I was super inspired to make this Jazz Fusion ReMix of the theme for Zuzu Boyle in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links! Her deck of choice is Melodious, which focuses on Fusion Summoning musical monsters.

Sadly Konami does not provide info on the original composer, so please do not use this for commercial purposes - but you can freely listen to it!

Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxeDWhhTFUQ

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links - ReMix ~ 'The Arc That Spans The Heavens' [Zuzu Boyle's Theme] by Timaeus

I started writing the tracks for this album since 2016! With Graduate School studies going on simultaneously, and the recent worldwide fiasco, I feel the world needs motivation. The structure of this album is designed to depict a metaphorical ascension to greatness, to hopefully encourage you all to breathe, get up, and get air into your lungs by being an overall positive and outgoing person!

Rising Above

Arisen Drive

Aquatic Ascension

Tranquil Surface

Beneath the Surface

This is a Gunstar Heroes ReMix I made for OverClocked ReMix and their uber-awesome Gunstar Heroes album. So glad to have contributed to that album, and both this track and that album are well worth your time checking out! This is also available on OCR for free download!

http://gunstar.ocremix.org/
http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02773/

Official Music video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8NR7i0IA7_A

Gunstar Heroes - ReMix ~ 'Challenge Accepted!' [4 Stage Boss] by Timaeus

Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq1QuWnnFqw

I suddenly got the urge to do an arrangement of zircon's 'Augment' in an "acoustic jam session" style, kind of like a Lindsey Stirling acoustic concert. :-) Hope you share and enjoy! 

I made this using all virtual instruments, primarily Blakus Cello and Friedlander Violin by Embertone, with some Jaco Bass from Orange Tree Samples, percussion from Platinum Percussion, and a bit of Impact Soundworks' PEARL Concert Grand.

See zircon's original song here:
https://soundcloud.com/zircon-1/augment

Singles

zircon - 'Augment' (Acoustic Arr.) by Timaeus

Source Tunes:
Artazon & Zapapico: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za6Flel9nI4
Time Gear Theme (PMD2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afo8lPbvobc
Intro (PMD1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWE5WAz8fW4

I really liked the theme from the towns of Artazon & Zapapico. The original had a travel-friendly vibe, but seemed to quickly move on from certain musical ideas, despite having some surprising chord progressions that I would have liked to have a proper treatment. (Although now that I think about it, I guess it's appropriate for the game as a result to achieve that travel-friendly vibe.) 

I wanted to expand on the melodies I heard, really fleshing them out into fuller ideas. It became a 5/4-6/4 tropical/highland arrangement featuring some sounds such as Impact Soundworks's Highland Harps and Modern Harpejji, my own bell sounds from u-he's Zebra2, and Spectrasonics Omnisphere's pads. Initial inspiration came during a shower and I just found myself humming the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 1 intro theme on top of what I already had written, because I felt it gave the piece direction and paired surprisingly well with the atmosphere I was going for.

But what was really cool is I had found this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoyxorZd6vc), which analyzed the various leitmotifs in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers series and how they were repurposed in multiple themes throughout the game. Even though I was already aware of such a strategy in that series' music, I found that video particularly inspiring, and I actually went back to this ReMix after "finishing" it, and I reworked the breakdown section in the middle to incorporate the Time Gear motif.

It was about 11 hours of total worktime from mid-Nov 2022 into mid-Jan 2023 to finish this, so I'd say I finished it faster than on average! It's also quite a change from my usual arrangements because this time my idea of a breakdown section was a lot more delicateness instead of fanciness, and I've kept harmonic complexity instead of production antics at the forefront. 

Anyways, I think I've rambled on enough, I hope you enjoy what came of this experience!

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Extra Info:

For those interested, here is the way I used the songs this ReMix was based on:

Source Breakdown:
0:00.00 - 0:16.26 = Artazon & Zapapico (0:00.00 - 0:08.26, 0:12.38 - 0:16.49 in 5/4)
0:16.26 - 0:32.48 = Artazon & Zapapico (melody [0:08.26 - 0:16.49] + backing [0:00.00 - 0:08.26] in 5/4)
0:32.48 - 0:42.20 = Artazon & Zapapico (0:16.49 - 0:24.78, 0:33.00 - 0:41.25) [harmony + expansion on original melody]
0:47.09 - 1:11.42 = Artazon & Zapapico (0:16.49 - 0:24.78, 0:33.00 - 0:41.25) [harmony + expansion on original melody]
1:11.42 - 1:25.99 = Artazon & Zapapico (0:41.25 - 0:59.26) [harmony + expansion on original melody]
1:30.84 - 2:00.07 = PMD2 Time Gear (0:00 - 1:05, slightly-modded 2nd phrase for 3rd bar)
2:00.07 - 2:16.26 = Artazon & Zapapico (0:00.00 - 0:08.26, 0:12.38 - 0:16.49 in 5/4) [key change]
2:16.26 - 2:32.48 = Artazon & Zapapico (melody [0:08.26 - 0:16.49] + backing [0:00.00 - 0:08.26] in 5/4)
2:32.48 - 2:48.73 = Prev 16 secs of Artazon (0:00.00 - 0:08.26, 0:12.38 - 0:16.49) + PMD1 Intro Theme (0:08 - 0:12/0:34 - 0:37) in 5/4
2:48.73 - 3:33.63 = PMD1 Intro Theme (0:19 - 0:34)

