"Then, you wretched fools... you will learn the error of your ways!"

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Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door celebrates the 15th anniversary of its Japanese launch today, and I decided to prepare a cover of its final boss theme to celebrate. I make no secret that this is one of my favorite games of all time, and while I realize it has its issues (the backtracking, it's the backtracking), I still think the things outweigh any issues I have. The final boss, the lore surrounding her and ESPECIALLY the music, are among those positives, and every single time I play through the game I always look forward to fighting the Shadow Queen.

I'd also wanted to do her first phase as well, but I got a little sidetracked along the way and gave priority to her second phase theme, so unfortunately I've held off for the time being.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Yoshito Hirano, Yuka Tsujiyoko and Saki Haruyama
Super Mario (C) 1981-20XX Nintendo
Date/Time Started: 5/30/19, 3:34PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 5/31/19, 12:27AM (MST)

Turn it up! It's the Squid Sisters!

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Since the Final Splatfest for Splatoon 2 is upon us, I decided to do a cover of the most well known boss theme from the series. This song still holds up today as one of my favorite final boss themes, and is an absolute blast to listen to. Also if you are taking part in the Final Splatfest good luck to everyone, regardless of what team you're on!
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Toru Minegishi and Shiho Fuiji
Splatoon (C) 2015-20XX Nintendo

BOSS IS APPROACHING!
- SEVEN FORCE -

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Gunstar Heroes is yet another game I've been meaning to get around to, partly because it inspired the creation of Cuphead (my favorite game of 2017) and partly because of all of the creative bosses it has. Seven Force stands the test of time as one of the most ambitious bosses I have ever seen in a video game, especially by Genesis standards, and its theme is just as good. That being said, while I think this song is kickass, I felt a little annoyed that the song was *merely* in 4/4, so I decided to take a shot at it in 7/8 with this remix. Not sure if it was the right call in the long run, but it was honestly bugging me a bit.

Also as a heads up, there probably won't be any of my usual content until the 15th at the earliest due to birthday shenanigans this week.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Norio Hanzawa
Gunstar Heroes (C) 1993-20XX SEGA/Treasure Co. LTD
Date/Time Started: 4/28/19, 10:04PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/29/19, 12:03AM (MST)

In the beginning, there was nothing. But then there were a bunch of moai.

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The first part of this track was done in acknowledgement of Gradius' 34th anniversary, but soon after I did the Stage 1 theme, since that got stuck in my head. I once again went with the Akumajou Densetsu style of VRC6, where I didn't use the Triangle, because it would be the most fitting for a Konami track. I also *really* wanted to get a Gradius clear done prior to this, but unfortunately, I was not able to get that done (I blame the moai. It's always the stupid moai!).
-Trojan

Gradius (C) 1985-20XX Konami
Music originally composed by Miki Higashino

(August 8, 2015)This is Super Mario Bros. 2 the U.S.A. version. I'm not feeling this game that much, but at lease we're not doing the same old stuff. But I got beat up by Mappy...

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SCRAMBLE ZE FAIRIES!

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Panel de Pon, or Tetris Attack as it was known in the West, was a SNES puzzle game that is notorious for having a bunch of cute fairies that got replaced with Yoshi characters with the Tetris title (thus screwing this game over for future releases). Its sequels fared no better, as while the devs did rename it to the more sensible Puzzle League from then on, they had tried using the fairy characters again but ended up using other franchises instead (from Yoshi, to Pokemon, to Animal Crossing, to none at all), and the only time they made a sequel that revisited that concept was on the Gamecube, as a quasi-remake of Pokemon Puzzle League on the N64, and of course that never made it to the US or Europe. On top of that, the easter egg in the DS version got removed outside of Japan, so I'm partially convinced someone at Nintendo of America has it out for the fairies. (At least Smash keeps them in some peoples' memories?)

