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notes: 'BadAss: Boss Themes: Volume III

  Comments from album director Pieter van Os (pu_freak), assistant director Alexandre
  Mourey (Chernabogue) & mastering engineer Truong-Son Nguyen (timaeus222)

  Album freely available at http://ocremix.org

  Welcome to the beginning of the end! BadAss 3 is the final boss of the boss themes
  albums, so to say. Like the previous volumes, BadAss 3 consists of awesome renditions
  of various boss themes, from popular series such as Final Fantasy to more obscure
  games like Vectorman and Wild Guns. But make no mistake: this is not not BadAss
  1 or 2. As with a good trilogy, the first one is to introduce people to the concept
  and vibe, the second part is the meanest and darkest one and the final entry is
  the epic finale. In Boss terms: BadAss 1 were the level bosses, BadAss 2 is the
  mean, tough-as-nails general you will have to defeat before you take take on the
  final mastermind: BadAss 3. This is also reflected in the vibe of the albums. BadAss
  1 had general evil-sounding boss remixes, BadAss 2 had more of a focus on meaner,
  darker and grittier mixes, while this volume has epic orchestral rock or creepy
  mind-twisting remixes. This album won''t punch you in the face with the raw power
  than Volume 2 had, but rather attack you mentally, by conquering your soul with
  bombastic powerful songs and driving you insane with the twisted ones. You WILL
  feel evil after listening to this. Find you inner Darth Vader or your inner Dexter
  and enjoy the epic conclusion of the (first?) BadAss trilogy!

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

  And there it is, the final entry to the BadAss trilogy. After being assistant director
  of the first two volumes, I was now taking the helm as project director with Alex
  (Chernabogue) as my trusted assistant. Since I became the assistant director for
  BadAss 1 (after already being a ReMixer when it was still called Crescendo to Chaos
  under different management), I never stopped working for BadAss. The preparations
  for volume 2 started just before the first volume was released, and this volume
  was also being worked on before the release of BadAss 2. In other words, I''ve been
  busy with directing BadAss since May 2009 (and involved as a ReMixer since May 2006);
  it''s been a part of my life for quite some time. Of course, I wouldn''t be doing
  this if I didn''t enjoy it as much as I did!

  This time around, I wanted to change the genre and feel of the album a bit while
  still keeping it in line with expectations for a boss themes album, just like David
  L. Puga (director of BadAss: Volumes 1 and 2) did with volume 2. As I described
  it in the project thread at the OverClocked ReMix project forum: "Instead of gritty
  and mean as with BA2, Volume 3 will be more adrenaline-pumping, epic, and twisted.
  People should feel dark and evil when listening to this album. This could be done
  with epic and bombastic songs, but also with really creepy or twisted songs. This
  means more orchestral influences (such as low choirs or strings) or more dissonance/eerie
  arrangements." And, man, did the artists deliver!

  - Pieter van Os (pu_freak)

  I participated to the two first volumes of BadAss (one track on volume I, and the
  trailer for volume II), so I knew I had to do something for BA3. Pieter contacted
  me at the end of BA2 to help him finish the trilogy, and it was a true honor to
  co-direct another OCR album, with such a great team of remixers and staff members.
  This album also contains three new tracks from me, the biggest number I''ve done
  for any album yet! Thanks a lot to Pieter (pu_freak), Eino (evktalo), and Tim (timaeus222),
  plus to all the artists that participated. We are BadAss!

  - Alexandre Mourey (Chernabogue)

  When it came time for BadAss 3 to roll around, knowing it was going to be the last
  volume, I realized I had to really help it go out with a bang. Since it was the
  last volume, to me, it had to be as perfect as it can be. Seeing as how the theme
  was to be accomplished with epic, bombastic, creepy, or twisted atmospheres, I figured
  the production should also be pretty aggressive (usually), and that''s where I come
  in. I was the mastering engineer for this album, first and foremost, but I was also
  willing to do the mixing for some people as well, so thank you to the people who
  were patient with me while I worked to mix their tracks both in the way that I would
  objectively be happy with and in the way that they had preferably envisioned in
  the end.

  In my humble opinion, I think that, out of all three volumes, Vol. 3 has some of
  the most talented and imaginative artists working together and making so many tracks
  that clicked nicely. I truly believe that the best of these artists'' abilities
  was brought out during the refinement process. Even with the aggressive (or just
  full-sounding) final production, generally speaking for most of these tracks, I
  think the dynamics are still there to augment the creative, evocative, and/or immersive
  nature of these arrangements. It was a blast working closely on this with pu_freak
  and Chernabogue, and I hope to do something like this again in the future!

