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name: 'BadAss: Paragons & Renegades'
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notes: 'BadAss: Paragons & Renegades

  Comments from album directors David L. Puga and Pieter van Os (Pavos)

  Album freely available at https://badass-pr.ocremix.org

  Long ago, ancient scholars agonized over one existential question that would change
  the time space continuum for all... time and space. That question, "Wouldn''t it
  be cool to have a BadAss album, except for hero themes?" Well, now we have the answer
  in 18 tracks of badass heroic reimagines of heroic heroes that have hero''d, and
  even some that aren''t necessarily heroic but still did a good in the end. While
  it may not change the time-space continuum, it''ll make the next hour and change
  pretty friggin'' kickass, hardcore style.

  It''s been a long time. 4 years since BadAss 3, and 7 since the last time I had
  a hand in directing. It''s about damn time, and I''m proud to present the newest
  in the BadAss line, Paragons & Renegades: A BadAss Heroes Album! It''s finally here,
  you guyses! To commemorate this occasion, I''m gonna tell you a secret: I first
  started BadAss to have a different sound and tone when compared to what OCR had
  been putting out to that point, at least in overall style. Much as I loved all the
  albums to that point, I wanted something meaner and darker; I had just come off
  of The Dark Side of Phobos and wanted more of that while at the same time not being
  tied down to a single game, so we joined up with KNGI and made it so. The making
  of BadAss 1 and 2 were some of the most fun moments I''ve ever had making music
  & I look back fondly on those days. We made some kickass tunes, but I like to think
  it was the friends and memories we made along the way that make these albums good
  & I think that''s pretty kickass!

  When Pieter and I first started planning a hero-themed fourth album in the BadAss
  line in 2019, the only goal we really had was to have fun. I can''t speak for Pieter,
  but I missed having fun making music. I''d been doing contract work composing &
  sound designing and I was getting burnt out by it all, but I remembered those days
  making BadAss 1 and 2 and how much fun it was. We were experimental & I think the
  tracks that come out of a BadAss album show that. So, we started BadAss Heroes if
  only to be experimental, to let the music guide us, and to just have fun. A lot
  has happened in the world since then, and so have my reasons for working on this
  album. This is a hero-themed album & maybe we can all use a reminder to better days
  when defeating evil and being a hero was as simple as loading up a game and pressing
  a few buttons. It''s become harder to see the better days, and even harder to see
  the heroism in the world. My hope is that this album leaves you energized, feeling
  badass, and most importantly, with some good-ass memories. And, hell, if we can
  inspire a little bit of heroism in you hardcore style, well, that''d be awesome
  too!

  - David L. Puga

  Welcome to Paragons & Renegades: A BadAss Heroes Album! A true spin-off from the
  main BadAss series focusing on heroes this time around and having two discs with
  their own feel. Why not a BadAss: Boss Themes: Volume 4? Well, as I wrote in the
  album write-up of BadAss 3, I had been working non-stop on BadAss since its never-released
  spiritual predecessor, Crescendo to Chaos. BadAss 1 was really an experiment for
  us (I was just an assistant director then) and so was the music. A genre-style album,
  not focusing on a certain soundtrack, born from the KNGI community almost more than
  from the OCR community… it was new in many ways. In BadAss 2, I think David really
  found his niche of genre and we made it even rawer and focused than the first one.
  With BadAss 3, I took over as director and had my own staff without David. It gave
  me the opportunity to grow more as a director and give it more my (genre) niche
  and vibe: more eerie and more bombastic - more like a movie soundtrack. After that,
  I felt like the trilogy was complete and I did everything I could with the BadAss
  formula. But David and I (and others in the project threads) always teased each
  other with "Well, one day there should be a GoodAss…"

  And that day has come! We''re going back to something new, something fresh. Bringing
  different genres to the mix, having a new focus, being able to welcome new and additional
  mixers to the BadAss family and trying to figure out how to make something work
  all over again... It was the fresh energy I needed to direct another album, this
  time with David beside me! It has been a difficult one-and-a-half years for me (i.e.
  medically speaking), so making the time to work on this album and make a mix for
  it was very challenging for me this time around. But it has been a great experience
  slowing down and picking up again with David picking up when I couldn''t and vice
  versa. In the end, it was really fun doing this as it felt like two buddies making
  something new! And since GoodAss isn''t a great name, and since we went for a separation
  of genres (bombastic and/or more peaceful on disc 1, and way more aggressive and
  raw on disc 2), this is: Paragons & Renegades! And who knows, perhaps there will
  be a Paragons & Renegades: Volume 2 in the future?