Either way, I wanted to do a cover from this game for a while, since probably 2017, if I remember right? However, for whatever reason every time I wanted to start doing it, I either stopped at the beginning or pushed it back in favor of something else. Eventually, I stopped stalling and decided to just do it, and post it no later than the 21st so I would have no excuse to stall further. I also did it in FDS so I'd break from the VRC6 mold for a bit.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Masaya Kuzume
Panel de Pon/Puzzle League © 1995-20XX Nintendo/Intelligent System, now bring the fairies back you cowards

Speed art of the High King of Elderium in game.

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Crescent Hollow is an Action RPG, "As above, so below, discover the mysteries of the hollow". Step into the world of Anthropia where you can dynamically change the world environment. Will you help the empires of the world, or destroy them?

What a horrible night to indulge yourself!

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launches on Tuesday, and supposedly since they listened to their fans it'll actually be really good? I'd already done a cover from Bloodstained way back in 2016, but since my cover of Voyage of Promise got completely blown out of the water by Ippo Yamada's own cover heard in Curse of the Moon, I figured I'd try my luck again, this time in the actual Castlevania 3 style. I think I did a far better job than last time, though that's probably because I've had a lot of experience since then.

Of course, knowing my luck there'll already be a CV3-style cover of this from Jake Kaufman in the official soundtrack that makes my arrange sound dated by comparison.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Michiru Yamane
Bloodstained © 2019 Koji Igarashi, ArtPlay and 505 Games
Date/Time Started: 5/7/19, 9:39PM
Date/Time Completed: 5/8/19, 5:33PM

If I could keep a spreadshot, I'd be fine!

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I figured the Contra Anniversary Collection was coming out soon-ish, and I wanted to practice doing Akumajou Densetsu-style VRC6 covers, so I decided to try doing a Contra song in that style since it's also a Konami game. I found that using suspended chords fit the Jungle Theme really well and, combined with the sawtooth bass and percussion made it sound a lot more action-y (if that makes any sense). I also tried to make a guitar-like sound around frame 0A, but jury's out on whether that actually worked to this song's benefit.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Hidenori Maezawa and Kiyohiro Sada
Contra © 1986-20XX Konami
Date/Time Started: 5/6/19, 4:10PM
Date/Time Completed: 5/6/19, 9:46PM

Anywhere you go, let me go too~

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This was another request from gemstone prism, and honestly I think I screwed myself trying to avoid using the triangle channel again. I ran into the same issue I had last time, where by not using the Triangle I didn't have enough channels to make the chords work, which is a pain in the ass when dealing with sweeping orchestral songs like this. The only reason I even bothered with it for this and Music of the Night was because I wanted to try and do something fancy like with Castlevania III's Japanese soundtrack, and unfortunately this was not a good fit for either since Castlevania typically balances its more orchestral sound with a rockin' percussion, and I don't have that luxury here. Thankfully, since I had the .ftm for Music of the Night on hand, I was able to speed up the process a bit.

Not sure how I feel about the cover itself, though. I liked trying to make a duet work by giving 'Christine' and 'Raoul' distinct voices (read: different Duty/Noise outputs), like I did with the original cover I did back in 2016. Unfortunately after working on this I'm feeling pretty burnt out on making Phantom of the Opera covers, so for my sanity I think I'm gonna hold off on making these types of covers for a while.

Also as a fair warning, I'm going to be out of town this weekend. I will not be posting any videos on Monday as a result, and though I should be home afterwards I won't be posting next Friday, partly because I don't know if I'll catch anything while I'm up there, but I would really like to get caught up on my planned tracks for this year.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Phantom of the Opera © 1986-20XX The Really Useful Group(?)
Song requested by gembound prism
Date/Time Started: 5/4/19, 6:15PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 5/20/19, 11:19AM (MST)

Welcome to Ryme City!

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Honestly, prior to launch I was cautiously optimistic about the Detective Pikachu movie. It looked better than the usual attempts at making a live action video game movie, but at the same time the video game movie curse exists for a reason (and the Sonic trailer is a fresh reminder why). My biggest concern going into it was that the music would either play it safe with lackluster remixes from the games or, worse off, be generic in of itself.

