OverClocked ReMix (https://ocremix.org), home of some absolute bangers in VGM arrangement, occasionally has arrangement contests. DarkeSword, a member of OCR's judges panel, decided to host "Game-Set-Mash!!" a 3-round mash-up contest pitting two teams of collaborators against each other, tasked with arranging two tracks from two different Final Fantasy games divided by era (SNES era - 4, 5, and 6; PSX era - 7, 8, 9). Each team chooses a piece from each game in their era -- we're on Team PSX -- and then each team has one week to mash'em up! Due to health issues, though, this final week was extended to a two-week mix-and-mash.
Week #3 saw "Welcome to Our Town" from FF4 meeting "You're Not Alone" from FF9, "Unknown Lands" from FF5 mingling with "Cosmo Canyon" from FF7, and "Terra's Theme/Overworld" from FF6 crossing swords with "Under Her Control" from FF8. Pixels and I faced off against newcomer Yami this time!
You can check out all the tracks and vote for the ones you think best fit the mash-up rules by clicking this link right here! You'll need an OC ReMix forums account (which is free) to participate in the voting and the poll closes at 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, September 30th. Check out all six tracks from this round -- this compo is fulla bangers!
Stats for Nerds
Key(s): F Minor, F Dorian
Time/Tempo: 4/4 time @ 100bpm
Original Themes: "Terra's Theme/Overworld" from Final Fantasy VI and "Under Her Control" from Final Fantasy VIII by Nobuo Uematsu
Inspiration: "Coming for You" and "One Hand Killing" by Twelve Foot Ninja
VSTi USED: Arturia Analog Lab V Intro (Haruto's Woodwinds), DecentSampler (Hunter's Percussion - 02 Conga, The Lobby Piano - Playable Techniques), NI Kontakt 6 (Pyjama Planet's The Clanky METAL Bass, Bassface, Classic Bass, Norrland Solo Trumpet), Spitfire Audio LABS (Astral Forms - Bowed Guitar Drones, Percussion), Spitfire Audio Originals Epic Strings, Spitfire Audio Originals Media Toolkit (Frozen Marimba), Steven Slate Drums 5.5, Toontrack Superior Drummer 2, Viper (Solar Lead LR)
VST Effects: Arturia Delay TAPE-201, Arturia Pre 1973, Arturia Rev PLATE-140, FLUX BitterSweet, FLUX StereoTool, iZotope Neutron 3 Elements, iZotope Vocal Doubler, NI Guitar Rig 6, NI Supercharger, Plugin Alliance Ampeg SVTVR Classic, Plugin Alliance Black Box Analog Design HG-2, Presonus Binaural Pan, Presonus Compressor, Presonus Fat Channel, Presonus Gate, Presonus Limiter, Presonus Pro EQ, Presonus RedLightDist, Presonus X-Trem, Slate TH-U Overloud, Softube TSAR-1R Reverb, Softube Saturation Knob, Tokyo Dawn Labs TDR Nova, UrsaDSP Lagrange
Guitars were recorded using a Line 6 JTV-59 Variax through a Line 6 Helix LT.
Arranged, recorded, engineered, and mixed in Presonus Studio One 4.
Album artwork by DarkeSword