Hopefully you're all familiar with OCRemix, the internet's premiere source (in my opinion) of fan arrangements of game music. Back at 1UP I posted a brief blog each week highlighting one of the remixes and with a short hiatus behind me I want to continue doing that here on PixlBit. So, without further ado...
From: Final Fantasy VI
Remixed by: Jeremy Soule
This remix is kind of a big deal. Jeremy Soule, for those of you that don't recognize the name, is a longtime video game composer whose first game soundtrack was the underrated 1995 SNES classic Secret of Evermore. Since then his songs have appeared in games as varied as Skyrim, Peace Walker, and Spy Fox. If you like PC strategy games and RPGs (Guild Wars and Dungeon Siege, for instance), you're probably familiar with his work. This live orchestra remix is alternately epic and haunting and builds to a climax that is very much like the sun, just briefly, breaking through the clouds. Of the hundreds of remixes I've listened to on OCR, this one easily ranks up near the top. Highly recommended—don't miss out on this one!
Check back next Wednesday for another remix. I'll also be putting up some more old posts from 1UP (I meant to have a couple more up by now but you know how life is) and then some new stuff...hopefully 
Thanks for reading and listening!
I look forward to more posts.
Thanks! If you'd like to check out some more remixes now, I have a bunch on my 1UP page
That was an epic remix! I've heard that song so many times, and yet never like that lol. It was haunting and powerful. Thanks Philip.
Glad you liked it! 
I had not heard of OC Remix, in fact. I liked the song, though, even if I have no idea how it compares to the original composition in FFVI (never got into JRPGs).
Favorite part was the crescendo that starts about 3:01
OCR is great. The site can be a little intimidating at first because of the sheer number of songs on there (over two and a half thousand) but spending the time to dig through them is definitely worth it.
Yeah, the build up at the end is great
OK, that was pretty good. Nobody does melody like Uematsu, and nobody does epic, building, dramatic music like Soule. That was a pretty good combination.
Definitely. Glad you liked it. I wish Jeremy Soule would do some more like it lol
Nice! I liked that. That's a pretty cool song. I'll have to check out the site and see what else you guys have.
There's something for everyone on OCR, so happy hunting. And be sure to check back here next week for whatever I decide to spotlight then
Love the music from OCRemix! I need to redownload the albums actually that they have since my HDD fail....I mostly listen to the Chrono Cross and Trigger, Breath of Fire, Suikoden, and Lunar remixes on there XD
You know, I don't think I have any remixes from any of the Suikoden games. I'll have to check them out!