16.26 + 16.22 + 9.72 + 24.33 + 14.57 + 29.23 + 16.19 + 16.22 + 16.25 + 44.90
= 203.89 secs
203.89/219.95 ~= 92.70% source overall

Artazon & Zapapico (A/Z):
113.51/219.95 = 51.61% A/Z

PMD1 Intro Theme (P1IT):
61.15/219.95 = 27.80% P1IT

PMD2 Time Gear (P2TG):
29.23/219.96 = 13.29% P2TG

Pokémon Violet - ReMix ~ 'The Art of Zoning Out' [Medley (Violet, PMD1, PMD2)] by Timaeus

An instrumental arrangement of Gustav Holst's "O God Beyond All Praising", featuring the Modern Harpejji by Impact Soundworks:
https://impactsoundworks.com/product/modern-harpejji/

Other instruments:
- 4Front TruePianos
- u-he Zebra2 (Flute, Bass) 
- Friedlander Blakus Cello
- EWQL Symphonic Orchestra Gold (Oboe, Clarinet)
- When Alien Drum Robots Attack Vol. 2 (percussion)

Gustav Holst - 'O God Beyond All Praising' (Harpejji Arr.) by Timaeus

FREE download available here:
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04617

Hiya! It's been a while since you guys have had a Dungeonmans ReMix, eh? This time I arranged "Enmired Herpetology" in a progressive middle-eastern dubstep style, featuring the Turkish Oud (Impact Soundworks), Santoor (East West Quantum Leap Ra), and Sitar (my Zebra2 preset collection). This takes inspiration from Mervin Matthew's "PetiStep" Bollywood Harmonium demo (https://soundcloud.com/crypto-cipher/petistep-bollywood-harmoniums), and has some scattered influence from zircon's stuff (the sine wave bells in particular). 

I had so much fun writing this; it only took about 10 hours to compose, and then another 12 hours to polish the details, overall spanning 3 weeks, and I think that that tells you how this is one of my more "patient" pieces---it takes its sweet time to evolve, but doesn't necessarily try to be too flashy. Even at the climaxes, there isn't a ton of stuff going on at once, just big harmonies. 

Nonetheless, there some cool things to mention here:
- The distorted lead sound (such as at 1:02 - 1:12) is actually one of my electro house basses that I pitched up a few octaves.
- I tried some new, FREE effects plugins from kiloHearts Essentials, using their Transient Shaper, Filter, and/or Ring Modulator on the drums! 
- There is a LOT of sine wave bell action going on, which was the backbone for the entire ReMix. It outlined the chord progressions for me and became an apt way to end things as well! I really liked it because since it's only a single harmonic, it's almost always audible no matter the context.

It's been over 5 years since the release of Dungeonmans, but it seems to be going strong, and I hope that that continues to be the case! 

...By the way, see if you can spot where I put the key change. ;-)

Extra Info:

Source Breakdown:
0:00.00 - 0:31.47 = Intro (0:06:22 - 0:38.19)
0:31.47 - 0:52.34 = Harmonium Dubstep Drop (0:38.19 - 0:59.54) [loose]
0:52.34 - 1:13.20 = "Chorus" (0:59.54 - 1:10.22)
1:13.20 - 1:34.08 = Bridge A (0:59.54 - 1:10.22)
1:34.08 - 2:05.38 = Bridge B (1:10.22 - 1:20.89)
2:05.38 - 2:15.83 = Bridge C (1:20.89 - 1:31.56)
2:15.83 - 2:47.12 = Breakdown A (1:31.56 - 1:52.89)
2:47.12 - 2:57.55 = Breakdown B (1:52.89 - 2:16.89)
2:57.55 - 3:28.86 = Climax (2:16.89 - 2:38.21)

31.47 + 20.87 + 20.86 + 20.88 + 31.30 + 10.45 + 31.29 + 10.43 + 31.31 
= 208.86/223.29
= 93.5%

Dungeonmans - ReMix ~ 'The Oud, The Santoor, and the Sitar' [Enmired Herpetology] by Timaeus

Original by Barbara Bridge. :) Turned this into a cinematic arrangement and it became one of my favorite songs. This will be part of an upcoming album called "Peace Be With You".