Then I saw the movie, and the music for Ryme City completely blew me away.

No, seriously, this one track sounds like it was taken right out of the Unova games and given an orchestral facelift, and given how much I adore the Unova duology, that's not something I say lightly. I should not be surprised, though; the composer for this was Henry Jackman, who had also worked on Wreck-It Ralph and produced quite a few great tracks there, on top of having actual video game composition experience (even if it's for Uncharted, of all things). Needless to say I *immediately* wanted to work on a GB cover of it. I was a little worried that only having three channels, one of which I had to also use for toms, would not be enough, but it wasn't too bad, actually! I think the best part about working with this is that I get to mess around with uncommon time signatures again (7/8 in this case).
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Henry Jackman
Pokemon (C) 1996-20XX Nintendo & The Pokemon Company
Pokemon Detective Pikachu is a movie by Warner Bros. & Legendary Entertainment
Date/Time Started: 5/13/19, 3:00PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 5/13/19, 5:22PM (MST)
Music recorded in BGB Gameboy Emulator

I don't remember the rabbit hole being this salty...

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This was a request from Greninja, and while I think I'd heard of this album before I've never listened to it, let alone thought I'd be making covers from it. Nevertheless, it was an interesting challenge. Since there's no sheet music or reference to go off of, I had to do all of this pretty much by ear, and while it wasn't as big of an issue in the first half, the second half had a piano-esque solo that I'm positive that I missed a few notes here and there. That being said, it was actually really fun to work on, and I like the end result (I even like how the triangle piano turned out).
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Gondayu and Mori no Korisu no Mi-Ko no Daibouken
Touhou © 1997-20XX Team Shanghai Alice
Adventures in Inferno 2015-20XX Studio Nenem/スタジオネネム
Date/Time Started: 4/27/19, 1:47PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/27/19, 4:07PM (MST)

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A facility on an asteroid far from earth has been hit by a smaller asteroid. Repairs are required and it's your job to get the repair drone. Problem is, your suit has been damaged and your chances of survival are low. Your only hope is to find upgrades for your suit and hope you won't run into too many problems while doing so. As if...

Gravity Spin is a metroidvania game with a literal spin. The main focus of the gameplay is the gravity spin mechanic that allows you to change the gravity and walk on the ceiling. This opens up whole new possibilities of exploration and action.

- Explore a vast, interconnected map filled with secrets and shortcuts
- Use the gravity spin mechanic to your advantage
- Upgrade your character abilities and reach new places
- Fight dangerous bosses and survive
- 8bit retro styled visuals and music

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Step into the hellhouse once again...

Citadale - The Legends Trilogy combines the original Wii U release (Citadale: Gate of Souls) with two all-new sequels:

Chapter 2: Curse of Darkness - Sonja’s Son, Gabriel, takes up the mantle of the Demon Slayer.

Chapter 3: Legacy of Fate - Face the Dark Lord as Christopher – Sonja’s grandson and heir to the Shadow Blade!

Fight evil across three generations with distinct storylines, characters, levels and music.

A Dark Lord plagues the land ... and only YOU can stop him. Play as Sonja Dorleac and bring an end to the forces of darkness by wielding the legendary Shadow Blade. Battle the creatures of the night with swords, axes, shurikens and more – and face off against horrific bosses. If you prove your strength, you can unlock alternate endings for the first two games in the series. A boss rush mode for the original game can also be unlocked if you get the “good” ending in first game!

Features
- Feast on the 8-bit style artwork combined with epic chiptune music.
- Defeat creatures of the night!
- Test your skills against face-melting difficulty.
- Spend hours looking for secrets and unlocking alternate endings.
- Enjoy a platformer, action game, and adventure – all rolled into one.

