bitium-ribbon - Final Fantasy: Masters of Chaos (OCD Mix)

PLEASE GO AND VOTE HERE: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/321023

REMIX: Boss music from Final Fantasy 3 - 9

REMAKE of Final Fantasy: Masters of Chaos (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/65964)

ORIGINAL NEWGROUNDS CONTENT POSTED: March 26th, 2010

Game(s): Final Fantasy III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX
Song(s): Boss Themes

**NOTE: This song is at its best when listened to through headphones.

**NOTE: Given the NG limit on file sizes, I had to go with a bitrate of 128k as opposed to 160k. The 160k version is available here: http://www.filefactory.co m/file/b0dbcb7/n/Masters_
of_Chaos_OCD.mp3

CURSE YOU AND YOUR 8MB LIMIT, NEWGROUNDS!!

Argh.

Well, at any rate, this song has been a fairly long time coming. When I finished the original Masters of Chaos four years ago, I didn't know as much about mixing, volume, samples, etc. as I do now. I'd also been working on my memory alone of what each song sounded like, so there were gaps.

What we have here is the version of Masters of Chaos I had intended to share with the world back then. The reason it is called the OCD mix is that I created it purely as a result of my obsessive-compulsive tendency not to leave things out.

In the original, I left out FFVIII, and I cut FFV very short. This version does are more justice to FFV than it did, and as much as I loathe FFVIII (and FFVII for that matter), I can't fault the composer of its music for the shoddy gameplay, and so in honour of some of Nobuo's best work, I chose to include it.

So here we are! First submission since... uh... can't remember. Enjoy!

- Bitium Ribbon -

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[robloxfan459]

there is one song you may enjoy known as J.E.N.O.V.A., the boss theme that plays for the jenova and Dr. Hojo battles in FF7. if you don't know about it, i would seriously recommend you look it up:)

[BitiumRibbon]

@robloxfan459

Oh, don't worry, I'm very familiar with that song (it's in another one of my remixes). I just don't like Final Fantasy 7. :P

[robloxfan459]

@BitiumRibbon Which remix is this pray tell?

[BitiumRibbon]

@robloxfan459

One that I'm not entirely that proud of. "Ultimate Zero," and a remake, "Ultimate Zero Beta." They're on my channel, I think, but they are also on my Newgrounds account. They're okay, but not amazing, as far as I'm concerned. :P

[robloxfan459]

@BitiumRibbon I wouldnt say its bad. I think the remix is actually fairly impressive compared to most first time remixes i see on youtube and newgrounds. It kept true to the original themes and blended them very effectively without overpowering or overdoing any of them.

[BitiumRibbon]

@robloxfan459

Well thank you. :)

[RaxiazRedux]

@BitiumRibbon

That would be pretty cool, man. I'd like to see that. I really like me some Tetris though. I want a mega-mix of it, done well though... :O Good stuff, you know what I'm sayin'? And your stuff is a good portion of some good stuff.

[BitiumRibbon]

@RaxiazRedux

As for the Tetris theme, I think what I like so much about it is that NOBODY remixes it. It's always about Theme A, and when it isn't about Theme A it's about Theme B. I'm planning on doing the opening theme too - a perfect 4 years of Tetris remixes. xD

[BitiumRibbon]

@RaxiazRedux

I do the vast majority of my stuff by ear. I've always had a good ear - I used to listen to video game songs and then play them on the piano in my spare time. FL was just a natural evolution of that.

I rarely need sheet music but I've needed it before - FF8 and 9's boss themes, Gilgamesh's battle, etc. - so what I'll do is open up the sheet music in a program like Finale, read it, and then put it manually into FL. ^^

[RaxiazRedux]

@BitiumRibbon As you should be. It's really good... I'm sad that there doesn't seem to be any more remixes of it. I can't even find the original arrangement of it... :( Do you remix by ear or use the sheet music to get the original melodies, then go from there? Just curious. I've tried remixing by ear, but I suck. And the music sheets take so long to put into FL... what do you use for software? Fruity Loops or something else? The quality of your tracks are amazingly well...