Darkflamewolf Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Mizar Attacks! - A Jet Force Gemini Album Project Concept One of the last great Rare games on the Nintendo 64. Long after they had made their mark with the phenomenal Donkey Kong Country series, but before they parted ways with Nintendo back in the late 1990s, Rare dropped us a rare gem of a third person shooter in the form of Jet Force Gemini. It was a fantastic mesh of slapstick humor with a dash of surprising violence and dark themes. Aimed solely at the teen exploratory collect-a-thon shooter demographic, this was a underrated game that went completely under the radar as many game companies jumped ship from the Nintendo 64 to other platforms like the Playstation. While the game may not have aged as well by current gaming standards, the soundtrack is as robust and bombastic as ever. Channeling great scores like Star Wars and other epic space franchises, this is one soundtrack I want to see redone. I want it to be a transporting experience and to that end, like Memories of the Chozo, OCR's first album, the compiled tracks will be mixed so that one flows smoothly into the next via arrangement and/or sound effects to form a cohesive listening experience from beginning to end. Come join the fight and take arms against the bug menace as we arrange a forgotten gem, Jet Force Gemini! Original Soundtrack Composters: Robin Beanland, Graeme Norgate, Alistair Lindsay ---- Project Director: @Darkflamewolf (Director of Arcadia Legends) Art Director: Sound Designer/Masterer: AJ the Fox Web Designer: Remixers: @Rotten Eggplant , @Deedubs , @Sam Dillard , @bLiNd , @GlacialSpoon , @PirateCrab , @MkVaff, @aluminum, @Gario, @Glejs, @HeavenWraith Performers (Primary instrument underlined): Finished WAV Evaluators (for OCR album quality purposes): ---- - Claiming All remixers wishing to claim a track should PM me and/or post in the thread. My goal is to use Discord from here on out to coordinate and keep in touch with remixers/contributors. So by claiming, you also agree to hop aboard the JFG Discord server I'll be creating specifically for this album. It'll be used as a professional meeting place. - Genre Guidelines No guidelines! Do what you feel is best to represent the track you claimed! Just be aware we will be merging beginning and endings of most tracks to flow smoothly into each other. Collaborations are highly encouraged! Also, the intent is for this to be an official OCR album, so remixes must meet the appropriate standards. - Deadlines Deadlines will be based on the date which a given track is claimed, but can be modified as needed. The starting point will be: -Initial WIP (something that shows you have started): 1 month after claim -Significant WIP (solid remix concept and progress toward completing it): 2 months after claim -Finished Arrangement (only mixing and/or recording remains): 5 months after claim -Finished Unmastered WAV (complete): 7 months after claim Missing a deadline without communicating with the project director (for a month or more) could result in your claim being dropped! That said, life happens and I believe we all want this project to succeed, so please stay in touch! We can work things out! I'll still be reaching out to everyone every 2 weeks anyway just to check in - probably at the start of each month and midway through on the 15th. Coordinating through the JFG Discord server ---- The Track List Track Claim & WIP Status (19 total) Red - Unclaimed Track - 4 Orange - Claimed Track, no WIP yet - 0 Purple - Initial WIP submitted - 0 Blue - Significant WIP submitted - 0 Green - Finished Unmastered Arrangement submitted - 0 Bold Green - Finished and Mastered Track - 18 Core Track List (FINAL ORDER SHOWN) 01. "Galaxy Quest" - Title Theme/Main Titles - Claimed by @HeavenWraith 02. "Dreadnaught of War" - Battle Cruiser Sekhmet - Claimed by @Glejs 03. "Big Bug Funk" - Ichor ~ Military Base - Claimed by @Deedubs 04. "Tick Tock Tawfret" - Tawfret - Claimed by @bLiNd 05. "Ruins in the Deep" - Water Ruins - Claimed by @Sam Dillard 06. "The Edge Calls Me" - Rith Essa - Claimed by @MkVaff 07. "Goldwood Glimmerstep" - Goldwood Forest - Claimed by @bLiNd 08. "Dance of the Ant Spawn" - Spawnship - Claimed by @GlacialSpoon 09. "Under Cerulean Skies" - Cerulean - Claimed by @Gario 10. "Bone and Marrow" - Eschebone - Claimed by @Deedubs 11. "CompuSiege" - Mizar's Palace - Claimed by @aluminum 12. "Fury Cutter" - Boss Battle - Claimed by @PirateCrab 13. "World Destroyer" - Asteroid - Claimed by @Deedubs 14. "Anthem Anubis" - SS Anubis - Claimed by @bLiNd Bonus Tracks: B01. "Galaxy Quest (voiceless)" - Title Theme/Main Titles - Claimed by @HeavenWraith B02. "Selection of Destiny" - Character Theme/Select - Claimed by @Rotten Eggplant B03. "Dreadnaught of War (alt)" - Battle Cruiser Sekhmet - Claimed by @Glejs B04. "World Destroyer (voiceless)" - Asteroid - Claimed by @Deedubs So although 19 tracks that I would like to see get into the album, only 13 are my personal 'must-haves' to be on the actual album - ones that encompass the 'core' planets and locations you visit in the game. I'd like to fill those in first. The goal is to fit it all on one disc this time. Any extra tracks inbetween like Landing Sequence/Rare Start Logo will be used/remixed