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Aztec Challenge Evolution - arranged by Lello Caliendo

Review by Arabelle74, 26/09/2014

Well-balanced sound, excellent creativity and fantastic guitars. Chorus is very charming, and the rock section with metal guitars is exciting.
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Synth Sample 1 - arranged by Pirx

Review by Wacky Amoebatron, 25/08/2014

This Track seems to be a 1:1 MIDI-Rip of Jogeir Liljedahl's Version of the Stationary Ark Soundtrack. Too similar, too recognizable, too much the same instrumentation. Too cheap to be true. Sorry, laddy!
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R-Type - arranged by Muteness

Review by Rohyp Nose, 31/07/2014

Great production, funky sounding! Nice homage in clubbish wrapping! I hate to dance, but my fingers kept tapping the table franticly 😊
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Last Ninja 3 (Horizon mix) - arranged by Mythology

Review by LaLa, 12/06/2014

First off, I don't know what this tune has to do with TMR, it's clearly a Last Ninja 3 subtune #10 remix. TMR's SID remix of it is not even the same subtune (that's #6)… Anyhoo… Love the guitar work, really deep, great riffs, well mixed. The drum pattern is too simple, though, that needs work. I like the light break in the middle, but overall I have mixed feelings about the arrangement, it sounds a bit confusing. All in all, pretty good job, hope there's more to come!
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Last V8 (short version) - arranged by FTC

Review by Xenix, 05/05/2014

Nice tune, good nostalgical value. But please fix the bass loop (did you use one long sample for that?) as it's just out of sync with the beats.
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Moon Patrol - arranged by dor-x

Review by Xenix, 11/04/2014

Yeah… it's just a blues in fact. Well done, although it keeps being a bit slow-motion. I hoped you included the sound effect that the car made when eh… a new level was reached (the whoop sound 😊).
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Project 11 (An Angels Love) - arranged by Hazel

Review by Xenix, 11/04/2014

How the hell did you invent this 5/4th funky beat! Well invented. Took me a while to notice it even.
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Battle Valley (Dream Team) - arranged by Dr Future

Review by Xenix, 11/04/2014

Excellent choice on intro! Just wonder if you got the first notes of the Battle Valley tune starting correctly? It should start off-beat in my memory.
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Last Ninja 2 - The mansion - arranged by Alias Medron

Review by Xenix, 11/04/2014

Nice but predictable. please check on the beat loop, you're just a few bytes off which gives a clipping
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Stormlord (String Orchestra Cover) - arranged by John Novak

Review by LaLa, 25/03/2014

This is a very admirable effort, I quite like its emotional bend, and how this piece intentionally lives within its self-imposed limits.

What I miss is more dynamicity: I don't feel much difference between the sections that were probably intended to be forte and the softer sections. For example, towards the end at around 4:32 I think it should get louder, more forceful in a crescendo fashion to finish it off with a bang.

Also, this sounds more like a chamber string quartet than a larger string orchestra to me, but now I am really nitpicking. 😊

Great piece of music, thanks for sharing!
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Platoon (Inexperti belli) - arranged by Slaygon

Review by khisanth, 20/01/2014

LOVING this!!! Industrial sounding awesomeness, that was superb in the preview and is even better now. Good work mate
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Lightforce (Massive Analogue Mix) - arranged by dEViLOCk

Review by Ursina, 30/12/2013

Master of the tunes! Can hear his music all day long. So chilly, easy and it always pick you up and takes you with it. This is realy outsranding! Theres no better one to win this title!
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JT In Space (Twolegs Remix) - arranged by Metal

Review by balloonhead, 10/12/2013

I listened to this song about 100 Times or even more. Running through my daily playlists every time JT in Space comes up my face takes a smiling position. This track has all that is needed to make a listener happy. Sounds with a nostalgic flare and a modern rhythm with a bodytouching beat. I think you cannot listen to often to this track.
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Great Giana Sisters - arranged by machinae supremacy

Review by Ryrynz, 03/11/2013

Obviously one of the best remixes of this tune ever. No wonder it was used in the Giana Sisters:Twisted Dreams game.
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Krakout - arranged by SIDrip Alliance

