[SMW Custom Music] Super Mario 3D World - Shifty Boo Mansionbebn legg2020-12-12 | The idea for this port came to me while I was on a bike ride in 2019. I'm happy with how well SMW instruments fit this song.
Background image from Mariowiki.[Arrangement] Sonic & Knuckles - Flying Battery Zone Act 2bebn legg2026-02-18 | I've had a fun week that ended with this song getting stuck in my head, so I felt compelled to arrange it. It was also a good opportunity to play around with the M1, which I'd been meaning to do for a while! I think it has a nice nostalgic feeling.
Don't let the Mania gameplay in the background fool you; this is mostly based on the original song from S&K.
Incidentally, I never realized how repetitive the original song is until now. I guess if the song is catchy enough, then that's where all your attention goes. Putting Bad Romance over it can also help.[Touhou-Style Original] 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders - At the Limit of Divine Providencebebn legg2025-08-23 | The ending theme from 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders, a prediction album put together by @consonancesdissonances6081 of the then-upcoming Fossilized Wonders's tracks.
Well, I certainly didn't expect the actual game to have two ending themes. I tried to balance not making it too dark and dreary. In the end, maybe this one's vibe is somewhere between that of the two official ending themes haha.
Ending themes usually have the Theme of Eastern Story motif in them so I incorporated that here as well, but I tried to spice things up too.[Touhou-Style Original] 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders - On the Other Side of Where the Road Originatesbebn legg2025-08-23 | The stage 4 theme from 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders, a prediction album put together by @consonancesdissonances6081 of the then-upcoming Fossilized Wonders's tracks.
This song was made after the demo release, so I did have a good grasp of what instruments to use at least. Though the demo's tracks were quite different from the Touhou songs that came before, I think I ironically ended up giving this song a bit of a nostalgic classic Touhou feel. That being said, the strings playing over the piano certainly feels like Fossilized Wonders, and it was quite fun to do.
By the way, the Japanese title has a pun that's hard to properly translate. So you could perhaps do a dictionary deep dive if you're interested.
Background by the lovely @tempura-ocha, made as part of the album.[Touhou-Style Original] 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders - The Blue Horizon Leads to the Futurebebn legg2025-08-23 | The stage 1 theme from 東方近状況 〜 Falsified Wonders, a prediction album put together by @consonancesdissonances6081 of the then-upcoming Fossilized Wonders's tracks.
This song was made before the demo release, where my only frame of reference was the teaser screenshots in the announcement post. I tried to keep the instrumentation and composition authentic to an official Touhou game, but it was a pleasant surprise to see how off I was. I was basing it off the instruments used in the previous games, and trying to think where it could go from there. In the end, I guess you could say the Future that the Blue Horizon was Leading to was all the Native Instruments stuff the actual game uses haha.
I tend to be a fan of early-game music, not just in Touhou, but in general, because of how upbeat it is. I think that comes through with how this song came out.
Background by the lovely @tempura-ocha, made as part of the album.[Original] Printers Ambitionbebn legg2025-04-19 | A song I made as a map theme for a currently dormant SMW hack. It's optimistic, with the feeling of an adventure that's about to unfold!
Download: smwc.me/s/39336[Original] Rondo Against a Square Opponentbebn legg2025-04-18 | An original tune I made for Battle of the Bits's Oops! All New Formats battle in late 2024. I pictured it as a battle theme for someone (or something) who's just a little silly.
Probably not actually a rondo, like, legally.
Check it out on BotB: battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/Rondo+Against+a+Square+Opponent/72855 ...or SMWC: smwc.me/s/39337[SMW Custom Music] ダブルスポイラー ~ 東方文花帖 - Bell of Avīci ~ Infinite Nightmarebebn legg2025-04-17 | I was really feeling this song a few months ago, especially as I was grinding out the last few Double Spoiler scenes I had left, so naturally I did a port of it. I found SMW's piano to be a little too weak for the purposes of this song, but the oud makes a surprisingly good replacement.
The real infinite nightmare is playing scene 10-4 as Hatate.
Download: smwc.me/s/39335[SMW Custom Music] Kulor - Forgotten Theme [SNES Super Mario Kart Omake]bebn legg2025-04-16 | A snowball in July?
Download: smwc.me/s/39338[SMW Custom Music] Johannes Krupp - The Snippetbebn legg2025-04-15 | A song I instantly fell in love with after discovering it through a certain YTPMV.