About Ezekiel Rage
Austrian-based developer Ezekiel Rage began creating games as a hobbyist in 1998. A few years ago, he pursued music project, video work, and finished his first commercial game. He also developed what he calls the “creation mindset”: a pattern of thinking in visions and emotions while creating art – whether it’s music, games or videos. Launched on the Wii U in November 2016, Ezekiel Rage’s premier release – Citadale: Gate of Souls – consists of the first game in Citadale: The Legends Trilogy.

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Step into the hellhouse once again...

Citadale - The Legends Trilogy combines the original Wii U release (Citadale: Gate of Souls) with two all-new sequels:

Chapter 2: Curse of Darkness - Sonja’s Son, Gabriel, takes up the mantle of the Demon Slayer.

Chapter 3: Legacy of Fate - Face the Dark Lord as Christopher – Sonja’s grandson and heir to the Shadow Blade!

Fight evil across three generations with distinct storylines, characters, levels and music.

A Dark Lord plagues the land ... and only YOU can stop him. Play as Sonja Dorleac and bring an end to the forces of darkness by wielding the legendary Shadow Blade. Battle the creatures of the night with swords, axes, shurikens and more – and face off against horrific bosses. If you prove your strength, you can unlock alternate endings for the first two games in the series. A boss rush mode for the original game can also be unlocked if you get the “good” ending in first game!

Features
- Feast on the 8-bit style artwork combined with epic chiptune music.
- Defeat creatures of the night!
- Test your skills against face-melting difficulty.
- Spend hours looking for secrets and unlocking alternate endings.
- Enjoy a platformer, action game, and adventure – all rolled into one.

About Ezekiel Rage
Austrian-based developer Ezekiel Rage began creating games as a hobbyist in 1998. A few years ago, he pursued music project, video work, and finished his first commercial game. He also developed what he calls the “creation mindset”: a pattern of thinking in visions and emotions while creating art – whether it’s music, games or videos. Launched on the Wii U in November 2016, Ezekiel Rage’s premier release – Citadale: Gate of Souls – consists of the first game in Citadale: The Legends Trilogy.

To be honest, I'm not entirely convinced ZUN isn't just taking fancy words and stitching them together to make song titles half the time.

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Every year, there's a semi-official poll on the THWiki to figure out which characters, which of ZUN's music (including Seihou tracks) and which works are the most popular. How it usually goes is that Reimu is the best girl, either Septette for a Dead Princess or U.N. Owen Was Her is the best song, and Embodiment of Scarlet Devil is the best game. While I'm not entirely invested in it, I decided to take a peek earlier this year to see which song was the least popular, and it turns out Primrose Shiver was not only voted least popular song, I could barely even find any arranges of this song, let alone covers of this in Famitracker. Let's fix that, shall we?
-Trojan

Music originally composed by ZUN
Seihou © 2000-20XX Shunsatsu Sare Do?
Date/Time Started: 4/22/19, 3:49PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/22/19, 5:22PM (MST)

Of course it's a false strawberry, it tastes like cherries!

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I've always wanted to play through the Seihou games, and have in fact played a bit of VIVIT-99 earlier this year, but I've had issues loading Shuusou Gyoku in the past so I never got around to doing so. It's a bummer, because ZUN's soundtrack for this is pretty good! I also kinda like the cactus motifs this game has, even if I'm kinda sick of desert levels thanks to its overuse in the Mario franchise. This song is something I've wanted to cover for a while, and in fact it was already on my to-do list for this year. Although it didn't affect my desire to cover it, the VIVIT-99 April Fool's game made me decide to finally commit to it.

Also since there's two different official versions with different keys (in-game being A#-minor, and C-minor being the ZUN arrange), I included both in the .nsf/.ftm.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by ZUN
Seihou © 2000-20XX Shunsatsu Sare Do?
Date/Time Started: 4/7/19, 6:28PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/7/19, 9:14PM (MST)

I know I'm missing something...

