zircon Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) 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.rar Edited March 15, 2013 by zircon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crypto_magnum Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Congrats to the winners-- I'm listening through the entries now, and I'm super impressed by what everyone was able to turn out in two weeks (or less)! There's a lot of amazing stuff in here. Edited March 15, 2013 by crypto_magnum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Congrats to the winners. Honestly, I'm surprised at the lack of Fierce Battle entries, only one. I would have thought people would be all over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavos Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Congrats guys! It's good to see some additional awesomeness (yes, that's a word) being added to the project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnWake Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Congrats to the winners! There are a lot of nice songs here (atmosphere in "Following Forgotten" is cool, Timaeus' entry also has some cool sounds, very refreshing after all the Narshe mixes). Hope you like my entry (and hope it didn't place too badly...). I guess I can give it a shot at getting it posted outside of the album I always pick the source that gets the most remixes. Sad to see no one mixed "The Unforgiven", I actually wanted to give it a try but I only had a couple days to work on a mix and I only managed to do the Narshe one. Should've done Unforgiven instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Despite not winning, I'm happy with what I did in just two days. This was actually my first submission to anything OCR, though. So, I definitely have some catching up to do compared to other remixers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustin Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Wow, no wonder it took a while to judge - friggin' 72 minutes worth of entries! Awesome to place in the top 3 - thanks for that! I had no idea so many people would tackle Narshe. I thought I'd be the only one! I've wanted to do this for ages and had planned to do it with The OneUps but figured this would be a great opportunity for me to just flesh it out myself. I'm very happy with what I did and it was great to dust off the sax chops. Thanks to Nathan McLeod for loaning me his sax and William Reyes for loaning me his guitar. Some really great arrangements in here! Glad to be in such good company. I, of course, adore my Bad Dude brother Dhsu's short and oh-so-sweet Narshe arrangement. Would love to hear you flesh that out some more, bro! But holy crap my hands-down favorite is Anti-Syne's "There Will Be Blood." Holy balls! That's a helluva mix! Awesome! Thanks and rock on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Petitpas Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Unforgiven instead Was not aware of what was up. Oh well. Doing it anyway, for fun, with Metal + vocals. Great beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPRTNovice Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Oh man, there is some seriously good shit in that RAR file uploaded. I definitely don't feel like I deserve to be on the winners' board. Congratulations to everyone; I think this could be a cool album just as a package of contest submissions. I'm listening to "Following Forgotten" right now and I feel like it's actually changing my mood. I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Enjoyed your entry, XPRTNovice, has a bit of that gypsy jazz sound going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) I, of course, adore my Bad Dude brother Dhsu's short and oh-so-sweet Narshe arrangement. Would love to hear you flesh that out some more, bro! Thanks, Dude. I'm thinking maybe I'll try and figure out how to use pads and/or filters and make it more ambient. Or maybe Phendrana Drifts it up. Actually your intro is a lot like what I was thinking of doing at first. Great minds. Edited March 15, 2013 by Dhsu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Well my track didn't make it haha but it was fun nonetheless, and good to shake off some cobwebs as I haven't had much time for writing recently. Looking forward to this album! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Btw, fantastic track mustin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Burns Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I had no idea so many people would tackle Narshe. I thought I'd be the only one! I've wanted to do this for ages and had planned to do it with The OneUps but figured this would be a great opportunity for me to just flesh it out myself. Same here. I played this game a few years back through emulation, and Narshe just has a very unique mood. At the risk of sounding pretentious, it's almost got this cognitive dissonance feel to it -- eeriness, calm, fragmented memory, mystery. And I'm glad to see so many treatments of it. Having gone the ambient, spaced-out route with my mix, I think some of the nostalgic impact is missing. Congrats to all. Also, after an incomplete listen-through, I'd like to give kudos to jnWake, Joe Griffith, Crypto, Adam Kirby, and Anti-Syne for arrangements that obviously required a great deal of care and tinkering. I would also like to thank reverb, delay, and whooshes for making my mix possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Congratulations to the winners, it's an honor to sit beside you on the throne of remixes (it's either a really big throne or i haven't thought this out very well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshaggyfreak Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'll be sitting down and listening to things on Monday but I'm sure it's full of spectacular stuff! Congratz to all the winners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphexic Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 But holy crap my hands-down favorite is Anti-Syne's "There Will Be Blood." Holy balls! That's a helluva mix! Awesome! I absolutely agree with this statement. When I listened to the source track, the first thing I thought was dubstep/chipstep. I really hope this makes it onto the album. Congrats to the winners and everyone for making such great tracks in such a short time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Because nobody else has yet, I feel I should mention I really enjoyed rBrn's track. Good stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timetanker Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Hey just wanted to say that the rar link for Balance&ruin remix contest v2 are broken, i really hope they are fixed because it sounded like they had some epic songs going in there :[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Break all of the links! People should just hear the final versions on the album... though yeah if there's ones not going to be on the album you could RAR those up and reupload but IMO the album-specific songs should be withheld! Especially from that first contest! Delete dat stuff off tindeck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argle Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Break all of the links! People should just hear the final versions on the album... though yeah if there's ones not going to be on the album you could RAR those up and reupload but IMO the album-specific songs should be withheld! Especially from that first contest! Delete dat stuff off tindeck! It's too late, I already have your songs and I've been sharing them with everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatts Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Is it possible to get the RAR file fixed, or does someone still have all the music from it, minus the tracks that made it onto the album? I'd really like to hear the other tracks. I enjoyed several from the first competition that didn't make the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fureddi Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Is it possible to get the RAR file fixed, or does someone still have all the music from it, minus the tracks that made it onto the album? I'd really like to hear the other tracks. I enjoyed several from the first competition that didn't make the album. This. Be nice to see what else was made that *could* of been used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unununium Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have all the old music from the first and second contests, though I dumped the RARs long ago. I can obviously make new ones, host them too. Would anyone complain if I did this? What I'd like is Unbalanced and Ruined . I listened once and deleted it all in haste, but now I want to give it another spin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatts Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have all of Unbalanced and Ruined. Though I don't have a way to host it aside from Dropbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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