by the Sound Designer/Masterer to link tracks together alongside sound effects. ---- Misc. Questions: - How much of my track will be edited to make the cohesive experience? Honestly, not all that much. The track will be mastered separately as its own track and then depending on how it ends and the subsequent track begins, a decision will be made how to mesh the two together to form a seamless transition. Your core track will be unchanged and will still be 100% your inspiration. - What about physical editions? Like before with Arcadia Legends, I do 'plan' on making physical copies as well at the end of it and it should be cheaper too if we're going the 1-disc route. However, it is far too early in the process to be deciding that, just be aware it is on my radar to do and give back to the contributors of this album. Thanks for all your interest and although I'd like to get this done by October 11, 2019 to make the 20th anniversary, I won't be bending over backwards to make it. There is always the 21st anniversary next year! Let's make this next underrated gem soundtrack a success like Arcadia Legends! Edited October 24, 2020 by Darkflamewolf Eino Keskitalo and Ikari_Gendou 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) @Sbeast @OceansAndrew @GlacialSpoon @Deedubs @zykO @Jorito @Guifrog @PrototypeRaptor @Sam Dillard - Pinging you all specifically since we've worked together before on Arcadia Legends and I enjoyed my experience working with you during that project. Also pinging because each of you delivered fairly quickly and well before expected deadlines, which was always a bonus! I extend to you an invitation to see if you'd like to claim a track or two of this second, smaller album, if not, that's okay too! Thanks again for what you've done for me in the past and looking forward to hopefully working with you again. Edited April 2, 2019 by Darkflamewolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Eggplant Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Man, my mastering skillz are in high demand. Glad to be working with you again DFW. Look forward to seeing how this one turns out. Deedubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedubs Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Heck yes. Time to go squash some space bugs and save some space bears! Good thing I actually started a bit of sketching for a remix of Ichor Military Base about a week ago. I'd love to claim that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 Three claims so far in the first day. Promising start! Really looking forward to seeing how this one shapes up, guys/gals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSori Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 DFW returns! Good luck with this album too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 Sam Dillard joins to remix Water Ruins! Big welcome to Sam! I’ll adjust the track listing colors later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Dillard Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Thanks, looking forward to working on it! Darkflamewolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 bLiNd has signed up for SS Anubis! We're doing great so far on interest! We got 8 others also interested in claiming tracks, but are holding off due to other commitments and real life things, so definitely checking back in with them in a month or two! Deedubs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deedubs Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Just came across this video from Rare's YouTube channel that goes into some background info on Jet Force Gemini, including a couple of appearances from composer Robin Beanland. Ikari_Gendou and Darkflamewolf 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share Posted April 14, 2019 And since this year is the 20th anniversary of the game, here is a look back 20 years later to see if this games holds up to today! Ikari_Gendou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) *****Project Update #1***** With the advent of this update, and GlacialSpoon signing on for Spawnship, we now have 6 remixers on board with at least another 10 interested in a few months once other commitments are fulfilled! Things are looking up and it's not even been a month! Sure, there's only been 1 initial WIP submitted so far, but none of the deadlines have been breached and everything looks to be on track! I'm excited and hopeful for this album. Definitely a good idea to scale back since Arcadia Legends and focus on a more condensed and focused 1-disc album for my second project. Will be updating everyone like this at least once a month to keep interest current and to be 100% transparent to remixers and fans of JFG about the state of the album! Look forward to more progress next month! EDIT: And now we have Piratecrab signed on for Boss Battle! Edited April 18, 2019 by Darkflamewolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 MkVaff has now joined the team and has claimed Rith Essa! Mr. Hu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) *****Project Update #2***** Second month has been a bit slow. We got MkVaff and PirateCrab signed onto the team, but on the whole, not much progress has been made. Which is fine. There were slow months during Arcadia