Peace Be With You

Barbara Bridge - 'Peace I Leave With You' (Cinematic Arr.) by Timaeus

I have already submitted this to https://ocremix.org :)
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04658

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Something I had been meaning to do for a while was to load some good music into my phone, and among those included the Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky OST. One night, I had that on shuffle and randomly came across 'Vast Ice Mountain Peak' and started jamming to it (this is the theme that plays during the 5th Special Episode dungeon). I also recently have been watching videos from 8-bit Music Theory, and the one about how Octopath Traveler music changes keys was on my mind (I highly recommend you check that out!), so I latched onto that aspect of 'Vast Ice Mountain Peak' (0:36 - 1:11), and the gears were turning (see what I did there?). 

From what I gathered, 'Vast Ice Mountain Peak' seems to dance between two keys that are a perfect 4th apart (something Octopath Traveler does a lot), and bounces two different motifs off of each other (one that rises and one that falls), which both maintain their intervals in the new key. There were also cool descending chord progressions which still manage to return to the original key.

So, the main thing I did at 0:35 - 1:10 is riff on those two motifs, but in a different sequence/structure than in the original. I also used the 'Time Gear' motif from 'Dialga's Fight to the Finish!' as a hook (1:11 - 1:28, 2:31 - 2:48) that was layered with the chorus (1:28 - 1:46, 2:48 - 3:06), mixing in a few other lines from that song (EX: 1:06 - 1:10). I kept the general structure from the original for the most part, at the climax (1:46 - 2:31), because it was just too good. 

Among the tools I used were the usual culprits --- Zebra2 primarily (pads, bass, arps, leads), with accomplices being Super Audio Cart (flute), Resonance: Emotional Mallets (Pipeharp), Juggernaut: Cinematic Electronic Scoring Tools (sweeps/risers), and Black Octopus Leviathan (drums/sweeps). I also utilized stuff from kiloHearts Essentials (Bitcrush + Ring Modulation on the drums), as well as SNESVerb (on the snare). One of the notable things I did from the sound design side was automate the ring modulation frequency on a snare to create that sweep at 0:26, something I picked up from zircon's Arcology livestream in Mar 2023. 

In a way, this immersive take actually hearkens back to an old submission I sent in to OCR regarding 'Dialga's Fight to the Finish', wayyy back in 2010, but dramatically improves upon it in a harmonically-striking fashion. This now became probably one of my personal favorite ReMixes I've ever done! With that, I hope you enjoy, Pokémon fans!

Source Breakdown:
0:00.00 - 0:35.59 = Vast Ice Mountain Peak + rhythmic variation (0:00.00 - 0:35.59)
0:35.59 - 1:04:21 = Vast Ice Mountain Peak riffing (0:35.59 - 1:11.15)
1:04.21 - 1:11.15 = Dialga's Fight to the Finish riffing (0:11.35 - 0:16.13, 1:05.08 - 1:08.32)
1:11.15 - 1:46.71 = Dialga's Fight to the Finish Hook + Chorus (0:19.89 - 0:39.36, 0:00.00 - 0:16.13)
1:46.71 - 2:31.15 = Vast Ice Mountain Peak Climax (1:11.15 - 1:55.58)
2:31.15 - 3:06.71 = Dialga's Fight to the Finish Hook + Chorus (0:19.89 - 0:39.36, 0:00.00 - 0:16.13)
3:06.71 - 3:24.50 = Dialga's Fight to the Finish Outtro (0:19.89 - 0:39.36)

35.59 + 28.62 + 44.44 
= 108.65/216.67 = 50.15% Vast Ice Mountain Peak

6.94 + 35.56 + 35.56 + 17.79
= 95.85/216.67 = 44.24% Dialga's Fight to the Finish!

OC ReMix WIPs

PMD: Explorers of Sky - ReMix ~ 'The True Final Fight!' [Vast Ice Mountain Peak, Dialga] by Timaeus

This is submitted to https://ocremix.org, so when it goes up there, I'll include that link here too. :) Globulous OST by https://soundcloud.com/zircon-1!

Aurora Magnitude: https://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/track/aurora-magnitude
Thicket Prism: https://zirconstudios.bandcamp.com/track/thicket-prism

For years, I've been meaning to arrange something from Globulous, but I had never really gone through with it, not because the songs were iconic---actually it was because they are so hard to do justice! After watching a ton of Charles Cornell on YouTube about harmony and chord progressions (who is incredibly talented at jazz theory and analysis by the way), I finally just decided to make a ReMix combining Aurora Magnitude and Thicket Prism. 

Generally if I were to arrange something, I tend to keep the melody and change the chords around it, but in this case the Aurora Magnitude melody is so particular that I stayed mostly faithful with the implied chord progressions, while the rhythms of the melody and bass were changed instead. Later on when I added Thicket Prism in here, it kind of just happened---I didn't expect it to work so well, but it was something I could only see in the moment.

Some notable key players in the ReMix are the bass (Shreddage 3 Precision), bell arps (Zebra2 + Drops of Copper from Omnisphere), piano (PEARL Concert Grand), and plucky lead (Modern Harpejji), with most of the other instruments from Zebra2. 

