![]() ![]() What were those clapping noises at 4:30, 4:33, 4:44, 4:47 & 4:49? Was that hissing underneath the guitar from 5:21-5:30? Not quite sure what that was, but didn't necessarily sound intentional not a huge deal. On the plus side though, the instruments all sounded pretty clean.īass at 3:41 sounded odd in the back briefly seemingly didn't quite match up right with the melody. I agreed with TO that the textures don't quite gel right per se, and it's difficult to articulate, but the overall mixing is ok even if it could be adjusted. During 2:50, things started clicking together more with the timing. There's some slight timing issue as well which prevent the total delivery from sounding smooth (most exaggerated example, piano playing late at 1:12), but it's not too bad. The drum writing's aight, but the writing tends to be too plain it's probably more a matter of the production, as a beefier snare would solve most of the problems. Once things get moving at :25, the drums are just buried and the tone on 'em is really weak just doesn't sound properly balanced or fill out the track. Yeah, I'm pretty much feeling TO's conclusions. Quake 2 Soundtrack - 7 "Quad Machine", 2 "Operation Overlord", 3 "Rage", 4 "Kill Ratio" & 9 "Descent Into Cerberon" Twice in the song (at 2:00 and 7:18) I quote the first bit from Doom's famous E3M1 melody (which itself was "borrowed" from Pantera's Mouth for War except Bobby Prince's is much better), because we wouldn't have Quake without Doom.Īs a final note, this song is heavy and loud and full of bass. Some of the extra parts added include compressing some of the themes together, for instance the rhythm parts from Rage now serve as backgrounds for the piano melody taken from the middle of Quad Machine (at 1:24). The guitar solo in this section is also an interpretation of the Operation Overlord theme which is stated literally by the piano in the following section. Not to say it's not a fantastic song to allude to, but the effect was initially coincidental. The piano interlude at 4:30 is a very liberal interpretation of the Operation Overlord theme that unintentionally sounds just like Dream Theater's (my largest inspiration musically along with Nobuo, Mitsuda, and Yamaoka) Trial of Tears. On lead guitar, as well as mixing and recording, is my dad who contributed the frosting on the cake at 6:59 until the end. My brother is playing the rhythm guitar and bass and contributed (among other things) the kick ass bass line underneath the "chorus" at 2:51 and again at 6:22. The piano is of course a real piano, which always sounds nice while the strings and synth are courtesy of my wonderful Korg. The string, synth and piano are all new to this mix. I'm playing the drums, strings, synth, and piano parts. Nonetheless, I was inspired to redo the song in my normal composing style - Progressive Metal! This verison of Stroggicide has a lot more going on in terms of arrangement and instrumentation. That's what was intended although not the goal of OCRemix. The last submission was rejected because it was too similar to the original material. ![]() Misc.: Here's is the new and improved version of Stroggicide. The music was done by Sonic Mayhem and was quite good, hence the compulsion to honor it in ReMix form. Info: Quake 2 was, of course, Id software's glorious FPS from wayback in 1997. “Open Your Heart” was just too good for this world, eh? It’s okay, there’s loads more where that came from, just you wait.Songs: Quad Machine, Operation Overlord, Rage, Kill Ratio, and Decent into CerberonĪdd. Previous Round’s Results: Command & Conquer: Red Alert Voting will be live until Saturday, April 25th at 9:00am Pacific PLEASE LISTEN TO BOTH SONGS IN A MATCH BEFORE VOTING You can listen to a playlist of today’s songs (in matchup order) here. Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00 am Pacific the day after they post, or for roughly 24 hours. Each day will feature either 30 or 32 of these songs. It’s round 1 of the playoffs! 651 songs have qualified, with the top 373 earning byes to the next round (if you’re wondering, that’s every group champion plus the top 21 wild cards). ![]()
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