# Blinx: The Time Sweeper (videogame soundtrack)
**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540
**Category:** MusicBrainz
**Tags:** soundtracks, video-game-music
**Created:** [May 25, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540 "2023-05-25T03:51:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/21 "2023-05-26T21:28:18Z")
> [@Thermospore](#):
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> **khinsider mp3 release stuff**
> I was assuming the khinsider page I linked for the [blinx 1 mp3 release](https://musicbrainz.org/release/d552c805-2a5d-4c33-bb7c-58e7c12671e7) was the original source/upload, but I’m now thinking it isn’t.
I thought this when I saw your edit, but specificity is always an improvement, so it was an easy yes vote from me. e.g., Even if it’s not the original upload, you linked it to _a_ source and details of _a_ specific upload/share of it, allowing later people to do the kind of tracing back that you’re doing now.
If you’ve found a better OG source, then please do update!
When I upload khinsider stuff I assume it’s a ‘recycled’ upload, unless it’s a new rip. I’ll rarely upload the random images khinsider includes on the page.
> [@Thermospore](#):
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> raw adx version stuff (official release?)
None of this has ever been decided 🙂
Your options are:
- Don’t add it to MB
- Add it to MB:
- as you found the files online
- or with all the additional files that you consider ‘most accurate’
- And/or try nail down guidelines for ‘raw’ music files. Watch the seasons pass. Grow old. Eventually achieve sweet sweet guideline enlightenment.
**Love** the [original release](https://musicbrainz.org/release/04afd3ae-986c-4c7d-81e6-e110d74f8ee1) you uploaded! Comprehensive, 1 loop per track (useful for checking other rips against the track time). Don’t be surprised if others don’t like it though, I’m on the looser end of ‘what should we add to MB’.
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### Author:  [@Thermospore](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Thermospore)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/22 "2023-05-26T22:17:16Z")
sounds good, thanks for the feedback + info!
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### Author:  [@Thermospore](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Thermospore)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 7:30am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/23 "2023-05-27T07:30:39Z")
added blinx 2 as well! it’s… really something lol
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/856c1e69-21d3-4f4c-a54b-c80bb8d49f06](https://musicbrainz.org/release/856c1e69-21d3-4f4c-a54b-c80bb8d49f06)
at first I was concerned putting each folder in its own Data DVD medium would imply there were multiple physical discs. but I guess there is this beatles album that comes on 1 usb drive, but adds 17 usb drive mediums. so there is a precedent for it at least
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/b3c84f5f-9e20-3cb6-b0e5-1b7252fa4883](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b3c84f5f-9e20-3cb6-b0e5-1b7252fa4883)
anyways, I think one big remaining thing missing is links between the songs shared between the releases/games. I haven’t used them before, but would this be a good opportunity to use works?
just to check I understand works correctly, would [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/04cafb6e-261c-4397-9d19-c4e57a826171) and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/b2ef823e-e2fc-4430-af14-090215fb70b0) be the same work, but a different recording? (it’s the “same song”, but the first recording plays 2 loops and fades out a 3rd. the 2nd recording plays only 1 loop and plays the true ending)
and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/be5e03de-b8ca-4ef8-bd75-4fb59dd5da9d) and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/e65c731d-a7fd-49a1-8a8f-c2f2b3f61967) are the same work and the same recording?
basically I’m using this as a musicbrainz tutorial lol
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### Author:  [@UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/UltimateRiff)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/24 "2023-05-27T13:53:10Z")
> [@Thermospore](#):
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> anyways, I think one big remaining thing missing is links between the songs shared between the releases/games. I haven’t used them before, but would this be a good opportunity to use works?
>
> just to check I understand works correctly, would [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/04cafb6e-261c-4397-9d19-c4e57a826171) and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/b2ef823e-e2fc-4430-af14-090215fb70b0) be the same work, but a different recording? (it’s the “same song”, but the first recording plays 2 loops and fades out a 3rd. the 2nd recording plays only 1 loop and plays the true ending)
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> and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/be5e03de-b8ca-4ef8-bd75-4fb59dd5da9d) and [this](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/e65c731d-a7fd-49a1-8a8f-c2f2b3f61967) are the same work and the same recording?