  - Pieter van Os (Pavos)

  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1-01. Pavos - "The Hidden Ones"

  Paragon: Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin''s Creed II, Assassin''s Creed Origins)

  Composers: Jesper Kyd, Sarah Schachner

  Sources: Assassin''s Creed II - "Ezio''s Family," Assassin''s Creed Origins - "Last
  NPC Remaining Variation 02"

  1-02. Sam Dillard - "Time Warrior"

  Paragon: Crono (Chrono Trigger)

  Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

  Source: "Chrono Trigger"

  1-03. RebeccaETripp - "Chariot of the Moon"

  Paragon: Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV)

  Composer: Nobuo Uematsu

  Source: "Lunar Whale"

  1-04. Audio Mocha feat. Pandora''s Bread - "Revenge on the Terror from the Deep"

  Paragon: Magus (Chrono Trigger)

  Composer: Yasunori Mitsuda

  Source: "Magus Confronted"

  1-05. David L. Puga feat. XPRTNovice - "Human After All"

  Paragon: Eshe (Sundered)

  Composer: Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis

  Sources: "Sundered," "Eshe"

  1-06. heymagurany - "Part of Me"

  Paragon: Madeline (Celeste)

  Composer: Lena Raine

  Sources: "First Steps," "Resurrections," "Scattered and Lost," "Confronting Myself"

  1-07. HoboKa feat. Sykozealot - "Whip of Justice"

  Paragon: Simon Belmont (Super Castlevania IV)

  Composers: Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudo

  Source: "Simon Belmont''s Theme (Stage 1-2 BGM)"

  1-08. Chernabogue feat. heymagurany - "Apex Predator"

  Paragon: Samus Aran (Metroid Prime 2, Super Metroid)

  Composer: Kenji Yamamoto

  Sources: Metroid Prime 2 - "Echoes," Super Metroid - "Theme of SUPER METROID"

  1-09. MkVaff - "Spirit of the Sword"

  Paragon: Fi (Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)

  Composer: Takeshi Hama

  Source: "Fi''s Theme"

  2-01. Lashmush - "Devil''s Lament"

  Renegade: Doom Slayer (Doom, Doom II)

  Composer: Bobby Prince

  Sources: Doom - "At Doom''s Gate (E1M1)," "The Imp''s Song (E1M2)," "Suspense (E1M5),"
  "Sign of Evil (E1M8)," "The Demons from Adrian''s Pen (E2M2)"; Doom II - "Running
  from Evil (Map01)," "Into Sandy''s City (Map09)"

  2-02. Mak Eightman - "Fire Cleanses All"

  Renegade: Firebrand (Gargoyle''s Quest)

  Composers: Harumi Fujita, Yoko Shimomura, Tamayo Kawamoto

  Source: "Title"

  2-03. Redg - "Blood Is Everywhere"

  Renegade: Caleb (Blood)

  Composer: Daniel Bernstein

  Source: "Unholy Voices"

  2-04. Steele - "Eternal Shadow"

  Renegade: Nero (Devil May Cry 5)

  Composer: Casey Edwards

  Source: "Devil Trigger"

  2-05. bLiNd - "Bassbag"

  Renegade: Duke Nukem (Duke Nukem 3D)

  Composer: Lee Jackson

  Source: "Grabbag"

  2-06. Garpocalypse feat. WillRock - "Righteous Ragemaster Rocketship Rampage"

  Renegades: ToeJam & Earl (ToeJam & Earl)

  Composer: John Baker

  Source: "ToeJam Slowjam"

  2-07. Gunderslam - "The Butcher of Blavikin"

  Renegade: Geralt of Rivia (Witcher 3)

  Composer: Marcin Przybylowicz

  Source: "Geralt of Rivia"

  2-08. Justin Lassen - "City of Lost Things"

  Renegade: Earthworm Jim (Earthworm Jim)

  Composer unknown (Keith Arem, Mical Pedriana)

  Source: "Junkit"

  2-09. David L. Puga feat. Mak Eightman - "And Hell Followed Him"

  Renegade: Death (Darksiders II)

  Composer: Jesper Kyd

  Sources: "Tree of Life," "The Guardian"'
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