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This was intended to be the title screen music of the upcoming NEScape! project I mentioned a while ago. As it turned out, the team decided to use a different song for that purpose, and as a result this would end up unused. I've decided to post it here so I don't forget it exists.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Trojan
I do not have timestamps for this track since this was composed before I made the decision to start tracking them per song. I apologize for the inconvenience.

Favorite tunes never fade...

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While the original Super Mario Bros. has been thoroughly discussed, mastered, and dissected over the past 33 years to the point there's not much to say about it that hasn't already been said, I much prefer the GBC port. This is not just because I grew up with this version, and not just because it was one of the first two games I ever played (the other being Pokemon Crystal), but I feel like it adds so many features and extra modes that it all but replaces the original in my mind. The You vs Boo mode was fun to try, the Challenge Mode made me memorize the layout of every level, the Fortune Teller, finding all the Yoshi Eggs, looking at all the character art in the album, all the banners meant for the Camera that I never got as a kid. Hell, this is part of why I tend to enjoy difficult games, as it gave me a way to try the Lost Levels since I took the whole 'too hard for Americans' bit as a challenge.

I could go on and on, but if I did this description would go on forever. However, the thing that ties this all together is the new music, which if I didn't know any better would sound like this was meant to be in the original to begin with. Chief among the new tracks is the credits theme, and while it's mostly a variation of the starman theme it still manages to be a legitimately good song in its own right. That's why, to celebrate this port's 20th anniversary next Wednesday, I decided to get a remix of that ready for today.

Music originally composed by Koji Kondo, Yuichi Ozaki and Masami Yome
Super Mario Bros. (C) 1981-20XX Nintendo
Date/Time Started: 4/5/19, 9:08AM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/5/19, 12:00PM (MST)

The core Lotus Land Story experience.

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The inception for this came about when I was messing around in Famitracker while listening to Bad Apple!! ft. nomico. Namely, I was playing the in-game version during various portions, and Peaceful at the end. It's incredibly stupid, but one day I wondered if I should make a remix of this song with that in there so I would stop doing that. Then I had the worst idea: since Bad Apple is the most popular song from LLS that hasn't been used elsewhere (at the expense of every other song), I would put the melodies to every song from LLS' main soundtrack to the beat of Bad Apple with the sole exception of Bad Apple itself. The result is today's video.

I was not entirely sure I could actually do it, mind you – there's only so much you could fit into the base song at once. I even had to combine a few tracks to make it all fit without extending the base track further than needed. The end result, I think, was completely worth it, so hopefully you enjoyed this!

(Also this was not intended to be released right around the announcement of Touhou 17: Wily Beast and Weakest Creature, but I'll take it.)
-Trojan

Music originally composed by ZUN
Bad Apple ft. nomico originally arranged by Alstroemeria Records
Touhou © 1997-20XX Team Shanghai Alice
Date/Time Started: 4/6/19, 5:15PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 4/13/19, 5:25PM (MST)

If you thought the Wookie Hole was a little too fuzzy...

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This already has an NES version, but I feel that version is significantly less of a banger compared to the SNES version. I mostly decided to cover the SNES version because that got stuck in my head recently.

Also FYI: There may not be a video next Friday. I'm waiting on something relating to Famitracker Bits, but that may not end up panning out before then.
-Trojan

UPDATE (4.16.19): Added the timestamps during which this song was made since I completely forgot when uploading.

Music originally composed by David Wise
Battletoads (C) 1991-20XX Rare Ltd./Microsoft
Double Dragon (C) 1987-20XX Technos/Arc System Works
Date/Time Started: 3/12/19, 12:00PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 3/12/19, 1:11PM (MST)

From friend to foe.

