Overclocked ReMixers Release Humans + Gears; Xenogears Soundtrack Remix Project
If you haven't heard of OverClocked ReMix you must be under a rock; a community website "dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form," the ReMixers have been around for years releasing alternative arrangements of popular video game soundtracks. Everything from Chrono Trigger to Castlevania has been examined and as a hobbyist musician back when I lived in NYC I've always been impressed with the level of talent you'll find picking through tracks on the site.
The latest compilation project from the site is Humans + Gears and re-envisions Yasunori Mitsuda's opus from Xenogears. Started in 2006, Humans + Gears is a two disc, 33-track album featuring submissions from thirty different artists. The scope of the album is split into two halves; Human is softer and more acoustic while Gears is more electronic and mechanical. Having gone through the entire two discs earlier I was blown away by the impressiveness of many of the songs-- while they all have their roots in a video game soundtrack, so many of the arrangements completely stand on their own legs without seeming like someone ran a MIDI through Reason.
The album is available on the official website for individual download, or as a 1.07 gigabyte torrent file. And be sure to check out Geoffrey Taucer's "When the Smoke Clears" and Vampire Hunter Dan's "Ship of Emotion and Song" since those were my favorite songs of the entire project.
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Posted to Hot Stuff, Music on 21 October 2009
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AWESOME! I absolutely LOVE Xenogears. Now if only Sony would put it on the PSN I would be in heaven!
Seeing as this is ties with Xenosaga for best game of all time to me, this was a must get for me, and let me tell it, it's made of amazing. Highly recommended.