Download: smwc.me/s/39339[SMW Custom Music] Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Alternate - [Alternate] Hydrocity Zone Act 2bebn legg2025-04-14 | Hydrocitylikes are an absolutely phenomenal niche of Sonic-style music, and this one is no exception. The instrumentation in this port changed a lot between when I first started it and the final result, since I let loose a little.
Download: smwc.me/s/39334[SMW Custom Music] Kirbys Return to Dream Land - Dangerous Dinner.bebn legg2025-04-13 | This was another one of those ports I did on a whim in like a day after I remembered how much I like the song, specifically because of a Snoopy DS SiIvaGunner rip that had it as the joke haha.
Download: smwc.me/s/39340The Red Thread of Fate Leads to Revolutionary Souvenirs ~ Rainbow Ornament (collab with icrawfish)bebn legg2024-12-10 | Or 「運命の赤い糸は革命の記念に至る ~ Rainbow Ornament」, if you prefer.
A collaboration composition with my good friend @icrawfish2929, which we made for Superfamicompo 6's originals category, where it won 1st place.
It's a Touhou-style song, using only samples from Super Mario World. Maybe it's an Extra stage boss theme or something of the sort.
Download: smwc.me/s/38675[SMW Custom Music] Pokémon Black/White - Driftveil Citybebn legg2024-12-09 | Quite the catchy tune. It's lovely how so many subtle pitch bends can bring out the best of some SMW samples.
Download: smwc.me/s/38676[SMW Custom Music] 東方水零流 ~ Seven Period Mystical - 遠州のブロッケンbebn legg2024-12-08 | The stage 1 boss theme from a Touhou-style original album by @shiitakeism. You can listen to the original here: youtube.com/watch?v=tn85mFhofQc
I don't know what it is about stage 1 boss themes but I always fall in love with them; there's something about that upbeat energy they have. Though it's far from the only good track in the album!
I conveniently had the channel space for it, so I had fun layering SMW instruments in ways that create pretty unique sounds.
Download: smwc.me/s/38677[SMW Custom Music] Sonic CD - Quartz Quadrant Zone (Past)bebn legg2024-10-29 | Still one of my favourite Past songs from Sonic CD, and one I could (and have) vibed to for hours at a time. Compared to the version from 4 years ago, I went for instrumentation that feels more like the original's. I'm fond of how SMW's marimba can act as a substitute for a cowbell.
Download: smwc.me/s/38326[SMW Custom Music] Dr. Robotniks Ring Racers - Robotnik Coaster Zonebebn legg2024-10-28 | It was fun to think outside the box for those sound effects.
Download: smwc.me/s/38325[SMW Custom Music] こをり - 忘却の稚鳥bebn legg2024-10-27 | I'm a huge fan of こをり's songs, and from the moment I heard this song, I fell in love with it, so I was determined to do my own SMW arrangement of it at some point! I'm really happy with how well SMW instruments fit this song, especially some of the more "difficult" ones to work with: @5, @9, and @17.
Download: smwc.me/s/38327[SMW Custom Music] MOTHER 3 - Unfounded Revenge (Brawl Arrangement)bebn legg2024-07-02 | Sometimes you decide to do a cover of a song because you've watched too many YTPMVs of it in a short timespan, and it gets stuck in your head. I absolutely love the instrumentation and pacing of the Brawl version of Unfounded Revenge.
Download: smwc.me/s/37114[SMW Custom Music] 東方宝天京 ~ Treasure Castle Labyrinth - Fantasy Light Townbebn legg2024-07-01 | Super happy with how SMW instruments fit this song, in ways that they were probably never meant to be used haha. It was fun comparing the old and new TCL soundtracks and taking cues from both to make this (though bless the new one's cleaner mixing for making transcribing this easier!)
And also the port from a certain mop level in a certain Soft Taco-themed ROM hack.
Download: smwc.me/s/37104[SMW Custom Music] 東方鬼葬剣 ~ Infinite Blade Pavilion - Pierce Through the Raging Windsbebn legg2024-06-30 | A thrilling song for a thrilling rush through a cave… if your computer isn't a toaster that runs the game at 40 FPS. 😔 Nonetheless, IBP's soundtrack is full of absolutely energetic bangers, and this is one of them. It's also a busy one to try and cram into 8 channels, but if you're sneaky enough with what parts you cut out early, it doesn't show. ;)
Download: smwc.me/s/37115[SMW Custom Music] Mario Pinball Land - Under the Icebebn legg2024-06-29 | Dedicated to my lovely friend @hhhhhazel, who introduced me to this game and this song.
