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Kong in Concert - Donkey Kong Country Arrangements

Posted by Hemos on from the good-things-to-listen-to dept.

Digital Coma writes "Kong in Concert, a project directed by myself and coordinated by familiar artists of the unofficial game music arrangement community, has been released at http://dkcproject.ocremix.org and spotlighted at OverClocked ReMix. Its purpose is to pay respects to the excellent Donkey Kong Country SNES soundtrack and honor its composers with 22 rearrangements (or ReMixes) of every song from the game in high quality MP3 and OGG. We also have a BitTorrent distribution of the album's whole WAV compilation. If you like the idea of free, non-commercial videogame remixes, check us out."

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  1. One Question: by goldspider · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Did you have to pay any kind of lisencing fees to Nintendo? If so, how much did that cost?

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    "Ask not what your country can do for you." --John F. Kennedy
    1. Re:One Question: by aaron+p.+matthews · · Score: 5, Informative

      Hi, I'm one of the guys who worked on this project. (I did the ice cave track)

      This project is not licensed. We didn't ask for permission.
      This is a project done by fans, for fans.

      Nintendo is 100% within their rights to send us a cease-and-desist order if they choose to. However, Nintendo has shown no animosity towards such projects in the past and I suppose they won't show any towards this one either.
      But who knows? just enjoy the music. :)

      cheers.

  2. Free? by ideatrack · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I know this is probably a very simple question, but if you're taking someone else's work and remixing it, doesn't that mean you have some obligation to the original composer? What's to prevent Nintendo from sending in the lawyers to stop this?

    Don't get me wrong, I don't think this is a bad idea or anything, (it's not my thing) but just wanted some clarification...

  3. Relics of the Chozo by D'Arque+Bishop · · Score: 5, Informative

    This isn't the first time the Overclocked Remix guys have come together to make a tribute album for a Super Nintendo game. I highly recommend checking out Relics of the Chozo, which is their soundtrack tribute to the game Super Metroid. VERY good stuff, if I do say so myself.

    Just my $.02...

  4. Re:DKC... by mozingod · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because DKC had such a ground breaking storyline?

  5. Was the concert produced by... by scotay · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...P. Diddy Kong?

  6. Re:DKC... by myc_lykaon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't you see that academic paper? 'Hermeneutics and the Narrative Discourse in Donkey Kong Country - A Feminist Perspective'.