Overall, I didn't plan on blowing away the OST as far as sound design or layering goes, but the partwriting and harmonic clarity are definitely some of my personal best. I'm really happy with how this went and I hope you enjoy too! :-)

Source Breakdown:
0:00.00 - 0:54.91 (Intro) = 0:00.00 - 0:53.01 (Aurora Magnitude, some rhythmic changes)
1:08.59 - 1:22.32 (Interlude) = 1:19.48 - 1:32.73 (Aurora Magnitude melody snippets)
1:22.32 - 1:49.76 (Verse) = 1:32.73 - 2:25.70 (Aurora Magnitude)
1:49.76 - 2:17.21 (Bridge) = 2:25.70 - 2:52.25 (Aurora Magnitude)
2:17.21 - 2:24.04 (Breakdown Section) = 2:52.25 - 2:58.69 (Aurora Magnitude Ending)
2:24.04 - 2:51.48 (Breakdown Section) = 1:56.76 - 2:09.91 (Thicket Prism Bass)
2:51.48 - 3:05.19 (Interlude 2) = 2:09.91 - 2:23.07 (Thicket Prism Santoor)
3:05.19 - 3:32.64 (Climax) = 1:19.48 - 1:32.73 (Aurora Magnitude melody) + 2:09.91 - 2:23.07 (Thicket Prism Santoor)
3:32.64 - 3:53.89 (Outtro) = 2:52.25 - 2:58.69 (Aurora Magnitude Ending)

54.91 + 13.73 + 27.44 + 27.45 + 6.83 + 27.45 + 21.25
= 179.06/235.05 = 76.18% Aurora Magnitude

27.44 + 13.71 + 27.14
= 68.29/235.05 = 29.05% Thicket Prism

Globulous - ReMix ~ 'Astral Projection' [Aurora Magnitude, Thicket Prism] by Timaeus

This is another track on a future gospel album I will be releasing in the future! It arranges "In Every Age" by Janèt Sullivan Whitaker, in a cinematic manner that features the violin and cello, accompanied by strings/woodwinds, piano, bells, and clean electric guitar. 

Some of the strings are from Rhapsody Orchestral Colors, some are from LA Scoring Strings, while the violin is Friedlander Violin and the cello is Blakus Cello. The piano is PEARL: Concert Grand, and the guitar is Shreddage 3 Jupiter.

Janèt Sullivan Whitaker - 'In Every Age' (Cinematic Arr.) by Timaeus

You can find it for FREE here: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04762

The central instruments were electric pianos (3ee's Zebra2 presets), acoustic piano (4Front TruePianos), gamelan bells (ISW Resonance: Emotional Mallets), and the Chapman Stick (Spectrasonics Trilian), amongst the usual Zebra2 synth palette, some ISW Juggernaut sweeps/impacts, a few ambient impacts from ISW Celestia.

The title is pretty simple - National Park is known as 'a spacious and beautiful park', so I called it Spacious Beauty. Hope you enjoy, sit back, and relax! :-)

Pokémon Crystal - ReMix ~ 'Spacious Beauty' [National Park] by Timaeus

This is a meaty little D&B ReMix of the music from Tornado Man's stage in Mega Man 9! If you like it, it's up on http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03302 for you to download for free!

Mega Man 9 - ReMix ~ 'Big Brute Force of Nature' [Thunder Tornado] by Timaeus

Source Tunes:
Absolute Zero, Metalhead, Twist and Shout

Some ridiculous metalstep with some funk and cinematic aspects to it. By far, one of the craziest tracks I've contributed to, and super glad to have made this one. :)

See mix page for the full comments! http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03316

Check out the rest of the BADASS, FREE album as well! http://badass3.ocremix.org/

Vectorman - ReMix ~ 'Become Death' [Medley] by Timaeus and UV Sir J

Hey guys! Here's a super energetic egyptian dance number! Hope you like some didgeridoo dubstep.

If you like it, please share, and don't forget to grab the entire FREE BadAss: Boss Themes: Vol. 3 album! (This is on the album.)

http://badass3.ocremix.org/

Vectorman 1 & 2 - 'Soiled by the Egyptians' [Cave2 Tank (VMan 2), Hydroponic Lab] by Timaeus

See the remix video here:
https://youtu.be/RfoxaWRqj6Y

As a background, I wrote a Naruto ReMix before, in 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMUI0LPH0bE

I look back on it, and I really do still like what I did in 2012. The production wasn't particularly impactful, and the dubstep execution was only half-decent, but the composition was surprisingly good on the guitar. However, I realized that I could do *much* better today on the general production polish, as well as on the execution of dubstep. So, I wrote this while in my first semester of grad school, in three months, using mainly u-he Zebra2, Xfer Records Serum, 4Front TruePianos, Impact Soundworks' Juggernaut and Resonance libraries, and various commercial drum samples. 

This combines cinematic and dubstep aesthetics to create a nuanced, tasteful feel on the low-energy sections, and an aggressive, all-out soundscape on the drops. There was particularly special attention to detail on the dynamics, the "size" of the sound design, and just trying to get every aspect of this mix to be as polished as possible.

