F.A.Q.

♦ Frequently Asked Questions ♦

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· Who owns the copyright of your remasters?

· Why your remasters are very much similar (if not equal) to the original game music?

· You are just ripping MIDI files!

· You remastered song XX from game YY. I can’t find an equivalent MIDI anywhere, could you send me your arranged version?

· Why you made this project?

· I can’t find the MP3’s!

· Will you remaster XXYY game music?

· I want XXYY game music remastered!

· What is a promo remaster?

· Do you/will you make remixes aswell?

· I have this game midi, could you please remaster it?

· Damn, now I really want to play the game XXYY again! Can you please send it to me?

· Can you please send me the score/midi of game XXYY?

· Can you please upload somewhere the XXYY original/uncompressed/high quality video?

· I have this cool midi of Cher, can you please remaster it for me?!

· I have made a cool remix of the song XX from the game YY. Will you publish it?

· I want to join the project and remaster game music!

· May I resell your music/videos?

· May I make commercial use of your music/videos?

· I don’t like what you do!

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Q: Who owns the copyright of your remasters?

A: Always the original composer(s). We claim no copyright even on the arrangements made from scratch as we think that even when sequenced, the score is an original idea of the composer, which is always credited on the video page (here and on youtube).

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Q: Why your remasters are very much similar (if not equal) to the original game music?

A: Simply because it is the project goal to produce a remaster as faithful as possible to the original. We can’t stress enough to repeat that this is not a remix project. There are already many (good) ones, so if you are looking for a remix, consider searching elsewhere.

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Q: You are just ripping MIDI files!

A: False. As stated before, we claim no copyright on the remasters produced and the original composers are always credited. We will never ever state that we are the composers of the music remastered.
Ripping involves the claim of ownership of the score/arrangement: this is what we will never do, even when hours or days are spent on sequencing/arranging/rearranging, as we totally respect the composers work and this project is also a tribute to them.

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Q: You remastered song XX from game YY. I can’t find an equivalent MIDI anywhere, could you send me your arranged version?

A: Short answer: no. Long answer: it was our intention to release our self sequenced MIDIs, but a recently happened discussion made us change our mind. Although we think that game music is a public treasure, the offensive approach of some people, lacking of respect for other people work, led us to this decision. Maybe sometime in the future we will change our mind again.

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Q: Why you made this project?

A: Most of the staff members come from the coin-op age and passed thru the MOD/MIDI music era. We started this as a tribute to all the composers who made all the beautiful music that enriched gaming experience.

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Q: I can’t find the MP3’s!

A: MP3’s download link, when available, is added in the related game music page. This is an example.

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Q: Will you remaster XXYY game music?

A: Probably, but that’s not 100% sure. You could try to do a request from the requests page and cross your fingers

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Q: I want XXYY game music remastered!

A: Use the requests page! If you are lucky enough, your request will be fullfilled

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Q: What is a promo remaster?

A: A promo remaster is an unfinished remaster, usually pre-published as a promo (indeed) for the full final revision of the song. The differences between promo remasters and final rendered remasters could be many, on top of all sound quality.

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Q: Do you/will you make remixes aswell?

A: It could happen (never say ever), but it is not the project goal and a remix will probably come out after the remastered version

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Q: I have this game midi, could you please remaster it?

A: Upload the file somewhere then use the requests page and include the url. If you are lucky enough, your request will be fullfilled

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Q: Damn, now I really want to play the game XXYY again! Can you please send it to me?

A: No, however you can try on one of the abandonware websites that you can find in the links page

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Q: Can you please send me the score/midi of game XXYY?

A: No, there are a bunch of websites which offer game midis/score sheets

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Q: Can you please upload somewhere the XXYY original/uncompressed/high quality video?

A: No, its hundreds of megabytes and wordpress offers a limited space

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Q: I have this cool midi of Cher, can you please remaster it for me?!

A: …No?!

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Q: I have made a cool remix of the song XX from the game YY. Will you publish it?

A: If you really think that you made a quality remix, upload it somewhere then use the contact form on the contacts page and submit the url of the file along with some lines about yourself. If are not contacted back, that means your remix has been not accepted

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Q: I want to join the project and remaster game music!

A: If want to join The Forgotten Factory project, upload a sample remastered song somewhere then use the contact form on the contacts page and submit the url of the file and some lines about yourself. If the quality is satisfactory, you will be contacted back

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Q: May I resell your music/videos?

A: No, you can’t

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Q: May I make commercial use of your music/videos?

A: No, you can’t

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Q: I don’t like what you do!

A: It’s not a problem and totally understandable, but no one forces you to listen to our productions.