Since 1999, OverClocked ReMix (https://ocremix.org/) has been a part of the video game music community. It began as a showcase of game music from fans, and it’s grown into a library with years of history and game remixes. The community began releasing themed albums full of songs in 2003, and several of those albums have covered various Final Fantasy games. This is the second of two episodes featuring those albums, and this one focuses on the OCRemix albums for the PlayStation era Final Fantasy games.
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If you liked these remixes, and want more awesome songs like these, here are links for the projects and artists featured on this episode. Some artists appear more than once; for those artists, only the first entry includes their links. All songs were originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu.
Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/1/final-fantasy-vii-voices-of-the-lifestreamThe show opened with “Serenity”, from VGM arrangement legend Mustin. His website is https://mustinenterprises.com/, and he’s got so many links that each one gets a sub-point. YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/MustinEnterprisesSoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/mustinBandcamp : https://mustinenterprises.bandcamp.com/Apple Music : https://music.apple.com/us/artist/mustin/372553927Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/1N06cI80aTy36Z6CWotkoR) The first song in the first block is “No Such Thing As the Promised Land”, arranged by sephire and SGX. sephire is the alias of Dan Floyd, who’s active on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/newframeplus and https://www.youtube.com/c/playframeplus. SGX’s SoundCloud page can be found at https://soundcloud.com/sgxmusic, and there’s a YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@sgxmusic/. The second song in the block is “The Crossroads (Cid's Theme)”, arranged and performed by Jovette Rivera. His webpage can be found at https://www.royalkingdommusic.com/, and his YouTube is at https://www.youtube.com/@Jovette456. The third song in the block is “Hydrophone Breakdown”, arranged by JigginJonT, who’s better known as Jon Titterington and who’s currently a member of Father John Misty’s band. You can find his SoundCloud page at https://soundcloud.com/jtitterington and you can find his work on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/1WJ6BzhRIR4Bfd0rcfzaOK. Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/100/final-fantasy-viii-seeds-of-pandora The first featured song was “Night Shift”, arranged by DJ Orange featuring Gamer of the Winds DJ Orange has chosen to keep the details of their identity a secret, with minimal internet presence, which is a decision that I can respect.Gamer of the Winds is a woodwind player; you can follow him on Bluesky at @gamerofthewinds.bsky.social and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@GameroftheWinds. He’s also done work on a few game soundtracks as a session musician; you can find the list at https://www.mobygames.com/person/1274921/gregory-orosz/ The second featured song was “Longing for the Horizon”, arranged by ZackParrish with contributions from Ian Martyn, KestrelGirl, and E. Jesús Chic Acevedo. ZackParrish’s SoundCloud can be found at https://soundcloud.com/zack-parrish. He’s also got a YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/CBlockDis, and he’s done soundtrack work for several games, which you can find at https://www.mobygames.com/person/1055258/zackary-parrish/credits/ Ian Martyn’s full list of links can be found at https://linktr.ee/IanMartyn, including a Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/ian-martyn and a Bandcamp page at https://ianmartyn.bandcamp.com/, along with YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/MooglePower and a presence on Bluesky as @ianmartyn.bsky.social. He’s also co-head of operations for GameGrooves, which puts out a lot of game music remixes at https://gamegrooves.com/.KestrelGirl’s game music covers can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@OrKestrelGirl, on AppleMusic at https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kestrelgirl/1564548824, and on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lTvP4hsaNi7QATxymXGR5.E. Jesús Chic Acevedo can be found on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/CairdeanFolk The third featured song was “A Wounded Spy”, arranged by Vylent. Vylent’s work can be found on their SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/silent-ice and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@Vylent_. This episode’s promo segment used “Proposition and Clamor”, arranged by APZX. You can find his work on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/apzx Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/66/final-fantasy-ix-worlds-apart The block’s first song was “Moguo's Knife Party”, arranged by Ben Briggs. Ben Briggs and his music can be found on Bandcamp at https://benbriggs.bandcamp.com/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/bbriggsmusic, and