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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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notes: 'Arrangers:

  Rockos (1)

  Sir_NutS (2)

  Brandon Strader (3)

  Phonetic Hero (4)

  WillRock (5)

  Amphibious (6)

  Avaris (7)

  Nutritious (8)

  Hylian Lemon (9)

  Gario (10)

  Benjamin Briggs (11)

  Rozovian (12)

  Bionic Commando ReMixed: OK, We''ll Groove

  Comments from album director Brandon Strader and ReMixers

  Album freely available at http://bionic.ocremix.org

  I stepped in to help finish the album on October 31st, 2012, when it was announced
  that the project may face cancellation. I did NOT want that to happen! I hope you
  will find, like I did, that the music created by these talented and dedicated individuals
  was worth fighting hard for. Thank you so much to everyone who worked on this album
  (even those from years ago who are not on the final) and, of course, John Revoredo
  (with an assist from WillRock) who founded the original Bionic Commando album. The
  love for this great game felt by these artists is admirable, and has created a memorable
  album. We hope you enjoy it!

  - Brandon Strader

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  01. "Rearming Commandus"

  Arranger: Rockos

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "Prologue"

  Rockos: Bionic Commando: A game I never played.

  But still, who cares if I did play it or not? The fact is that the music from this
  game is really cool, like many other NES games. This is why this game deserves so
  much love from the community. Also, I got a personal invite from Brandon and I thank
  him for doing so. I had a lot of fun and I''m sure others did as well! I also thank
  those who took time to listen to this remix, and the whole album.

  02. "Proceed Without Caution"

  Arranger: Sir_NutS

  Composer: Harumi Fujita

  Source: "Bionic Commando Theme"

  Sir_NutS: What does this game means to me? It means my childhood, it means my friends
  back then, some of them who I''ll never be able to see again, but whom I can visit
  from time to time through this game. When I play it, I''m that 7-year-old kid sitting
  cross-legged in front of the TV, NES controller in hand, at his friend''s house.
  It''s the same as perceiving a particular smell that reminds you of some point in
  your life, or watching old pictures. I feel like I''m back there again. I wanted
  to give my best to this project because of that. It has real meaning for me.

  Later, gang!

  03. "Gridlock"

  Arranger: Brandon Strader

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "OK, We''ll Move"

  Brandon Strader: I know my song sticks out like a sore thumb, but I wanted to select
  a very particular type of talented individual to make this the best album it could
  be, and didn''t want to make a new remix -- I really like this one. My song was
  finished in March 2011, but was subsequently updated a lot of times. It was my first
  attempt at djent with severely downtuned guitars and bass, and I feel it is pretty
  close to what you''d hear in the real djent scene! I became familiar with Bionic
  Commando through this project and I hope others have and will too.

  04. "Noochy Zone"

  Arranger: Phonetic Hero

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Sources: "Among Allies" & "Heat Wave"

  Phonetic Hero: Brandon contacted me about this track in like October or something
  like that, and I farted out the first 45 seconds or so in about an hour. Then this
  track stagnated hard, and I couldn''t come up with anything for a looooong time.
  Then I wrote up to about the halfway point of the mix around March 2013, and then
  it stagnated hard, and I couldn''t come up with anything for a looooong time. Then
  I finished out the structure, screwed with the synth solo and was finally done.
  The minimalism and what-the-lovery of the source tunes'' structure and the quality
  of the remixes on this album should be ample proof that the quality of a remix has
  little to do with the quality of a source. On Facebook, I probably complained to
  everyone on OCR about this track because of all the problems I was having with it,
  but I think that despite quite a bit of liberal flair (though it should still be
  OCR-acceptable), this remix turned out to be one of my best yet.

  05. "The Fairest Time to Fight"

  Arranger: WillRock

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "Leap of Faith"

  WillRock: Back when I first joined OCR, John Revoredo asked me to help him co-direct
  the Bionic Commando project and do a remix of one of the tracks. I picked Area 2,
  and did an upbeat electronic style track. For a time, I helped John co-direct the
  project, and then as John became more busy with school and work, I ended up being
  the main director of the project. Eventually, John had to bow out of the project
  for personal reasons, and I was left with the main directional duties. Sadly, I
  didn''t have the time to do it, so I ended up giving the project to someone else
  who would see it through to completion. This person was Brandon Strader, who has
  done an admirable job since I gave him the project. Since then, I''ve had less to
  do with the directional duties for the project, but I did end up revising my track
  in an attempt to bring it up to my current production standards. Yes, the project
  has been going for that long. So… now the project is nearing completion, finally,
  and even tho I couldn''t see it through myself, I''m glad I was at least able to
  be part of this. It''s been a learning experience, and a fun one too!