yes to all three
basically, how I think of works is it’s the sheet music behind the performance. you can have other people come along and perform the same music (a cover), you can have the original artist perform it in front of an audience (live). it’s also the best way to add composer credits
one additional thing I’d do for a soundtrack is add all the works for one soundtrack to a soundtrack work, like I’ve done for [SimCity 4](https://musicbrainz.org/release/2e02dd0f-51aa-4025-81f0-4e8caa49760c) here. if you’ve got multiple games in the series like you do here, you can add all the soundtrack works to a series, like the one for [all the SimCity soundtracks](https://musicbrainz.org/series/9b4e0dfc-700d-477c-a570-888cf0b09fba).
note that you may end up with a couple related series, which I typically relate to each other as subseries. an example is the [My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic soundtracks](https://musicbrainz.org/series/b96e4aeb-111b-4aaa-bea1-f466010fcb62), which I split the release group series into official and unofficial releases
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### Author:  [@Thermospore](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Thermospore)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2023, 5:42am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/25 "2023-05-28T05:42:54Z")
ok I did my best to link the tracks between these releases using works. took a lot of… work (ha)
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/91ef8fef-7725-4cbb-bd35-c178214fa367](https://musicbrainz.org/release/91ef8fef-7725-4cbb-bd35-c178214fa367)
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/d552c805-2a5d-4c33-bb7c-58e7c12671e7](https://musicbrainz.org/release/d552c805-2a5d-4c33-bb7c-58e7c12671e7)
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/4a8b3290-8d4b-4d64-adb4-7882b326accb](https://musicbrainz.org/release/4a8b3290-8d4b-4d64-adb4-7882b326accb)
[https://musicbrainz.org/release/04afd3ae-986c-4c7d-81e6-e110d74f8ee1](https://musicbrainz.org/release/04afd3ae-986c-4c7d-81e6-e110d74f8ee1)
probably a lot of improper stuff in there… how does it look?
potential next steps
- merge identical recordings
- add [credits](https://vgmdb.net/product/9689)
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### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/26 "2023-05-29T04:13:14Z")
Looks good!
I don’t add many works (sorry @UltimateRiff and everyone!), but I believe for vgm works it’s standard to put the game they’re from into the disambiguation, as has been done in UltimateRiff’s SimCity 4 example and in the [Final Fantasy III work series](https://musicbrainz.org/work/8d036554-e7c7-4fe2-8b86-6bf789e115d5). Probably a good idea, as vgm titles can be very nondescript (should this be in the vgm guidelines? Someone who edits more vgm works please chip in 🤔)
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### Author:  [@UltimateRiff](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/UltimateRiff)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2023, 4:57am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/27 "2023-05-29T04:57:07Z")
> [@aerozol](#):
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> should this be in the vgm guidelines? Someone who edits more vgm works please chip in 🤔
I think it should at least be mentioned as good practice… I actually got the idea from the [Soundtrack guidelines](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Style/Specific_types_of_releases/Soundtrack), so maybe it ought to be in the VGM guidelines too, for consistency’s sake
edit: looking at the soundtrack guidelines again, I realize I’ve been leaving out important info, like episode names and whatnot… 🫠
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### Author:  [@Thermospore](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Thermospore)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/28 "2023-05-30T21:39:32Z")
thanks for the feedback; I added “Blinx: TTS” to the start of all the disambs
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### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/29 "2023-05-30T21:49:38Z")
Looks good! The semi-colon in the disambiguations throws me off, because I’m not used to seeing it used for this stuff in MB.
Looking about it seems like using a comma for separating extra information is the way to go, based on precedent.
(I’ve been updating [the vgm guideline draft](https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/User:Aerozol#Video_Game_Soundtrack_wiki_page_draft) as we go)
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### Author:  [@Thermospore](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Thermospore)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/30 "2023-05-30T22:17:47Z")
sure I can change it; is there a way to do that in bulk? I guess I went for a `;` because that’s how multi-value tags are separated in picard etc
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### Author:  [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/blinx-the-time-sweeper-videogame-soundtrack/638540/31 "2023-05-30T23:17:41Z")
> [@Thermospore](#):
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> is there a way to do that in bulk
I don’t think so 😖
btw, MB operates on the principle that edits you do don’t have to be perfect, as long as they are an improvement. It would be diligent of you to change all the semi-colons, but you really don’t have to.
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