About the Album

The Impact of Iwata is the 79th free community arrangement album published by OverClocked ReMix and arranges music from several games connected to Nintendo's fourth president, Satoru Iwata (1959-2015).

Directed by TSori, it features 16 tracks by 40 artists and is the audiobook soundtrack & music supplement to Nintendo Force's first book, penned by editor-in-chief Lucas M. Thomas, The Impact of Iwata.

The Impact of Iwata includes a diverse roster of musicians honoring the celebrated programmer, mentor, executive, and public face of Nintendo by arranging 18 soundtracks in a variety of styles, including rock, pop, orchestral, jazz, chiptune, funk, new age, and more.

The album release also coincides with the 30th anniversary of EarthBound -- the SNES classic Iwata famously rescued after a difficult development process -- and is OC ReMix's second memorial tribute to Satoru Iwata, following the community's 2015 EP, Heart of a Gamer.

Director Notes

Lucas and I had talked about figuring out how to do some sort of collaborative project between OCR and Nintendo Force since my first remix was posted back in 2017, so I was thrilled when he called and pitched the idea for this album.

He was well into writing his book, The Impact of Iwata, about the life and contributions of Satoru Iwata to Nintendo and the video games industry as a whole. He had brought on several very talented artists to create illustrations for each chapter of the book. However, he also had plans for an audio book version and suggested that we create an album of ReMixes to serve the same role in the audio book as the illustrations in the print book. In addition to releasing the album for free on OCR, it would be included, in whole, with the audio book, and clips of each track would be used between chapters. I loved the idea. We pitched it to OCR staff and they were as enthusiastic about it as we were. So, we got started.

I put up a forum post to recruit, and to my surprise, all 16 tracks were claimed in less than a day! Our lineup of ReMixers is a who's who of great talent on OCR from established veterans to incredible newcomers. Each of them was very excited about the project and it shows in their ReMixes. I have no words to describe just how impressed I have been with the music on this album, so I will let it speak for itself. Suffice it to say, everyone brought their A-game to this project, and it is not only a worthy companion to Lucas's excellent book, but also a fantastic and fitting tribute to Satoru Iwata himself and the role he played in our lives.

We hope you enjoy the products of this unique partnership between OverClocked ReMix and Nintendo Force as we all celebrate the Impact of Iwata!

 

-TSori

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Tracks

1 - Eggerland Swagger

Arrangement of "Main BGM"
By Jorito (Arranger)

2 - Pocket Arcade

Arrangement of "Title Screen"
By Treyt (Arranger)

3 - Funky Mountain Peaks

Arrangement of "Cloudy Mountain Peaks"
By Cyril the Wolf (Arranger) , Cyril the Wolf (Performer) , ZackParrish (Performer) , TSori (Performer)

4 - Poppin'

Arrangement of "Balloon Trip" , "Enemies Dropping"
By M1N0 (Arranger)

5 - Life Is Peachy

Arrangement of "Swimming BGM"
By Emunator (Sound Design/FX) , ZackParrish (Arranger)

6 - Road Rage

Arrangement of "Main BGM1" , "Title BGM" , "Course Select" , "Course Clear" , "Main BGM2"
By Siolfor the Jackal (Arranger) , Siolfor the Jackal (Performer) , Serrin's Toes (Performer)

7 - A Translator's Tale

Arrangement of "Chateau Ladutorm" , "Unknown World" , "Fight"
By Xaleph (Arranger) , Xaleph (Performer) , TSori (Performer) , Chromatic Apparatus (Performer) , Siolfor the Jackal (Performer) , SableProvidence (Performer) , pointblanket (Performer)

8 - Parasol to the Stars

Arrangement of "Level Map Select of LEVEL 3"
By Lucas Guimaraes (Arranger) , Lucas Guimaraes (Performer) , Gamer of the Winds (Performer) , Ridley Snipes (Audio Engineer) , Steven Higbee (Performer) , Andrew Gossett (Performer) , Whispy Woodwinds (Performer)

9 - Bonhomme de Neige

Arrangement of "Snowman"
By Earth Kid (Performer) , Ridley Snipes (Arranger) , Ridley Snipes (Performer) , Ridley Snipes (Audio Engineer)

10 - Gold Soul

Arrangement of "National Park"
By Emunator (Arranger) , Emunator (Performer) , ZackParrish (Performer) , Andrew Steffen (Performer) , Lucas Guimaraes (Performer) , Gamer of the Winds (Performer) , TSori (Performer) , Chromatic Apparatus (Performer) , Steven Higbee (Performer) , CNDR (Arranger) , CNDR (Performer) , ErichWK (Performer) , ErichWK (Audio Engineer) , Marissa Turnage (Performer) , Brandon Harnish (Performer) , Andrew Gossett (Performer)