Naruto ReMixes

The Ninja Way

Naruto Anime - 2017 ReMix ~ 'The Ninja Way' (Cinematic / Dubstep) by Timaeus

Hey guys, check out this new DLC expansion (available on STEAM early access!) for Crypt of the Necrodancer! I got to participate as part of the OverClocked ReMix alternate soundtrack team, remixing that awesome soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky, which means that you can hear a track that I did as part of the game!

https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/album/crypt-of-the-necrodancer-ost

Crypt of the Necrodancer

For Whom the Knell Tolls

23 For Whom The Knell Tolls (Dead Ringer) - Timaeus222

Submitted to ocremix.org as of May 11, 2017. Published July 12, 2018! I have removed the download link from SoundCloud; instead, go here to download:
https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03759

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On one of my other mixposts (Dungeonmans), djpretzel had remarked that Shantae needed some love. I mean... the only mix on the site right now is by the composer himself. That's cool and all, but he needs some company. I checked out the soundtrack to Pirate's Curse, and came across "Scuttle Town"; immediately, I got a mideast glitch hop vibe from it that would be ridiculously fun to build off of, at least for the main groove. Peeking around a bit further, "We Love Burning Town" was more than enough material to work with, bursting with a playful vibe that I couldn't resist (which for some reason is associated with burning a town... playfully?).

I started this in January of 2016 (before I started grad school), stitching together Indian Ragas samples from Crypto Cipher to see what would happen. Slowly but surely, a glitch hop backbone came together, held up firmly by Serum and Zebra2, and I managed to finish through the breakdown section by the end of summer, featuring ISW's Bravura and Turkish Oud. I was kinda stuck on what to do next, so I put it to the side while I prepped to go to WSU. The first semester passed by, in which time I was TAing general chemistry, and toughing my way through quantum chemistry and thermodynamics (A- in both, oh yeah!).

When I got to winter break, I immediately got the idea for a buildup back to the main drop, and finished the first three minutes so far, but I had to set it aside again for my second semester. I already knew by now that I was going to finish the track eventually... and here I am, not willing to put it off any longer, finishing it up in May of 2017 after one year of grad school! Never has finishing a ReMix been so hard! :-D

Source Breakdown:
0:16.1 - 0:30.0 = Scuttle Town (0:00.0 - 0:16.4) [slowed down]
0:34.3 - 0:36.5, 0:38.6 - 0:42.9 = Scuttle Town (0:18.3 - 0:27.4) [bass]
0:42.9 - 0:45.0, 0:47.2 - 0:51.5 = Scuttle Town (0:18.3 - 0:27.4) [bass]
0:51.5 - 1:08.6 = We Love Burning Town (0:07.9 - 0:22.3)
1:08.6 - 1:10.7, 1:12.9 - 1:15.3 = We Love Burning Town (0:23.3 - 0:34.8)
1:17.2 - 1:19.3 = We Love Burning Town (0:23.3 - 0:34.8)
1:42.9 - 2:00.0 = Scuttle Town (0:54.9 - 1:11.3) [left-panned strings]
2:00.0 - 2:17.2 = Scuttle Town (1:13.1 - 1:31.4) mixed with (0:18.3 - 0:27.4)
2:17.2 - 2:24.1, 2:25.7 - 2:34.3 = Scuttle Town (0:54.9 - 1:11.3) [left-panned strings]
2:34.3 - 2:36.5, 2:38.6 - 2:42.9 = Scuttle Town (0:18.3 - 0:27.4) [bass]
2:42.9 - 2:45.0, 2:47.2 - 2:51.5 = Scuttle Town (0:18.3 - 0:27.4) [bass]
2:51.5 - 3:08.6 = We Love Burning Town (0:07.9 - 0:22.3)
3:08.6 - 3:16.4, 3:17.2 - 3:24.1 = We Love Burning Town (1:09.3 - 1:36.2)
3:25.8 - 3:33.5, 3:34.3 - 3:41.8 = We Love Burning Town (1:09.3 - 1:36.2)
3:41.8 - 3:48.0 = We Love Burning Town (0:53.0 - 0:54.4) 

13.9 + 2.2 + 4.3 + 2.1 + 4.3 + 17.1 + 2.1 + 2.4 + 2.1 + 17.1 + 17.2 + 6.9 + 8.6 + 2.2 + 4.3 + 2.1 + 4.3 + 17.1 + 7.8 + 6.9 + 7.7 + 7.5 + 6.2
= 166.4 secs
166.4/228.3 = 72.9%

Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - ReMix ~ 'On Fire' [Scuttle Town, We Love Burning Town] by Timaeus

This has been submitted to http://ocremix.org as of March 18, 2018!
EDIT: Posted on Sept. 4, 2018! https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03782
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Lately, I've been thinking about how big-name themes (e.g. Aquatic Ambiance vs. Corridors of Time, etc) might go together. Here I combine two iconic themes: FF4's Prelude and FF6's Terra in an atmospheric/cinematic approach with some dubstep and light glitch elements. The title is a rather apt pun, given the background of how I wrote this, and how Terra began as an amnesiac.

