Troyificus Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) **CANCELLED** Interested in picking up this project? Drop a DM to Trism ALBUM PROJECT: Paths Less Travelled: Secret of Evermore Project Director: FINAL COMPLETED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: TBC PROPOSED ALBUM RELEASE: TBC Current Remixers: NyxTheShield, rebrained, Manji, djpretzel, brink-of-time, about:blank, Dj Mokram, Argle, TSori, Siolfor the Jackal, theconsoloist, Trism Current Performers: Trev (violin), TSori (trumpet) Sound Designers/Audio Support: Chimpazilla STATEMENT REGARDING JEREMY SOULE HERE - PROJECT CONCEPT - Howdy folks, we’re back! Hot on the heels of the previous album, we’re raring to go at another. We’re doing Paths Less Travelled Volume 2! For those who missed the first instalment, PLT is a series of albums paying homage to overlooked and underrated games from yesteryear. Whether it be from poor marketing, limited localisation or plain bad timing, we celebrate the gems that undeservedly missed the limelight. Volume 1 covered a little-known game, originally available only in Asia & Europe, named Terranigma and was RELEASED in December 2019. The game we’ll be bringing to the forefront this time is: Secret of Evermore is an RPG released on the SNES by Squaresoft on October 1, 1995. With gameplay and a menu system reminiscent to the hugely successful Secret of Mana, it featured real-time battles, ring-shaped displays, and the ability to switch control between characters. This is where similarities ended. Unlike its similarly-named cousin, Secret of Evermore is unique in that it is the only game developed by Squaresoft of America, a small studio beholden to the Japanese parent company. Secret of Evermore was their first and only title. It did not receive a release in Japan. While the game was generally very well received by reviewers upon its release, it was criticised for not being even similar to Secret of Mana in story or art direction, an expectation likely exacerbated by their similar game titles. Secret of Evermore is a curiously dark tale following a cinema-obsessed boy and his dog as they fight their way through a virtual world gone awry, filled with characters and locations from the neolithic era to the far future. Think The Goonies x Last Action Hero x Bill and Ted in 90’s RPG form. And the dog can shapeshift. You should play it. This game also marks the debut of Jeremy Soule, who got the job straight out from composition studies on the back of a demo cassette. Jeremy has gone on to score and compose music for modern classics Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (amongst many, many others). His debut directly utilises environmental and ambient soundscapes to emphasise the feelings of loneliness and exploration. This technique was hardly ever implemented in gaming at the time; and was used to great effect alongside the more traditional music to be expected in an RPG; using the sound of nature to actively enhance an already atmospheric score. Here is a link to the selected soundtrack. The track order has been randomised: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKu09f66XIaTvXnXFQUPFQvY0NoxjlcpL And here’s a link to the midi files. Unfortunately they have slightly different titles: https://www.khinsider.com/midi/snes/secret-of-evermore - WHAT WE NEED - GENERAL ROLES ▪Arrangers/Remixers: This is where the bulk of the recognisable work will be. We need folks to claim tracks and conjure them into beautiful remixes. ▪Live Musicians: Performers who are experienced with any type of instrument and have a high-quality recording setup. We would like to get quality live performers on remixes in every instance where remixer's sample quality “isn’t quite there”. Put simply, there are Quality Control standard requirements for the official OCR stamp ▪Cover Artist: Speaks for itself, really. We need someone to create art for the album. - THE SPECIFICS - Claiming & Auditioning: All remixers wishing to claim a track should PM me or comment on the thread about any they are interested in and we'll go from there. If you are not a posted remixer, please PM some of your completed work. It needn't be a remix, but something that demonstrates the quality of your skills. Once a track is claimed, a first deadline will be set that is reasonable. We're keeping it casual at the moment, stricter requirements will be implemented as the project progresses. While we want to do this right, there’s no pressure early on. However. If nothing is heard from you in a reasonable time after contact is attempted, you will be dropped from the project and your track will revert to ‘unclaimed’. Genre Guidelines: There is no genre one should adhere to when remixing tracks for the album, A central theme in the album, as with the game, will be the use of environmental effects. You are NOT required to use any of that stuff in any way, but we WOULD like your blessing to allow us to implement some at the mixing stage. Now hold on! We very well may not, but if we do, it will be with soundscapes created specifically for the album; and used both sympathetically and subtly, to convey a greater sense of atmosphere to the album overall. If you’ve got a specific idea for a track, by all means run it by us, We’re open to ideas. Flexible Deadlines: Deadlines will be handled on a case-by-case basis at first, and based on the preference of the remixer, we're not trying to rush things here. Try to maintain contact with us, We know things are scary in the world at the moment. We’re really easy. - CORE TRACK LIST - Black - Unclaimed Track Red - Track Claimed, no submission Orange - Concept Submitted Yellow - WIP submitted Green- Significant WIP submitted Blue - Finished Track submitted Purple - Finished and Mastered Track Main Title - theconsoloist Storekeepers Boss Theme 2 Pirates of Crustacia - djpretzel Elephant Graveyard - Manji Boss Theme 1 Fire Eyes - about:blank Intro Credits Freak Show! Merchant in the Cave Horace - Argle Collossia Chamber 1 Ivor Tower Side Chambers - TSori Pyramid - Dj Mokram Control Room Ivor Tower Town - brink-of-time Ivor Tower Castle Podunk, 1995 Puppet Show Final Battle Carltron - Siolfor the Jackal Queen Bluegarden Collosia Chamber 2 - Trism Tinker Ebon Keep Town Escape Ebon Keep Castle - NyxTheShield Omnitopia Surface - rebrained Fields of Gothic Flying So… all that’s left to be said is welcome aboard and get claiming! Edited November 29, 2020 by Trism Jorito, Drawn by Dai, HoboKa and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyxTheShield Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Super down for this <3 SoE had always a special part on my heart! I would like to claim either Ebon Keep - Town or if possible, add the dark castle theme to the list of tracks ( ) Clement Panchout and Troyificus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 6 minutes ago, NyxTheShield said: I would like to claim either Ebon Keep - Town or if possible, add the dark castle theme to the list of tracks ( Welcome aboard, @NyxTheShield! Of course you're welcome to claim a track. The dark Castle theme you refer to is Ebon Keep Castle . Which would you like to claim, Town or Castle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyxTheShield Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Odai said: Welcome aboard, @NyxTheShield! Of course you're welcome to claim a track. The dark Castle theme you refer to is Ebon Keep Castle . Which would you like to claim, Town or Castle? Haha oopsies, I missed it, the Castle theme then! Drawn by Dai 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Consider it done. @Trism will mark it off as claimed and we'll be in touch to sort out a working schedule. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Done and dusted. Welcome aboard, @NyxTheShield! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clement Panchout Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Hi everyone, I'm definitely in! Secret of Evermore is a game I really liked playing back in the days, pretty dark to me. There is one song I keep listening to, today from the game and it's the main menu : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VaOmjiAyPc this song is mesmerizing. I'd love to take part with this one ! Clem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Hi Clement, we’re delighted you want to return! However, there’s a small hitch. The entire tracklist of the game is 72 tracks (including atmospherics, fanfares et al). We struggled to get it down to the number we have and still need to add 6 atmospheric tracks. We’re a bit reticent to start reworking the list, especially so early on. Would you consider choosing one from the sources we’ve provided? If not, I guess we’ll just have to go ahead and include the menu screen. We can’t in our right minds turn down a claim from the ridiculously talented Clement Panchout! HoboKa and Clement Panchout 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clement Panchout Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Aw you're being way too nice with me. I should have read the rules better. I love this one as well : Collossia Chamber 1 Cool? Thank you and have a great day everyone Edited May 7, 2020 by Clement Panchout Troyificus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) @Clement Panchout has officially joined the project! Great to have you back on-board, dude! Also, @Jean Of mArc has agreed to return and has picked up the Intro Credits source. Welcome back, Jean-Marc! Edited May 7, 2020 by Trism Clement Panchout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Doom Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Ooh, loved volume one a lot, so looking forward to this release! Especially the would love to hear the take one the introduction track, it is such a nice piece of music Good luck! Edited May 7, 2020 by Black_Doom Drawn by Dai and Troyificus 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 @HoboKa has returned to the PLT collective and picked up Boss Theme 1. Welcome back, dude! HoboKa and Drawn by Dai 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Welcome back @HoboKa! Edited May 8, 2020 by Odai HoboKa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) We'd like to welcome back @Chimpazilla! OCR Judge and frequent contributor to the site, Chimpazilla was our resident sound tech on PLT1, mixing and mastering almost every track on the album. We're delighted that she'll be reprising the role. I ask remixers please let us approach her on your behalf about your tracks when they're ready, it's a mammoth task she's taking on. Thanks! Welcome back to the fold, chimpz Edited May 8, 2020 by Odai Black_Doom, Troyificus and Jorito 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 @rebrained has picked up the Omntopia Surface source, much to our collective delight! Happy to have you back, buddy! Drawn by Dai 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 @Manji has chosen Elephant Graveyard as his source and officially joined the album project! Huzza! Drawn by Dai 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) FYI folks, I've changed my username to "Drawn by Dai" from "Odai" to be in line with my web presence elsewhere. Thought it was probably a good idea to let y'all know. Business as usual otherwise! Edited May 11, 2020 by Drawn by Dai Troyificus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 WEEK 1 UPDATE The first week of the project has already passed and I've got to say; I'm pretty impressed with the uptake so far. It's no secret that the forums aren't quite as busy as they used to be, so having 6 claimed tracks (with a few more interested parties currently communicating via IM) is a huge confidence boost for us here at PLT HQ (that being @Drawn by Dai and myself). We’ll be upping recruitment by actively reaching out to remixers on OCR and Discord, to try and fill out those gaps in the tracks; so if you’re reading this and are interested but shy about contributing, just drop us an IM. We’ll start chatting, it’s really that straightforward. Also, if you know somebody who might like to take part, please go ahead and point them here! Drawn by Dai and Manji 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Ahoy! We've managed to hook a big contributing artist for this next one; @djpretzel has agreed to come aboard and take on the Pirates of Crustacia! Drawn by Dai and Manji 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) And straight off the back of that, @LongBoxofChocolate has claimed Queen Bluegarden. Welcome back, LBOC! Edited May 19, 2020 by Drawn by Dai Troyificus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 A newcomer to the PLT project; @brink-of-time has joined the party, picking up the Ivor Tower Town source. Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) **Removed** Edited July 9, 2020 by Trism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyificus Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Yet more fresh blood joining the album, @about:blank has claimed Fire Eyes. This whole things is really starting to come together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dj Mokram Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 5/6/2020 at 4:52 PM, Trism said: Secret of Evermore was notable for its atmospherics and natural sound. We need ONE person to create approximately 6 audio tracks that are based entirely around environmental and ambient sound. These tracks will be fed and woven throughout the album [...] and used both sympathetically and subtly, to convey a greater sense of atmosphere to the album overall. This is a really fascinating idea that could potentially be a blessing or a curse, depending on implementation. Mind elaborating on your vision and/or requirements for those tracks? HoboKa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawn by Dai Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 @Dj Mokram, Hello! Absolutely I'll elaborate, expect a DM soon. Dj Mokram 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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