Review by BenDaglish, 29/09/2013

Actually - my technical review is pretty much the same as LaLa's - the actual recorded sound itself could be better, and I'd like to hear more bass maybe, but the arrangement, and playing itself is marvellous. What's nice is that you can tell it's a *live* piece - personally, I'd love to see that performed. In fact, if you chaps ever fancied getting together for a gig… 😊
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Wizardry (Are you ready) - arranged by druu

Review by Alcoholocauster, 20/09/2013

Werke der Opernliteratur offenbaren das Innerste ihres Charakters am besten dann, wenn man sie des Mantels repräsentativer Hochkultur völlig entkleidet, wenn man den ganzen angeblich nötigen Apparat zu ihrer Aufführung samt symphonisch besetztem Orchester, schwerem Samtvorhang, Pausensekt und Programmheft weglässt.
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International Karate - arranged by Rune-Bertil's

Review by LaLa, 17/08/2013

Well, first of all, I really admire that you've tackled the entire IK tune, not just a part of it. I also really admire the unbelievable effort that must've been put into this remix, it's obviously a work of love, a work of art. It's a great production with lots of wonderful details.

Having said that, like others, I also think this is not a perfect marriage of source material and style. Maybe it's my existing knowledge about prior IK remixes that gets in the way here, maybe it's the perceived awkwardness of the way the melody is fit onto a swing beat - dunno, but somehow it just doesn't gel together in my brain.

Does it make my legs move? Yes. Does it bring a smile on my face? Yes. Maybe I should just be content with that. 😊
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Ghost'n Goblins (Cathedral Mix) - arranged by Isacco Garcia Peveri

Review by Dethme0w, 28/07/2013

I listened to this about 4 times in a row after downloading it. Put on headphones, close your eyes, and you almost think you're in a vast, cavernous cathedral - except they're playing Ghosts & Goblins! All I can say to Isacco Garcia Peveri is: More please! Note: I have revised my Technical Merit rating down one because I am in agreement with another reviewer that proper organ music does not fade out - it either ends with an eruption of fireworks and awesomeness that leaves you breathless and mindblown (and half-deaf), or walks you and your bleeding heart down a convoluted path of melancholy that leaves you in tears on the final note, which is still as loud and clear as the first. But never fade it out like a cheap early 80's pop single. Other than that, this remix is made of awesome. More please! (Hint: Galway)
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R-Type (Doppelganger Summer Remix) - arranged by Lagerfeldt

Review by NecroPolo, 27/07/2013

Time is passing, nice remixes come and go but this one remained 'THE' R-Type remix to me during the years. There are many flavours around but this one still has the best vibe to me. Besides the big picture, it also does so many little things perfectly that makes this track something like a nice rich summer cocktail with an awesome, timeless aftertaste.

Cheers!
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1942 (Orchestral) - arranged by Miguel F Ettema

Review by Ryrynz, 19/07/2013

I think this is quite possibly the best remix ever done. Everything is pretty much perfect. Takes the original and makes is golden. I don't know how some of you guys only rate this as good for minor things, I've seen good remixes sound nowhere near what this manages to pull off. Good for not being perfect? C'mon!
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Ghost'n Goblins (Cathedral Mix) - arranged by Isacco Garcia Peveri

Review by LaLa, 04/07/2013

I'm always glad when a pipe organ remix shows up on RKO because I like organ music, which is why I am probably more picky about it. I see a few issues with this interpretation: 1) It needs a more throaty pipe organ sound. The one you used sounds a bit whiney. 2) The arrangement could be a bit more complex, I'd love to hear this more in the style of Bach. 3) Fadeout with a pipe organ tune? Not a good choice at all. It needs a big, window-rattling crescendo ending!
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Supremacy - arranged by druu

Review by Jeroentel, 30/05/2013

This is clearly a very good remix of one of my tunes. The dubstep style is really pleasing to the ears. I only wish that all the original melody notes would have been considered. Right now it's an interpretation, but it still does a lot of justice to the original tune. Way to go druu! 😊 Keep 'm coming.
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Bros intro (M.A.C.C.) - arranged by Terminal Storm