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This was a request from a user named 'Triple Shiny', and I was honestly afraid to do this track at first. This is already an 8-bit song that has a lot of fancy music techniques, and trying to adapt it to a more powerful chip was begging for trouble. I'm actually still convinced I got a few backing notes wrong here and there. However, I think the end result was completely worth it. I once again used DPCM choirs (as I felt they fit the context this song plays in), and the .nsf and .ftm contain a version without the DPCM choirs, as well as a version without DPCM period.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Kevin Phetsomphou, Philippe Poulin and Yan Thouin
Mega Man Unlimited was released in 2013
Mega Man © 1986-20XX Capcom
Date/Time Started: 3/8/19, 4:03PM
Date/Time Completed: 3/9/19, 3:56PM

Are you ready for the third dimension?

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If you're not familiar with Orb-3D, good, keep it that way.

If you actually want to know what Orb-3D is, it's a puzzle pong-like game for the NES (technically a port of a similar C64 game) where you have to lead a ball across a fake-3D space and solve various puzzles, ranging from bowling, tic-tac-toe, bingo, a memory game, chess, a weird eyeball puzzle, a spelling game, and even an actual MAZE. Your ultimate goal is to defeat the evil space wizard, Krohn, and stop him from destroying the universe. You have little-to-no control over your ball, and the only thing you can do outside of hit the ball with your paddles is go into the screen and hope you hit something (i.e. how you solve puzzles). While you're doing this, you also have to keep an eye on your fuel, and if you're running low you can go to Vern's Orb-O-Rama and fuel up, but the catch is you have seven openings to jump through (with small entrances that close up if you take too long), AND you have to pay with your score to do so (admittedly a neat idea, marred by everything else about this game), on top of your paddles *shrinking* every time you go to Vern's. This all would be frustrating, but tolerable, but it's made even worse when you consider that, while this game has roughly 5-6 songs (hence the 'medley') you only get to hear one or two for most of the game, meaning if you decide to commit to it you'll get stuck with an ear-worm (and not even that good of one).

If it sounds like the game is hot garbage, good news: it is *exactly* as bad as it sounds.

Suffice to say, from all I've seen and heard of this game I'm staying far away from it. That being said, I like some aspects of the music, and wanted to try making something good out of it, not because I think this trash fire is completely redeemable but because I wanted to challenge myself.

Happy April Fools Day!
-Trojan

Music originally by Peter Stone
Orb-3D © 1990-20XX Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc
Date/Time Started: 1/17/19, 1:59PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 1/17/19, 10:00PM (MST)

Wait, where are the floating electric bolts and man-eating fish?

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This song is from a relatively obscure GBA adaptation of Babar the Elephant, entitled 'Babar to the Rescue'. I'll admit, I know little to nothing about the show (outside of what I looked up during the making of this), and the only reason I did this was because it showed up during ProtonJon's streams and would give me a chance to cover something obscure. Was it worth it? Probably not.
-Trojan

Music originally by Mikkel Hakonsson
Babar the Elephant © 1931 Jean de Brunhoff
Started on 11:12PM (MST)
Finished at 12:05AM (MST)

The greatest anime insert song.

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For the uninitiated, this song is from the DS adaptation of Cory in the House, a game that's become a running joke on the internet. Part of it stems from the show it's adapted from being considered 'the best anime', part of it being from ironic reviews claiming it's good, part of it being that it's a genuine guilty pleasure for some. I figured I'd eventually get around to doing a track from this game as a joke, so one day last year I decided to just do it and release it for April Fool's Day.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by David Jaeden Conley
Cory in the House © 2007-2008 Disney

It's time for everyone's favorite quality content: learning how to make shapes!

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David Wise is a legendary composer, and he's more than earned my respect for his work on stuff like Battletoads and Donkey Kong Country. However, during his tenure at Rare during its NES era he also got to work on some of their other, not as well-known (or high quality) games. This happened to be one of them. Did you know that in Sesame Street 1-2-3, it has a hard difficulty that's effectively the same puzzle for a little over thirty minutes straight? I didn't. Did you also know that this song plays for the entirety of it (outside of a jingle that plays when you clear a puzzle)? I didn't. Want to know how I know that? You can thank ProtonJon for playing through it last year out of spite (and I'll be upfront about this, these next few videos are going to be because of his streams, so buckle up!).

