. However, our three favorite entries will receive the following (guaranteed): 1st place: A physical copy of Balance & Ruin, the entire zircon discography, any three libraries from Impact Soundworks. 2nd place: The entire zircon discography, any two libraries from Impact Soundworks. 3rd place: The entire zircon discography, any library from Impact Soundworks. Submission / Deadline You MUST submit your entries VIA EMAIL in MP3 format (192kbps and above please) to aaversa@gmail.com. You can attach the files or use WeTransfer.com / YouSendIt.com. You should of course keep the full-quality 24bit WAV render on hand as well. ALL SUBMISSIONS must be received by February 28th, 2013 at 11:59PM EST! GOOD LUCK! RESULTS OK! We've finally collected all the votes and combed through them. Each mix was voted on in terms of arrangement creativity, and production (to a lesser degree, given the short timeline). It was actually very interesting seeing all the votes (each staffer picked their top 5 mixes). The spread was close and no two people had the same top 5. That speaks to the effort of everyone who contributed a mix, so thank you! THE WINNERS 1st Place: Archangel with "Umaro's New Groove" (tied with XPRTNovice's "Narshemellow") 2nd Place: Patrick Burns with "Following Forgotten" 3rd Place: Mustin with "Now is the Winter" Again, the voting was VERY VERY close, so I feel I should also give shoutouts to... Honorable Mentions: Adam Kirby with "Endless Stair" and Jakesnke17 with "Gizmo Loving Sasquatch" If you placed in the top three, please email me (aaversa@gmail.com) with your choice(s) of ISW libraries! Overall, there were so many good entries that we will definitely be inviting more than those listed above to the project - so even if you didn't "win", keep your eyes peeled for an invite nonetheless. Thank you so much everyone for participating, and you can find a RAR with ALL entries below! http://zirconstudios.com/FF6_Contest_2 Edited March 15, 2013 by zircon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 HEY it's another contest! Come on and enter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Some good tracks there. Hope you get plenty of quality submissions! ^.^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaMonz Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'm really really interested, but I'm busy as hell x____x I might try something but I don't know if I'll make it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Hakštok Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I didn't have much free time for the last contest, so there's a high possibility that I'll enter this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) I AM EXCITED. SEE MY EXCITED FAIC. =DDDD I'll see if I can make something for this since I got Monday off (I plan to do something to the effect of electronica/glitch/rock). Good luck to others. By the way, what if not all the source tunes are chosen? Another contest? Last-minute remixer joins in? You take a shot at it? xD Edited February 15, 2013 by timaeus222 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 fuck me, that's not much time to do a track. Hmmm. *strokes beard* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ectogemia Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 God damn it. Just when I was almost all caught up with music... I'm in. Now's my turn to shine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melbu Frahma Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I really, really, REALLY hope someone covers Mines of Narshe. Absolutely love the source tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) More FF6? Count me in! I should be able to find time to put something (or maybe multiple somethings!) together before the 28th. Edited February 15, 2013 by Cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yami Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 For the Fierce Battle, you could try a rock or metal mix, an uptempo electronic track, or even a chaotic jazz piece. But I wouldn't recommend a soft New Age arrangement. Damn, I wanted to do a chillout remix of Fierce Battle, too bad Hmm, perhaps I'll enter this one as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnWake Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I won't have time to do any musical stuff until the 24th There are some pretty cool tracks here though, so if I get incredibly inspired then I'll participate, but it's highly unlikely. Good luck to everyone that does participate though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I think it would be the most hilarious thing in the world to do Umaro's theme in the style of Kenny G. I'm almost super tempted to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperion5182 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 *grabs Zircon and throws him at his wife* GRAH! I wanted 6 before the end of this month!!!! That being said good luck everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I will enter again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 28th? Expletive deleted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Intrigued....but by the 28th? Gonna be one hell of a quick remix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esperado Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I think it would be the most hilarious thing in the world to do Umaro's theme in the style of Kenny G. I'm almost super tempted to do it. doooo it. also is this open to everyone? Im not particularly confident on the being up to the OCR standards, but i can try to make something enjoyable. if anything, for practice and good spirits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazaclysm Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I really, really, REALLY hope someone covers Mines of Narshe. Absolutely love the source tune. Same here! It's my favorite from the soundtrack and on my short list to remix when I start remixing. Right now I'm too inexperienced, plus there's no way I can remix it on such a short deadline. I pray someone here will do the source tune justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 I think it would be the most hilarious thing in the world to do Umaro's theme in the style of Kenny G. I'm almost super tempted to do it. can we peer pressure you into doing it? cause i'll try anyways. DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 S**t! I started 1 minute of mix, and realized I was doing the wrong source. FML. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavos Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Haha, nice one Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 consider myself officially working on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abadoss Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 can we peer pressure you into doing it?cause i'll try anyways. DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT There's no way I'll be finishing this before the 28th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 If you don't think you can finish by the 28th, try anyway and submit. Remember we're not just using this as a contest, but a way to find new talent for the project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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