| rdfs:comment | - dedicated to reviving computer and video game music from the past and re-interpreting it with new technology and capabilities.
- Currently, OCRemix has over 2,700 rearrangements of various video game tracks, remixed by over 1,100 artists. This total collaborative effort gives a wide selection of different genres to enjoy. In all, over 200 Final Fantasy tracks have been mixed, from both main series games and spinoffs. Many among these tracks were released in complete, multi-disc albums, as part of large projects OCRemixers collaborate upon en masse. Thus far, OCRemix has released four such albums (for Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IV, the first of a five-part Final Fantasy V album, and Final Fantasy VI).
- OverClocked ReMix is a website and musical community "dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form." Naturally, it focuses on remixes of video game music. Since 1999, it has been a place for musicians to perfect and share their work, and has accumulated over 2,000 remixes, covering games on everything from the Amiga to the Xbox and ranging from hard-rock to classical to trance/electronica and everything in-between. Besides hosting individual tracks, the site has also allowed artists to collaborate on remix projects, starting with the acclaimed Super Metroid album Relics of the Chozo in 2003.
- OC ReMix has over 2,300 rearrangements of various video game tracks, remixed by over 800 artists. This total collaborative effort gives a wide selection of different genres to enjoy. In all, over 100 Mega Man tracks have been mixed. Many among these tracks were released in complete albums, as part of large projects OC ReMixers collaborate upon en masse. Some of such albums include the Mega Man specific releases Back in Blue (Mega Man 9), Maverick Rising (Mega Man X series), and For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man.
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| abstract | - OC ReMix has over 2,300 rearrangements of various video game tracks, remixed by over 800 artists. This total collaborative effort gives a wide selection of different genres to enjoy. In all, over 100 Mega Man tracks have been mixed. Many among these tracks were released in complete albums, as part of large projects OC ReMixers collaborate upon en masse. Some of such albums include the Mega Man specific releases Back in Blue (Mega Man 9), Maverick Rising (Mega Man X series), and For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man. In addition, Mega Man/Mega Man X tournaments show up frequently, and provide many sources for music.
- OverClocked ReMix is a website and musical community "dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form." Naturally, it focuses on remixes of video game music. Since 1999, it has been a place for musicians to perfect and share their work, and has accumulated over 2,000 remixes, covering games on everything from the Amiga to the Xbox and ranging from hard-rock to classical to trance/electronica and everything in-between. Besides hosting individual tracks, the site has also allowed artists to collaborate on remix projects, starting with the acclaimed Super Metroid album Relics of the Chozo in 2003. These aren't just a few amateurs messing around with keyboards and chiptunes - some of these guys are pro musicians who offer remixes on the side, while a few have gone on to do work in the video game industry after getting exposure on OC ReMix (see below). Thanks to a panel of judges that assures quality control, the majority of the music on the site can qualify as Crowning Music of Awesome, depending on your tastes, and in some cases, it's better than the original music that's being remixed. And it's all absolutely free to download. There was a general bias towards techno remixes early in the site's history. However, due to advances in samples and decreasing costs for quality home studios, it has since expanded to include rock, folk, acoustic, jazz, and even orchestrated symphonic mixes as more musicians contribute to the site. OC ReMix had a Crowning Moment of Awesome last year when several artists from the site were tapped to handle the Remixed soundtrack for Capcom's Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. And it rocked. The site has its own YouTube channel (subscription) for those who prefer to stream instead of download, with pretty much every track you can find on the site available to listen to. The site celebrated its ten-year anniversary in December of 2009, officially making it an Internet Long Runner.
* Affectionate Parody - Has one of its own in OverLooked ReMiX. It even has a judges panel and a small but dedicated community.
* Chiptune - Given that it's a site dedicate to video game remixes, you'd pretty much expect it. Halc in particular is known for using a chiptune + drums style he calls "9-bit".
* Subverted in that straight chiptune arrangements (that is, chiptunes that adhere to the restrictions of their original hardware) will be outright rejected, regardless of the writing caliber of the arrangement.
* Contemptible Cover: The cover for their Super Dodge Ball album is a tad... risque.
* It's an alternate cover created as a joke and Played for Laughs. The real cover is more traditional.
* Long Runner - Originally founded in December 1999. By internet standards, this site is practically ancient.
* Product Placement - Mentioned at least Once an Episode on the video game music podcast Nitro Game Injection, which also plays at least one song from the site on almost every episode. Considering Larry Oji, OCR's Head Submissions Evaluator, is a co-host of the show, well...
* Promoted Fanboy - The site's members were chosen by Capcom to provide the arranged soundtrack for Super Street Fighter II HD ReMix. The soundtrack was released digitally as a free download on OC ReMix.
* A number of remixers have gone on to create the soundtracks for several independent game releases. Another Soundscape has composed the music for several games, most notably Kaleidoscope and The Perfect Match, while zircon crafted the soundtrack for the shooter Fittest, all found on XBox Live Arcade. Danny B is well-known for the soundtracks to the Meat Boy series.
* Lee Brotherton, under the name LeeBro, contributed a Sonic the Hedgehog 2 remix. He went on to head Remix Factory, which contributed tracks to Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Rivals. He was also the vocalist on the Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 song "Dreams of an Absolution".
* Spin-Off - Several, including the aforementioned OLR, ReMix:ThaSauce (in itself a Spin-Off of the video game music news site Tha Sauce, and originally began as an April Fools joke), and the most popular, VGMix, which has an open song submission system and began as a Take That against OCR, but has since reconciled.
* OverClocked ReMix itself is actually a spinoff of a webcomic called OverClocked. The comic has been silently discontinued (the last update was in 2001), while OCR has become the main focus of the site staff.
* With Lyrics - A fair amount of remixes do this, in everything from Piss-Take Rap (ever wondered what it would be like to hear a cactuar or tonberry rap a few lines? Wonder no more!) to epic One Woman Wails.
* Word Salad Lyrics - The lyrical content of this remix of Paperboy by Navi consists of nothing but this.
- dedicated to reviving computer and video game music from the past and re-interpreting it with new technology and capabilities.
- Currently, OCRemix has over 2,700 rearrangements of various video game tracks, remixed by over 1,100 artists. This total collaborative effort gives a wide selection of different genres to enjoy. In all, over 200 Final Fantasy tracks have been mixed, from both main series games and spinoffs. Many among these tracks were released in complete, multi-disc albums, as part of large projects OCRemixers collaborate upon en masse. Thus far, OCRemix has released four such albums (for Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IV, the first of a five-part Final Fantasy V album, and Final Fantasy VI).
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