This was inspired by Stephen Anderson (stephen-anderson on soundcloud); it primarily uses bell and pad textures from Spectrasonics' Omnisphere 2; a Chapman Stick from Trilian; 4Front's TruePianos; and various FM sounds from my Zebra2 soundbank "FM Variations". Glitching was via Illformed's Glitch 2, and some of the remaining stuff was from LA Scoring Strings, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, and Serum. The solo violin was Embertone's Friedlander, highly recommend it! 

Compared to my other mixes, this one probably took the longest; it took over 3 years to write---the reason being that I had gone through several memory reinstallations. I started this ReMix when I had 6 GB RAM, and back then it was tough to get Omnisphere to not unload itself automatically because I was just above the 4 GB 32-bit limit, so I was discouraged from actually working on it... Then my computer decided not to restart properly, which is when my dad helped me set up a new desktop with a faster processor... but only 4 GB RAM (oops!). And in 2018, now that I've added memory to get 14 GB RAM, everything worked out in the end---now I don't have to worry about big libraries unloading on me anymore, and I was able to finish this! Hope you enjoy! :D

- Truong-Son

Source Breakdown:
0:13.8 - 0:24.4 = Terra (0:00.0 - 0:05.7)
0:26.1 - 0:50.0 = Terra (0:05.7 - 0:17.7) + Prelude (0:00.0 - 0:40.5)
0:53.4 - 1:28.9 = Prelude (0:40.5 - 1:20.9)
1:28.9 - 2:02.3 = Terra (0:05.7 - 1:18.1) [foreground] + Prelude (0:00.0 - 0:40.5) [background]
2:04.5 - 2:21.7 = Terra (1:18.1 - 1:45.2) + solo violin
2:21.7 - 2:45.6 = Terra (0:05.7 - 0:17.7) + Prelude (0:00.0 - 0:40.5)
2:48.9 - 3:24.5 = Prelude (0:40.5 - 1:20.9)
3:24.5 - 3:41.7 = Terra (0:05.7 - 1:18.1) [foreground] + Prelude (0:00.0 - 0:40.5) [background]
3:41.7 - 3:57.8 = Terra (1:18.1 - 1:45.2) + Prelude (0:00.0 - 0:40.5) [background] + Prelude (0:40.5 - 1:20.9) [solo violin]

10.6 + 23.9 + 35.5 + 33.4 + 17.2 + 23.9 + 35.6 + 17.2 + 16.1 = 213.4
213.4/250.1 = 85.3% source

142.3/250.1 = 56.9% Terra (with overlap)
185.6/250.1 = 74.2% Prelude (with overlap)

(But since Terra has more gaps within the used melodic phrases, there is more Prelude, accounting for overlaps.)

FF4 & FF6 - ReMix ~ 'Progressive Memory' [Prelude (FF4), Terra (FF6)] by Timaeus

Submitted to http://ocremix.org on April 12, 2019! 

Just got posted here: https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04143

Right around the time I was asked to evaluate the Chrono Cross album that was in the works (around March 2018 or so), I heard the title track of the album and felt inspired to write this ReMix here over the summer.

This combines 'Radical Dreamers' (CC) with a bit of 'Scars of Time' (CC) and the 'Main Theme' (Chrono Trigger). Also, some zircon/Jillian Aversa fans might notice a little easter egg I threw in that references a certain song from 'Unearthed' that sounds very similar to a 'Radical Dreamers' motif. ;)

Lastly, this is something that I wrote entirely with what I'd call 'budget' sounds (no sample libraries, nothing pulling from massive external storage). The bulk of the instruments used are just drum samples, u-he Zebra2 patches (plus some Xfer Records Serum), and 4Front TruePianos. This encouraged me to focus on cooperation between harmony and melody, and just trying to make the melodic phrasing and chord choices completely intentional. Yup, for me this time, production was secondary to arrangement!

- Truong-Son

Source Breakdown:
0:00.0 - 0:05.3, 0:07.0 - 0:12.2 = Radical Dreamers (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
0:13.9 - 0:19.2, 0:20.9 - 0:27.9 = Radical Dreamers (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
0:27.9 - 0:52.9 = Radical Dreamers (0:26.4 - 1:19.1)
1:09.6 - 1:17.4 = Radical Dreamers (1:19.1 - 1:44.5)
1:23.5 - 1:37.4 = Radical Dreamers (1:19.1 - 1:44.5) layered on (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
1:37.4 - 1:42.7, 1:44.4 - 1:50.5 = Original Melody + Radical Dreamers (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
1:51.4 - 2:04.8 = Scars of Time (1:32.6 - 2:07.2) layered on Radical Dreamers (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
2:05.3 - 2:15.7 = Main Theme (1:13.6 - 1:40.4)
2:19.2 - 2:32.0, 2:33.1 - 2:40.0 = Main Theme (1:40.4 - 1:54.2)
2:47.0 - 3:12.6 = Radical Dreamers (0:26.4 - 1:19.1) [new key?! Psych!]
3:28.7 - 3:36.6 = Radical Dreamers (1:19.1 - 1:44.5)
3:42.7 - 3:56.6 = Radical Dreamers (1:19.1 - 1:44.5) layered on (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)
3:56.6 - 4:01.8, 4:03.6 - 4:15.4 = Radical Dreamers (0:00.0 - 0:26.4)