Download: smwc.me/s/35818[SMW Custom Music] Solaris - Nattugglabebn legg2024-06-28 | Just some modarchive goodness. It's one of those tracker songs that brings out the best in SMW samples. SMW string/saw translates especially well into pulse waves.
I have to say, I am a fan of random jingles getting turned into Touhou songs. I had a half-started MIDI of this lying around for a year or two, until I picked it up to get it done for some Free Money! ad in Mario Goes to Buy Soft Tacos. After all, getting free money has to be some kind of fantasy luck, wouldn't you say?
Download: smwc.me/s/37109[SMW Custom Music] ことばのパズル もじぴったん大辞典 - on and onbebn legg2024-06-26 | I feel like the SMW steel drum rarely has a chance to shine in the stuff I do, so this is its turn in the spotlight.
If you've played Mario Goes to Buy Soft Tacos, maybe this song is associated with some kind of rage response. :-)
Download: smwc.me/s/37110[SMW Custom Music] Mario Kart Wii - Moonview Highwaybebn legg2024-06-25 | SMW instruments once again showing their range and versatility with this song.
Originally a Super Famicompo 5 entry, which in turn I originally got motivated to port after hearing the Booster Course Pass remix of Moonview Highway.
Download: smwc.me/s/37108[SMW Custom Music] StarTropics - Dungeon (Remix)bebn legg2024-06-24 | This is one of those songs I only even know about through SMW ports from 2008. And now it's become one of those songs I made a SMW port of in 2023. Those chords sure change the flavour of the song.
Originally ported for 120hoSPC #11.
Download: smwc.me/s/35649[Original?] Pretend Us - Main Themebebn legg2024-06-23 | The theme of a Totally Legit™ Amogus advertisement in Mario Goes to Buy Soft Tacos ( smwc.me/t/126712 ), one of many that you can watch to get a powerup, or skip entire sections!
It's exactly what you'd expect, really.
Download: smwc.me/s/37107[SMW Custom Music] The Homebrew Channel - Bannerbebn legg2024-06-23 | Homebrewing, ROMhacking, what's the difference really?
Download: smwc.me/s/37103[SMW Custom Music] YouTube Poop Introbebn legg2024-06-22 | Lotsa spaghetti, Mama Luigi, and all that. Kind of funny how orchestra hits and the Mama Luigi wheeze sound alike.
smwc.me/s/37112[SMW Custom Music] iPhone - Openingbebn legg2024-06-22 | You won't be getting a voicemail anytime soon.
Download: smwc.me/s/37111[SMW Custom Music] - 妖精大戦争 ~ 東方三月精 - Staking Your Life on a Prankbebn legg2024-06-21 | I've played so much Fairy Wars that I've probably heard this song hundreds of times, and yet it never gets old for me. And so I can keep on arranging it over and over without getting sick of it. :)
Download: smwc.me/s/37105[SMW Custom Music] Knuckles Chaotix - This Horizonbebn legg2024-06-20 | Sometimes you port a song because you're excited for your Video Game Package to come in the while. Why it was this song of all songs is a mystery for the ages.
Download: smwc.me/s/37113[Original] Cosmoclock Contraptionbebn legg2024-06-19 | Originally composed for Superfamicompo 5's challenge category in 2023. SNES SDK samples were very fun to work with. The name comes from how rhythmic everything is in the first half, sort of like the countdown to some kind of rocket launch. I don't remember what I was thinking of while composing it though. :P
Download: smwc.me/s/35652[Original] Snookers Snackbebn legg2024-02-25 | The theme of some mysterious fellow, just hangin' around, havin' a bite.
A quick little song I threw together a couple of weeks ago. I started with the chords and then just started improvising on top.
Believe it or not, I went into this song trying to compose a Touhou-style stage 2 theme, but I was having so much fun with where it was going that I just went with it, and the end result is something completely detached from what I mentally started with.[SMW Custom Music] Castlevania III: Draculas Curse - Aquarius (Remix)bebn legg2023-12-21 | What followed in the footsteps of my remix of Bloody Tears. Maybe it's just the name of the song biasing my view, but it came out sounding kind of wet, whatever that means.
