What do you guys think about Ocremix?

[DAISHI]

That one is on the "New Albums" list on OCR. They don't have a link, had to go to the site to get it. It's one of three new ones I got today but haven't had a chance to listen to it. Looks awesome!

[Chyron8472]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

Heh. I was asked if I wanted to do a remix on the FF4 album but I declined because I don't know the games that well. Thought it would be safer in more knowledgeable hands...guess not.

Also, a whole bunch of fans recently got together for Metroid's 25th anniversary and recorded a 2-disc remix album in celebration. It's not on OCR but was rather put together by Shinesparkers, but a lot of the big names from OCR are there like Mazedude and even Stemage of Metroid Metal made an entry. It kicks Relics of the Chozo's behind in oh so many ways.

Harmony of a Hunter (Video Preview)

From watching that video I've come to realize that, among others, I'm a big fan of DarkeSword's work: Harmony of a Hunter @ 2m07s

I mean, I've already favorited this Zelda:Wind Waker remix of his: Ancient Hero


EDIT: Okay, I've downloaded Links Awakening - Threshold of a Dream, and it's pretty good so far. Granted, I haven't listened to all of it yet. One of my favorite ingame Zelda tracks is Tal Tal Heights from Link's Awakening, so it would follow that one of the first tracks on Threshold of a Dream that I would listen to is Climb My Mountain, This High and I love it.

[MusicallyInspired]

I've never understood why everyone loved Tal Tal Heights so much. I mean, it's not bad, but it's not incredible either. Yet it gets so much love. *shrug*

[DAISHI]

Originally Posted by Chyron8472

From watching that video I've come to realize that, among others, I'm a big fan of DarkeSword's work: Harmony of a Hunter @ 2m07s

I mean, I've already favorited this Zelda:Wind Waker remix of his: Ancient Hero


EDIT: Okay, I've downloaded Links Awakening - Threshold of a Dream, and it's pretty good so far. Granted, I haven't listened to all of it yet. One of my favorite ingame Zelda tracks is Tal Tal Heights from Link's Awakening, so it would follow that one of the first tracks on Threshold of a Dream that I would listen to is Climb My Mountain, This High and I love it.

Threshold of a Dream is one of the best albums they've released. So awesome! And melancholy at times.

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

I've never understood why everyone loved Tal Tal Heights so much. I mean, it's not bad, but it's not incredible either. Yet it gets so much love. *shrug*

I think it just has an adventuresome sound that translates well. Gets your blood going. Or did for any young'un.

[DAISHI]

Just started listening to Harmony of a Hunter.

Whoah.

I haven't heard the Metroid intro song in a looooong time. It reminded me of something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I've wondered for a long time what it was about the new Metroid games that just didn't feel right, and I have two words for it now: Dread, and Space.

The intro song combines both. It has that fantastic, otherworldly feeling. It's a space song. I can't define what that means but it has that adrift feeling... that lost in the cosmos, an infinitesimally small component of a large and hostile universe. It is grace and beauty wrapped with inevitable fear, because death can be close by. Which is summed up in the Metroid.

This take on it is good.

[MusicallyInspired]

My favourite tracks so far are Solitude, MQ2 (Metroid 2 Queen Battle), Metroid Medley (the chiptune one), and Parasite X. And that's only the ones I can remember. So many are good. Those stand out the most to me, though.

[DAISHI]

I dig Solitude. For the most part I'm digging the more majestic numbers on there... sort of sweeping songs.

Kraid's Campfire Ballad rocked my world en route to the bar.

[Friar]

It's been what, 10 years since I last visited there, and burned my own Zelda albums? I'm guessing it's changed a lot since then.

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

The only thing I was extremely disappointed about with Project Chaos was the Ice Cap remix which was just classical piano. Totally was wanting something epic out of that.

It's my second most favorite in the whole thing. It was pretty epic, if a little too fast and hasty for a piano solo -but I guess it would be pretty BORING if it was like another piano solo because it's videogames I guess. Much more epic than some rave upbeat techno shizmissile, which is like the majority of OCRemix's music library, if you ask me.

The one track made me extremely dissappointed was the one for Final Boss. Its intro is like... "get'em glowsticks ready and hit the beerbong". Whatever. It's a much more kickass theme than that.

[MusicallyInspired]

I wasn't asking for a rave upbeat techno shizmissile version. There's enough versions of that particular song in that style on OCR let alone other songs. But the piano was just...not what I was expecting. I mean, I dig the talent and appreciate it but piano-only music has always bored me.

Also, they did Lava Reef in the exact same style.

Another great song on Harmony of a Hunter is "Into the Green World".

[DAISHI]

Into the Green World is definitely awesome.

Oh and about piano... I played it for 25 years so I'm always a sucker for it

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

I wasn't asking for a rave upbeat techno shizmissile version. There's enough versions of that particular song in that style on OCR let alone other songs. But the piano was just...not what I was expecting. I mean, I dig the talent and appreciate it but piano-only music has always bored me.

I wasn't truly referring to what you claim you wanted to see. It was more like a nod to all the people commenting below such remixes with generally positive responses.

[MusicallyInspired]

Sadly true.

I think the most underwhelming track on Harmony of a Hunter so far is the remix of NES Brinstar. It's predictable and sonuds just ilke everything else. Still decent, but could have been better. Got to represent everything I guess. NES Brinstar isn't my favourite theme anyway. And at least we have the far better remix of Tallon Overworld 1 from Prime.

[DAISHI]

"Caves of Brinstar" (Brinstar, Metroid) is a track I heard 15 seconds of and immediately passed by.

[Chyron8472]

I thought it was okay when the track got into the actual game music. The rest of the time I was bored. It takes a minute and a half for the song to lead into the actual Brinstar theme.

[DAISHI]

One thing I've enjoyed about Harmony of a Hunter is that they've made Metroid Prime (I, II and III) songs listenable to me. There were always tracks I enjoyed but the songs were usually too synthy. Now I enjoy them much more. Path of Ruin is a great example of this.

[MusicallyInspired]

I liked quite a few tracks from the Primes. Mostly from the first one. The second had some good tunes, the third had very few. These remixes really brought the best of them out, though.

And yeah, Caves of Brinstar was what I was referring to earlier. Not the greatest track ever. I was actually more intrigued by the intro and let-down once the actual song came in. It's just really predictable.

[DAISHI]

Originally Posted by MusicallyInspired

I liked quite a few tracks from the Primes. Mostly from the first one. The second had some good tunes, the third had very few. These remixes really brought the best of them out, though.

And yeah, Caves of Brinstar was what I was referring to earlier. Not the greatest track ever. I was actually more intrigued by the intro and let-down once the actual song came in. It's just really predictable.

On a technical level I appreciated them I suppose. The songs always just had that midi touch that I am not a fan of. Although off the top of my head, the title screen from Prime I, Chozo Ruins, Parasite Queen, Tallon Overworld, Phendrana Drifts, Crashed Frigate, Underwater Core all come to mind, Samus vs Metroid Prime all come to mind as songs I enjoyed.