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Project Majestic Mix
Mustin writes: "'Project Majestic Mix: A Tribute to Nobuo Uematsu' is the combined effort a group of musicians from around the world, connected only through the Internet. Together, they have created the first legal, fan-made, fan-financed game music album to be released in America. Perhaps the most famous game composer, Nobuo Uematsu is hailed for his work in the 'Final Fantasy' series of RPGs. Nevertheless, the tunes are not kiddy stuff, with a full 74 minutes of arrangements in styles varying from orchestral to rock and techno to jazz. The Silver Edition is currently available for preorder exclusively through AnimeNation.com with a release date of March 31st, and the Unlimited Edition will be obtainable via most online music retailers. To preview mp3 clips of the music and access more detailed information, visit the project's site at www.MajesticMix.com"
Looks like OverClocked ReMix.
As I can see, some of the composers are the same in the album and the web site. heh.
- LastCall_
Back in Time, although made in the UK, is definitely available in the US, and is a compilation of remixed Commodore 64.
http://www.c64audio.com/
They even have live club venues with the music!!
So how can you guys have the first fan based legal CD??????? Is it a case of Commodore blindness?
Also, the SID sound chip is available in an external MIDI box, and has been used at least once to make a commercial album:
http://stage.vitaminic.com/danko
Enjoy!!!!
For those who are interested, there's an earlier story, samples, and an interview with Stephen Kennedy, the project's manager at the GIA:
http://www.thegia.com/features/f991030.html
The samples in that interview are quite old... newer clips are on the www.MajesticMix.com site.
You can definitely see a huge improvement in sound quality.
What the poster (and /. editors left out) was the following information:
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There are three versions of PMM (Project Majestic Mix): Gold, Silver, Unlimited. Gold is available for purchase only directly from the gang who put the whole thing together, and is also only available for those who contributed $20 or more to the fundraising. The Silver version is available for preorder until the last day of March, from Animenation.com, as the poster mentioned. The Unlimited, as also mentioned, will be for general sale, probably everywhere under the sun.
The Gold edition is packed with more tracks than the others, IE: those who donated get great rewards. The Silver has less than gold, and the Unlimited has less than Silver, but 2 (if I remember correctly from an email from Mustin) tracks that are not on the Gold. Confusing? Sure it is.
I donated $20 for the project, mostly because I have been a huge fan of the Final Fantasy musical scores since I first experienced FF6. Nobo is my musical hero. Also, I should note, I liked the idea that my name (yes, my name!) will be included in the booklet, along with all the others who donated a $20 sum or more. Gold edition and name in the book, what more could a guy ask for?
I'm anxious as can be to get my Gold edition, which, might I add, cost me $15 to purchase (yes, my donatation did NOT go towards the price of the CD, but that's fine with me). The samples I have heard are fantastic.
In short, if you enjoy Final Fantasy, and are longing for some nostalgia, buy the CD(s). You won't regret it, but, hey, if you do regret it, there's always eBay.
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
This makes me wonder why Square hangs on to Uematsu for their Final Fantasy games...
Remember that FFX had 2 additional composers on board - Nakano and Hamauzu. Maybe Square agrees that Uematsu just isn't cutting it all by himself on their flagship series anymore. I'd also like to point out that Xenosaga isn't even a Squaresoft game - Namco published it.
>Project Majestic Mix: A Tribute to Nobuo
>Uematsu' is the combined effort a group of
>musicians from around the world, connected
>only through the Internet. Together, they
>have created the first legal, fan-made,
>fan-financed game music album to be released
>in America.
Actually, this is not a first. I have here in my CD-rack two yellow MUSENET audio CD from 1992. These are the first two audio CD which have been recorded by people on the internet (USENET, actually), using the Internet as a transport medium for the final sounds. The only mention I have found about this is at the bottom of http://www.outsideshore.com/recordings/marc.htm.