ReMix:The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks "Sieluraiteet" 3:41

See, I told you we weren't done reppin' the People's Remix Competition! We've got another great ReMix resurrected and refurbished from the PRC days, as Eino Keskitalo adds some swagger to The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks! All aboooooard as Eino explains how he tightented this up compared to the compo version, which didn't even have a real ending:

"I'm continuing my journey through my old compo tunes and polishing them up for submission. This one comes from People's Remix Competition round 247, from 2013, so this track is soon 10 years old originally!

The overly busy compo piece has been chiseled out to have some dynamics in it. Also, I've replaced some of the high-pitched instrumentation with a bit more middle-focused stuff. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome!

Big thanks to few people for feedback, which helped tremendously with the final 5% of polish:
* HenkkaStorm on the OCR forums
* Hemophiliac and adrian (gravitygauntlet) and possibly others on #workshop in OCR Discord
* Drai and kraphik3d on Skrolli magazine's Discord

It was a really fun feedback loop over a few days where people suggested small, easily actionable improvements to mixing, etc., that made the end result that much better. Thanks to everyone!"

Thanks to the community feedback, the sound design here's a treat and a half, and I dug the lead a lot, just like prophetik music did:

"i love the bitcrushing that eino uses on the drums in several of his tracks. it's just such an iconic sound. it's used to great effect here. combined with the heavy stuttering on the backing parts, there's a great glitchy vibe that comes through here.

the lead has a lot of activity on it, which is nice, and it's also actively personalized with some fun call-and-response harmonic content, so that's nice."

Not only that, but the bassline here's doing some WORK, sounding extra phat, filling out the soundfield well, and establishing a nice groove. This one's got the potential to put some bounce in your step while you have it on! And look at Chimpazilla getting a lil' sacriligious over here based on how much she enjoyed this:

"Super interesting sound palette and easy-going spacey vibe. I can almost see this theme working for the final part of the game where Link and Zelda chase down the demon trains in the Dark Realm. In fact I think this arrangement would fit even better than the actual theme the game used, which in my opinion always felt like it didn't fit with the rest of the OST. Production on this mix is terrific, cohesive and interesting arrangement, love it."

Chimpa's a Zelda super-fan who's "played this game infinity times", so she's not just hyping Eino up, but would you Spirit Tracks players out there say this arrangement could actually fit the mood and context of the game more than the original theme? Who's to say, but what I *do* know is that there's a more serious tone to this arrangement, but does so without making the theme feel dark. Good depth to the soundscape; everything sounds full, and I enjoyed how various lines would trail off. Oooh, nice ending too; it can come off as too sudden, but I dug that last set of stabs, which was a nice surprise that was a brief yet effective resolution. Glad Eino picked this one back up! I always trust his work, so I'm glad Eino found the creativity and confidence to get this to a point where he was happy with it. We hope he'll choo-choo-choose to polish up and send in more strong compo contenders like this one!