5.3 + 5.2 + 5.3 + 7.0 + 25.0 + 7.8 + 13.9 + 5.3 + 6.1 + 13.4 + 10.4 + 12.8 + 6.9 + 25.6 + 7.9 + 13.9 + 5.2 + 11.8
= 188.8 secs
188.8/256.6 = 73.6% source overall

Scars of Time (SoT):
13.4/256.6 = 5.22% SoT

Main Theme (MT):
30.1/256.6 = 11.7% MT

Radical Dreamers (RD):
73.6% - 5.22% - 11.7% = 56.7% RD

Chrono Cross - ReMix ~ 'Serenity & Grace' [Medley (CT, CC)]  by Timaeus

This has reached 100 downloads, so get this track on OC ReMix (for free) since it just recently got uploaded! 

https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04148

This is the Mod Review Version. It was revised (reverb, bass mixing, drum programming), and it was submitted to http://ocremix.org on March 17, 2013. The final version was approved on Dec. 14, 2013 for direct-posting on OC ReMix! :D

Sources: Watery Graves, Loonboon, Rigor Mormist

Chimpazilla's Comments:
As our first collaboration (Cloudhopping) turned out wonderful, it's time for a second collaboration with Timaeus!  This time we decided to go a little darker, into the creepy world of Plants vs. Zombies.  We wanted a lot of variation in styles, moods and sounds throughout the song, and it was easy to fill up the remix with source due to the complex melodies of the tunes in the OST. Timaeus's dubstep breakdown with the "bungee scream" gives me chills every time I hear it. Thanks to Laura Shigihara for writing such a fun soundtrack for a great game.  I still can't believe no one has remixed this game yet! djp, we hope you are happy that someone finally accepted your challenge of doing a remix for Plants vs. Zombies! About time, eh?

Timaeus's Comments:
This was by far the most complicated remix I've ever worked on with anyone, and I've never given so much attention to detail to one remix before. There ended up to be a whole bunch of drum samples, automations, and unique sound patches including a few of my own. If I had to pick a favorite sound, it would probably be that 12-string sitar patch Howard Scarr made for Zebra. This remix drew a little inspiration from zircon, Sole Signal, and Ben Briggs. Now, since this might actually be the first Plants vs. Zombies remix ever shared with OC ReMix, I figured it would be nice to include a quick little source breakdown (not NEARLY as precise as the last one):

0:00 - 0:04.5 = Original
0:04.5 - 0:09 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:02.5)
0:09 - 0:25 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:18.5)
0:25 - 0:38.5 = Loonboon (0:00 - 0:05.5)
0:38.5 - 0:45 = Watery Graves (1:03.5 - 1:05.5)
0:45 - 1:03 = Loonboon (0:12 - 0:25)
1:03 - 1:21.5 = Watery Graves (0:18.5 - 0:27.5 [The backup instrument])
1:21.5 - 1:39.5 = Watery Graves (0:27.5 - 1:03.5)
1:39.5 - 1:53 [Such a fun solo] = Loonboon (0:49 - 1:11.5)
1:53 - 1:57.7 = Loonboon (0:23.75 - 0:25.25)
1:57.7 - 2:15.25 [Havin' too much fun here] = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:18.5)
2:15.25 - 2:33.93 = Watery Graves (1:03.5 - 1:21)
2:33.93 - 2:52 = Watery Graves (0:27.5 - 1:03.5)
2:52 - 3:10.2 [glitchy goodness] = Watery Graves (1:23.3 - 1:41.3)
3:10.20 - 3:28.25 = Loonboon (1:22.2 - 1:46.5)
3:28.25 - 3:37.88 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:18.5)
3:37.88 - 3:41.82 = Rigor Mormist (0:02.7 - 0:06.6)
3:41.82 - 3:46.38 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:02.5)
3:46.38 - 3:50.90 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:02.5) and Rigor Mormist (0:02.7 - 0:06.6)
3:50.9 - 3:55.7 = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:18.5)
3:55.7 - 3:59.9 = Rigor Mormist (0:02.7 - 0:06.6)
3:59.9 - End = Watery Graves (0:00 - 0:18.5)

Overall, I'm really proud of the mixing/arranging work we both did. Cheers to the most awesome video game remixing site ever! :D

- Timaeus & Chimpazilla

Plants Vs. Zombies - 'The Zombies Are Coming' V8-1 of 10 [Medley] by Chimpazilla & Timaeus

A recreation of the iconic "Through the Fire and Flames" using Shreddage 2X (also known as Shreddage 3 Jupiter, by Impact Soundworks)! Hope you enjoy, I actually resumed production on this from a WIP I had all the way back in May 2017!