Legends too, so I'm not worried. We also got a few more interested parties for the album, but no firm takers yet. Still looking forward to the music in the coming months! Edited May 17, 2019 by Darkflamewolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 An @aluminum joins the fight against Mizar and is selecting none other than the big Mizar's Palace track itself! It's big and epic and I can't wait to see what he has in store for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted May 22, 2019 Author Share Posted May 22, 2019 And we keep getting fantastic news! @Gario has claimed Cerulean and we are excited to have him onboard the project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 *****Project Update #3***** Skipped a whole month in updates, but we are actually making good progress! We signed on a few more folks to the project and got some great WIPs in from PirateCrab, Aluminum, MkVaff, Rotten Eggplant, and GlacialSpoon. This entire album is already feeling full of energy and sick beats! I love it! We even got the first initial final WIP submitted by Deedubs of Ichor! Fantastic job all around to our remixers! We're still recruiting for those remaining tracks, but I'm confident we can get them all claimed by year's end! Looking forward to the next batch of finished WAVs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 @Glejs joins the album claiming Sekhmet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 @Deedubs has claimed another track! Eschebone! Looking forward to great things from him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 ****PROJECT UPDATE #4**** In a short span of time, we got pretty much all the core tracks of the album claimed and being worked on in some fashion or another, to include a few extra tracks! However, there are two that are...unique and definitely deserve a remixer that will do some 'out-of-the-box' thinking when it comes to remixing: Tawfrey and Goldwood. These are not going to be easy to translate and I would applaud any remixer who is willing to rise to the challenge in tackling them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 ****PROJECT UPDATE 5**** Waiting on final track polishing from @Sam Dillard and @GlacialSpoon , but we’ll have four tracks complete for the album, but unmastered as of yet. That’s basically 1/3 of the album depending on final track count! That’s fantastic progress since March! Keep up the awesome work and looking forward to the remainder of the tracks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted October 2, 2019 Author Share Posted October 2, 2019 ********PROJECT UPDATE #6******** Another four tracks are looking to be done soon anytime now, just waiting on the remixers. If they get done as advertised, we'll have 8 tracks complete for the album and we'll be about 2/3s done with the entire project and plenty of finished tracks to begin to start applying for official OCRemix album status! That'll be a huge step in the right direction! I've also secured an artist to make album and disc art and we're already in the WIP stages at this time. Things are progressing great with the album! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 ******PROJECT UPDATE #7******** We now have five tracks fully complete, which is roughly 1/3 of the album track roster and the rest in varying stages of development! That means we have enough material to go with to OCRemix to apply for official OCR Album status! Wish us luck and let's see if we can get this album finished and out the door prior to 2021! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) ******PROJECT UPDATE #8****** We basically have seven tracks complete now! (six technically, but one isn't far off barring polish critiques! That's basically half way done! If everyone delivers on their promises by end of month or by March, we can get nearly the rest of the album complete in a single month! I also updated the track list with the most accurate progression colors. We're still gunning for a later 2020 release. So let's hope all goes well! We also now have disc art too! Front cover! Back cover! Interior flap! CD cover! It's all done! Edited February 8, 2020 by Darkflamewolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkflamewolf Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) ******PROJECT UPDATE #9****** And with the except of one remixer doing some polish critiques on a track, we basically have 8 tracks complete now! We're over halfway done! And with the next deadline looming at beginning of March, we are expecting to see a bunch more nearing completion or almost there! But that's not the biggest news.... As of right now, This album has been GREEN LIT FOR OCR ALBUM STATUS! Yep, that's right! This will be an official OCR release just like Arcadia Legends was! So soon, this thread will move on over to Projects soon when either @djpretzel or another forum mod can get around to doing it. Big kudos to all the hard working remixers on this project, this album is looking to be a fantastic collection of pulse-pounding music set to one of Rare's underappreciated gems! Edited February 16, 2020 by Darkflamewolf Mr. Hu, Jorito and Ikari_Gendou 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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