Download: smwc.me/s/34306[SMW Custom Music] WaiWai World 2: SOS!! Parsley Jō - Bloody Tears (Remix)bebn legg2023-12-20 | A remix of Bloody Tears, but specifically the WaiWai World 2 version! I love Bloody Tears a lot, but I feel like most remixes of it don't do it justice because they make it dull and dreary. I find it works much better as an energetic song. So I slapped a bunch of piano and orchestra hits into it and here we are! And a solo for good measure.
Download: smwc.me/s/34305[SMW Custom Music] 秘封ナイトメアダイアリー 〜 Violet Detector - Lucid Dreamerbebn legg2023-12-19 | The early stages theme from Violet Detector. I love all the songs in that game, but this one always stood out to me as a favourite. Transcribing it was definitely interesting, because it felt like everything but the lead was inaudible haha.
Download: smwc.me/s/34301[SMW Custom Music] Knuckles Chaotix - Tube Panicbebn legg2023-12-18 | The Special Stage theme from Knuckles' Chaotix.
Download: smwc.me/s/34303[SMW Custom Music] Knuckles Chaotix - Pendulumbebn legg2023-12-17 | The Botanic Base boss music from Knuckles' Chaotix. I actually forgot where this even played in the game haha.
Download: smwc.me/s/34304[SMW Custom Music] 東方奇界泉 ~ Adventures in Inferno - Hellish Dreams, Everlastingbebn legg2023-12-16 | The stage 2 theme from a PC-98-style Touhou album from 2015! It really has that early Touhou song chaos to it, which is great for the song, but maybe not so much when it comes to transcribing it, especially without the ability to isolate channels like a real PC-98 rip would let you, haha.
Download: smwc.me/s/34300[Original] Breezy Disk 99bebn legg2023-12-15 | An original song I composed for my entry to 120hoSPC #10, where the challenge was to only use a single SMW sample (and noise). And SMW's saw wave sample is super versatile, so I had lots of fun with it. The song gives me the vibe of some kind of mysterious, old installer for some unknown software.
Download: smwc.me/s/34302[SMW Custom Music] 東方円蒼月 ~ Blue Moon Rhapsody - Crystal Shine Roadbebn legg2023-12-14 | The extra stage theme from a Touhou-style album by ちゃま. The biggest challenge with this song was fitting everything into 8 channels. I was running out of space for more chorded samples, haha.
Download: smwc.me/s/34299[SMW Custom Music] Kururin Paradise - Neo Landbebn legg2023-12-13 | The music from Kururin Paradise's secret stage. Probably my favourite song from any GBA game. Plus it translates so well to SMW!
Download: smwc.me/s/33261[SMW Custom Music] 秋霜玉 - Primrose Shiverbebn legg2023-12-12 | Milia's theme from Shuusou Gyoku. It sounds very much like early-2000s ZUN music, and in that regard, I feel it translates into something pretty nostalgic-sounding as SMW music.
Download: smwc.me/s/33259[SMW Custom Music] Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (X6800) - Balrog Stage 1bebn legg2023-12-11 | There are so many versions of Street Fighter II music out there, but I think I especially love the use of FM synth in the X68000 version, so that's what I used as the base for this cover.
Download: smwc.me/s/33251[SMW Custom Music] Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers (X68000) - Player Selectbebn legg2023-12-10 | I've always found this song super catchy despite its short length.
Download: smwc.me/s/33257[SMW Custom Music] WarioWare: Touched! - Number Cruncherbebn legg2023-12-09 | Download: smwc.me/s/33253[SMW Custom Music] WarioWare: Touched! - Gym Lockerbebn legg2023-12-09 | One of my absolute favourite songs from this game, with its sleuthy feel.
Download: smwc.me/s/33252[SMW Custom Music] Sean Evans - Empyrean Emerald Zone (Past)bebn legg2023-12-08 | A soundalike of Palmtree Panic Zone (Past) from a whole set of Sonic CD soundalike or just generally-inspired-by tracks by Sean Evans. You can find the original (and more) on their Soundcloud! soundcloud.com/sean-evans-the-squeakual/empyrean-emerald-zone-past
Funnily enough, not the only Palmtree Panic soundalike I've encountered, but the only one I've covered (so far, anyway).