  ...Are you feeling BadAss? Will you strut like you mean it? ARE... YOU... READY?!
  *spazzes out*

  - Truong-Son Nguyen (timaeus222)

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

  1-01. Lashmush - "Monument of Non-Existence"

  Boss: Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI)

  Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

  Source: "Dancing Mad"

  1-02. Sbeast - "Zeromus Sum Game"

  Boss: Zeromus (Final Fantasy IV)

  Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

  Source: "The Final Battle"

  1-03. Kammo64 - "Darksightedness"

  Boss: Dark Bowser (Mario & Luigi: Bowser''s Inside Story)

  Composer: Yoko Shimomura

  Source: "Returning Memories of the Journey"

  1-04. Chernabogue, AngelCityOutlaw, Furilas - "The Metal Emperor"

  Boss: Machinedramon (Digimon World)

  Composers: Koji Yamada, Yuko Ishii

  Source: "Machinedramon Battle"

  1-05. Gamer Shredding (OmariuZ, Luis Sáenz) - "Warriors of Shredder"

  Boss: Slash (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project)

  Composers: Yuichi Sakakura, Tomoya Tomita, Kozo Nakamura

  Sources: "Bad Soldier," "Crazy Attack"

  1-06. HoboKa - "Jaded by Death"

  Boss: Deathevan (Breath of Fire II)

  Composer: Yuko Takehara

  Source: "Lethal Dose"

  1-07. Chernabogue - "Crescendo to Chaos"

  Boss: Rival (Pokémon Red Version)

  Composer: Junichi Masuda

  Source: "Last Battle (VS Rival)"

  1-08. XPRTNovice - "The Power"

  Boss: Grahf (Xenogears)

  Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

  Sources: "Grahf, Ruler of Darkness," "Premonition"

  1-09. Mak Eightman - "Amputate Your Metal"

  Boss: Big Bertha (Wild Guns)

  Composer: Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

  Source: "Boss"

  1-10. Chernabogue, Tuberz McGee, Furilas, Mirby, Brandon Strader - "Are You BadAss?"

  Boss: Sturm (Advance Wars)

  Composer: Taishi Senda

  Source: "Sturm''s Theme"

  2-01. Pablo Coma - "Opening the Way"

  Boss: Colossi (Shadow of the Colossus)

  Composer: Kow Otani

  Source: "The Opened Way ~Battle with the Colossus~"

  2-02. pu_freak - "The Dark Defender"

  Boss: Magus (Chrono Trigger)

  Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

  Source: "Magus Confronted"

  2-03. David L. Puga, Mak Eightman - "(Progeny) Of a Frail Humanity"

  Boss: Albert Wesker (Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil 4, Resident
  Evil 5)

  Composers: Masafumi Takada, Jun Fukuda, Misao Senbongi, Shusaku Uchiyama, Kota Suzuki

  Sources: "Wesker''s Beginnings," "The Mercenaries: Wesker," "Wind of Madness"

  2-04. neshead80 - "Fortress of Doom"

  Boss: Koopalings (Super Mario World)

  Composer: Koji Kondo

  Source: "Sub Castle BGM"

  2-05. Chimpazilla, Redg - "Molgera''s Love"

  Boss: Molgera (Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker)

  Composers: Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi

  Source: "Molgera"

  2-06. Kammo64 - "Mad Jack''s Drop"

  Boss: Mad Jack (Donkey Kong 64)

  Composer: Grant Kirkhope

  Source: "Factory Boss"

  2-07. SkyRiderX feat. XPRTNovice - "Twisted Rebirth"

  Boss: Dark Samus (Metroid Prime 3, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2)

  Composers: Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Masaru Tajima, Kouichi Kyuma

  Sources: "VS. Dark Samus Theme," "Tallon Overworld," "U-mos"

  2-08. timaeus222 - "Soiled by the Egyptians"

  Boss: Orbot Purple (Vectorman 2, Vectorman)

  Composer: Jon Holland

  Sources: "Cave2 Tank," "Day 5: Arctic Ridge ~ Day 9: Hydroponic Lab"

  2-09. Darkmoocher, timaeus222 - "Become Death"

  Boss: Metalhead (Vectorman)

  Composer: Jon Holland

  Sources: "Day 4: Absolute Zero ~ Day 15: Worldlink Center," "Day 2: Metalhead,"
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  2-10. Lashmush - "Seed of Perdition"

  Boss: Lavos (Chrono Trigger)

  Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

  Sources: "Lavos''s Theme," "World Revolution," "Last Battle"'
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