  06. "Guerrilla Groove"

  Arranger: Amphibious

  Composer: Harumi Fujita

  Source: "Power Plant"

  Amphibious: It was a cold, December night at about 2 AM. As I lurked the Facebook,
  a rogue comment appeared upon one of my statuses from none other than Brandon himself.
  "You should remix Area 8 for Bionic Commando!" Whether it was in jest, or in pure
  sincerity, my delirious 2 AM mind did not know. But something compelled me to listen
  to the source, and, miraculously, an idea popped into my head. I put together a
  quick sketch and sent it to Brandon, and I was in. Truth be told, I''ve never actually
  played the game, but I''ve certainly enjoyed remixing this track!

  07. "Hold Your Weapon"

  Arranger: Avaris

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "Meet with Enemy and Descend"

  Avaris: I vaguely remember as a child watching my older brother play Bionic Commando.
  As a young kid, I thought it was one of the coolest games I had ever seen. The retractable
  arm... enough said. I have worked with Brandon before on other projects and enjoyed
  the chance to work with him again. His consistency and dedication makes participating
  in this project a no-brainer. I hope my track captured the 8-bit era and feeling
  of the original game. I wanted to create a fun track that capture the soul and feeling
  of the game.

  08. "Enemy Underworld"

  Arranger: Nutritious

  Composers: Junko Tamiya, Harumi Fujita

  Sources: "Heat Wave" & "Bionic Commando Theme"

  Nutritious: Having grown up playing this game with my brother, it was a no-brainer
  to join up on the project. The theme I chose ("Heat Wave") isn''t one of the more
  popular tracks from the game, but I could envision it in a really big orchestral/soundtrack
  genre. To vary it up a bit, I did throw some of the main theme in the middle as
  well. I really can say I accomplished what I was aiming for on this track, which
  is really all an artist can ask for.

  09. "An Arm Pun"

  Arranger: Hylian Lemon

  Composers: Junko Tamiya, Harumi Fujita

  Sources: "Intruder Alert," "Boss Confrontation," & "Bionic Commando Theme"

  Hylian Lemon: I''m not familiar with the game, but I''m always up for a remixing
  challenge. In this case, it was to arrange incredibly short source tunes with different
  time signatures into a full, cohesive track. Brandon put up with my sluggishness
  because I put up with his.

  10. "Master ''D'' Is for Dance"

  Arranger: Gario

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "Rise of the Albatross"

  Gario: Oh, I love Bionic Commando. The gameplay, the story, the graphics, the music,
  it all just... works. I can honestly say that one of my great regrets in life was
  being unaware of this game throughout my entire childhood -- I''m quite happy that
  I took a look at this gem later in life.

  How much later? About a few months before this project started in June 2009. Kind
  of odd that I''m one of the earliest members, yet produced my track by far the latest.
  Oh well, it came out great, the album came out great, and I''m proud to have been
  a part of it throughout.

  A big thanks to John Revoredo for starting this project, a round of applause to
  WillRock for keeping this afloat. Most of my gratitude, however, goes to Brandon
  Strader, for seeing this project to the end, and pushing me to end a chapter of
  my musical career four years in the making. Enjoy the album, everyone!

  11. "Albatros Pls"

  Arranger: Benjamin Briggs

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Source: "Albatross Battle"

  Benjamin Briggs: Basically, I just extracted the main melody line and built the
  whole song around it. Mixing was a challenge because it was such an old project
  file, but I think the end result holds up quite nicely! Brandon Strader is a good
  person.

  12. "Swing into the Sunset"

  Arranger: Rozovian

  Composer: Junko Tamiya

  Sources: "Ending" & "Epilogue"

  Rozovian: I''ve always had a thing for gadgets and cyborgs, humans interfacing with
  technology somehow. Whether this was fully metallic bodies or just chips under the
  skin, the idea of enhancing humans has always fascinated me. Gaming history has
  plenty of examples of this, and Bionic Commando is one of them. Who hasn''t wanted
  to be a technologically-enhanced hero and fight something? Maybe it''s the idea
  that we can be something more than we are, and the tech is just a visual metaphor
  for the things we can do. Maybe it''s that robot arms are cool.'
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release_date: '2013-10-22'
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votes: 0
websites:
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    name: 'Bionic Commando ReMixed: OK, We''ll Groove | OC ReMix'