That being said, this song's not that bad. I had fun working on this cover, even if it was a major ear-worm as a result. It could be a way worse song from a way worse game.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by David Wise
Sesame Street © 1969-20XX Sesame Workshop

The last Metroid *was* in captivity. It's not anymore.

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Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of one of my favorite games of all time: Super Metroid. I wanted to celebrate this anniversary by doing a cover of its ending theme. However, somewhere along the way I decided to mix in Metroid 1's ending theme in that style. I think my rationale at the time was that Lower Norfair snuck parts of the Metroid 1 title theme in the middle, so it wouldn't be that unfitting?
-Trojan

Super Metroid music originally composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano
Metroid music originally composed by Hirokazu Tanaka
Metroid © 1986-20XX Nintendo
Date/Time Started: 2/3/19, 12:50PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 2/4/19, 3:48PM (MST)

An 8 bit song I made in a harmonic minor. I hope you enjoy :)

OH NO, FAKE KRAID!

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It's become somewhat of a running joke that everyone covers this song in Famitracker at least once. Instead I decided to cover it in the soundchip in the NES' first competitor in the 80's, partly because I wanted to avoid using Bambootracker for a fourth times in a row for Monday's timeslot. Nothing too spectacular here, since Kraid's Lair is a relatively simple song, but I hope you enjoy it!
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Hirokazu Tanaka
Metroid © 1986-20XX Nintendo
Music recorded in VGMPlay

I don't care what anyone says, that one shot at the beginning of Venom still holds up.

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Whenever I go to search “Venom Star Fox Famitracker” on YouTube, all I find is either Venom Boss, 64's Venom, or Venom from Star Fox 2. I never find covers of the actual stage theme from Star Fox 1, which is funny because it does exist...as part of a cover of Super Smash Bros. Melee's Corneria music. This has bugged me for ages, and what I enjoy about Smash Ultimate is that you can FINALLY set that song to the proper stage. Regardless, I wanted to do a cover of this song since it was stuck in my head, and since it's a short enough song I threw in the Venom Bass stage music since I don't think I've seen this covered at all.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Hajime Hirasawa
Star Fox © 1993-20XX Nintendo
Date/Time Started: 12/9/18, 8:51PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 12/10/18, 2:14PM (MST)

It's a little damp down here, don't you think?

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It's been a while since I've tried only using a 'Blank' instrument for one of these remixes, so when I decided to work on Lower Brinstar, I wanted to try that instead of making a set of instruments off hand. I did cheat a bit by having 3 DPCM samples for bass and choir. That being said, I think I did alright, especially since I've gotten used to how A0X commands work.
-Trojan

Music originally composed by Kenji Yamamoto and Minako Hamano
Metroid © 1986-20XX Nintendo
Date/Time Started: 12/9/18, 5:46PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 12/9/18, 6:42PM (MST)

Can Knuckles ever catch a break?

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Tomorrow marks the 25th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in North America, and since I did quite a few Sonic 3 tracks last year I figured I'd at least do one for the start of this year. Angel Island Zone was a perfect fit for this, then, though remixing it was a bit of a hassle. I think if it wasn't the steel drum arpeggio, it was making that lead about halfway through not sound completely terrible. Hopefully it turned out alright?
-Trojan

Music composed by Michael Jackson, Brad Buxer, Cirocco Jones, Bobby Brooks, Darryl Ross, Geoff Grace, Doug Grigsby, Sachio Ogawa, Tatsuyuki Maeda, and Jun Senoue
Sonic the Hedgehog © 1991-20XX SEGA
Date/Time Started: 12/1/18, 12:17PM (MST)
Date/Time Completed: 12/1/18, 2:10PM (MST)

As the sun began to say goodbye
And they prepared for the moon
A Princess kept their spirits high
With a cheeky dancing racoon

Recorded live, February 23rd, 2017.
Grace Under Fire © Alan Howick 2017