I guess I'm going to be the jerk of the thread and say that while I think these tracks are all interesting exercises in musical exploration, I'm not a huge fan of your intended purpose, which is to put these tracks in behind the game. Your covers of these tracks are often way too busy and over-complicated. There are too many instruments being used and some of the instruments are used in odd ways. This isn't helped by the incorporation of themes from other games. Medley tracks make for good listening but poor BGM. The Mega Man tracks shine in part because they do a lot with a little. So while these tracks aren't bad, I definitely think they're a bad match for the actual game itself. I think this music playing in the background would be more distraction than enhancement. By all means, keep developing your music skills. Maybe read up a bit more on music theory (the tracks are a little rough around the edges, but I think that's not hard to overlook). I think you'll continue to make some good listening material. I'd much rather see much simpler and more straight-forward remixes included with the actual game, though.
Hogwash.
These tracks will be fun accompanying the stages.
What you meant to say is that you *prefer* a certain approach to video game music (and I don't disagree with you, in general), but to say that these tracks fundamentally "won't work" is pure tripe.
Also, we need *more* and *varied* approaches to game music... be it *More* complexity, layering of tracks, increased nuances and subtlety, etc. ....
Or more simplicity, minimalism.....
...IT'S ALL GOOD, especially when you try to do things for folks (like us) who have heard the core soundtrack a BILLION TIMES.
For example: the Super Raiden CD, Double Dragon II and R-Type Complete soundtracks are absolutely excellent...but they often get criticized for "deviating too far" from the source material and not "following the formula...the essence" of the original soundtrack.
Now, these criticisms might be correct...but they miss the larger point: THEY WORK GREAT WITH THE DAMN GAME.
FINAL VERDICT: We all have our own preferences, and I can't fault you for that.
But P_D's tracks will be *excellent* accompanying the platforming bliss of Megaman.
