Project Chaos ReMix Project is out, at last!!!!!

I don't know why anybody likes ocremix at all. Of all remixes on there, I like maybe 5 or 10.

Most of the so-called remixes there don't resemble the original tune at all.

 

OCRemix isn't actually that bad, it's just bad -now-. A lot of the older songs are still pretty good...


Although I must say, I have to agree with the various people who say this sucks. It just... doesn't really capture my ears, and most tracks I have to purposely stop listening to.

(But then again I didn't enjoy the Cave Story Remix Project either, so...)

 

Judging by the comments, it seems the majority of the people here prefer the more, shall we say, conservative arrangements. I'm guessing most of you were expecting straight out remixes/covers of the original tracks, but I can say from the beginning that it was not the intention of the project. It was intended to be an arrangement album, not a cover album. And by arrangement, I mean taking the song, reinterpreting it, extending it with new material, changing it stylistically, and so on. It was up to the individual musician to decide to what extent.

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I'm gonna have to call bullsh*t on that. While there are a few that stray from the original (some, a bit too much in my opinion), you'd have to be completely deaf not to recognize the source material. :P

 

Completely agree with what jmr said. He hit it right on the nail there.

What's the point in hearing a remix album if it's so close to the source material you can barely tell the difference?

That, IMO, is a bad remix album, people. Asides from Apocyliptic Orbital Ovum, House of Cards, Next My Generation and Oil Spill, which all owned, (I was upset not to see analoq on the credits for this album), Sonic 2 Hedgehog Heaven is a perfect example of a Remix album I disliked.

This is a perfect remix album. Absolutely fabulous. There are *real instruments* that make the songs sound of professional, not some slightly-above-average person sitting on his computer with FL Studio and a sequencer.

Don't get me wrong-I love synths, they're great, but a song with only synths gets old fast, I learned that quick.

Overall, Hedgehog Heaven and Chaos ReMix can't be compared, seriously. They're two completely different albums with two completely different objectives, and they both complete those objectives with exceptional quality.

 

But the fact (or opinion, rather) of the matter is, a lot of the remixes just aren't good. Take "iMushroom" for instance, or that sad excuse for Death Egg and Angel Island, or all of the competition and menu music for that matter. Sorry, but most of the album is quite shit in my opinion. There were only a few tracks that I didn't close winamp prematurely on.

 

Exactly my point. If this project consisted of direct covers, I would not have enjoyed it half as much.

Thanks for acknowledging my track.

 

I'm gonna have to go with Marble Garden for the win. I always thought that song would go well with vocals, and this totally solidifies my thoughts exactly. Well when I was little for some reason I would sing about pilgrim's feet (wtf?!).










*sarcasm*

 

I have to say, this was in no way worth the wait. There were only a few tracks that I actually managed to listen to all the way through, and most of my favourite S3K tracks were completely crucified. Some of the WIP tracks were better than the final versions.

 

The whole point of remixing, as I see it, is to give a track a new flavour while retaining the essence of the original, and boy the majority of this garbage misses that by fucking miles. The majority of my favourite tracks from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles were brutally gang raped and then crucified.

The only tracks worth bothering with are -

SnappleMan - Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles (Title Screen Remix)
Gecko Yamori - Elevator Music (Launch Base Remix (which could've been better, Yamori can do better than this))
SnappleMan - Malicious Fingers (Final Boss (Sonic 3)/Death Egg Boss (Sonic 3K) Remix)
chthonic - Red Sphere, Blue Sphere (Special Stage Remix)
jmr - Eternal Excavation (Endless Mine Remix)
Rayza - Groove Basin (WIP Azure Lake Remix)
Xenon Odyssey - Lava Passion (WIP Lava Reef Remix)

 

Well I had better luck, I enjoyed 14 out 35 songs. I loved your Endless Mine remix jmr, it was one of the ones I kept along with SnappleMan's and few others. :P

 

My Name is Nineko is one of my favorite OverLooked remixes.

 

I was pleasantly surprised after checking this project out.
My thoughts:
I would have to say my favorite is "Walk on Water" as Hydrocity is one of my favorite zone tunes and that remix really nailed it well.

I wish the Angel Island one had gone on longer after reaching the 'burning Angel Island' part. It was really starting to get good there.

I'm a sucker for boss music so "Scrambled Eggman", "Malicious Fingers", and "The Doomsday" really did it for me too.


In short, check this out. Not every song may be for you, but they're all very well done. Chances are you'll find at least a few you'll put on repeat for awhile.

 

ANYONE WHO OVERLOOKS THE EFFORT PUT INTO "LIVE AT THE SANDOPOLIS" AND "SCRAMBLED EGGMAN" NEEDS TO BE CRUCIFIED.

Seriously. That song is worth the entire download-if this was a CD in the store, that song would be worth the entire track. Listen to it, the intracacy, the harmonies, it's damn well near perfect.

Seriously. BrainCells, you own all of us remixers.

EDIT: Add External Excavation to the set of remixes that I like a ton. I dunno what's with it, it's just cool, kinda like "House of Cards", Hedgehog Heaven.

 

Dead Batteries, anything else sucks and is bias.

 

Dead batteries is okay, I like the guitar, but it somehow sounds kinda fake, I don't like the echo they used.

 

I like most of this. I'm sorry to those of you who don't but meh, whatever. I'll probably throw this on my MP3 player just because I have the space.

I'm not one to be so into music though. I generally don't listen to remixes because there's usually too much deviation form the original melody, but I won't discredit the effort given here either.