Liontamer ⚖️ Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Artist Name: Chimpazilla & Treyt Glorious Exercise Of Freedom - Helldivers 2 Main Theme ReMix -------------------------------------------------------------- Chimpazilla's comments: Treyt and I began collaborating when we started chatting after I mastered two of his (excellent) Star Fox tracks. I had an unfinished psytrance arrangement (Hyrulian Helminths) and I handed those stems over to Trevor (and he finished that track up, to perfection), and he had a new arrangement he had just begun writing, for the Helldivers 2 Main Theme "A Cup of Liber-Tea." He sent me the initial wip and it sounded amazing. I have not played Helldivers 2 (and honestly I had not heard of it, gimme a break, I'm a Zelda purist!) but the Main Theme that he was remixing is incredibly epic, and that theme means a lot to Trevor, having played and enjoyed the game. There are currently zero remixes from Helldivers 1 or 2 on OCR, which surprised me. Wilbert Roget II, the composer for Helldivers 2, is an OG OCReMixer, and it only makes sense that his amazing theme should be getting a remix. As much as I am surprised that no one has remixed Helldivers 2 yet, I am honored that ours will be the first one. Trevor's wip was a combination of psytrance and synthwave which sounded great. He passed me the stems (about 2 minutes of material) and I took off expanding it. Trevor's guitar additions sound so great in the mix, and he added more guitar stems as the arrangement developed. The star of the arrangement is the vocals Trevor did. My initial idea was for him to record a soft spoken vocal of something philosophical, to appear during the breakdown, but I had no idea what that would be so I left it to him to conceptualize and perform. He re-created the intense dystopian loudspeaker announcements from the game, perfectly processed, and they gave me chills. I used more of what he sent me than he expected; very little was left on the cutting room floor. The final finishing touch is the storytelling dystopian sfx in the outro. We hope you enjoy this Glorious Exercise Of Freedom. Stay calm, stay vigilant, stay free. Treyt's comments: This track started off as just a together-but-separate jam session I had with a producer I was mentoring at the time. I’ve been exploring Synthwave/80’s inspired music lately, and my experimentation eventually evolved into a 1-2 minute idea for a psytrance/synthwave remix of Cup of Liber-Tea from Helldivers 2. Apparently that was all Chimpazilla needed to finish out a nearly 5 minute remix that spreads democracy like it’s warm butter on bread. I love her take on the source material, and how her writing and production complimented the bit of atmosphere I’d written. It’s been an incredible pleasure trading ideas and collaborating with Chimpa, and I can’t wait to hear what’s next 😉 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Helldivers 2 Main Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5hCkh2AH58 Sections of source song used: Melody A 0:16-0:31 Melody B 0:32-0:45 Melody C 1:56-2:34 Remix source-use timestamps: 0:00-0:02, 0:07-0:09, 0:14-0:16, 0:22-0:24 First four notes of Melody A repeated 0:29-0:56 Melody A & B 0:58-1:26 Melody A & B 1:28-1:31, 1:35-1:37, 1:43-1:45, 1:50-1:52, 1:58-2:00 2:05-2:07 First four notes of Melody A repeated 2:31-3:00 Melody A twice 3:00-3:28 Melody C with variation in last part of the phrase 3:28-3:58 Melody B twice 3:59-4:27 Melody A twice 190 seconds source use, remix is 284 seconds long, 67% source use Games & Sources Helldivers 2 - Main Theme - "A Cup of Liber-Tea" by Wilbert Roget II
prophetik music ⚖️ Posted February 6 Posted February 6 (edited) will did such a good job with this theme. it always felt a lot to me like the music that's used in the Victory at Sea documentaries i watched as a teenager. opens with the silly hyper-jingoistic loudspeaker notifications and the descending motif in a few synths. the beat drops at 0:33 and the guitar is an immediate highlight - i almost wish it was fuller and more in-front so i could hear it more. there's loads of stuff coming in and out in this opening section which is nice. first break is at 1:29 and features a lot of really fun vocal clips that really fit the style well. 2:18 is a new section with more of a beat focus initially. i admit in this section i miss the strong chord movement of the original, but i understand the genre generally doesn't have a ton of chord changes. the section that started at 3:28 kind of mirrors the original in that it starts to back off the intensity and allow the melody to carry it a bit. there's some more sfx and it's done. this is, as expected, a great adaptation of a great theme. the mix is tight and the loudspeaker sfx are just ridiculous enough to fit into over-the-top neofascist tone of the game, although i wish there'd been a comment about citizenship in there. there's a few points where i felt like i'd rather have had more beef in the melodic line, but the overall style here meshes well and does a good job navigating a lot of different soundscapes while feeling like a singular whole. nice work. YES edit: 3/6: i heard this several weeks ago but never put my updated response in here. the boosted guitar is a huge positive here, and several other synth leads are also brought up to give them more body. 3:30 is an example of a spot that sounds a lot stronger now. nice work! this is way stronger now. Edited March 6 by prophetik music
Chimpazilla ⚖️ Posted February 6 Posted February 6 (edited) Please hold off voting on this further. I agree with Brad's crits about the guitar and lead balances and I will be making some changes. Edit 2-13-25: I have made the changes Brad mentioned and the new render is in the OP, please vote on that new version, thanks. Edited February 13 by Chimpazilla
Liontamer ⚖️ Posted March 5 Author Posted March 5 I too enjoyed the Orwellian voice intro. Track hits hard and is arguably too bright, but I'll live. It's like taking Helldivers to the club, this is cool. When the Orwellian spoken lines come back in at 1:32, they're too loud, so you can't as easily understand what they're saying, much moreso at 2:02; again, small potatoes, but spud's worth noting. Nice change in the supporting writing at 3:29, I definitely like that bubblier sound. Interesting threading of the needle between upbeat and dystopian. Stay calm, stay vigilant, stay free! YES
Emunator ⚖️ Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Hearing these Orwellian voice clips over a classic electro beat that sounds straight out of the early 2000's is hilarious to me. I've always complimented Kris for her ability to mix with absolute pristine clarity, but one of the things I've really enjoyed about her collaborations with Treyt is how that spit-shined polish meshes so impossibly well with the gritty, distorted textures that Treyt is known for. The synths are shimmering and the beats are produced immaculately, and Treyt's guitar and (presumably) more heavily modulated and crunchy synths are the perfect foil to each other. Thank you for doing your civic duty, patriots. Your contributions to society are unimpeachable. YES
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