Check out the Shreddage virtual guitar series here:
https://impactsoundworks.com/series/shreddage-3-series/

(Out of respect, all rights reserved to Dragonforce. No download available, but can freely listen here.)

Lyrics if you wanna sing along:

On a cold winter morning
In the time before the light
In flames of death's eternal reign
We ride towards the fight

When the darkness has fallen down
And the times are tough alright
The sound of evil laughter falls
Around the world tonight

Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel
Through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell
Bodies wasted on the shores

On the blackest plains in Hell's domain
We watch them as they go
Through the fire and pain and once again we know

So now we fly ever free
We're free before the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness
Our quest carries on

Far beyond the sundown
Far beyond the moonlight
Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

So far away we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

As the red day is dawning
And the lightning cracks the sky
They'll raise their hands to the heavens above
With resentment in their eyes

Running back through the mid morning light
There's a burning in my heart
We're banished from a time in a fallen land
To a life beyond the stars

In your darkest dreams see to believe
Our destiny is time
And endlessly we'll all be free tonight

And on the wings of a dream
So far beyond reality
All alone in desperation
Now the time has gone

Lost inside you'll never find
Lost within my own mind
Day after day this misery must go on

So far away we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

Woah, woah, whoah
Woah, woah, whoah

Now here we stand with their blood on our hands
We fought so hard, now can we understand
I'll break the seal of this curse if I possibly can
For freedom of every man

So far away we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames we carry on

Dragonforce - 'Through the Fire and Flames' (Shreddage 2X Recreation) by Timaeus

Reuploaded because it reached 100 downloads. :P

From now on, if it reaches 100 downloads, just... download it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9sffk8bdpfmua6/Timaeus%20-%20Naruto%20Main%20Theme%20Remix%20%28Metal-Dubstep-Electronica%20Mix%29.mp3?dl=0

So I randomly looked on YouTube for remixes of the Naruto Main Theme... I didn't really find more than one that I actually liked. So I decided to make one myself and show them what it's all about. ;) (Nah, I kid. Just something I wanted to try remixing)

This is a Metal / Dubstep / Electronica remix. My aim was to give the theme the most epic rendition I could possibly think of at the time. The epic lead guitar was Orange Tree's Evolution Electric Guitar - Strawberry.

The rhythm guitar is from Shreddage by zircon and Sixto Sounds. :D

Oh, and big kudos to Toshiro Masuda for making such a memorable song! =D

- Timaeus

Naruto Anime - 2012 ReMix (Metal/Dubstep/Electronica) by Timaeus [SUPER OLD, Reuploaded]

I wrote this arrangement a while back, so I might as well share this! This is intended for free distribution. Hope you enjoy!

The bass is the Chapman Stick from Spectrasonics Trilian, the "violin" is Blakus Cello, the guitar is Shreddage 2X (otherwise known as Shreddage 3 Jupiter), and the piano is 4Front TruePianos.

Single

Andrew Lloyd Webber - 'Memory' (Acoustic Arr.) by Timaeus [From the 'Cats' play]

Shreddage II and Shreddage Bass demo of the Dragon Ball Z Main Theme you could hear on really old Dragon Ball Z episodes, before Kai came out. Guitar amp tone is custom designed by me. If you want to download this and this has already reached 100 downloads, go here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd4jc650930yo2p/Dragon_Ball_Z_Main_Theme_Mockup.mp3

Drums are EWQL Stormdrum plus a little Breakbeat Paradise stuff. Pads and other stuff from the first few seconds are Zebra2 and a few free soundfonts. I obviously don't claim to own DBZ, and I recreated this from scratch just for fun.

You can reference the original from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cGi091TB_k

Impact Soundworks: http://impactsoundworks.com/
Shreddage: https://impactsoundworks.com/series/shreddage-3-series/

Bruce Faulconer - Dragon Ball Z ~ Opening Theme Mockup (Shreddage II + Bass) by Timaeus

I just finished this recently for a friend's request. Took me about 9 days with breaks.

When the number of downloads reaches 100, feel free to download this here:
https://app.box.com/s/urgwyuszn774yj88ii5i

Source Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkar2nHOsK8

Shadow the Hedgehog - ReMix ~ 'Air Strike' [Sky Troops] by Timaeus

Timaeus has loved writing, mixing, and mastering music in many different combinations of genres since April 2011. His specialties are atmospheric, cinematic, and dubstep music, but he has also been known to write some metal, acoustic, and orchestral!

Feel free to use any of this music (Creative Commons as long as they're on my account)! Totally fine as long as you refer back to me by writing "timaeus222 on SoundCloud" or the URL to my SoundCloud (or both!). Contact me on my website if you so desire.

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