you can follow him on Bluesky at @downbaddad.bsky.social.The block’s second song was “Vamo alla Django”, arranged by AndyP and Fishy, featuring Dan Bryant AndyP and Dan Bryant both don’t have much of a web presence outside of their work on OCRemix.Fishy can be found on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/cainmccormack and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/Fishy1618, and you can follow them on Bluesky at @fishy-vgm.bsky.social. The block’s third song was “Bibliotheca ~ Dreamer in the Library”, arranged by katethegreat19 and Chaeley. katethegreat19 can be found on Bandcamp at https://erutan.bandcamp.com/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/katethegreat19.Chaeley is credited with lyrics for this track, and their web presence is minimal.Final Fantasy: Random Encounter credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/39/final-fantasy-random-encounter This block starts with “The Beginning of a Legacy” from The Dual Dragons featuring Brandon Strader. The Dual Dragons are Norwegian brothers Dan and Frank Johansen, and you can find them on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/FrankDanJohansen, https://www.youtube.com/@danjohansenmusic, and https://www.youtube.com/@FrankTheDoomriderJohansen. This block’s middle is “The Crumbling Facade”, arranged by Brandon Strader featuring halc. Brandon Strader’s website can be found at https://bstrader.net/. You can also find his work on SoundCloud (https://soundcloud.com/brandon-strader) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@bstrader). His work is also available to stream on Spotify. halc’s work can be found on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/halc, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/halc9bit, and on Bandcamp at https://halc.bandcamp.com. This block’s ending is “If I Could Sail the World”, arranged by TheoConfidor featuring Eric Golub. I cannot find a definitive web presence for either individual credited here.Audio Engineering: A Tribute to Cid credits: The full album can be downloaded at https://ocremix.org/album/54/audio-engineering-a-tribute-to-cid The show closes with “Al Bhed Ec Faent”, an arrangement of “Oui Are Al Bhed” from Final Fantasy X, arranged by Theory of N. He’s also known by the name Dustin Lagaly, and he’s got a SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/theoryofnI mentioned the Simpsons episode where they go to Branson Missouri and see dual marquees: “Andy Williams Presents Glen Campbell! Glen Campbell Presents Andy Williams!” You can experience that for yourself at https://youtu.be/vgFgaV_-KfA, and I can testify that Branson Missouri was really like that in the late 1990’s. There were a lot of celebrities who retired to Branson to get away from touring, and nowadays, the only one remaining is Yakov Smirnoff, who’s a very nice man.
00:06 - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - Serenity (Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII) [arranger: Mustin]
05:35 - Talk Segment for Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream
09:08 - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - No Such Thing As the Promised Land (Mako Reactor) [arrangers: sephfire, sgx]
14:19 - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - The Crossroads (Cid's Theme) [arrangers: Jovette Rivera]
19:09 - Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream - Hydrophone Breakdown (Secret of the Deep Sea) [arranger: JigginJonT]
23:41 - Talk Segment for Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora
26:07 - Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora - Night Shift (Jailed) [arranger: DJ Orange feat. Gamer of the Winds]
31:25 - Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora - Longing for the Horizon (Blue Fields) [arrangers: ZackParrish feat. Ian Martyn, KestrelGirl, E. Jesus Chic Acevedo]
35:35 - Final Fantasy VIII: SeeDs of Pandora - A Wounded Spy (The Spy, Wounded) [arranger: Vylent]
37:58 - Talk Segment for Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart
41:57 - Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart - Moguo's Knife Party (Over the Hill) [arranger: Benjamin Briggs]
47:31 - Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart - Vamo alla Django (Vamo alla Flamenco) [arrangers: AndyP, Fishy feat. Dan Bryant]
50:29 - Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart - Bibliotheca ~ Dreamer in the Library (Daguerreo, the Hermit's Library) [arrangers: katethegreat19, Chaeley]
55:09 - Talk Segment for Final Fantasy: Random Encounter
58:07 - Final Fantasy: Random Encounter - The Beginning of a Legacy (Battle Scene) [arranger: The Dual Dragons feat. Brandon Strader]
1:02:50 - Final Fantasy: Random Encounter - The Crumbling Facade (The Ruined Castle) [arranger: Brandon Strader feat. halc]
1:05:22 - Final Fantasy: Random Encounter - If I Could Sail the World (Ship) [arranger: TheoConfidor feat. Eric Golub]
1:10:18 - Outro Talk Segment
1:12:46 - Audio Engineering: A Tribute to Cid - Al Bhed Ec Faent (Oui Are Al Bhed from Final Fantasy X) [arranger: Theory of N]
