Monobrow

Hey people! 

Taking some time off of SNESology and I am pleased to present a Donkey Kong Country 3 song I made.  It's a ReMix of the song "Cavern Caprice", which is one of my favorite tunes from the game.

A lot of people seem to not be as huge fans of DKC3 as the other two... But I find DKC3 to be highly underrated.  The music is very ambient... The gameplay is EXCELLENT, and it's got so many goodies and secrets.  Give it a chance!

Anyway, this song is called "Exploration C" and it's about 6 minutes of music based on the very short Cavern Caprice theme.  I spent quite a lot of time on this song, and the great people over at OCReMix direct posted it for the Double the Trouble Project.  I went for ambient, but with a kind of calming mania... The pace varies throughout so you don't get too bored.  :)

CLICK HERE FOR THE MP3

And now, random Ultima Online Clusterfuck!

So anyway,

This is an older attempt for me to pretty much cover my favorite Ultima theme Character Create.  I named it Vas Rel Por (If you played, you know what this means).

I love this theme, moreso even than "Stones". When I first played Ultima games, I didn't have the luxury of a computer, so I played the (quite awful) SNES versions. It wasn't until around 1999 that I got my first computer and played Ultima Online (for a good few months), and later, I played through Ultima 6 and 7... I also remember playing briefly, Ultima Underworld at a friend's house in like 1995.

It makes me sad to think about what happened w/ the Ultima franchise, Garriott, Origin, and EA (what exactly did happen) and today, I see EA sporting the "Origin" name for their Steam copycat. That can't be a coincidence. This intro is one of my favorites from any video game ever. It shows real forethought and care. Ultima will basically be this once great thing, forever lost in time... So RIP <3 For this cover, I went for a cinematic feel, but w/ a hint of that gypsy feel from the original games. Please excuse some of the rushed/oversaturated reverbiness and the weird violin lead that I have no idea how to utilize correctly.

So I finished a Metroid II remix <3.  It's called SR388 - The Way Forward. 

DOWNLOAD HERE

About a month ago, I discovered there is a Metroid 2 remake in progress. I got super excited so I decided it's about time for a decent Tunnel theme remix. This is similar in style to my Mother 3 remix, a bit more coverish and straight forward, not elaborate. I feel that the Tunnel theme is strangely upbeat for such a dark game, so I decided to keep that bright feel w/ the sine lead. I also went for a bit of a gritty organ early on, because that's how I always interpreted the initial lead in my head when I played this on the Game Boy growing up. Metroid II is wildly under-appreciated, especially this song, so I hope my take can do it some justice. The gameplay is me playing the first few minutes of the remake demo, which is really awesome and I hope they finish! Please forgive my playing, as I was using a keyboard. This is also just a remix, I am in no way affiliated w/ the project except I think it rocks!

A cool friend of mine (Pixelated) has started a marathon of playing NES games for 100 hours straight with a few friends.  They will be playing many games, and are even taking requests!  All proceeds from this event are going to charity to help with Multiple Sclerosis.

Here's his Press Release:

The NES for MS Marathon Drive goes live Friday, June 1st at 11am EST

Gamers Unite! Unite to run a NESathon of classic video games for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. The goal is raise money to fight multiple sclerosis while attempting to play NES games non-stop for 100 hours, from Friday, June 1st to Tuesday, June 5th at 3pm. Can it happen? You can find out by watching the entire event as it’s broadcast live at nesathon.blogspot.ca.

Participants will be playing some games they’re good at, some games they’re bad at, and some undeniable classics. Highlights will include the Super Mario Bros, Legend of Zelda and Mega Man series. Kirby's Adventure, Duck Tales, Power Blade, Kid Icarus, Bubble Bobble, Little Samson, Battle Kid, Ninja Gaiden, Punch Out and many more! Requests will also be taken from the live chat room.

100% of donations received will go to the MS Society. Funds raised from the event will help enable continued funding of support services for people touched by MS. This includes support groups as well as equipment and funding programs which help improve the quality of life for those living with MS.

Canadians have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world, with an estimated 55,000 – 75,000 currently living with the disease and 1,000 new cases every year. And while there has been great progress in research and treatments in recent months, there is presently no cure.

OMG!

Shnabubula's 7th album! My amazingly talented friend Shnabubula is releasing his newest album, Starbound. This time, its a forty-two minute-long synth odyssey spread across five movements,and you can grab it, for FREE, on Ubiktune or Shnabubula.bandcamp.com.  If you haven't checked Shnabubula out before, you're missing out!  Also I made the album art!  Please give this guy your money.  The album is FREE but you can donate whatever you think it deserves (millions of dollars right)?

Also if you haven't already, please check out his Summer project @ SNESology.tumblr.com

So my song, Cosmic Surgeon?  People told me to enter a contest that came up right around the time I finished it.  It was for the Homestuck Fan Album, which actually turned out to be 2 albums lol.  So yup, I entered, and I was one of the winners, in fact it's actually the first track (track 1 is an opener)... I'm kinda astonished by that today, but I guess it fits!

About the song, I called it Cosmic Surgeon because of John and that big drill thing he did... And the whole cancer thing... So I guess the song did kinda cater as a theme for him already.  What a coincidence that as soon as I make a remix, I can enter it into a contest right away and it actually wins.  When I wrote it, I just really wanted to capture how the entire comic made me feel at the time, especially after watching Cascade.  It's a theme for John, but I also think of it as kind of a real "Homestuck" theme for the entire thing, I guess, as a lot of people kinda obsess over Doctor...

Anyway, I remastered this version of the song, and added a few other elements, and instrument balance, per a couple suggestions by Radiation Fox... So you can think of this as more of a Cosmic Surgen v. 0.1...

Here's another remix I made.  It's a take on the Mother 3 Love Theme.  I seriously love Mother 3, it's one of the best games.  A true experience... it moves you.  I recommend playing it.

So anyway, I wanted to capture the atmosphere of the Mother (Earthbound) games, but keep the Love theme light and innocent, before the tragedy :(  I think Shogo Sakai did a good job carrying the torch from Earthbound, the music is appropriate, and I wanted to capture that.

Here's my song I made in December, "Cosmic Surgeon".  It is a remix of "Doctor" from the webcomic, Homestuck - start here, it picks up, trust me.  I quickly read all the way up to Cascade (do not click unless you want terrible terrible spoilers) in about 2 weeks, which if you've read the comic, is kinda insane... Just like this comic!  Read it if you are a bizarre person that is into some weird but cool, sorta meta shit! :P

Anyway, this song, written by George Buzinkai struck me, so I really had to cover it just to get it out of my head.  Thanks to Snappleman and sixto for the guitars.

p.s. You can download an mp3 of the song in the description of video.