Let’s knock this out of the way early: I’m gonna be posting a bunch of shit like this. Nine times out of ten my iPod playlists are veritably infested with tracks I’ve snagged for free from http://www.OCRemix.org:

The main thing they do over there is mine the quarry of aging video game scores - those bleeps, bloops and digital hi-hats that knock around the back of your head when you aren’t paying attention - for material to remix into songs that collectively defy genre placement. It is a community of artists that produce music for the sheer adoration of the medium, a fact that becomes inescapable when you observe the strength of their compositions. You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced the theme from Kid Icarus as a full-blown, unapologetic orchestral masterpiece. I probably have a track or two that match that description in the queue, so prepare yourself.

Anyway, some of the most emotionally powerful productions have been composed by a dude named Alexander Prievert. Every moment of your life before reading this sentence was mere preparation for the unadulterated awesome you are about to experience:

Alexander Prievert - Xenogears (Broken Mirror Reflection OC ReMix)

If you’re thinking about skipping this track because it was initially sourced from a video game in 1998, you would be doing yourself a great disservice. It is a fine thing, an incredibly moving piece to hear should you find yourself in the proper frame of mind. I’ve never even played Xenogears and I love it. Mr. Prievert - if you ever find this post: Good on ya, sir. Keep this shit coming. It’s glorious.