OCRemix, rediscovering video game music
Hello world! well, first i’d like to apologise for my interrupted blogging pace, actually am designing a new theme for the blog (so that i get aquainted again with css / php / xhtml 
) i will try to post more regularly though
Now, you might be wondering about the title right? no? well doesn’t matter, i’ll tell you anyway xD
OverClocked Remix is a site where users can post their arrangements or “remixes” of soundtracks from video games. Well i know, put like this it sounds somewhat banal,
but i really like this site because the remixes are often not simple enhancements to the original tracks but complete reinterpretations of said tracks in a completely different genre.
Being a geek from the NES (or its pirate little brother the “family game” 
) generation, and then having owned a SNES and Megadrive, rediscovering those soundtracks which represent a large part of my childhood (ok ok, early teens, its all the same anyways ) was really cool (nostalgia etc, fans of final fantasy / chrono trigger will understand what i mean )
by the way, speaking of chrono trigger, one of the best arrangements i’ve heard on OCRemix come from this game, Magus’ theme
, the saturated guitar just adds something to this soundtrack, excellent 
Also of interest is This version of “materia junkie” (FF7), or the battle theme’s remix
this compilation of arrangements from FF7 is also excellent. am not specially a fan of all those soundtracks, but i must admit there’s some excellent work put into that o_O some tracks are even much better than the original, <3 :D
After quickly going through the “games” category, i must say i was impressed by the variety of games (pc / console) they had. it varies from 1988 Nes games to 2006 ps2
games (up to where i’ve browsed)
a word of warning though, if you get to see games that you like, you might be tempted to download all the related soundtracks
wtf? dude, I’ve subscribed to your feeds but I’d seen nothing coming my way. Chooo why didn’t I receive your latest articles, something wrong with your feedburner feeds?
August 9th, 2008 at 3:46 pm@ Larry “Liontamer” Oji
thanks for your visit and comment, am honoured
(though i think my anti spam just got over reactive there and rejected your comment 
)
you guys are doing a really fine job! personally i’m more into rock (does that show through my small selection?
) but its really nice to hear those tracks again regardless of the genre, especially since the submitted tracks are of a really high standard 
well i’ll probably stick to ocremix for a long time
July 30th, 2008 at 11:53 pm@ lost wanderer: nopes, you were dead on right, thanks for remembering and for your wishes
July 28th, 2008 at 11:48 ameuhh, i fink its your birthday today. enfin, jcrois
Happy birthday mate, many many happy returns of the day .. ;-)
[hope i’ve not mistaken the date now :[ ]
July 27th, 2008 at 5:44 pmThanks a lot for the kind words on OC ReMix, Kyu, we appreciate them! Everyone who’s even the least bit interested in the free music we have to offer should head to our torrents page (http://www.ocremix.org/torrents/), where there’s over 100 hours of free music from the individual ReMixes alone. Then you have 10 free albums adding even more music!
So, definitely, check us out and see what we’re up to. A new mix is added every few days or so! Glad to read you like a lot of what you’re hearing, Kyu!
Larry “Liontamer” Oji
July 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pmHead Submissions Evaluator, OverClocked ReMix
Creator, VG Frequency
Staff, VGMdb
http://www.ocremix.org
http://www.vgfrequency.com
http://www.vgmdb.net
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hisa shi bu ri, kyu-kun!
wakey, wakey…blog n sunshine!
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July 19th, 2008 at 10:10 pmo_O ‘tin, énormissime ce site!
bass intro for materia junkie—–>
am definitely trying that sometime
coup de coeur aussi avec la compilation rock des themes de ff et chrono trigger calé au milieu, on reconnait les references
( http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01515/ )
i’ll try to look at xenogears mixes, the originals themselves being great…
anyways thanks for the share, vais faire chauffer ma box en dload la
July 10th, 2008 at 11:06 am