11 - Desert Smash

Arrangement of "Menu 1" , "Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme" , "How to Play" , "Lifelight"
By Vylent (Arranger)

12 - Sportsball

Arrangement of "Title Screen"
By Hemophiliac (Arranger) , Hemophiliac (Audio Engineer) , Lucas Guimaraes (Performer) , Gamer of the Winds (Performer) , TSori (Performer) , Travis Kindred (Performer)

13 - Think on Your Feet

Arrangement of "Menu" , "Title" , "Ranking"
By TSori (Arranger) , TSori (Performer) , Chromatic Apparatus (Performer) , Sean R. Hanson (Performer) , Flake (Arranger) , Flake (Performer) , optimizasean (Performer) , KestrelGirl (Performer) , myuik (Performer) , ViolinGamer (Performer) , zmand97 (Performer) , Andrew Gossett (Performer) , AnimeVivi (Performer) , Kalen Scott Thomas (Performer) , iCrescendo (Performer) , PocketCrow (Audio Engineer)

14 - Direct Jangle

Arrangement of "Headline Jingle"
By Ian Martyn (Arranger) , Ian Martyn (Performer)

15 - Chozodynamic

Arrangement of "Opening (Destroyed Science Academy Research Station)" , "Brinstar - Plant Overgrowth Area" , "Brinstar - Red Soil Wetland Area" , "Ice Valley (Phendrana Deep Lake Area)" , "Menu Select" , "Title" , "Planet Tallon IV" , "VS. Hive Totem" , "Chozo Ruins" , "Artifact Temple" , "Samus Appearance Jingle" , "Item Obtainment Jingle" , "Artifact Obtainment Jingle"
By ZackParrish (Performer) , Gamer of the Winds (Performer) , TSori (Performer) , The Vodoú Queen (Arranger) , The Vodoú Queen (Performer) , CNDR (Performer)

16 - Guided to the Infinite

Arrangement of "Servant of the Sacred Spring"
By Michael Hudak (Arranger)

Artists

Andrew Gossett

Andrew Steffen

AnimeVivi

Joe Chen

Brandon Harnish

Brandon L. Harnish

Cajarito

Chris Szczesiul

Chromatic Apparatus

Eric Bowden

CNDR

Cyril the Wolf

Connor Pelkey

D.M. Cumbo

David Cumbo

Earth Kid

Emunator

Wes McDonald

ErichWK

Erich Beckmann

Flake

Brendan Vavra

Fryguy64

Mark Kelly

Gamer of the Winds

Gregory Orosz

Hemophiliac

Chris Roman

Ian Martyn

iCrescendo

Joe Rothenberg

Jof

Jonathan Traynor

Jorito

Jorrith Schaap

Kalen Scott Thomas

KestrelGirl

Gabrielle

LLK

Lindsey Layne King

Lucas Guimaraes

Marissa Turnage

Matthew Taranto

Michael Hudak

Mike Norvak

Miguel Ángel Ramírez López

myuik

Omni Jacala

optimizasean

Sean Harding

Philip Summers

PocketCrow

pointblanket

Ridley Snipes

Trevor Burch

Robyn Haley

SableProvidence

Sean Hicks

Sean R. Hanson

Serrin's Toes

Siolfor the Jackal

Siplick

Steven Higbee

The Vodoú Queen

Angélique Vodoú

Thor Thorvaldson

Thor Thorvaldson, Jr.

Travis Kindred

Treyt

Trevor Tuls

TSori

ViolinGamer

Oleg Zakharskiy

Vylent

Darryl Cummings

Whispy Woodwinds

Andrew Gossett, Gregory Orosz, Lucas Guimaraes, Steven Higbee

Xaleph

Matt Sabol

ZackParrish

Zack Parrish

zmand97

Zack Dornfield

Founded in 1999, OverClocked ReMix is an organization dedicated to the appreciation and promotion of video game music as an art form. Its primary focus is ocremix.org, a website featuring thousands of free fan arrangements, information on game music and composers, resources for aspiring artists, and a thriving community of video game music fans.

OCRは１９９９年に創立されて、ゲーム音楽への感謝、保存、演出に専念するための組織です。OCRの主要な活動は ocremix.org で見つかるインターネットサイト。このサイトに数百のゲーム音楽好きに作られたリミックスのMP3と、ゲームの音楽と作曲家の情報と、音楽家を熱望している人のための供給源と、にぎやかなゲーム音楽のファンがいっぱいいます。