OC ReMix: The Eevee EP Review

If you like videogame music, you know about OC ReMix. From their website: 

"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 www.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."

The Eevee EP is OC ReMix's 41st album, consisting of 9 songs, each based on Eevee and its 8 evolutions. Each track is from the game in which the evolution debuted, and is intended to be a musical embodiment of the Pokemon's type, with the exception of Sylveon, debuting in the upcoming Pokemon X and Y, whose type had not been announced at the time of creation.

The album opens with "The Destiny Infinite ~Eevee~", an arrangement of "Road to Cerulean - From Mt. Moon" from Pokemon Blue. It's a good opener to an adventure, calm yet determined.

Some of the tracks really fit well with their elemental type. The dark type "Bite ~Umbreon~" is blippy, crunchy, and a little mischievous. The water type "Wet Dreams ~Vaporeon~" is dreamy and acquatic. It's twinkling and bright, with a little bit of an edge to it. The grass type "Photosynthesis ~Leafeon~" has echoing songbirds giving it a forest feel. "Conundrum ~Jolteon~" adds an an manic and industrial electric type edge to the classic gym leader battle theme from Pokemon Blue.

Other tracks don't particularly sound like their type. The ice type "Snowflakes in Her Hair ~Glaceon~" has some jangling bells, but it's not very snowy in a winter-holiday way nor icy in a cold and slick way. The psychic type "Half Steps ~Espeon~" sounds more like a night at an amusement park, with nothing particularly mysterious or psychic about it. "WHAT TYPE ARE YOU ~Sylveon~" isn't fairy type like Sylveon because that type wasn't even public knowledge when the arrangement was composed. It starts as a music box version of the main theme and doesn't add much to it. However, it does sound like it could fit in a release of the game. It has a childish feel which is appropriate to a children's game.

The standout track is "Ember ~Flareon~" which is supposed to be fire type but is an arrangement of the theme for Lavender Town in Pokemon Blue, which is based on ghost types. This transformative dark metal version has both fire and ghost elements. The full version, not on this EP, is even more amazing. This somber and demonic track is constantly changing.

Pokemon: The Eevee EP is available as a free download at http://eevee.ocremix.org/