Review by Jeroentel, 30/05/2013

When I started to compose Commodore 64 music I never contemplated that it would have this impact on the world. I was a kid just doing what I loved doing and played around with music on the Commodore 64 SID chip. When a remix tune like this appears I get excited and the kid in me gets goosebumps. I applaud this tune for it's remix value and danceability. Great melodies and awesome beats. Thank you TStorm for taking the time and effort! 😊
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Tristesse - arranged by Mordi

Review by Alucard, 01/04/2013

This one is difficult to jugde… Technically, this is top notch. In interpretation, use of instrumentation, executing them the right way and mixing them together. Even the clear and transparent production adds up to it. Personally, for my taste it is too much stuffed with this wahwahish flanging lead synth. A little bit less of it here and there would have added greatly to the atmosphere of the song. Although the music isnt really my side of town, i admit that to judge this song fairly i have to put back my personal taste and rely on the overall outstanding technichal part instead. And for that alone, you get the top notch. I hereby confess i listened to a bunch of Mordi RMXes now and if there is a clearer contestant to ROTY i havent found him yet… 😉
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Cooperation Demo (Peter W RMX) - arranged by Peter W

Review by Alucard, 01/04/2013

This is the reason i subscribed on this site here! I am not a remixer, just a humble user listening to some great music here.

The intro doesnt keep up with the part that begins after it. A little more precision in timing would have been nice. But thats criticism on a high level…comes outta my boxes juicy as hell… and the female spoken parts should have been extended in the rest of the RMX!

This piece made me tap my toes in rhythm. Great work on the dominant drums, extremely spacy feeling with the synths.

Two minutes into the remix the really outstanding part begins… those out of this world intergalactic synths made me feel like i am dancing between the stars… pure eargasm.

I am writing as a humble listener and i enjoyed your work. Great stuff. Thumbs up!
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Training (Kicks with a punch Remix) - arranged by AcidBlock

Review by LaLa, 16/03/2013

Finally, a remix of this underrated JCH tune! The kick drum has such a punch, it hurt my stomach even thru the headphones! In a good way! 😊

The raspy lead instrument is a bit off-putting. I am not a fan of the arrangement, either, maybe I need to listen to it more to appreciate it.

BTW, did I mention I love the punch of its kickass kick? 😊
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Ocean Loader 2 - arranged by Mordi

Review by Ryrynz, 27/02/2013

I love how this remix progresses it really brings you into the song! Totally mellow but powerful too.

This does the SID proud, it's the best Ocean loader remix so far, yes you have topped Instant Remedy with this one.

I love that it's over 5 minutes long too! And that progression at 3.45,, OMG.

Chick chick chick… CHICK AHHH.
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Outrun (Splash Wave daXX Remix) - arranged by daXX offline

Review by AdSalusNonAptus, 15/02/2013

This is even better than dubstep commando, brilliant sound, catchy and nice to your mind and your ears (mostly). However there is this problem again - wrong notes and modified harmonies. The latter is propably a matter of taste and its the choice of the author. A more faithful realization would do your tracks some good though.
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Green Beret (Chillout ReMix) - arranged by PowerTrace

Review by LaLa, 14/02/2013

I have just rediscovered this remix (2016 Feb), and man, it totally captivates me! It's been playing on a loop inside my head for days now. The production is topnotch, and it is deeply emotional on many levels. And Zilog is right: there's something Jarre-ish about this remix: that dreamy piano is definitely Metamorphosis.
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Outrun Europe Levels Extended Euromix - arranged by Phekkis

Review by LaLa, 03/02/2013

I really dig the space disco style of this remix. This is also definitely better mixed than the 1st version you submitted to RKO.

My most favorite part of this remix is 3:07-3:21 (which also gets repeated a few times later), that chord progressions is spot on.

Maybe the drums could be stronger, I think the snares are especially weak.

I like the arrangement overall, it doesn't get boring at all despite its length. The more I listen to this, the more I like it!
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