Right, I'm going to give my bit about each of these songs as I listen to 'em.
-Derelict: Bored the pants off me, but so did the original. IMO, you can't polish a turd, and Derelict (and similar gutless tracks) were exactly that in Duke - turds.
-Stalker: I'm liking it. Your remix is like a cross between Mark "Madfiddler" Knight's version for the Playstation, and the original Midi version on the PC as it sounded on Adlib and similar soundcards. In other words, a perfect balance between two great tracks. I'd say I prefer yours over the Mark McWane version, and probably the version for the Sega Saturn as well, which was by Redbook Audio, I think. You've redone this one very well I think but at the same time you haven't ruined it, a la the rather poor attempt by Marc McWane.
-Dark Side: Again, I'm liking it. you've taken a song that was good, but gutless, and thankfully also lifted the volume levels.
-Rabid Transit: I almost thought you'd ruined it, listening to the start, but just as I'd begun to lose hope, the "chorus" if you like had started and I started to like it. It was already great in its original form (gotham.mid) and I feel you have enhanced it well, as well as boosting the volume levels. I don't think Mark Knight ever did this one for the Playstation version, which is a shame because it was a great track. I have to say though, I feel at the 4 minute mark this is beginning to drag on a bit, and I realise I have over a minute left of it
-Alien Reactor: Sorry mate, but you've ruined what was a perfectly good music track. This sounds like a cross between something out of "Sonic the Hedgehog" and some random trash they decide to put on at the nightclub.
-Pissed Office Box: Sorry, but I don't rate this either. There's so much going on right from the get go, that there's virtually no climax, and I actually had to try quite hard to hear the references to the previous song. There's just so much noise that doesn't make much sense - far too "nightclubby", imo.
-Cleanup on Aisle 4: Always viewed this as a joke in game (and the first half wasn't actually part of the level music) so I am going to ignore this. Re. what I said above about not polishing turds etc.
Personally, it all goes downhill from there for me. Fat Commander I never liked anyway, and I didn't think much of the remix, nor did I ever like InHiding either. Departure is decent.
Overall I think you've got the right idea with some of these, particularly Stalker, but as a die hard Duke Nukem 3D fan some of these tracks just don't gel with me - remember it's all IMO though.
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