everyday gamer

While reading through the gaming section on Digg, I stumbled upon a cool bit of news from arstechnica regarding the awesome folks at OCRemix, a prominent video game music remixing community.  Apparently their Street Fighter 2 remix album, Blood on the Asphalt, caught the eyes and ears of Rey Jimenez at Capcom months back and the artists involved in the album are now working on the soundtrack to the upcoming downloadable Street Fighter II HD Remix for PSN and XBLA.  Though some of the tracks are being modified/reinterpreted, the article makes it seem like the entirety of the soundtrack will be done by the OCR kids.  What an incredible opportunity!

It’s definitely cool to know that I’ve got links to people in the gaming industry now, having met a couple of the remixers (djpretzel, Zircon, pixietricks) via my friend Shariq (Darkesword) a couple of times in Philadelphia for Wizardworld Comic Convention.  It also gives me another point to be jealous over besides their immense musical talent: they’re being contracted by Capcom, a company I’d absolutely love to work for one day!  Congratulations guys!

I can’t wait till HD Remix is released…I’ll be there day 1,

Fans go pro: how OC ReMix put its stamp on Street Fighter II HD Remix
Overclocked Remix
Blood on the Asphalt