ReMix:Mega Man 2 "Wily's Requiem" 3:52

YES!! There are the drum tones I was hoping to hear. The kick is strong, but not totally overpowering or pervasive on the mix. Lots of compression in there as the cymbals have little to no breathing room, but being a mixer who has been known to do that in that past, I kind like the sound. The guitars are just as clean as before and sound great. I do have to say, while I LOVED the breakdown, I really dislike guitarist loading in a "Acoustic" setting into their amp and using the electric to simulate it. I just sounds so small in comparison to the full body of the real thing, however, that is just a pet peeve of mine . The brief hammer on section was performed beautifully. Neko came into the game being able to play the hell out of his guitar, and his production technique just gets better and better!!!!

WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH THIS SONG ROCKS OMG! Neko - glad you're on my project. Holy cow. Do I appreciate the fact you said yes. lol MM2 music to me = FTWFTWFTW! This remix gave me goosebumps and that rarely happens to me. Nice work!

I haven't posted in a long time... but hearing this provokes the thought of Dr. Albert Wily and his robot minions as a KISS-like group.

Tight arrangement, implemented with admirable skill. Love the variations throughout, keeps a nice pace without getting dull. Good stuff!

Definitely a more interpretive arrangement of Wily's theme than the remix posted shortly before this one; especially the breakdown and following shredding stick out (in a positive way).

I don't really like the sound of the guitar (except for 3:12 - 3:22), but that's personal preference.

Oh they make a certain group look very punctual in comparison to getting things uploaded/displayed.

Which is a shame considering how good the track is. heck I'd even go as far as say it's on par, if not better than this rendition of "Voyage of 1969". I do blame youtube for the poor quality. Nonetheless I personally feel it's that good, if not better, based off what I've heard; and this is currently the best version of "Voyage of 1969 in metal/prog form.

To be clear I'm saying based on performance within the genre of the music, not the sources as both songs {Voyage of 1969 MM2 - Wily Castle Stage 1) are awesome.

I'm willing to bet Nekofrog can do a much better rendition of "Voyage of 1969" if he ever wanted to.

My stuff only gets better from here on out. Just wish it didn't take so long for it to get posted

Been a good while since I've downloaded from OCR.

I have to say I was impressed with this rendition

I really dig this mix. It is very true that this source tune has quite a few remixes already, but I feel as though your take on it brings something new to the table. The guitar and drum work is excellent!

Thanks for a great listen!

Why, thank you sir. I just hope the submissions I have that are in the queue are that favorable.

Wily's Requiem definitely represented a huge leap forward in my production abilities, but the one thing I would have changed would be panning some of the harmonized leads left or right instead of keeping it dead center with what it's harmonizing with. That's probably where things get harder to hear.

Definitely a huge step up from Nekofrog- tight and punchy with good tone and some great gallops. I am really feeling this.

Total winner- there's absolutely no reason to miss this one.

So that someone actually posted those links earlier in this thread!

And it's hard to chart guitars by ear when all those instruments are competing for attention at once.... If you've got seperate tracks I'd be more than happy to take them!

OH MY GOD I'M SEEINNG GHOSTS

Just as a warning I'm drunk right now just got home from the bar so whatever i post is not reflective of what i normally post but hey yeah i might have tracks for you individually in a month or so if you still want them also gj i didnt expect anyone to actually do anything like this let alone someonew ho awas here on the boards i think i messaged you on youtube or commented or something earlier today. this post will likely be edited properly when i am sober tomorrow

So that someone actually posted those links earlier in this thread!

And it's hard to chart guitars by ear when all those instruments are competing for attention at once.... If you've got seperate tracks I'd be more than happy to take them!

So someone has already made Rock Band/Guitar Hero charts for this song

Drums

Guitars (rhythm and lead)

The drums are the most accurate, if you take into account the fact that it wasn't built around a double bass pedal (which is in the song).

Guitars are close, but there are missed triplets all over the place.

Not quite up to the amazing level of your original material, production-wise, but it's still a nice romp around an old theme. Your arrangements are always great, Neko

That'd probably be because this was recorded late 2008/early 2009, whilst my original stuff was much more recent.

Good stuff, but I agree with those that said it's a little too crunchy. Definitely too compressed, and too difficult to really hear the melody amongst all the noise at times. It's still a great mix, though, and I love the liberties with the arrangement. Many just do a straightforward cover of the song, which is great, but I like seeing you mix it up a bit. Would adore a cleaner version, though!

Weird that you say that about the compression, I really don't use much at all in my remixing (I lay down my tracks and rarely do anything to them). It might be the fact that there's so much sound in there (quad tracking rhythm, double tracked harmonizing leads, a loud drumset).

Good stuff, but I agree with those that said it's a little too crunchy. Definitely too compressed, and too difficult to really hear the melody amongst all the noise at times. It's still a great mix, though, and I love the liberties with the arrangement. Many just do a straightforward cover of the song, which is great, but I like seeing you mix it up a bit. Would adore a cleaner version, though!